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Ground News pricing
Ground News publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Ground News pricing is free across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Ground News plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Pro | $9.99/month | 4 | +$9.99/month, 4 more features |
| Vanguard | $19.99/month | 4 | +$9.999999999999998/month, 4 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers basic news comparison, bias ratings, limited stories, mobile app.
Pro
$9.99/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Unlimited stories
- Blindspot feed
- Ownership data
- Ad-free
Vanguard
$19.99/monthOver Pro, this tier adds:
- Everything in Pro
- Support journalism
- Early features
- Community access
Where Ground News stops being free
Free, Free
- Basic news comparison
- Bias ratings
- Limited stories
- Mobile app
Pro, $9.99/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited stories
- Blindspot feed
- Ownership data
- Ad-free
What the product covers
The full Ground News feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- News comparison
- Bias ratings
- Source transparency
- Blindspot analysis
- Ownership data
Integrations
- Browser extension
Platform
- Ios support
- Android support
- Web support
People bring Ground News in for news consumption, media literacy, research, fact checking. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Ground News are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in News
Too few news tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground News (this page) | Free | freemium | - | |
| NetNewsWire | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Ground News |
| Reeder | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | - | vs Ground News |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | usage-based | - | vs Ground News |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | freemium | - | vs Ground News |
| Inoreader | Free, then $7.5/month | freemium | - | vs Ground News |
| Ghost | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs Ground News |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Ground News badges page.
Before you pay for Ground News
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $19.99/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Ground News runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Ground Media Inc of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The full record is on the Ground News review, and the rest of the category is under best news tools.
Ground News pricing questions
- How much does Ground News cost?
- Ground News publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $19.99/month for Vanguard. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Ground News have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers basic news comparison, bias ratings, limited stories. Paying starts at $9.99/month for Pro.
- What is the difference between Free and Pro on Ground News?
- Pro costs $9.99/month against Free, and adds unlimited stories, blindspot feed, ownership data, ad-free.
- Is the Vanguard plan on Ground News worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is everything in pro, support journalism, early features, community access. It costs $19.99/month against $9.99/month for Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which news tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 news tools listed alongside Ground News have a free tier: NetNewsWire, Reeder, ConvertKit, Inoreader, Ghost.
- What am I actually paying for with Ground News?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for news consumption, media literacy, research.
- Does Ground News charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Ground News prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Ground News against before paying?
- The closest news tools in this directory are NetNewsWire, Reeder, GlobeNewswire, ConvertKit. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Ground News covering price, platforms and features.