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Alternatives to Arc Publishing
21 news tools sit alongside Arc Publishing in this directory. Below is what separates each from Arc Publishing on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 11
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Arc Publishing starts at
- On request
Why people look past Arc Publishing
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Arc Publishing entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Arc Publishing carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 11 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Arc Publishing publishes a single plan, Enterprise at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The all-in-one platform for newsletter creators
- Can be used without paying; Arc Publishing cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $43/month, where Arc Publishing does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Arc Publishing's 1.
Organize, read, and share content you care about
- Can be used without paying; Arc Publishing cannot.
The content reader for power users
- Can be used without paying; Arc Publishing cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $7.5/month, where Arc Publishing does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Arc Publishing's 1.
Real-time analytics for publishers
- Publishes an entry price of $1000/month, where Arc Publishing does not.
Free open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS, with no subscription, no ads and no feed limit
- Can be used without paying; Arc Publishing cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
Subscription RSS and social feed reader for Apple platforms, with a separate one-time Classic version
- Can be used without paying; Arc Publishing cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $10/year, where Arc Publishing does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Arc Publishing's 1.
Every Arc Publishing alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc Publishing (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| BeehiivThe all-in-one platform for newsletter creators | Free, then $43/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Arc Publishing |
| FeedlyOrganize, read, and share content you care about | Free | - | - | vs Arc Publishing |
| InoreaderThe content reader for power users | Free, then $7.5/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Arc Publishing |
| ChartbeatReal-time analytics for publishers | $1000/month | Quote | 1 | vs Arc Publishing |
| NetNewsWire | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Reeder | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | 3 | vs Arc Publishing |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Ghost | Free, then $15/month | - | 4 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Google News | Free | Free | 1 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Free | Free | 1 | vs Arc Publishing | |
| Buttondown | Free, then $9/month | - | 2 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Artifact | Free | Free | 1 | vs Arc Publishing |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | Usage-based | 4 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Apple News | $12.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Arc Publishing |
| CrowdTangle | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Brightspot | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Arc Publishing |
| EIN Presswire | On request | Usage-based | 3 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Feedbin | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Cision | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Agility PR Solutions | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Arc Publishing |
| Ghost CMS | $18/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Arc Publishing |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Arc Publishing badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (11)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Beehiiv , Free, then $43/month
- Feedly , Free
- Inoreader , Free, then $7.5/month
- NetNewsWire , Free
- Reeder , Free, then $10/year
- ConvertKit , Free, then $33/month
- Ghost , Free, then $15/month
- Google News , Free
What you would be giving up
Arc Publishing is most often brought in for content management for news and digital publishers, subscription and paywall management, video publishing alongside articles, multi-site delivery for broadcast and b2b publishers. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Arc Publishing is broadly right and the question is cost, the Arc Publishing pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the News category lists everything the directory holds, and best news tools ranks them.
Arc Publishing runs on web, mobile. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Arc Publishing alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Arc Publishing?
- 21 other news tools are listed in this directory, led by Beehiiv, Feedly, Inoreader, Chartbeat. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Arc Publishing?
- 11 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Beehiiv, Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire, Reeder.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Arc Publishing?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Arc Publishing?
- Arc Publishing is most often brought in for content management for news and digital publishers, subscription and paywall management, video publishing alongside articles, multi-site delivery for broadcast and b2b publishers. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Arc Publishing?
- None of the news tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Arc Publishing alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, News, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Arc Publishing against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Arc Publishing covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every news tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the News category, 21 tools beside Arc Publishing. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.