Comparison

NewsGuard vs Ground News

NewsGuard and Ground News both land on Depends.

NewsGuard

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're a school, library, advertiser, or researcher who needs human-reviewed news credibility data.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Worth it for news junkies who want bias comparison across outlets in one app; free alternatives cover casual needs.

NewsGuard versus Ground News
Compare	NewsGuard	Ground News
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Schools and libraries teaching media literacy	News junkies comparing outlets
Who it's not for	Individuals wanting a free, simple filter . ratings inform but don't block	Anyone wanting original journalism . it aggregates only
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹⁴	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support quality	No evidence in sources reviewed	Trustpilot reviewers praise customer service
Public sentiment	Consumer sentiment is poor, while ad-industry practitioners find the data useful but non-trivial to implement.^⁶	App store and Trustpilot ratings are strong, but Reddit splits between fans of the bias-comparison format and skeptics calling it overpriced aggregation.¹⁵
Biggest gotcha	Ratings are contested . Consortium News scored 47.5/100, fueling FCC complaints¹⁰	Site now pushes one plan, Vantage, at $99.99/year auto-renewing after a 7-day trial

Individuals wanting a free, simple filter . ratings inform but don't block
Buyers needing independently proven impact . a 2022 study found limited label effects
Orgs avoiding politically contested vendors . live FTC and FCC fights
Ad teams wanting plug-and-play . practitioners report slow setup