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Microsoft Start pricing
Microsoft Start publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the news tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Microsoft Start pricing is free. 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
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Microsoft Start 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 | 5 | Entry tier |
Where Microsoft Start stops being free
Free, Free
- Personalized news feed
- Topic following
- Cross-device sync
- Local news
- Weather integration
No paid tier on record
Microsoft Start lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Microsoft Start 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
- Personalized news
- Topic following
- Weather updates
- Sports scores
- Finance news
Integrations
- Microsoft Edge
- Windows 11
- Microsoft Account
- Outlook
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- Windows support
People bring Microsoft Start in for daily news, topic tracking, weather updates, quick information. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Microsoft Start 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Start (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| NetNewsWire | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Microsoft Start |
| Reeder | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | - | vs Microsoft Start |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | usage-based | - | vs Microsoft Start |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | freemium | - | vs Microsoft Start |
| Inoreader | Free, then $7.5/month | freemium | - | vs Microsoft Start |
| Ghost | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs Microsoft Start |
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 Microsoft Start badges page.
Before you pay for Microsoft Start
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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Microsoft Start runs on web, ios, android, windows, and is published by Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, WA. The full record is on the Microsoft Start review, and the rest of the category is under best news tools.
Microsoft Start pricing questions
- How much does Microsoft Start cost?
- Microsoft Start publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Microsoft Start have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers personalized news feed, topic following, cross-device sync.
- Which news tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 news tools listed alongside Microsoft Start have a free tier: NetNewsWire, Reeder, ConvertKit, Inoreader, Ghost.
- What am I actually paying for with Microsoft Start?
- The record lists 13 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for daily news, topic tracking, weather updates.
- Does Microsoft Start charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 Microsoft Start 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 Microsoft Start against before paying?
- The closest news tools in this directory are NetNewsWire, Reeder, GlobeNewswire, ConvertKit. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Microsoft Start covering price, platforms and features.