Head to head

Feedly vs Iconosquare

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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

Iconosquare started as an Instagram analytics tool and still leads with reporting: deep performance and audience analytics across eight networks, with scheduling, listening, and competitor tracking layered on. Plans run from a free tier up to $116 a month on annual billing, with a profiles slider and per-user pricing on the team plans.

From
$33 /mo
Free plan

Bottom line

Feedly and Iconosquare 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 Iconosquare for Social media managers and agencies who lead with analytics.

Features compared

FeatureFeedlyIconosquare
AI captionsNoYes
Basic analyticsNot assessedYes
Advanced reportsNot assessedYes
Bulk uploadNot assessedNot assessed
Evergreen recyclingNot assessedNo
Team rolesNot assessedYes
ApprovalsNot assessedNot assessed
Link in bioNot assessedNo

Platforms compared

NetworkFeedlyIconosquare
InstagramNoAuto
FacebookAnalyticsAuto
X (Twitter)AnalyticsAuto
LinkedInAnalyticsAuto
TikTokNoAuto
PinterestNoAuto
YouTubeNoAuto
ThreadsNoAuto

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.

Iconosquare

Free

Free
Seats
1
Accounts
2
Scheduled posts
10
  • 2 social profiles, 1 user
  • 10 scheduled posts per profile a month
  • Basic analytics and limited reporting

Launch

$39 /mo

$33/mo billed annually

Seats
1
Accounts
5
Scheduled posts
100
  • $39/mo, $33 on annual
  • 5 social profiles (sliderable), 1 user, 100 posts a month
  • Standard analytics and reports, best time to post, AI caption writing

Scale

Popular
$83 /mo

$69/mo billed annually

Seats
3
Accounts
5
Scheduled posts
Unlimited
  • $83/mo, $69 on annual
  • 5 social profiles (sliderable), 3 users (extra users $16/mo)
  • Adds campaign analytics, social listening, competitor tracking, DM management, collaboration

Excel

$139 /mo

$116/mo billed annually

Seats
6
Accounts
5
Scheduled posts
Unlimited
  • $139/mo, $116 on annual
  • 5 social profiles (sliderable), 6 users (extra users $16/mo)
  • Adds white-label reporting, unlimited data retention, API access, unlimited competitor benchmarking

Custom

Custom
Seats
Unlimited
Accounts
Unlimited
Scheduled posts
Unlimited
  • Contact sales, for 20 or more social profiles
  • Dedicated customer success manager and personalised onboarding
  • Flat plans that differ mainly by users and feature depth, all starting from a base of 5 social profiles, with a slider to add more profiles (which scales the price) and Custom for 20 or more. Extra users are $16 a month each on Scale and Excel.
  • There's a genuine free plan (2 profiles, 1 user, 10 posts a month per profile) plus a 14-day trial of the top features, no card required.
  • Annual billing is up to 17% cheaper (two months free): Launch works out to $33 a month, Scale $69, Excel $116.
  • Iconosquare is analytics-first: listening and competitor tracking arrive on Scale, and white-label reporting and API access on Excel.
  • Prices are USD. The live pricing page geo-located to Australia and showed AUD, so the USD figures were taken from Iconosquare's USD listings and cross-checked by converting the AUD (for example AU$53 times about 0.74 lands near the $39 Launch monthly rate).

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

Iconosquare

  • Deep, analytics-first reporting and audience insights
  • Competitor tracking and social listening on Scale and up
  • White-label reporting and API on Excel
  • Genuine free plan and a clear annual discount
  • No evergreen recycling or link-in-bio
  • No Google Business; network list stops at eight
  • Listening and competitor tracking are Scale-only
  • Team plans add per-user fees on top

Feedly vs Iconosquare: FAQ

Is Feedly or Iconosquare cheaper?
Feedly is cheaper to start, from $6 against $33 for Iconosquare. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
Does Feedly or Iconosquare have a free plan?
Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.
Which is better, Feedly or Iconosquare?
Feedly is the stronger pick for social media managers who need a steady stream of content ideas, while Iconosquare is the better fit for social media managers and agencies who lead with analytics. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.