Head to head
Feedly vs Ordinal
Last updated 4 June 2026
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 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. Ordinal fits companies running executive or founder social programs better, and it reaches Instagram and TikTok among others, which Feedly doesn't.
Feedly starts cheaper, $6 a month against $95 a month for Ordinal. Feedly brings social listening that Ordinal skips, while Ordinal has AI captions Feedly doesn't.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Feedly has a free plan; Ordinal doesn't, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Feedly starts at $6 a month, Ordinal at $95 a month.
- Feedly posts to 3 networks, Ordinal to 6.
- Only Ordinal reaches Instagram, TikTok, and Threads.
- Feedly has social listening; Ordinal doesn't.
- Ordinal has AI captions; Feedly doesn't.
- Ordinal has content calendar; Feedly doesn't.
- Ordinal has auto-publish; Feedly doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | Feedly | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | No | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Not assessed | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| 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 | Not assessed |
Platforms compared
| Network | Feedly | Ordinal |
|---|---|---|
| No | Auto | |
| Analytics | Auto | |
| X (Twitter) | Analytics | Auto |
| Analytics | Auto | |
| TikTok | No | Auto |
| Threads | No | Auto |
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.
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.
Ordinal
Starter
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $95/mo
- Drafting, scheduling, content calendar, approval workflows
- For teams managing multiple executive accounts
Pro
Popular- 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
- 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.