Best NZB Site List
Here is our list of the most popular and best NZB sites. These top NZB sites represent the best NZB sites out there. We dont bother with listing any that are very old or not maintained. We make a distinction between an NZB site vs. Usenet search engines.
NZB sites contain catalogs of NZB files edited by humans vs Usenet search engines which search indexes of NZB files in real time. Oftentimes you will get better quality results with NZB sites vs Usenet search engines.
| Name | Price | Retention | |
|---|---|---|---|
NZBMatrix | NZBMatrix is a popular NZB indexing provider. They use a modified forum software and collect NZB files for the last 700 days. You can become a VIP member for $10 to get more features. Highly Recommended Review of NZBMatrix - Visit NZBMatrix | $10 one time fee | 750+ days indexed |
Newzbin | Newzbin was arguably the best NZB site out there and greatly simplified the process of USENET search. After their lawsuit - Newzbin offers less for the NZB searcher Review of Newzbin - Visit Newzbin | $3 a month | 250 days indexed |
Merlins Portal | Merlin's Portal was a popular NZB collection site. Merlin's portal has been relocated to a new URL. Read our review for details Review of Merlins Portal - Visit Merlins Portal | Free | 600 days indexed |
NGIndex | NGIndex looks to outdue other NZB site competitors with it's 800 Days of retention for NZB files. They offer a paid NZB index and claim to have indexed over 1.5 million .NFO files Review of NGIndex - Visit NGIndex | $1.50 | 800 days indexed |
NZBsRus | NZBsRus supports 600 days. A VIP option is available for a one time $10 payment and with it you get no site ads or popups, download Zip files or uncompressed NZB files with no limits on downloading. Review of NZBsRus - Visit NZBsRus | $9.99 Lifetime | 600 days indexed |
Nzbportal | NZBportal or Jfen.co.uk (formerly Merlin's Portal) has relocated to this address and offers an excellent NZB sites service. Review of Nzbportal - Visit Nzbportal | Free. | 600+ days indexed |
By using the NZB sites you will be able to download NZB files and/or use an NZB search engine to find what you are looking for on the Internet. Our most favorite and best NZB site in our opinion is Newzbin. Newzbin is not to be confused with Newsbin which is a newsreader and not an NZB aggregation service.
Unfortunately Newzbin is under a legal attack right now so the future of Newzbin is unclear.
For more about NZB files and Usenet downloading you could take a look at our tutorial series on how to download from Usenet.
Essentially you would need just thee things. (You don’t need to know the internal details about an NZB file.
Three Tips About Getting Started with NZB files
- An NZB compliant newsreader – check out our list of best Usenet newsreaders
- A premium Usenet service – Our best Usenet services list.
- An NZB site or Usenet Search Engine
Using NZB files is a lot easier than you think so don’t be intimiated by the fact that they are XML files just setup up your Usenet newsreader to automatically import and process NZB files and you are done. The whole process of downloading is made a lot easier by using NZB files.
