Comparison · Issue 01
iNews is great. It's also $50,000.
The OnAirFlow desk·Opinion, on the record·Est read · 4 min
If you run a national newscast with a full IT department and a six-figure software line item, use iNews. It's the industry standard because it earned that position over forty years. For the rest of the daily news universe — streaming-native shows, small-market affiliates, campus stations, corporate briefings — a rundown is not a six-figure problem. It's a rundown.
Section 02 · Feature ledger
The head-to-head, without the spin.
Every row represents a real buying-decision question.
Topic
iNews / ENPS
OnAirFlow
Pricing model
Enterprise contract — typically $50k+/yr, plus per-seat and MOS gateway fees.
Flat monthly pricing published on the site. From $49/mo.
Deployment
On-prem or hosted enterprise install. IT ticket to add a user.
Browser. Sign up in 60 seconds. Onboard a full team in an afternoon.
MOS protocol integration
Deep MOS with playout, graphics, prompter vendors.
Webhooks + JSON API today. MOS on the roadmap, deliberately not rushed.
Real-time collaboration
Manual refresh / publish cycle.
Every change syncs to every screen before you finish typing.
Teleprompter
Separate vendor integration (Autocue / CueScript).
Built in. Adjustable speed, mirror mode, works on any screen.
AI host notes
Not part of the platform.
BYOK. Paste your Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, or xAI key — your prompt, your voice.
Mobile access
Desktop-focused.
Full mobile board + story editor shipped in v1.5.
Wire ingest / archive
Deep NRCS features — AP/Reuters/wires native.
Not today. We replace the Google Doc, not the NRCS.
Training time
Multi-day vendor training per team member.
Afternoon for the whole team. If it takes longer, something is wrong.
Target buyer
Networks and major-market stations with IT departments.
Daily live news shows under 10 seats that can’t expense a $50k contract.
Section 03 · Decision guide
Which one is for you?
Pick iNews if
- • You run a national or major-market newscast with a full IT team.
- • You integrate tightly with Ross / Grass Valley / Avid via MOS.
- • You have wire ingest, archive, and script-heavy workflows.
- • Your budget line for NRCS software has at least one comma in it.
- • Forty years of broadcast muscle memory is a feature, not a liability.
Pick OnAirFlow if
- • You run a 30-minute to 2-hour daily live news show.
- • Your team is under 10 seats.
- • You currently run the show off Google Docs, spreadsheets, and Slack.
- • You'd rather bring your own AI key than pay per-seat AI fees.
- • You want to onboard producers in an afternoon, not a quarter.
- • $50k/yr for a rundown tool would be laughed out of the budget meeting.
"We looked at iNews three times. Every time the quote came back, we'd go back to the spreadsheet. OnAirFlow is the first real option we found between those two extremes."
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Sarah C., Executive Producer
The Daily Rundown · 2-hour daily news show
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