Head to head
ContentCal vs Feedly
Last updated 4 June 2026
ContentCal was a well-liked UK content calendar built around planning and approvals. Adobe bought it in December 2021, closed the standalone product on 31 March 2023, and rolled its features into Adobe Express, so it's here for the record rather than as a tool you can buy.
- From
- Custom
- Free plan
Feedly isn't a social media scheduler at all. It's a content-discovery and monitoring tool, an RSS reader with AI on top, that social media managers use to find and track content. To actually schedule, you pair it with a real scheduler.
- From
- $6 /mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Feedly is the pick for social media managers who need a steady stream of content ideas, and it's the only one of the two with a free plan. ContentCal fits most setups better, and it reaches Instagram and Pinterest among others, which Feedly doesn't.
Feedly publishes a price, from $6 a month; ContentCal is quote-only.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Feedly has a free plan; ContentCal doesn't.
- Feedly starts at $6 a month; ContentCal is quote-only.
- ContentCal posts to 7 networks, Feedly to 3.
- Only ContentCal reaches Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and Google Business.
- ContentCal has content calendar; Feedly doesn't.
- ContentCal has auto-publish; Feedly doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | ContentCal | Feedly |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Not assessed | No |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Not assessed |
| Advanced reports | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| Bulk upload | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| Evergreen recycling | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| Team roles | Yes | Not assessed |
| Approvals | Yes | Not assessed |
| Link in bio | Not assessed | Not assessed |
Platforms compared
| Network | ContentCal | Feedly |
|---|---|---|
| Auto | No | |
| Auto | Analytics | |
| X (Twitter) | Auto | Analytics |
| Auto | Analytics | |
| TikTok | Reminder | No |
| Auto | No | |
| Google Business | Auto | No |
Pricing
Headline prices are for a single unit. Here is the real monthly cost as each tool scales, costed on its own unit so the two stay honest.
Free plan available.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $6/mo
Whole-plan price; it doesn't scale per unit.
ContentCal
- ContentCal was acquired by Adobe in December 2021 and the standalone product closed on 31 March 2023. You can no longer buy it.
- Its content calendar and scheduling features were folded into Adobe Express as the Content Scheduler, which is reviewed separately.
- When it ran, ContentCal sold flat monthly plans (a Pro tier and a larger Company tier); those plans no longer exist, so no current pricing applies.
Feedly
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Up to 100 sources, organised into feeds
- No Feedly AI
- Read and organise content
Pro
$6/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- $6.99/mo, $6 on annual ($72/yr)
- Up to 1,000 sources, search, notes, and highlights
- Share to X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Buffer, and Hootsuite
Pro+
Popular$8.25/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- $12.99/mo, $8.25 on annual ($99/yr)
- Adds Feedly AI (Leo): AI feeds, deduplication, prioritisation
- Up to 2,500 sources, 75 newsletter slots, RSS Builder
Enterprise
- Seats
- Unlimited
- From about $1,600/mo, for team market and threat intelligence
- Shared boards, team AI feeds, integrations
- Feedly is a content reader and discovery tool, not a social scheduler. It does not schedule or auto-publish social posts; it surfaces content you can then share manually or push into a scheduler like Buffer or Hootsuite (often via Zapier), which means paying for two tools.
- Plans: a free tier (100 sources), Pro at $6 a month on annual billing, Pro+ at $8.25 (adds Feedly AI / Leo), and an Enterprise market-intelligence plan from around $1,600 a month.
- Prices are USD from current listings.
- It's included here because social media managers use it to find and monitor content, not because it publishes.
Pros and cons
ContentCal
- Clean, approachable content calendar and content hub
- Strong, simple approval workflows
- Good team and client collaboration
- Discontinued on 31 March 2023; no longer sold
- Folded into Adobe Express, with a different shape and focus
- Existing comparisons that still list it are out of date
Feedly
- Best-in-class content discovery and RSS aggregation
- Feedly AI filters, deduplicates, and prioritises sources
- Strong monitoring and market intelligence on higher tiers
- Cheap Pro and Pro+ plans, plus a free tier
- Not a scheduler: no publishing, calendar, or auto-posting
- Needs a separate tool (and often Zapier) to actually post
- Enterprise market intelligence is expensive
- Social 'sharing' is manual, one article at a time
ContentCal vs Feedly: FAQ
- Is ContentCal or Feedly cheaper?
- Feedly starts at $6 per month, while ContentCal is quoted custom, so Feedly is the one with a public entry price.
- Does ContentCal or Feedly have a free plan?
- Feedly has a free plan; ContentCal does not.
- Which is better, ContentCal or Feedly?
- ContentCal is the stronger pick for most people, while Feedly is the better fit for social media managers who need a steady stream of content ideas. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.