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As of 30 August 2026, Tubi is free to use. Tubi is a free, ad-supported video streaming service offering a large selection of movies and TV shows across various genres. Softwr lists it under Entertainment. Tubi is made by Tubi Inc, launched in 2014, available on Web, iOS, Android, TV and console.
Overview
What Tubi does
Tubi is a free, ad-supported video streaming service offering a large selection of movies and TV shows across various genres.
What people use it for
- Free ad-supported streaming video on demand
- Movie and TV content consumption
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 Tubi.
- Website redirect issues prevent full pricing page access
- Ad-supported model details not fully available
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Tubi
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.
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Pricing
What Tubi costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Full catalog
- Ad-supported
Capabilities
Features
Streaming
Full catalog
Search
Recommendations
Watchlist
Smart TVs
Integration with Smart TVs
Streaming devices
Integration with Streaming devices
Content filtering
Content filtering security feature
Account management
Account management security feature
Web support
Available on web
Ios support
Available on ios
Android support
Available on android
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Is Tubi free to use?
Tubi appears to be a free, ad-supported streaming service. The pricing page redirects to a GDPR compliance page, but Tubi is known as a free SVOD platform.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Tubi
- Company
- Tubi Inc
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
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Where to go from Tubi
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Compare Tubi with
- Apple TV+
- Overcast
- Castbox
- Castro
- Netflix
- Amazon Prime Video
- The Roku Channel
- Pluto TV
- HBO Max
- Emby
- Infuse
- BritBox
- Criterion Channel
- Crunchyroll
- Dailymotion
- Disney+
- IMDb TV (Freevee)
- Discovery+
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