What streaming costs in Australia

The standard monthly plan of 9 services, each read on the service's own site.

The cheapest is Hayu at A$8.99 a month and the most expensive Netflix at A$20.99. Prices are in AUD, for the cheapest plan without ads, paid monthly.

Not included: annual plans, student and family prices, bundles, trials and offers. Only plans with ads when the service sells nothing else. Prices change; check with the service before you sign up. Services whose price we have not read on their own site are left out.

Keeping four services or taking them in turn

Netflix (A$20.99), Disney+ (A$17.99), Prime Video (A$12.99) and Apple TV+ (A$15.99) cost A$67.96 a month together. Over 8 months that is A$543.68.

If what you want to watch on each fits in 2 months, subscribing to one at a time and cancelling before the next costs A$135.92 over the same 8 months. Whether it fits depends on your own list; the Binge Boss planner works it out from the shows and films you add.

Free services in Australia

These are free to watch, most of them with ads: 10, 7plus, ABC iview, CaixaForum+, Eventive, Filmtap, Filmzie, FOUND TV, Hoopla, Plex, SBS On Demand, Stupid Co, Takflix, Tubi TV.

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