What streaming costs a year in 2026
Every major service, its ad tier, its ad-free tier, the annual option where one exists, and what it renews at. Prices read from the vendors' own pages on 22 August 2026.
Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max Bundle (With Ads)
The plan pages at disneyplus.com and hbomax.com, which show the same figure — read on 24 August 2026.
$19.99 a month · list price
Not published renewal price
- Billed
- $19.99/mo — $239.88 a year
- Renews at
- Not published
- Free tier
- None.
- Price read from
- The plan pages at disneyplus.com and hbomax.com, which show the same figure
- Checked
- Vendor
- disneyplus.com
“Not published” means we did not find a renewal price stated by the vendor on the date we checked. It is not a claim that the price changes on renewal, and it is not a claim that it doesn’t.
Three catalogues, with ads, for $19.99 a month. The figure appears identically on Disney+’s plan picker and on HBO Max’s plans page, which is more corroboration than most prices in this category get.
Held for twelve months it is $239.88. That is the number to remember, because it is exactly what Netflix Standard costs over the same year for one catalogue. Two competing companies have agreed that their combined ad-supported output is worth what Netflix charges for its ad-free tier on its own.
Buying the three separately with ads — the Disney+/Hulu bundle at $12.99 after its intro term, plus HBO Max Basic with Ads — costs more per month than buying them together, which is the point of a bundle and, unusually, is actually true here.
No stated renewal price, and no introductory term on this tile.
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