YouTube TV just announced that it is raising prices once again. This time by $8. Which represents a 12% increase from the last increase back in August of 2020. That puts it squarely in between most of its competitors. But this news has still annoyed quite a few people, since YouTube TV is still losing channels – like MLB Network – and not getting local sports back. Yet we are paying more. And these are things that their competitors do have.
That has a lot of people looking elsewhere to see where else they can get their Live TV streaming services. Well, we have rounded up the very best alternatives to YouTube TV. That includes DIRECTV Stream, FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV.
Best YouTube TV Streaming Alternatives
These prices are accurate as of March 2023. Many of which saw price increases in the past few months. Some might offer up specials, like Sling TV offering half off your first month. So definitely worth checking out.
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DIRECTV Stream
$75/month
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FuboTV
$75/month
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Hulu + Live TV
$70/month
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Sling TV
$40/month
50% off your first month
DIRECTV Stream
Price: Starting at $75/month
Free trial available: No
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DIRECTV Stream is the third iteration of AT&T’s streaming Live TV service, and it offers a lot of channels that many of its competitors do not. Hence why it is priced higher than the others on this list.
Starting at $75/month, you can get 75+ channels. But if you really want or need a lot of channels, you can spend as much as $155/month for over 140 channels. However that price does include HBO MAX and Showtime. Making that price a bit more worth it.
Currently, DIRECTV Stream is the only streaming service that has all of the regional sports networks – from Bally Sports and NBC Sports. It does also offer unlimited cloud DVR storage now. And it’s not an added cost either.
It’s a pricey service, but it’s no doubt worth it with the features and channels that are included here.
FuboTV
Price: Starting at $75/month
Free Trial Available: Yes, 7-days
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FuboTV has been marketed as a streaming service for sports fans. That’s because there are over 50 sports channels available on FuboTV. And that does not include regional sports networks – though it’s worth mentioning that Bally Sports is not available, only NBC Sports. Overall, there are 216 channels that are available on FuboTV right now. So there’s plenty to watch.
For $75/month, you’re getting a pretty good deal from FuboTV. That includes 108 channels, with over 130+ events in 4K. It also has 250 hours of Cloud DVR space, and you can share with your family allowing for up to three screens simultaneously.
FuboTV does allow you up to upgrade to its “Elite” plan which is $85.99/month and it increases the Cloud DVR to 1000 hours, and gives you unlimited screens.
FuboTV does also include most local channels, this will depend on your area of course.
Hulu + Live TV
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Price: $70/month
Free Trial: Yes, 7-days
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Hulu + Live TV is one of the more popular options, because a lot of people already have Hulu. Hulu + Live TV is available for $69.99 per month, there’s one plan and then some add-ons available.
It has 75+ top channels, which includes all of our local channels. But again, the Bally Sports regional sports networks are missing here. NBC’s regional sports networks are available, however.
One feature that Hulu has that a lot of these other options do not have, is the massive on-demand library that Hulu has built up over the years. So in addition to the cloud DVR that is included with Hulu + Live TV, you also get the Hulu on-demand library. Which kind of renders the cloud DVR useless. As almost everything is on Hulu already.
Hulu + Live TV has also added unlimited Cloud DVR. So you can record virtually everything on your account. And watch it whenever. The big difference here is that you can only watch it for up to 9 months from the recording. But as long as it keeps airing, that won’t be an issue.
Sling TV
Price: Starting at $40/month
Free Trial: No
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Sling TV is the cheapest, on the surface, but that is because it is an a la carte option. Basically, you have two options here, Sling Blue and Sling Orange, these are both $40 per month. or you can combine them for $55 per month. That’s going to get you 51 total channels if combined, which is not a lot.
However, there are plenty of add-ons available here. There’s the Sports Extra for $11/month, Comedy Extra for $6/month, News Extra for $6/month, Lifestyle Extra for $6/month and a few others too. There are also some bundles you can use to keep this cheaper. But you can get up to the $60-$70 prices of the other services on this list pretty quickly.
Sling TV does offer everything about 50 hours of DVR for free. Or you can upgrade to DVR Plus for around 200 hours of recording, and that will cost you $5 per month.
Premium channels are also available on Sling TV. This includes Showtime, Starz, Epix, Cinefest, Cinemoi, Comedy Dynamics and more.
The one big caveat for Sling TV is that local channels are not available. You will get on-demand content for FOX and NBC, that will depend on your market. As for CBS and ABC, you’re out of luck. But you can get an OTA antenna and watch these for free. That’s a big reason why Sling TV is so much cheaper than everyone else here.
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