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Inoreader Zapier integrationAutomate Inoreader with Zapier.

The Inoreader Zapier integration gives you 5 triggers, 2 actions and 0 searches. It works on the free plan, every trigger is checked on a timer, and the one real trap is a Zap that subscribes to feeds while watching for new subscriptions.

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Overview

What the Inoreader Zapier integration actually does

It lets Zapier watch your Inoreader reading habits (a folder, a tag, a star, a broadcast, a new subscription) and react, or push pages and feeds into your Inoreader account from somewhere else. Inoreader is a feed reader built around RSS, so the integration is mostly about moving what you read to where your team works.

Three results people build with it. A reading pipeline: every article that reaches a research folder starts a Zap through New Article in Folder, so a curated topic keeps flowing without you opening the app. A share-out list: what you broadcast through New Broadcasted Article, with your broadcast note attached, becomes the start of a Zap that passes it on. A feed collector: Subscribe to Feed adds a source to your account from a URL that arrived elsewhere, and Save a Web Page keeps a copy of a page you want to read later.

What Zapier does not do here: no trigger is instant, all five are checked on a timer, so on the free plan expect up to 15 minutes between the star and the Zap. There is no search step either, which means a Zap cannot look up an existing feed or article before acting. And nothing that happened before you switch a Zap on is picked up.

If you want to compare tools before committing, the same app has an Inoreader Make integration page, and you can also read Make vs Zapier before you choose.

Figures on this page were read on 2026-10-01, implementation InoreaderCLIAPI@1.0.3.

Vocabulary

Zapier words, in plain English

Seven words come back on every line below. Here is what each one means for you.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time that trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for that event and nothing else.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or saves something on your behalf.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. The number on your plan counts those, nothing else.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked on a timer, Zapier asks for new items. An instant one is reported by the app the moment it happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap go on only when what arrived meets your condition, and stops it quietly otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something already in an app so later steps can use it. Inoreader offers none on Zapier.
Connection
Your Inoreader account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step of every Zap that touches Inoreader.
Cost

What an Inoreader Zap costs you

Inoreader is not a premium app, so it runs on the free plan. The bill is counted in tasks, and only actions make tasks.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps, checks every 15 minutes
  • TriggerNever costs a task
  • Each successful actionOne task
  • Filter or second actionPaid plan needed

Watching a folder or a tag costs nothing, however often Zapier checks. Each action that goes through counts once, so a Zap that saves a page and then subscribes to a feed uses two tasks per article. An action that fails is not counted. The catch is elsewhere: the free plan only builds two-step Zaps, one trigger and one action. Add a filter or a second action and the Zap becomes a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan.

Connect

Connect your Inoreader account

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to the Apps page and click + Add connection. A search box opens in a dialog: type Inoreader, then pick it from the results to move on.

  2. 02

    Sign in to Inoreader

    Click Add connection. A new tab opens on Inoreader, where you sign in with the account whose folders, tags and stars you want Zapier to see, not a test account you never read.

  3. 03

    Grant access

    Allow Zapier to use the account. From then on, every Zap step that uses Inoreader reuses this connection, so you do it once and pick it from a list afterwards.

First Zap

Your first Zap: keep starred articles and follow their source

GoalEach article you star is saved as a web page, and the site it came from is added to your feeds, in one pass.

  1. 01

    Build: choose the trigger

    Start a new Zap with Build. Pick Inoreader as the app and New Starred Article as the event, then select your Inoreader connection from the list.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Click Test. Zapier brings back the three most recent starred articles from your account. Star one first if you have none, then pick a real one.

  3. 03

    Add the first action

    Add a step, pick Inoreader again and choose Save a Web Page. In the required URL box, insert the article link from step 1 so each starred item is the page that gets saved.

  4. 04

    Add the second action

    Add Subscribe to Feed and map the same link. It accepts an HTML page that points to its feed, so the source gets followed. Two actions make this a multi-step Zap, on a paid plan.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test each action once and read what came back, then check the saved page and the new feed in Inoreader. Then click Publish to switch the Zap on for every new star.

Triggers

Inoreader triggers on Zapier

5 events start a Zap when something happens in Inoreader. Zapier checks for them at the interval your plan allows.

1

New Article in Folder

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new article is available in a specified folder.”

Pick one folder of your Inoreader account and every fresh article that shows up there starts the Zap. It turns a folder you already curate into a feed for another tool.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one
When to use it
a product manager groups competitor blogs in one folder and wants each new post pushed to the team without anyone opening the reader.
Watch out
the folder is required and the Zap watches only that one; articles in other folders never start it.
2

New Broadcasted Article

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when you broadcast an article. It also contains your broadcast message.”

Broadcasting is how you share an article from Inoreader, and this trigger hears about each one, along with the message you wrote when you broadcast it.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one
When to use it
an analyst who already broadcasts the best reads of the day wants that same pick, plus the comment, to land in a newsletter draft or a team channel.
Watch out
only articles you broadcast after the Zap is published count; earlier broadcasts are never replayed.
3

New Starred Article

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when you star an article.”

One click on the star in Inoreader is enough to start the Zap. It is the lightest trigger of the app: no folder or tag to set up, just the gesture you already make while reading.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one
When to use it
a freelance writer stars sources while researching a piece and wants each one filed in a reading list without leaving the reader.
Watch out
the trigger reacts to the star, so starring in bulk to tidy up starts one Zap run per article.
4

New Subscription

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when you subscribe to a feed (RSS or social network).”

This one reacts when you subscribe to a new feed, RSS or social network. It tracks your sources rather than your articles.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one
When to use it
a research team that wants a running log of every source someone adds, kept in a shared sheet or wiki.
Watch out
never pair it with the Subscribe to Feed action on the same account, or the Zap subscribes, sees the new subscription and starts again.
5

New Tagged Article

Polling trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when you add a specified tag to an article.”

Choose one tag and each article you label with it starts the Zap. Tags cut across folders, so this trigger follows a topic wherever the article came from.

How it fires
Zapier goes and looks at regular intervals, and how often depends on your plan: every 15 minutes on the free one
When to use it
a content marketer tags articles worth quoting and wants each one queued in the editorial calendar as a reference.
Watch out
the tag is required and must already exist in Inoreader before you set up the trigger.
Actions

Inoreader actions on Zapier

Inoreader gives you 2 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Save a Web Page

Action

In Zapier“Saves an external web page into your Inoreader account. You can access it from "Saved web pages" at any time.”

Give it any page address and Inoreader keeps a copy of that external page in your account, to read later even if it never came from a feed.

When to use it
links shared in a chat or bookmarked elsewhere end up in one place you actually open.
Watch out
the URL box is required, so map a real link into it or the step fails.
2

Subscribe to Feed

Action

In Zapier“Subscribes you to the RSS feed from the provided URL.”

Hand it a feed address and your Inoreader account subscribes to it, the same as adding a source by hand.

When to use it
a form where colleagues suggest sources, each suggestion added to your reader the moment it is accepted.
Watch out
the URL must be a valid RSS feed or an HTML page that links to its feed in its code; a plain article link may not be enough.
When it breaks

When an Inoreader Zap breaks

Zapier lists no help article and no app-specific limit for Inoreader. What breaks is what breaks on any polling app, plus one loop specific to this one.

Surprises here come from timing and from a Zap feeding itself. Read these four before you publish.

  • The subscription loop

    A Zap that starts on New Subscription and runs Subscribe to Feed on the same account sets itself off again and again, and burns through your tasks fast.

  • Old articles are ignored

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you switch it on. Articles already starred, tagged or filed before that are never sent, and moving them is a separate job.

  • A big import gets held back

    After a bulk import or a migration, a trigger can suddenly return a huge batch at once. Zapier's flood protection can hold it back instead of running it.

  • No duplicate, by design

    Zapier remembers what it already saw on a polling trigger, so the same article does not start the Zap twice, however many checks see it.
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FAQ

Inoreader and Zapier: common questions

01Is the Inoreader Zapier integration free?
Yes, Inoreader is not a premium app, so it works on the free Zapier plan. That plan gives you 100 tasks a month and unlimited Zaps, with every trigger checked every 15 minutes. The limit is the shape of the Zap: free Zaps have two steps, one trigger and one action. As soon as you want a filter, a second action or a search, the Zap becomes multi-step and you need a paid plan.
02How many tasks does an Inoreader Zap use?
One task per action that succeeds, and nothing for the trigger. Zapier can check your folder or tag as often as it likes, the checks themselves are free. A Zap that saves each starred article uses one task per article. A Zap with two actions uses two per article. An action that fails is not counted against your plan, so a broken step does not drain your allowance. That makes the monthly count easy to predict: roughly the number of articles you expect, times the number of actions.
03Does Inoreader send articles to Zapier in real time?
No. All five Inoreader triggers are polling triggers, which means Zapier goes and checks your account on a timer. On the free plan that timer is 15 minutes, on Professional 2 minutes, and on Team or Enterprise 1 minute. On paid plans you can also run a check by hand from the editor. There is no instant trigger for Inoreader, so this delay is a property of the app, not something you can switch off.
04What does it take to connect Inoreader to Zapier?
An Inoreader account, plus access to anything you want the Zap to touch that you do not own yourself. You add the connection from the Apps page of Zapier with + Add connection, sign in to Inoreader in the tab that opens and grant access. If you plan to use the folder or tag triggers, create that folder or tag in Inoreader beforehand, because the trigger asks for it. Pick the account you actually read with, since the triggers only see that account.
05Why does an Inoreader Zap keep running on its own?
Usually because it writes where its own trigger looks. The classic case is New Subscription as the trigger and Subscribe to Feed as the action on the same account: every subscription the Zap creates is a new subscription the trigger sees, so it starts again. Split the two into separate accounts or change the trigger, otherwise the loop eats your task count quickly. Turn the Zap off first, then fix it, so it stops consuming tasks while you work.
06What if the Inoreader operation that fits the job is missing?
Then Zapier cannot do it with the built-in steps. Inoreader on Zapier stops at five triggers and two actions, with no search step, so there is no way to look up an existing article or feed from a Zap. Check whether the job can start from one of the five triggers instead, or compare what other automation tools expose for Inoreader before building around the gap. Sometimes a different trigger gets you to the same result.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Inoreader?
It depends on your criteria rather than on a winner. Zapier is the quickest to set up when the five triggers and two actions cover your need and the 15-minute delay on the free plan is acceptable. If you already run Make or n8n, the real test is the same: check that the operations it offers for Inoreader cover the job before moving anything. The Inoreader Make integration page lists what Make exposes for this app.
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