Last Updated: January 19, 2020
Options for streaming services grow by the year, but how much does each of them cost? The costs vary, depending on the platform. There's already plenty to choose from, plus three more are on the horizon. HBO Max, which will launch in May of 2020.
Not too long ago, the only major streaming services around were the streaming wars," various platforms are providing subscribers with full access to extensive libraries of television shows and movies. At this point, almost all of them have something unique to offer that can't be viewed anywhere else: original content. CBS, Amazon, Apple, and Disney are all getting in on the act by producing large quantities of original programming.
All the major services have now released details of their prices, making it possible for all of them to be compared. The services range in costs from $4.99 to $14.99 a month. Paying for each of the 9 major services adds up to a hefty sum.
- Apple TV+: $4.99
- Disney+: $6.99
- Netflix: $12.99
- Amazon Prime Video: $8.99
- CBS All Access (ad free): $8.99
- Peacock (ad free): $9.99
- Showtime: $10.99
- Starz: $8.99
- HBO Max: $14.99
- Hulu (ad free): $11.99
One of the big takeaways from these prices is that Apple TV+ is significantly cheaper than all other services. And of course, there's a reason for that. Unlike all the other services, Apple TV+ doesn't carry any licensed content, so Star Wars content. The recently announced Peacock service from NBC Universal looks poised to compete on both fronts, with old favorites like The Office and Frasier alongside original titles like a Saved by the Bell reboot, and a new Battlestar Galactica series.
If one were to decide to subscribe to all of these services at one time, they would have to pay a hefty sum of $99.90 This would be the only way to get all of the original content, but most who are interested in streaming services usually pick and choose which ones have the content that best suits their preferences at a given time.
