five services
- Monthly price of each service
- 299, 649, 199, 149, 499
- Hours watched a month on each
- 18, 4, 12, 2, 6
- Typical annual plan saving (%)
- ₹20
- What cable would cost a month
- ₹900
Total monthly cost₹1,795
1,795 over 42 hours
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Streaming Service Comparison Calculator
Streaming subscriptions costed per hour actually watched. The per-hour figure is what exposes the service you have paid for every month and opened twice.
Also called: subscription cost calculator, streaming vs cable.
Total monthly cost
₹1,795
₹1,795 a month across 5 services, ₹21,540 a year. That is ₹43 per hour watched. Service 2 costs 162.25 per hour, the worst of the set. Annual plans would save about ₹4,308.
Annual cost
₹21,540
Cost per hour watched
₹43
Hours watched a month
42
Services
5
Saving on annual plans
₹4,308
Against cable
₹895
Worst value service
Service 2 costs 162.25 per hour, the worst of the set.
Method and background
How this is calculated
Total monthly spend divided by total hours watched gives a cost per hour across the stack. The useful part is the per-service comparison: a subscription used for two hours a month costs many times per hour what the main one does, and cancelling it is the obvious move that monthly billing makes invisible. Annual plans typically save around twenty percent on services you are certain to keep.
total spend over total hours, which exposes services you pay for and do not watch- p
- Prices
- h
- Hours
Worked examples
Each of these is asserted on every build. If a change to the engine ever moved one of these answers, the build would fail before the page could print it.
one service watched a lot
- Monthly price of each service
- 299
- Hours watched a month on each
- 40
- Typical annual plan saving (%)
- ₹20
- What cable would cost a month
- ₹900
Total monthly cost₹299
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What it assumes
- A typical month of viewing.
What it deliberately does not model
- It values only viewing time, not whether you enjoyed it or shared the account.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I decide what to cancel?
- By cost per hour, not by price. The cheapest service you never open is worse value than the most expensive one you watch daily.