Prices for each of the streaming services, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and JioHotstar differ making the comparison of monthly charges difficult. Netflix sells standalone access for each month. Prime Video the service bundles video among a larger membership. JioHotstar sells access for three time durations at all tiers and for some, puts part of their catalog behind a paywall. Now all three services have some form of advertising in their service packages.
This page contains the main service deals and what users can expect to get for their money. The individual packages, viewing methods and personal preferences help to determine the best service.
Prices for Netflix and JioHotstar were sourced from each service other plan pages on the 20th of August 2026. For Prime Video prices, we used the published reporting in the Amazon India Newsroom since the prices were not used in the shopping cart checkout, so their prices are less firm and maybe different at the time of sign up.
How the three price their services
Netflix only offers monthly access, so a year costs twelve times the monthly cost.
Amazon Prime Video is sold as a portion of an Amazon Prime membership rather than on its own and includes delivery, music, and gaming. Prime Lite is a less-expensive, less-featured offering.
JioHotstar offers monthly, quarterly, and annual subscriptions for each of its offerings. Its Mobile plan does not include Hollywood content and requires an add-on.
Netflix
| Plan | Monthly | Resolution | Devices | Watch at once | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile | ₹149 | 480p | Phone, tablet | 1 | 1 |
| Basic | ₹199 | 720p HD | TV, computer, phone, tablet | 1 | 1 |
| Standard | ₹499 | 1080p Full HD | TV, computer, phone, tablet | 2 | 2 |
| Premium | ₹649 | 4K UHD + HDR | TV, computer, phone, tablet | 4 | 6 |
Netflix calls its Basic plan “Most Popular” on its sign up page and for good reason. The only cheaper plan, Mobile, does not run on a TV at all.
The tiers jump unevenly. Mobile to Basic comes at a cost of ₹50 to add TV watching and 720p. Basic to Standard runs a customer ₹300 to add a second stream as well as Full HD. Standard to Premium is a jump of ₹150 and adds 4K, HDR and 6 downloads while also giving 4 simultaneous streams.
Netflix does not enter an advertising-supported plan in its India offerings.
Amazon Prime Video
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Lite | ₹799/year | Prime Video in HD with ads, one mobile device, reduced Prime benefits |
| Prime monthly | ₹299/month | Full Prime membership |
| Prime annual | ₹1,499/year | Full Prime: video, delivery, music, gaming |
| Shopping Edition | ₹399/year | Shipping benefits only, no video access |
| Ad-free add-on | ₹699/year or ₹129/month | Removes advertising from Prime Video |
Prime Video has allowed for advertising on paid Plan tiers in India since June 2025. To remove ads it costs ₹699 per year and in addition with ₹1499 yearly plan it becomes ₹2198 per year. Otherwise users can also pay ₹129 monthly to remove the ads along with ₹1499 per year.
The ₹399 Shopping Edition has no video access and is the cheapest Prime tier.The gap between the two billing methods is big. ₹299 per month comes out to ₹3588 over a year compared to ₹1499 to buy the same Membership for a year.
Video is part of a package, so the value of what you are paying for really depends on how much you use the other things inside the package. For someone who buys things on Amazon, the delivery cost is justified. However for someone who does not shop on Amazon, this membership is like a video subscription at ₹1499 and you can evaluate it based on the video offerings.
JioHotstar
Repriced on 28 January 2026.
| Plan | 1 month | 3 months | 1 year | Watch at once | Ads | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile | ₹79 | ₹149 | ₹499 | 1 mobile | Yes | All except Hollywood |
| Super | ₹149 | ₹349 | ₹1,099 | 2 devices | Yes | All content |
| Premium | ₹299 | ₹699 | ₹2,199 | 4 devices | Ad-free except live sports and other live shows | All content |
Hollywood content is offered as an add-on on Mobile for ₹49 per month, ₹129 for a quarter or ₹399 for a year. It is part of the basic offering for Super and Premium.
Of the three offerings, JioHotstar has the best billing flexibility (three billing options on every tier) and comes in at the lowest price of ₹79 a month.
In terms of advertising, both Mobile and Super are ad supported and Premium is described as ad free except for live sports and other live shows. So Premium as well as the lower tiers have advertising for live programming.
Premium’s price went from ₹1499 to ₹2199 in January which is 47% increament for yearly plan. Customers who signed up before then continue to get charged the old price as long as they have auto-renew turned on.
Annual cost of every billing route
The monthly and quarterly plans were converted to annual prices to facilitate direct comparisons on the different routes.
| Subscription | Route | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| JioHotstar Mobile | Annual | ₹499 |
| JioHotstar Mobile | Quarterly | ₹596 |
| Prime Lite | Annual | ₹799 |
| JioHotstar Mobile + Hollywood | Annual | ₹898 |
| JioHotstar Mobile | Monthly | ₹948 |
| JioHotstar Super | Annual | ₹1,099 |
| JioHotstar Mobile + Hollywood | Quarterly | ₹1,112 |
| JioHotstar Super | Quarterly | ₹1,396 |
| Amazon Prime (full) | Annual | ₹1,499 |
| JioHotstar Mobile + Hollywood | Monthly | ₹1,536 |
| Netflix Mobile | Monthly only | ₹1,788 |
| JioHotstar Super | Monthly | ₹1,788 |
| Amazon Prime + ad-free | Annual | ₹2,198 |
| JioHotstar Premium | Annual | ₹2,199 |
| Netflix Basic | Monthly only | ₹2,388 |
| JioHotstar Premium | Quarterly | ₹2,796 |
| Amazon Prime (full) | Monthly | ₹3,588 |
| JioHotstar Premium | Monthly | ₹3,588 |
| Netflix Standard | Monthly only | ₹5,988 |
| Netflix Premium | Monthly only | ₹7,788 |
Netflix does not offer an annual plan. It means their monthly entry plan will be ₹1788 for a year. Amazon’s full Prime plan is at ₹1499 for a year. Although the offerings are different, with different catalogs, different limitations on the number of devices, and different advertising, that is the relative price for a year of each.
The JioHotstar ₹499 per year plan excludes Hollywood content on a catalog. If you are planning to watch Hollywood titles, the total amount goes up to ₹898 for a year.
At ₹2198 for ad-free Prime Video and ₹2199 for JioHotstar Premium, the two are almost at the same price. However the services and drawbacks for both differ. Prime removes ads with an add-on for its catalog, whereas JioHotstar Premium has ads for its live streaming only.
Where each service leads
Each service takes the lead on something the others do not.
Netflix stands out for having 4K HDR Premium with no ads and four device Premium Plan for a single customer membership.
Amazon Prime has the most bundled services with video including music and gaming at a membership of ₹1,499. Prime Lite, at ₹799, has the lowest annual cost to access its catalog.
JioHotstar has the lowest cost at ₹79 per month with flexible billing options and grandfathered offer pricing that saves its customers from the January hike.
Details worth checking before subscribing
Some of the points only become clear after paying, so it is better to read before you select a plan.
- Netflix Mobile does not support videos on TV. Basic is the lowest tier to support TV.
- Netflix has no annual plan, so there is no discount for choosing to sign up for a year.
- Prime Video has ads even on a paid subscription. Removing them costs ₹699 a year or ₹129 a month, so it ultimately costs more.
- Amazon’s ₹399 Shopping Edition has no video.
- JioHotstar Mobile Plan excludes Hollywood movies. The add-on is ₹49 for a month, ₹129 for three months and ₹399 for a year.
- JioHotstar Premium contains advertisements for live sports and other live shows.
- JioHotstar users prior to 28 January 2026 will retain their old pricing as long as auto-renewals stay active.
Weighing it up
What separates these options is the catalog, resolution, maximum number of simultaneous users, the importance of advertising and the length of the contract. The last four of these have been addressed in the tables. The first is the most important question for each user and unfortunately no comparison tables answer this.
For users primarily comparing prices, the answer still depends on the other questions, because the price for each level of access may be different. In terms of initial cost, JioHotstar Mobile is cheapest, whereas for unlimited catalog access, Prime Lite is cheapest. In terms of technical specifications, Netflix Premium is most expensive. In terms of billing, JioHotstar is the only one that offers commitment terms of 3 months. The answers to these various questions are disparate.
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