Today we’re announcing an important pricing update. Starting July 1, 2026, the price of a new Lifetime Plex Pass will increase to $749.99 USD.
When Plex first started, we were movie and TV fans who wanted to make something great for people like us. We chose to offer a Lifetime subscription early on because we knew many of our customers would rather pay a higher one-time fee for software that they can depend on every day.
We’ve considered eliminating the Lifetime Plex Pass in the past, given that recurring subscriptions help us sustain long-term development, but we know it’s still a valuable option for many in our community. So instead of retiring it, we’re keeping it available at a price that reflects the real, ongoing value of the software we’re committed to building and maintaining for years to come.
Jellyfin also doesn’t block Hetzner (and I assume other) IP ranges just because some people run massive commercial instances. Baby meets bathwater.
That’s what got me to swap a few years ago.
Holy shit, I didn’t even realise it had gone up to $250. I guess that’s the cost of trying to become literally anything other than a tool to catalog your pirated media which is what I imagine still the sole purpose the overwhelming majority of users including myself use it for.
Jellyfin $0. Just saying.
