Side by side
| Zenfeed | CleanedIn | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, no tiers | Free tier, then £9/month or £59/year |
| Free tier limit | None — unlimited filtering | 20 classifications per day |
| Platforms | LinkedIn, X/Twitter, YouTube (opt-in) | LinkedIn only |
| Account required | No | Yes — email or Google sign-in |
| Where classification happens | In your browser. No post text leaves the device. | On their server, which forwards post text to Anthropic's Claude API |
| How it decides | Keyword and phrase matching, plus page structure | A language model reading each post |
| Filter categories | Promoted, suggested, AI content, company pages, custom keywords | 10 categories, including engagement bait, humble brags and corporate PR |
| Highlighting good posts | No | Yes — "Spotlight", on the paid plan |
| AI filtering style | Timed — Rest from AI runs for a set period, then restores | Always on, as one of the 10 filters |
Why someone might choose Zenfeed
Nothing you read gets sent anywhere. That matters more than it sounds, because a LinkedIn feed contains posts written by your connections, and a cloud classifier has to transmit that text to judge it. Zenfeed does the matching in the browser, so the question never arises. It is also free with no cap, needs no account, and covers X and YouTube as well as LinkedIn.
The trade is bluntness. Keyword matching cannot tell a thoughtful post from a shallow one, so Zenfeed filters by category rather than by quality.
Why someone might still want CleanedIn
A language model reading each post can make judgements a keyword list simply cannot. Recognising engagement bait, a humble brag, or empty inspiration is a question of tone, not vocabulary, and that is exactly what CleanedIn's ten categories are built around. Its Spotlight feature also highlights posts worth reading rather than only hiding the rest, which is something Zenfeed does not attempt at all.
If you only use LinkedIn, you want filtering by quality rather than by category, and you are comfortable with post text being classified in the cloud, it is doing something Zenfeed deliberately does not.
Source
CleanedIn facts above — pricing, platform scope, account requirement, filter categories, and where classification happens — are from its own site and privacy policy, checked August 26, 2026. The description of post text being sent over HTTPS to an edge function and forwarded to Anthropic's Claude API, then discarded, is stated in CleanedIn's own privacy policy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does CleanedIn send your LinkedIn feed to a server?
Yes, by design. Its privacy policy states that post text is sent over HTTPS to its own edge function, which forwards it to Anthropic's Claude API for classification, then discards it. Zenfeed never sends post text anywhere, because it matches keywords in your browser instead of asking a model.
Is there a free alternative to CleanedIn with no daily limit?
Zenfeed is free with no paid tier, no account, and no cap on how many posts it filters. CleanedIn's free plan allows 20 classifications a day before you need a paid plan, which is the normal trade when a cloud model is doing the work and each post costs the provider money.
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