Is Feedly or Later cheaper?

Feedly is cheaper to start, from $6 against $18.75 for Later. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.

Does Feedly or Later have a free plan?

Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.

Which is better, Feedly or Later?

Feedly is the stronger pick for social media managers who need a steady stream of content ideas, while Later is the better fit for Instagram-first creators and brands. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.

Head to head

Feedly vs Later

Last updated 4 June 2026

Feedly

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

Visit Feedly

Later

Later is the visual-first scheduler, built around an Instagram feed planner and a strong Link in Bio, and it sells access in social sets (one profile of each network) rather than per channel. The cheapest paid plan is $25 a month, or $18.75 on annual billing, for one social set and one user.

From: $18.75 per social set / mo
Free plan

Visit Later

Bottom line

Feedly and Later 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 Later for Instagram-first creators and brands.

Features compared

Feature	Feedly	Later
AI captions	No	Yes
Basic analytics	Not assessed	Yes
Advanced reports	Not assessed	Yes
Bulk upload	Not assessed	No
Evergreen recycling	Not assessed	No
Team roles	Not assessed	Yes
Approvals	Not assessed	Yes
Link in bio	Not assessed	Yes

Platforms compared

Network	Feedly	Later
Instagram	No	Auto
Facebook	Analytics	Auto
X (Twitter)	Analytics	No
LinkedIn	Analytics	Auto
TikTok	No	Auto
Pinterest	No	Auto
YouTube	No	Auto
Threads	No	Auto
Snapchat	No	Auto

Pricing

Feedly

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.

Later

Starter

$25 per social set / mo

$18.75/mo billed annually

Seats: 1
Accounts: 8
Scheduled posts: 30

$25/mo, $18.75 on annual
1 social set (8 profiles, one per network)
1 user, 30 posts per profile / month
Link in Bio, best-time-to-post, AI captions
Capped at one social set; no extra sets, users, or AI credits

Growth

Popular

$50 per social set / mo

$37.5/mo billed annually

Seats: 2
Accounts: 16
Scheduled posts: 180

$50/mo, $37.50 on annual
2 social sets (16 profiles), 2 users
180 posts per profile / month
Social inbox, approvals, and collaboration
Extra social sets $15/mo each ($11.25 on annual)

Scale

$110 per social set / mo

$82.5/mo billed annually

Seats: 4
Accounts: 48
Scheduled posts: Unlimited

$110/mo, $82.50 on annual
6 social sets (48 profiles), 4 users
Unlimited posts
Custom analytics, competitive benchmarking, brand listening
Extra social sets $15/mo each ($11.25 on annual)

Priced per social set. A social set is one profile on each of the eight networks Later supports, so the headline price covers a whole brand across networks rather than a single channel.
Starter is capped at one social set and one user with no add-ons, so its column in the cost table stays flat. Only Growth and Scale let you add social sets, at $15 each per month ($11.25 on annual).
Extra users are $5 a month each on Growth and Scale ($3.75 on annual). Growth's two included sets and Scale's six converge in price once you pass six sets, since both add extra sets at the same $15 rate; above that you pay Scale only for its deeper features.
Annual billing gives three months free (about 25% off): Starter $18.75 vs $25, Growth $37.50 vs $50, Scale $82.50 vs $110 per month.
Later still has a limited free plan (Link in Bio plus a small posting allowance, aimed at creators joining brand campaigns), but it's off the main pricing page, which now leads with a 14-day trial.
Prices are USD list, read off the live pricing page, which bills in USD worldwide. The monthly and annual figures were confirmed by toggling the page's billing switch and cross-checked against current third-party listings.

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

Later

Strong visual planner and Link in Bio, the features it's known for
Clean, Instagram-first workflow
Auto-publishing across all eight supported networks
Social-set pricing is fair if you run a single brand
No X support since 2025
No reorderable evergreen queue and no CSV bulk upload
Listening and competitor benchmarking are locked to the top Scale plan
Starter caps at one social set, so growing past it pushes you up a plan fast

Feedly vs Later: FAQ

Is Feedly or Later cheaper?: Feedly is cheaper to start, from $6 against $18.75 for Later. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
Does Feedly or Later have a free plan?: Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.
Which is better, Feedly or Later?: Feedly is the stronger pick for social media managers who need a steady stream of content ideas, while Later is the better fit for Instagram-first creators and brands. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.