Simple, transparent pricing.
Start free. Upgrade when you want deeper analysis.
Beta users get full Vantage access for free.
Sign up now and get every feature at no cost while we're in beta.
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$0forever
- Access to all 10,000+ sources
- Bias distribution bar on every story
- 5 Blindspot stories per day
- 50 source follows
- Top Stories and My Feed
- Story detail with headline comparison
- Basic search
- —My News Bias dashboard
- —Per-source factuality scores
- —Per-bias AI summaries
- —AI bias insights
- —Ownership data
Explorer
$9.99/year
- Everything in Free, plus:
- 7-day My News Bias dashboard
- Per-story factuality breakdown
- Per-bias summaries (Left/Center/Right takes)
- 10 Blindspot stories per day
- 500 source follows
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Pro
$39.99/year
- Everything in Explorer, plus:
- 30-day My News Bias dashboard
- Full factuality data on all sources
- Paywall content filter
- Unlimited Blindspot stories
- Unlimited source follows
- Priority story updates
Vantage
$99.99/year
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- All-time My News Bias history
- Full ownership data and analysis
- AI Bias Insights (what each side emphasizes)
- Source comparison tools
- Priority support
- Early access to new features
Feature comparison
| Feature | Free | Explorer | Pro | Vantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sources | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Bias distribution bar | ||||
| Headline comparison | ||||
| Top Stories feed | ||||
| My Feed | ||||
| Basic search | ||||
| Blindspot stories/day | 5 | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Source follows | 50 | 500 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| My News Bias dashboard | — | 7-day | 30-day | All-time |
| Per-story factuality | — | |||
| Per-bias summaries | — | |||
| Full factuality data | — | — | ||
| Paywall filter | — | — | ||
| Priority updates | — | — | ||
| Ownership data | — | — | — | |
| AI Bias Insights | — | — | — | |
| Source comparison tools | — | — | — | |
| Priority support | — | — | — |
Common questions
You'll transition to the Free tier with the option to upgrade. We'll give at least 30 days notice before any transition. Your reading history and preferences will carry over to any paid tier.
Yes. Upgrade or downgrade anytime. If you downgrade, you keep access to your current tier until the end of your billing period.
We're exploring this. If you're a student, educator, or nonprofit researcher, contact us and we'll work something out.
We'll support credit/debit cards and potentially Apple Pay and Google Pay at launch. Payments are processed securely through Stripe.
Yes. If you're not satisfied within the first 30 days of a paid subscription, we'll issue a full refund, no questions asked.
Our free tier includes the bias distribution bar and headline comparison on every story, which Ground News reserves for paid tiers. We believe the core bias visibility feature should be free.