The battle of the streamers: which is the best value subscription?

Thinking of purchasing a new streaming service this autumn, or rejigging your existing subscriptions? As well as crunching the numbers on costs, we’ve compared the upcoming content, so you can get the best bang for your buck.

Netflix (£9.99 per month)

Still very much the granddaddy of the streaming services, Netflix continues to reliably do the numbers when it comes to subscriptions – with a recent surge into the ‘silver surfer’ (that is, viewers over 65) market, although its overall market share has reduced significantly over the last year with the arrival of competitors like Disney Plus and the growth of Amazon Prime.

The streaming giant has just about worked through its pandemic drought, with big releases this autumn including the latest series of Money Heist, another outing of Sex Education, and Chris O’Dowd opposite Melissa McCarthy in original film The Starling. Meanwhile, their exclusive deal to the entire back catalogue of Seinfeld will see 180 episodes of the legendary sitcom land in October.