Head to head
Feedly vs Gain
Last updated 4 June 2026
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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
Gain is a content-approval tool first and a scheduler second. Its whole point is getting client sign-off without friction: clients review and approve posts by email or SMS without logging in, channels are unlimited, and you pay by team size and client count rather than per account.
- From
- $99 /mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Feedly and Gain both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post. Feedly is the stronger pick for Social media managers who need a steady stream of content ideas; choose Gain for Agencies whose bottleneck is client review and sign-off.
Features compared
| Feature | Feedly | Gain |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | No | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Not assessed | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Not assessed | No |
| Bulk upload | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| Evergreen recycling | Not assessed | No |
| Team roles | Not assessed | Yes |
| Approvals | Not assessed | Yes |
| Link in bio | Not assessed | No |
Platforms compared
| Network | Feedly | Gain |
|---|---|---|
| No | Auto | |
| Analytics | Auto | |
| X (Twitter) | Analytics | Auto |
| Analytics | Auto | |
| TikTok | No | Auto |
| No | Auto | |
| Threads | No | Auto |
| Google Business | No | Auto |
Pricing
Feedly
Free
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Up to 100 sources, organised into feeds
- No Feedly AI
- Read and organise content
Pro
$6.99 /mo
$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$12.99 /mo
$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
Custom
- 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.
Gain
Starter
$119 /mo
$99/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 3
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $119/mo, $99 on annual
- Up to 3 team members, up to 6 client workspaces, unlimited social accounts
- Unlimited approval workflows and client reviewers, content calendar, AI writing assistant
Agency
Popular$239 /mo
$199/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 6
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $239/mo, $199 on annual
- Up to 6 team members, up to 12 client workspaces, unlimited social accounts
- Adds white-label and more capacity
Agency Premium
$479 /mo
$399/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 20
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $479/mo, $399 on annual
- Up to 20 team members, up to 30 client workspaces, unlimited social accounts
Enterprise
Custom
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- Custom pricing, as many team members and workspaces as you need
- Unlimited social accounts, advanced support
- Flat, quota-bundled plans: each tier bundles team members and workspaces (one per client), with unlimited social accounts on every plan, so the price scales by team size and client count rather than per channel.
- Client reviewers are unlimited and don't count against your seats: clients approve or reject posts by email or SMS without needing a Gain account.
- There's no free plan, only a 14-day trial, no card required.
- Annual billing is about 17% cheaper: Starter is $99 a month versus $119, Agency $199 versus $239, Agency Premium $399 versus $479.
- White-label is included from the Agency plan up.
- Prices are USD, read off the live pricing page by toggling monthly and annual.
Pros and cons
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
Gain
- Best-in-class client approvals: sign off by email or SMS, no account needed
- Unlimited client reviewers and unlimited social accounts on every plan
- Flat pricing by team and client count, with white-label from Agency up
- Revision tracking through each feedback round
- No social inbox, listening, or evergreen recycling
- Light analytics and reporting
- No YouTube or Bluesky
- Priced for teams, with the entry plan at $99 a month
Feedly vs Gain: FAQ
- Is Feedly or Gain cheaper?
- Feedly is cheaper to start, from $6 against $99 for Gain. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Feedly or Gain have a free plan?
- Feedly has a free plan; Gain does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Which is better, Feedly or Gain?
- Feedly is the stronger pick for social media managers who need a steady stream of content ideas, while Gain is the better fit for agencies whose bottleneck is client review and sign-off. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.