App comparison
Emby vs Jellyfin: Which Streaming App Should You Choose?
Compare Emby and Jellyfin app availability, setup, playback behavior and everyday use before choosing a Streaming Lite plan.
Streaming Lite
On-demand movies and shows on Emby or Jellyfin
Streaming Lite is our standard on-demand tier, built for everyday watching. It runs on our US servers and carries a big mainstream catalogue, roughly 23,000 movies and 6,300 series, with unlimited requests through Library Manager when something is missing. Choose Emby or Jellyfin depending on the apps and devices you prefer; both play the same library. Lite is the right pick if you mostly want popular Western movies and shows without paying for the deeper Premium catalogue. Premium offers a larger international, niche and 4K HDR remux catalogue.
Plans from $10 · 24-hour free trial available
Servers
US
Library size
~1 PB
Movies
~23,000
TV series
~6,300
Episodes
~190,000
Focus
Mainstream Western catalogue
What you get
- Around 23,000 movies and 6,300 series
- Emby or Jellyfin, your choice of apps
- 3 or 5 simultaneous streams
- Unlimited movie, TV and anime requests through Library Manager
- Unlimited transcoding
- Add offline downloads with the Downloads add-on
Pricing
Choose your connection count and billing cycle.
Emby Lite
Plays through Emby apps.
| streams | Monthly | Quarterly | 6 Months |
Best value
Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 streams | $10 | $28$9.33/mo | $50$8.33/mo | $90$7.50/mo |
| 5 streams | $15 | $36$12.00/mo | $60$10.00/mo | $110$9.17/mo |
Monthly
- 3 streams
- $10
- 5 streams
- $15
Quarterly
- 3 streams
- $28$9.33/mo
- 5 streams
- $36$12.00/mo
6 Months
- 3 streams
- $50$8.33/mo
- 5 streams
- $60$10.00/mo
Best value
Annual
- 3 streams
- $90$7.50/mo
- 5 streams
- $110$9.17/mo
Start Emby Lite trial
You’ll confirm the connection count and billing cycle in the secure shop.
Jellyfin Lite
Same library, played through Jellyfin apps.
| streams | Monthly | Quarterly | 6 Months |
Best value
Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 streams | $10 | $28$9.33/mo | $50$8.33/mo | $90$7.50/mo |
| 5 streams | $15 | $36$12.00/mo | $60$10.00/mo | $110$9.17/mo |
Monthly
- 3 streams
- $10
- 5 streams
- $15
Quarterly
- 3 streams
- $28$9.33/mo
- 5 streams
- $36$12.00/mo
6 Months
- 3 streams
- $50$8.33/mo
- 5 streams
- $60$10.00/mo
Best value
Annual
- 3 streams
- $90$7.50/mo
- 5 streams
- $110$9.17/mo
Start Jellyfin Lite trial
You’ll confirm the connection count and billing cycle in the secure shop.
Lite vs Premium
Two separate streaming tiers. Lite covers everyday mainstream watching, while Premium adds a much larger catalogue and higher quality.
Streaming Lite
On-demand movies and shows on Emby or Jellyfin
- Servers / region
- US
- Library size
- ~1 PB
- Movies
- ~23,000
- TV
- ~6,300 series
- Catalogue focus
- Mainstream Western
- Apps
- Emby and Jellyfin
- Audiobooks and ebooks
- Not included
- Best for
- Everyday mainstream streaming
Streaming Premium
Our biggest library on US servers with CDN delivery
- Servers / region
- US (California) + CDN
- Library size
- ~5-6 PB
- Movies
- 160,000+
- TV
- 43,000+ shows
- Catalogue focus
- International, niche, 4K HDR remux
- Apps
- Premium Emby and Premium P Share
- Audiobooks and ebooks
- Available via Books or a Bundle
- Best for
- The widest catalogue and best quality
Helpful setup and comparison guides
Use these practical guides to compare apps, prepare your devices and test playback before choosing a longer billing cycle.
Setup guide
Streaming App and Device Setup Checklist
A practical checklist for setting up Emby, Jellyfin or a live-TV app on a television, phone, tablet or computer.
Troubleshooting
How to Diagnose and Reduce Streaming Buffering
A step-by-step way to separate Wi-Fi, device, app, internet-route and source issues when a stream pauses or stutters.