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Flipboard vs Prezly

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Flipboard

Software

Your personal magazine for news and stories

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Prezly

Software

All-in-one PR software for modern newsrooms

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Flipboard has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Flipboard flipboard is free to use with no paid tier; the product carries no subscription, so there is no plan limit to compare against rivals that charge; Prezly the Essential plan at 100 euros a month covers one site, one user and 5,000 contacts, and carries Prezly branding
  • They diverge on capability: Flipboard covers Magazine-style layout, Prezly covers Online newsrooms.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Flipboard and Prezly actually diverge.

Attributes where Flipboard and Prezly differ
AttributeFlipboardPrezly
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelfreesubscription
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown), founded (2010).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Flipboard

  • Magazine-style layout
  • Content curation
  • Topic discovery
  • Smart magazines
  • Social sharing
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn

Only in Prezly

  • Online newsrooms
  • Contact management
  • Email campaigns
  • Coverage tracking
  • Multimedia stories
  • Slack
  • Google Analytics
  • Zapier

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Flipboard

  • News consumptionnot Prezly
  • Content discoverynot Prezly
  • Magazine creationnot Prezly
  • Social readingnot Prezly

Prezly

  • Hosting an online newsroom or press pagenot Flipboard
  • Sending press releases to a media contact listnot Flipboard
  • Managing journalist contacts and coveragenot Flipboard
  • Multilingual newsrooms through the localisation featuresnot Flipboard

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Flipboard

  • Flipboard is free to use with no paid tier; the product carries no subscription, so there is no plan limit to compare against rivals that charge

Prezly

  • The Essential plan at 100 euros a month covers one site, one user and 5,000 contacts, and carries Prezly branding
  • Removing the branding and getting white-label sites requires Standard at 250 euros a month
  • Standard still allows only two users
  • The uptime SLA is Enterprise only
  • Advertised prices are the annual rates, with a 20 percent premium for paying monthly

Pricing, plan by plan

Flipboard

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited reading
    • Personalized feeds
    • Magazine creation

Prezly

On request
  • Starter$75/month
    • 1 newsroom
    • 3 users
    • 5,000 contacts
  • Growth$180/month
    • 3 newsrooms
    • 10 users
    • 25,000 contacts
  • Pro$450/month
    • Unlimited newsrooms
    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited contacts

Which should you pick?

Choose Flipboard if

  • You need magazine-style layout.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want content curation.
Flipboard review

Choose Prezly if

  • You need online newsrooms.
  • You also want contact management.
Prezly review

Questions people ask

Is Flipboard or Prezly better?
Neither clearly leads. Flipboard starts at Free and Prezly at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Flipboard or Prezly?
Flipboard has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Flipboard and On request for Prezly.
Does Flipboard or Prezly run on more platforms?
Flipboard runs on Web, Ios, Android. Prezly runs on Web.
Can I use Flipboard for free?
Yes. Flipboard has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Prezly starts at On request.
What is Flipboard best used for?
Flipboard is most often used for news consumption, content discovery, magazine creation, social reading. Of those, news consumption and content discovery are not what Prezly is typically brought in for.
What can Flipboard do that Prezly cannot?
Flipboard covers Magazine-style layout, Content curation, Topic discovery, Smart magazines. Prezly covers Online newsrooms, Contact management, Email campaigns, Coverage tracking. Both handle Web support.
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