Top Streamers to Stack and Save Money in 2024; 5 Streaming Bundles for $20 or Less
Top Streamers to Stack and Save Money in 2024; 5 Streaming Bundles for $20 or Less
If you’re looking to trim your streaming budget in 2024, check out this list of bundles you can craft to maximize your money.
It’s almost New Year’s Day, and that means two things: it’s time to make resolutions and time to make budgets for the new year. For streaming subscribers, doing either will likely lead to the same conclusion: 2024 is the year for saving money on streaming.
A survey from July found that more than one in five streaming customers had canceled service due to cost in the preceding three months, so the demand for streaming savings is clear. The Streamable makes covering price fluctuations and tracking deals a primary concern, which is why you can trust our recommendations and know you’re getting a good deal! With that, let’s dive into the best streaming services to bundle and save money in 2024!
Best Streaming Bundle for Families with Kids
It can be hard to find quality educational and entertainment programming for kids, but PBS Kids makes it simple by offering full episodes of titles like “Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood,” “Arthur,” “Super Why” for free. There’s no need to worry about parental controls here because all the content on PBS Kids is safe for family members of every age.
The next step is to add something that both kids and parents can enjoy. For that, The Streamable recommends going with the Disney Duo Basic Bundle. That costs $9.99 per month — an excellent price for two of the top five streamers on the market— and allows users to watch content on both Disney+ and Hulu with ads. The good news for kids is that children’s titles on Disney+ come ad-free, and parental controls are easy to set up. That’s especially important as Hulu titles like “The Bear” with plenty of adult language and other mature content are now available to stream from within the Disney+ app. Throw in Tubi for an additional $0 per month for ad-supported titles by the thousands for both kids and adults to make this bundle complete!
Cost of Disney Duo Basic, PBS Kids, Tubi Bundle: $9.99 per month.
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Disney+
Disney+ is a video streaming service with over 13,000 series and films from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, The Muppets, and more. It is available in 61 countries and 21 languages. It is notable for its popular original series like “The Mandalorian,” “Ms. Marvel,” “Loki,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” and “Andor.”
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Hulu
Hulu is a video streaming service that gives access to thousands of full seasons of exclusive series, hit movies, kids shows, and Hulu Originals like “Only Murders in the Building,” and “The Handmaid's Tale.”
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PBS Kids
PBS Kids is a free online streaming platform serving toddlers and preschoolers. All content here is kid-friendly and safe. Children will learn lessons about emotional regulation, creative thinking, and problem-solving, with shows focused on science, reading, and more. Standout shows include “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” “Wild Kratts,” and “Molly of Denali.” It’s a must-have service for anyone with young children.
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Tubi
Tubi is a free video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 200,000+ movies and TV episodes - more than any other streaming service. Its ad breaks are shorter and less frequent than most free services. Fox executives have called their service “TV on steroids.”
Best Streaming Bundle for Families with No Kids
Couples with no kids usually have a bit more disposable income to spend on entertainment, but there are plenty of financial restrictions on their paychecks as well. For this group, The Streamable recommends starting with a subscription to Apple TV+ for $9.99 per month. Apple TV+ is ad-free by default (for now), and offers a small but growing library of premium content, including the upcoming streaming releases of “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Napoleon” in addition to its TV originals like “Lessons in Chemistry” and “Masters of the Air.”
Next for these users should be a subscription to Max’s ad-supported tier for a further $9.99 per month. That well-balanced service also carries premium titles like “House of the Dragon,” “The Last of Us” and “Barbie.” Users can stream live news on the service thanks to the addition of content from CNN, and live sports thanks to the Bleacher Report sports add-on (though come February, B/R Sports will be an additional $9.99 per month).
Finally, grab a subscription to The Roku Channel if you want free TV, including originals and movies to fill the days between releases of top-flight titles on Apple TV+ and Max. This bundle is well-rounded, featuring a little bit of everything for $20 per month.
Cost of Apple TV+, Max with ads, Roku Channel Bundle: $19.98 per month
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Apple TV
Apple TV (formerly known as Apple TV+) is a subscription video streaming service for $14.99 per month, offering a growing slate of original series, films, documentaries, and specials. Unlike other platforms that combine licensed titles with originals, Apple TV is built entirely around exclusive programming, making it the home of critically acclaimed hits such as “Ted Lasso,” “Severance,” “The Morning Show,” and “Silo.” Its lineup continues to expand with award-winning dramas, comedies, family-friendly shows, and blockbuster original films like “CODA,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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HBO Max
HBO Max is a subscription video streaming service that gives access to the full HBO library and exclusive Max Originals. There are hubs for content from TLC, HGTV, Food Network, Discovery, TCM, Cartoon Network, Travel Channel, ID, and more. Watch hit series like “The Last of Us,” “House of the Dragon,” “Succession,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and more. Within HBO Max, B/R Sports allows users to watch live NBA, MLB, NHL, March Madness, and NASCAR events.
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Roku Channel
The Roku Channel is a free, ad-supported streaming service that offers a broad mix of movies, TV shows, live linear channels, and original programming. Available to all viewers — not just Roku device owners — the service features licensed content from major studios alongside Roku Originals, which include exclusive series, movies, and specials previously produced for Quibi, as well as new original projects developed specifically for the platform.
Best Streaming Bundle for Single Adults
This is the true wild card group of the list. Single adults can have a wide range of entertainment needs and budgets, so general entertainment streaming services are clearly the way to go for this demographic. That starts with Peacock, which starts at $5.99 per month for ad-supported streaming and features new titles like “Dr. Death” and reality shows from Bravo like the “Real Housewives” franchise alongside lean-back favorites like “The Office,” Universal movies and a ton of live sports. You can also pay $11.99 per month to go ad-free on Peacock and get a livestream of your local NBC station.
But Netflix doesn’t have everything, and users looking to supplement their subscription should go with Paramount+. It has an ad-supported tier for $5.99 or an ad-free plan for $11.99 which carries your local CBS station for more live news and sports. Pick whichever fits your budget best, and stream titles from Taylor Sheridan, franchises from Star Trek to Transformers to “RuPaul's Drag Race” and much more.
Round out these selections with Amazon’s Freevee if you want to stream titles like “Jury Duty” and more original TV at no extra cost, and make your bundle complete.
Cost of Peacock, Paramount+, Freevee Bundle: $11.98 per month and up
| DIRECTV | Fubo | Hulu | Philo | Sling TV | YouTube TV | |||||
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| Free Trial | Free Trial | Free 3-Day Trial | Free Trial | Save with Sling | Free Trial | |||||
| $20.99 | $9.99 | $28.99 | $25 | $19.99 | $29.99 | $45.99 | $45.99 | $64.99 | ||
Best Streaming Bundle for Movie Lovers
Netflix has a Pay-1 deal with Sony to host that studio’s movies after they leave theaters, which led to top titles like “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” to stream on that service in 2023. It also has a deal with Universal to secure that studio’s movies four months after their initial streaming release, which is why “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” is available there now. Its plans start at just $6.99 for users who are willing to watch with limited ads.
To that, users should add a subscription to Prime Video for $8.99, which has 27,000 movies available and allows viewers to rent movies digitally before they even leave theaters. Prime Video Channels allow you to tack on more subscriptions to platforms like AMC+ and Shudder if you need more niche content.
Pluto TV carries classic movies like “The Shawshank Redemption” and thousands more, in case you find yourself running out of films on Prime Video and Netflix.
Cost of Netflix, Prime Video, Pluto TV Bundle: $15.98 per month and up
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Prime Video
Prime Video is a subscription video streaming service that includes on-demand access to 10,000+ movies, TV shows, and Prime Originals like “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” “Jack Ryan,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Boys,” and more. Subscribers can also add third-party services like Max, Showtime, STARZ, and dozens more with Prime Video Channels. Prime Video also offers exclusive live access to NFL Thursday Night Football.
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Netflix
Netflix is a leading subscription-based video streaming service that offers on-demand access to an extensive library of over 3,000 movies, 2,000+ TV shows, and a growing collection of acclaimed Netflix originals. Renowned for producing groundbreaking content, Netflix has become a cultural powerhouse with hit originals like “Stranger Things,” “Wednesday,” “Squid Game,” “The Crown,” “Tiger King,” “Bridgerton,” “The Witcher,” and “Black Mirror.”
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Best Streaming Bundle for Sports Fans
ESPN+ is obviously the place to start here. This service carried 16 “Monday Night Football” games in 2023, and that’s just the start. It also offers a daily out-of-market MLB contest during baseball season, and houses the NHL’s out-of-market games service NHL Power Play as well. It also carries college football and basketball from all the top conferences in the NCAA. ESPN+ carries thousands of live sporting events every year for $10.99 per month.
Peacock Premium is ad-supported, but you’ll get weekly access to “Sunday Night Football,” every event of the 2024 Summer Olympics live, Big Ten football basketball games, auto racing, golf, tennis, cycling, English Premier League soccer, and more for $5.99 on this platform.
Cost of ESPN+, Peacock Premium Bundle: $16.98 per month
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ESPN Select
ESPN Select is a streaming service that replaced ESPN+ and provides access to live NHL, MLB, and MLS games, PGA Tour Golf, international sports events, ESPN original programming, and a complete archive of “30 for 30.” Find out our review of the service and how to start streaming ESPN Select.
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Peacock
Peacock is a subscription video streaming service from NBCUniversal that includes original shows, blockbuster movies, and classic television series. Peacock is home to “Yellowstone,” “The Office,” and original hits like “Poker Face” and “Bel-Air.” You can also watch live sports and NBC programming, including the NFL, MLB, WWE, the Olympics, the Premier League, NASCAR, the French Open, college football and basketball, and the PGA Tour. Premium Plus subscribers can stream their local NBC feed in all 210 markets.
