Comparative overview of newsreaders
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On this page you can see the functionality of several popular newsreaders. The Links page contains more newsreaders.
| SABnzbd (tip!) | Grabit | NNTPGrab | Alt.Binz | Newshosting | Usenet Explorer | ||||
| Modern techniques | |||||||||
| Import NZB files |  | | | | | | |||
| Multi-server combining | | | | | |||||
| Server priorities | | | | | |||||
| SSL | | | | | | | |||
| Search engine built-in | *1 | | | | |||||
| Monitor NZB folder | | | | | | ||||
| Automatically repair and extract | | | (partially) | | | | |||
| Speed limiter | | | | | |||||
| Web interface | | | |||||||
| Shutdown computer after downloading | | | | | | | |||
| Traditional techniques | |||||||||
| Virtual newsgroups | | ||||||||
| Filter headers | | | | ||||||
| Take sample of headers | | ||||||||
| Misc | |||||||||
| Linux version | | with Wine | | with Wine | | ||||
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| Support Socks-proxy | | | |||||||
| Difficulty | easy | easy | easy | average | easy | above average | |||
| User interface quality | + | + | + | + / - | + | - | |||
| Price | free and open-source | free *1 | free and open-source | 'Donation' required to be able to use newer versions | see below | $35 | |||
| Remarks | You control SABnzbd via your web browser (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer etc). | This is a powerful and free newsreader that is built for browsing Newshosting newsgroups. It's preconfigured to your account. | Yearly payment to be able to keep using the built-in search engine and to get updates. | ||||||
*1 = not for free. Grabit's search engine can be used freely 5 times a day, after that you'll have to pay. NewsLeecher charges $29.95 per year for its 'SuperSeach'-service plus NewsLeecher upgrades.
*2 = Free upgrades for just one year. Also see *1 above for the combination of NewsLeecher upgrades & SuperSearch.
Any errors in this overview? Let me know!
