Now that Netflix is charging a further $7.99 to share your password on high of an ordinary subscription price ($16.49 for ‘Normal and $20.99 for ‘Premium), many Canadians have opted to cancel their subscription to the streaming service.
If you happen to’re trying to substitute Netflix with one other streaming service, there are a number of choices on the market — and a few of them arguably supply higher content material for a cheaper price (and you may nonetheless share your password).
Under are a number of platforms work subscribing to in the event you’ve cancelled Netflix and have a starvation for extra content material:
Apple TV+
Ted Lasso (Picture credit score: Apple)
The iPhone maker’s streaming service has constructed up a strong roster of unique exhibits in its first three-plus years, together with the smash hit comedy Ted Lasso, psychological thriller Severance, different historical past sci-fi drama For All Mankind and online game office sitcom Mythic Quest. And whereas its unique movie catalogue is relatively small past a couple of standouts (specifically, the Oscar-winning CODA), the corporate can be reportedly set to dramatically develop its film enterprise, significantly by way of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
Apple TV+ prices $8.99/month. It’s additionally included in Apple One subscription bundles, which begin at $15.95/month.
Crave
The Final of Us (Picture credit score: HBO)
Bell-owned Crave has its points, together with video bitrate issues and a less-than-stellar app on some platforms, however its content material choices stay spectacular.
Together with Crave Unique content material like Letterkenny and a big selection of Showtime TV exhibits like Yellowjackets, the platform additionally options all of HBO’s originals, together with Recreation of Thrones, The Wire, The Final of Us and new, still-airing exhibits like Season 4 of Succession.
Crave prices $19.99/month or $199.90/yr (Bell just lately removed Crave’s $9.99 per thirty days Cellular plan.)
Disney+
The Mandalorian (Picture credit score: Lucasfilm)
Arguably the very best deal in streaming, Disney+ provides an at instances overwhelming quantity of content material. Together with Marvel motion pictures like Avengers: Endgame, Star Wars TV exhibits like The Mandalorian and animated movies like Soul and Frozen II, the service additionally options Star, the house of many Hulu titles in areas the place the Disney-owned service isn’t out there.
Star options TV exhibits like It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia, Atlanta, The Kardashians, Futurama and extra. So far as pure bang in your buck goes, it’s tough to beat Disney+.
Disney+ prices $11.99/month or $119/yr in Canada.
Paramount+
Yellowstone (Picture credit score: Paramount)
Together with the very best online game film ever, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Paramount+ is residence to motion pictures like Jackass Without end, The Godfather and Prime Gun: Maverick and TV exhibits like Tulsa King, Yellowstone and its spin-offs, 1883 and 1923.
The platform doesn’t supply fairly as a lot content material as its opponents, however there are nonetheless a couple of gems in its library price testing.
Paramount+ prices $9.99 per thirty days in Canada.
Pluto TV
Degrassi: The Subsequent Era (Picture credit score: WildBrain)
Right here’s a service that you just don’t truly must subscribe to in any respect. That’s as a result of Pluto TV is a FAST (free, ad-supported tv) channel, so in the event you’re keen to place up with the occasional business, you will get entry to a wealth of content material at completely no price.
Structurally, the service is laid out like a cable field, so you have got channels for “dwell TV” plus an “on-demand” part. Though it doesn’t have unique content material, Pluto TV has an honest catalogue of older titles, together with the whole lot from Joyful Days and the Carol Burnett Present to South Park and Canadian fan-favourite Degrassi: The Subsequent Era.
Pluto TV is accessible on a wide range of gadgets, together with the online, Android, iOS and sensible TVs.
Prime Video
The Boys (Picture credit score: Amazon)
Amazon-owned Prime video is a little bit totally different from most streaming companies in that it actually doesn’t supply numerous notable content material. It’s extra of a pack-in bonus that provides worth to an ordinary Amazon Prime subscription. That stated, Prime Video does have a number of TV exhibits and films, together with The whole lot All over the place All at As soon as, The Boys, The Man within the Excessive Fortress, Add, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy and extra.
It’s additionally price mentioning that Prime additionally means that you can subscribe to a number of ‘Channels’ for a further charge, together with Starz and standalone companies like StackTV, Paramount+ and extra.
Prime Video prices $9.99/month or $99/yr and is included in all Amazon Prime subscriptions.
With recordsdata from Patrick O’Rourke and Brad Shankar.
