RSS.app vs emit
RSS.app generates RSS feeds from websites and social pages, priced per feed count and refresh speed. emit's page → feed does the website half of that job free — and then goes further: plain-English LLM filtering, email digests from your own domain, Slack/Discord pushes, and signed webhooks, all metered per unit of work instead of per plan tier.
| emit | RSS.app | |
|---|---|---|
| Website → RSS feed | Free (up to 250 pages: 10 smart feeds × 25 sources) | Free: 2 feeds · paid from ~$8.32/mo (15 feeds) |
| Pricing model | Pay per use ($1.60/1,000 credits); feeds out never gated | Plan tiers by feed count ($8.32–$83.32/mo, annual) |
| Refresh | Hourly / 6h / daily cadence | 24h free · 60-min Basic · 15-min Developer+ |
| Filtering | LLM relevance filter from a plain-English prompt, auditable | Keyword whitelist/blacklist (20–200 keywords by plan) |
| Delivery | Email digests (your domain), Slack, Discord, signed webhooks | Widgets, webhooks (2–50 by plan) |
| Social-network sources (X, Instagram…) | No | Yes |
| API-first / agent-ready | Full API on every account + hosted MCP server | API on Developer plan and up (1,000 ops/mo) |
RSS.app pricing as listed on rss.app/pricing (annual billing), July 2026 — verify current plans on their site. Last reviewed July 2026.
Why people pick emit over RSS.app
- You want the feed plus what comes after it — a filtered digest in your inbox or new entries in Slack — without gluing a second tool on top.
- You'd rather pay for work done than for a feed-count tier you half use.
- You want filtering that understands "security advisories, not product marketing" — not a keyword blacklist.
When RSS.app is the better choice
RSS.app is the better choice if you need feeds from social networks (X, Instagram, TikTok) — emit deliberately doesn't crawl walled platforms — or if you need sub-hour refresh on many feeds and don't care about filtering or delivery.
Try it
One call: POST /v1/watchers with a page
URL (the API calls these feeds watchers). See
how page → feed works, the
page → Slack guide, or
estimate your cost (usually $0).