Independent IPTV testing for US households
How much does IPTV cost in the USA in 2026?
A single-connection IPTV subscription in the United States costs between $14.99 and $15 a month, or between $100 and $156 if you pay for a year up front. That is the whole answer for most people. The rest of this page is about why the annual number varies by more than fifty percent when the monthly number barely moves at all.
The reason is that monthly pricing is a shop window and annual pricing is where services actually compete. Nobody wants to be the service listed at $19 a month next to seven others at $15, so everyone sits at $15 and discounts the long plans instead.
The ranking
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BexyTV
Cheapest annual plan
8.8/10The floor of the market. $100 for twelve months is $8.33 a month, and no service we track goes lower. The catch is one connection, so this price is only available to single viewers.
- From
- $8.33/mo
- Live channels
- 50,000+
- On demand
- 180,000+
- Connections
- 1-6
- Trial
- 24-hour trial, no card
What works
- $8.33 a month on the annual plan, level with the cheapest here
- Plays in a normal web browser, so there is nothing to install
- Trial starts without entering a card
What does not
- The published feature table lists two simultaneous devices on every tier, which contradicts the six-device selector above it
- Browser playback uses more power on older TVs than a native app
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EarthWebTV
Clearest pricing
8.5/10$110 a year, and the only service that publishes every price for every cycle and connection count before you reach the cart. If you hate configurator checkouts that reveal the real number at the last step, start here.
- From
- $9.17/mo
- Live channels
- 36,000+
- On demand
- 18,000+
- Connections
- 1-5
- Trial
- 24-hour trial
What works
- Every price for every cycle and connection count is published up front
- Second-cheapest annual rate on the list at $110 a year
- Plan tiers stop at five connections, so there is no confusing sixth tier
What does not
- Smallest on-demand library here by a wide margin
- 36,000 channels is below the 50,000 the others claim
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TereaTV
Best overall
9.4/10Roughly $10 a month on the annual plan, with up to six connections available. It is the best price you can get without giving up multi-screen support.
- From
- $10/mo
- Live channels
- 50,000+
- On demand
- 150,000+
- Connections
- 1-5
- Trial
- 24-hour trial
What works
- Largest live lineup here, and the guide populated correctly in every app
- Held a full stream through peak evening hours in every test window
- Catch-up and EPG populated correctly on all tested apps
What does not
- Three services now beat it on annual price, so it is no longer the value pick
- Apps must be sideloaded on Fire OS rather than installed from a store
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VinomTV
Family-safe lineup
8.4/10Enters lowest on the monthly cycle at $14.99 and offers 24 different plan combinations, so you can buy exactly three connections rather than rounding up to a package built for five.
- From
- $10/mo
- Live channels
- 50,000+
- On demand
- 180,000+
- Connections
- 1-6
- Trial
- 24-hour trial, no card, Mondays and Thursdays only
What works
- No adult content anywhere in the lineup - the only service here that guarantees it
- 24 plan combinations, so you pay for exactly the connections you use
- Lowest entry price at $14.99 for a single month
What does not
- Trial only opens on Mondays and Thursdays
- Removing adult categories also removes some general entertainment feeds
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VocoTV
Best for large households
9.0/10Worth calculating per screen rather than per account. Divided across five connections the effective cost drops below anything on this page.
- From
- $12/mo
- Live channels
- 50,000+
- On demand
- 180,000+
- Connections
- 1-6
- Trial
- 24-hour trial
What works
- Five-connection package is priced below what most services charge for three
- Streams stayed independent - one device buffering did not affect the others
- Coupon VOCOTV1 applies on top of the annual rate
What does not
- Newer service, so there is less long-term reliability history to judge
- Channel search inside the app is slow with the full list loaded
At a glance
| Service | From (effective) | Monthly | 12 months | Connections | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BexyTV | $8.33/mo | $15 | $100 | 1-6 | 8.8 |
| EarthWebTV | $9.17/mo | $15 | $110 | 1-5 | 8.5 |
| TereaTV | $10/mo | $15 | $120 | 1-5 | 9.4 |
| VinomTV | $10/mo | $14.99 | $120 | 1-6 | 8.4 |
| VocoTV | $12/mo | $15 | $144 | 1-6 | 9.0 |
Monthly versus annual: the real difference
Paying monthly at $15 costs $180 over a year. The cheapest annual plan is $100. You are paying an $80 premium for the right to cancel at any point — about 44 percent.
That premium is not automatically a bad deal. IPTV services do disappear, and an annual payment to a service that shuts down in month four is money gone. The honest way to think about it: pay monthly until a service has proven itself to you for two or three months, then switch to annual on the one that survived.
What connections do to the price
A connection is one stream playing at one time. Most services price the first connection at around $15 and add roughly $8 to $10 a month for each additional one.
This is where the biggest price differences appear. A five-connection plan can cost anywhere from about $40 to over $60 a month depending on the service, for functionally the same thing. If your household needs more than two screens, compare on the multi-connection price and ignore the entry price entirely.
Prices that should worry you
Offers well under $5 a month, or lifetime subscriptions at any price, are not a better deal on the same product. They are a different business model — usually one where the operator expects to collect payments for a few months and then vanish.
The market rate exists for a reason: bandwidth, server capacity and support staff cost money. Anyone charging a fraction of it is either subsidising you temporarily to build a customer list, or has no intention of still being online next quarter.
Common questions
Is IPTV cheaper than cable?
Substantially. A typical US cable package runs well over $100 a month before equipment fees. IPTV subscriptions sit between $8.33 and $15 a month depending on plan length.
Why do annual plans vary so much when monthly plans do not?
Because monthly pricing is positioning and annual pricing is where services compete for committed customers. Annual plans on the services we track range from $100 to $156 for broadly comparable products.
How much extra does each additional connection cost?
Roughly $8 to $10 a month per connection on most services, though the multi-connection packages vary far more than the single-connection price does.
Should I pay monthly or yearly?
Pay monthly until a service has worked reliably for you for two or three months, then move to annual. The annual discount is real, but so is the risk of prepaying a service that shuts down.