Soap operas have a way of transporting viewers like few other genres can. Soaps can provide a completely different level of escapism with their outlandish plotlines and absurdist characters, and there’s little wonder that some shows in the genre have lived on for decades. With that in mind, we’ve decided to put together a streaming bundle of top soap operas to tantalize fans of soap operas — whether they like to watch in English or Spanish! Best of all, this bundle will cost you less than $25 per month. If you want to be a soap completist, you can add Hulu to the bundle and watch “General Hospital,” but that streamer can be a bit pricey. Check out our picks below!

What’s the best budget streaming bundle for watching soap operas?

Paramount+

We’ll start with Paramount+, which has seasons of some of the most well-known soaps ever to air on TV. Fans can watch “Beyond the Gates,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and “The Young and the Restless” with a Paramount+ subscription, filling their days and nights with all the drama, sexy storylines, and crazy characters that these titles have to offer.

If you’re willing to spend a few extra dollars per month, you can watch a live stream of CBS on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME during the daytime to watch these shows live as well. But the ad-supported Paramount+ Essential plan is the cheapest way to get into the streamer, costing just $8 per month after a seven-day free trial.

Cost of Paramount+ Essential: $8 per month

Peacock

Peacock carries another classic soap opera in “Days of Our Lives.” In fact, new episodes of the show are now exclusively available on this streamer, and premiere each weekday when a new season becomes available. You can also watch the soap-adjacent show “The Bay” on Peacock, and the service has a surprisingly strong catalog of Spanish-language soaps like “Tierra de Reyes” and many more available.

The ad-supported Peacock Premium plan is the best way to save with this streamer. This will cost you $8 per month, and get you access to the titles listed above and more, plus Peacock’s originals and its excellent lineup of live sporting events as well.

Cost of Peacock Premium: $8 per month

ViX Premium

The last service in this particular bundle is ViX Premium, which English-language customers may not have heard of before. But if soap operas are your chosen genre, you need to do yourself a favor and check the streamer out. It carries a huge selection of Spanish-language telenovelas, including “Para Volver A Amar,” “Amor Real,” “Amarte es mi Pecado,” “Isabel,” “El Ministerio Del Tiempo,” and many more.

ViX Premium offers English subtitles on a wide range of these titles, and the telenovela genre takes the soap opera format to the next level. You can subscribe to ViX starting at just $6 per month if you’re willing to stream with ads, and it will bring a big inventory of programming you’ve likely never seen into this bundle.

Cost of ViX Premium: $6 per month
Cost of Paramount+, Peacock, and ViX bundle: $22 per month