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Amazon Prime Video pricing
Amazon Prime Video publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $8.99/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Amazon Prime Video plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Video | $8.99/month | 5 | Entry tier |
| Amazon Prime | $14.98/month | 5 | +$5.99/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Prime Video
$8.99/monthThe entry tier. It covers thousands of movies and tv shows, amazon original series, ad-free viewing, download for offline viewing, multiple device streaming.
Amazon Prime
$14.98/monthOver Prime Video, this tier adds:
- All Prime Video content
- Free shipping on Amazon
- Amazon Music Prime
- Prime Reading
- Prime Gaming
What the product covers
The full Amazon Prime Video feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Video streaming
- Original content
- Offline downloads
- Multiple profiles
- X-Ray features
- 4K Ultra HD
- HDR content
- Dolby Atmos
Integrations
- Amazon Echo
- Fire TV
- Smart TVs
- Gaming consoles
- IMDb
- Amazon services
Security
- Content protection
- Parental controls
- Account security
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- Smart-tv support
- Gaming-consoles support
- Fire-tv support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Italian language support
- Portuguese language support
- Chinese language support
- Japanese language support
- Korean language support
- Hindi language support
People bring Amazon Prime Video in for entertainment streaming, original series viewing, movie streaming, family entertainment, offline viewing. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Amazon Prime Video are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Entertainment
Across the 4 entertainment tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $10.49/month. Amazon Prime Video starts at $8.99/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Prime Video (this page) | $8.99/month | subscription | - | |
| Apple Music | $10.99/month | subscription | - | vs Amazon Prime Video |
| Netflix | $6.99/month | subscription | - | vs Amazon Prime Video |
| Spotify | Free, then $9.99/month | freemium | - | vs Amazon Prime Video |
| TikTok | Free | free | - | vs Amazon Prime Video |
| YouTube | Free, then $11.99/month | freemium | - | vs Amazon Prime Video |
| YouTube TV | On request | subscription | - | vs Amazon Prime Video |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Amazon Prime Video badges page.
Before you pay for Amazon Prime Video
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $8.99/month and $14.98/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Amazon Prime Video against the tools that do have one before committing.
Amazon Prime Video runs on web, ios, android, smart-tv, gaming-consoles, fire-tv, and is published by Amazon.com Inc of Seattle, WA. The full record is on the Amazon Prime Video review, and the rest of the category is under best entertainment tools.
Amazon Prime Video pricing questions
- How much does Amazon Prime Video cost?
- Amazon Prime Video publishes 2 tiers, from $8.99/month for Prime Video up to $14.98/month for Amazon Prime. The cheapest paid tier is $8.99/month.
- Does Amazon Prime Video have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Amazon Prime Video is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Prime Video and Amazon Prime on Amazon Prime Video?
- Amazon Prime costs $14.98/month against $8.99/month, and adds all prime video content, free shipping on amazon, amazon music prime, prime reading.
- Is the Amazon Prime plan on Amazon Prime Video worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all prime video content, free shipping on amazon, amazon music prime, prime reading. It costs $14.98/month against $8.99/month for Prime Video. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Amazon Prime Video expensive for a entertainment tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 4 entertainment tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $10.49/month; Amazon Prime Video starts at $8.99/month.
- Which entertainment tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 6 entertainment tools listed alongside Amazon Prime Video have a free tier: Spotify, TikTok, YouTube.
- What am I actually paying for with Amazon Prime Video?
- The record lists 34 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for entertainment streaming, original series viewing, movie streaming.
- Does Amazon Prime Video charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Amazon Prime Video prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Amazon Prime Video against before paying?
- The closest entertainment tools in this directory are Apple Music, Netflix, Spotify, TikTok. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Amazon Prime Video covering price, platforms and features.