Head to head

Feedly vs Ordinal

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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

Ordinal (formerly Assembly) is built for one specific job: running social for a group of executives or employees. It drafts, schedules, routes for approval, and automates engagement across many personal accounts, and it's priced for companies, not individuals, from $95 a month.

From
$95 /mo
Free plan

Bottom line

Feedly and Ordinal 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 Ordinal for Companies running executive or founder social programs.

Features compared

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

Platforms compared

NetworkFeedlyOrdinal
InstagramNoAuto
FacebookAnalyticsAuto
X (Twitter)AnalyticsAuto
LinkedInAnalyticsAuto
TikTokNoAuto
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.

Ordinal

Starter

$95 /mo
Scheduled posts
Unlimited
  • $95/mo
  • Drafting, scheduling, content calendar, approval workflows
  • For teams managing multiple executive accounts

Pro

Popular
$215 /mo
Scheduled posts
Unlimited
  • $215/mo (about $265 with Ordinal MCP)
  • Everything in Starter, plus unlimited seats
  • Account analytics, automated engagement (likes, comments, reposts), unlimited scheduled posts

Enterprise

Custom
Scheduled posts
Unlimited
  • Custom pricing
  • LinkedIn leads data, API access, custom permissions
  • SAML/SSO and prioritised support
  • Flat plans aimed at executive and team social programs, not individual scheduling, which is why the entry is $95 a month. Pro at $215 includes unlimited seats; a Pro plan with Ordinal MCP runs around $265.
  • There's no free plan, only a 14-day trial.
  • Ordinal (formerly Assembly) is built for running many personal/executive accounts together, used by companies like Zapier, Mercury, Clay, and Beehiiv to power their executive social presence.
  • Prices are USD from current 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

Ordinal

  • Purpose-built for executive and employee social programs
  • Drafting, approvals, and analytics across many personal accounts
  • Automated engagement to grow those accounts
  • Unlimited seats on Pro; SSO and API on Enterprise
  • Expensive, and priced for companies not individuals
  • Network focus is LinkedIn and X, not visual platforms
  • No free plan, recycling, or full engagement inbox
  • Young product, lightly documented company

Feedly vs Ordinal: FAQ

Is Feedly or Ordinal cheaper?
Feedly is cheaper to start, from $6 against $95 for Ordinal. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
Does Feedly or Ordinal have a free plan?
Feedly has a free plan; Ordinal does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.
Which is better, Feedly or Ordinal?
Feedly is the stronger pick for social media managers who need a steady stream of content ideas, while Ordinal is the better fit for companies running executive or founder social programs. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.