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As of 30 August 2026, Pluto TV is free to use. Pluto TV is a free streaming service offering movies, TV shows, and live channels organized by genre and theme, with commercial interruption. Softwr lists it under Entertainment. Pluto TV is made by Paramount Global, launched in 2013, available on Web, iOS, Android, TV and console.
Overview
What Pluto TV does
Pluto TV is a free streaming service offering movies, TV shows, and live channels organized by genre and theme, with commercial interruption.
What people use it for
- Free streaming
- Live TV
- On-demand content
Related searches
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Pluto TV.
- Pluto TV is entirely ad-supported free streaming with no paid tier, available in a stated list of regions including the US, Canada, Latin America, Brazil, Germany/Switzerland/Austria, UK, Spain, France, Norway, Sweden, Italy and Denmark (Internet Archive capture, 1 January 2024)
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Pricing
What Pluto TV costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Full content
- Live channels
- Ad-supported
Capabilities
Features
Streaming
Live TV channels
Movies
TV shows
Recommendations
Smart TVs
Integration with Smart TVs
Streaming devices
Integration with Streaming devices
Account management
Account management security feature
Parental controls
Parental controls security feature
Web support
Available on web
Ios support
Available on ios
Android support
Available on android
Behind it
Who makes Pluto TV
- Company
- Paramount Global
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
Keep looking
Where to go from Pluto TV
- Pluto TV alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
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- Pluto TV badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
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Compare Pluto TV with
- Overcast
- Castbox
- Castro
- Apple TV+
- The Roku Channel
- Philo
- DirecTV Stream
- fuboTV
- Hulu
- IMDb TV (Freevee)
- Tubi
- VLC
- YouTube TV
- Discord Nitro
- IINA
- Apple Music
- ESPN+
- Final Cut Pro
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