RSS feeds have become an essential tool for staying informed. However, not all RSS feeds function the same way. This article will explain what native RSS feeds are, distinguish them from non-native feeds, and clarify why our free plan supports only native RSS feeds.

Native RSS feeds are feeds directly provided by websites using a standard format (usually XML) to publish regularly updated information like blog posts, news articles, podcasts, or videos. These feeds are explicitly created and maintained by the site owners (not RSS.app), ensuring timely and accurate content delivery.

Using the RSS Generator with a native feed URL will indeed create a native RSS feed, and it will be labeled with the appropriate tag to indicate its native status. This ensures that the feed directly reflects the original source without additional modifications.

To ensure your native RSS feed is valid, you can use the RSS Feed Validator. Simply paste your feed URL into the tool, and it will check if your feed meets the necessary RSS standards. This is a quick way to confirm that your native feed is correctly formatted and functional.

If you create a feed using our RSS Generator, RSS Builder, or by setting up topics and keywords, the feed will generally be non-native.

This is because we're using specialized tools to generate feeds from websites that don’t provide a built-in RSS option.

Non-native feeds created through these tools will usually have a label indicating their origin, like those generated through our RSS Generator or RSS Builder.

Non-native RSS feeds demand additional resources because they require continuous monitoring, processing, and maintenance to ensure accuracy and reliability. These custom feeds pull content from sites without built-in RSS functionality, making them significantly more complex and hard to support, compared to standard native feeds.