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Hulu pricing
Hulu publishes 3 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
- $7.99/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Hulu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hulu (With Ads) | $7.99/month | 2 | Entry tier |
| Hulu (No Ads) | $17.99/month | 3 | +$9.999999999999998/month, 2 more features |
| Hulu + Live TV | $76.99/month | 3 | +$59/month, 3 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.
Hulu (With Ads)
$7.99/monthThe entry tier. It covers full library, ad-supported.
Hulu (No Ads)
$17.99/monthOver Hulu (With Ads), this tier adds:
- Ad-free
- Downloads
Hulu + Live TV
$76.99/monthOver Hulu (No Ads), this tier adds:
- Live TV
- On-demand
- Cloud DVR
What the product covers
The full Hulu 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
- On-demand streaming
- Live TV
- Cloud DVR
- Downloads
- Current episodes
Integrations
- Smart TVs
- Gaming consoles
- Mobile devices
Security
- Parental controls
- Profile PINs
- Account security
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- Smart-tv support
- Gaming-consoles support
People bring Hulu in for tv streaming, live tv, next-day episodes, sports. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Hulu are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Media & Entertainment
Across the 6 media & entertainment tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $8.99/month. Hulu starts at $7.99/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hulu (this page) | $7.99/month | subscription | - | |
| Dailymotion | Free | free | - | vs Hulu |
| Castro | Free, then $24.99/year | - | - | vs Hulu |
| Audible | $7.95/month | subscription | - | vs Hulu |
| Castbox | Free | - | - | vs Hulu |
| Criterion Channel | $10.99/month | - | - | vs Hulu |
| Apple TV+ | $9.99/month | subscription | - | vs Hulu |
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 Hulu badges page.
Before you pay for Hulu
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: 3 tiers between $7.99/month and $76.99/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Hulu against the tools that do have one before committing.
Hulu runs on web, ios, android, smart-tv, gaming-consoles, and is published by The Walt Disney Company of Santa Monica, CA. The full record is on the Hulu review, and the rest of the category is under best media & entertainment tools.
Hulu pricing questions
- How much does Hulu cost?
- Hulu publishes 3 tiers, from $7.99/month for Hulu (With Ads) up to $76.99/month for Hulu + Live TV. The cheapest paid tier is $7.99/month.
- Does Hulu have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Hulu 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 Hulu (With Ads) and Hulu (No Ads) on Hulu?
- Hulu (No Ads) costs $17.99/month against $7.99/month, and adds ad-free, downloads.
- Is the Hulu + Live TV plan on Hulu worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is live tv, on-demand, cloud dvr. It costs $76.99/month against $7.99/month for Hulu (With Ads). Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Hulu expensive for a media & entertainment tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 6 media & entertainment tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $8.99/month; Hulu starts at $7.99/month.
- Which media & entertainment tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 media & entertainment tools listed alongside Hulu have a free tier: Dailymotion, Castro, Castbox, Crunchyroll.
- What am I actually paying for with Hulu?
- The record lists 16 features across 4 areas: core, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for tv streaming, live tv, next-day episodes.
- Does Hulu charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 Hulu 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 Hulu against before paying?
- The closest media & entertainment tools in this directory are Dailymotion, Castro, Audible, Castbox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Hulu covering price, platforms and features.