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Jellyfin pricing
Jellyfin publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the entertainment tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Jellyfin pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Jellyfin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Jellyfin stops being free
Free, Free
- Unlimited streaming
- Open source
- No ads
No paid tier on record
Jellyfin lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Jellyfin 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.
Other
- Media server
- Streaming
- Library management
- Open source
- Self-hosted
Integrations
- Smart TVs
- Streaming devices
- Mobile devices
Security
- Open source audit
- Self-hosted security
- User management
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- Smart-tv support
- Desktop support
- Docker support
People bring Jellyfin in for open-source media streaming, self-hosted library. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Jellyfin are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Entertainment
Too few entertainment tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jellyfin (this page) | Free | free | - | |
| Philo | $33/month | Per household per month, single plan | - | vs Jellyfin |
| StubHub | Free | Free to browse, two sided transaction fees on buyers and sellers | - | vs Jellyfin |
| The Roku Channel | Free | Free, ad-supported; individual paid channel add-ons | - | vs Jellyfin |
| mpv | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Jellyfin |
| Infuse | Free, then $1.99/month | Per user per month | - | vs Jellyfin |
| fuboTV | $73.99/month | Per household per month, tiered plans | - | vs Jellyfin |
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 Jellyfin badges page.
Before you pay for Jellyfin
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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Jellyfin runs on web, ios, android, smart-tv, desktop, docker, and is published by Jellyfin Contributors of Distributed. The full record is on the Jellyfin review, and the rest of the category is under best entertainment tools.
Jellyfin pricing questions
- How much does Jellyfin cost?
- Jellyfin publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Jellyfin have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers unlimited streaming, open source, no ads.
- Which entertainment tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 entertainment tools listed alongside Jellyfin have a free tier: StubHub, The Roku Channel, mpv, Infuse, IINA.
- What am I actually paying for with Jellyfin?
- The record lists 17 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for open-source media streaming, self-hosted library.
- Does Jellyfin charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 Jellyfin 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 Jellyfin against before paying?
- The closest entertainment tools in this directory are Philo, StubHub, The Roku Channel, mpv. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Jellyfin covering price, platforms and features.