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Personal media server for streaming your own movies, TV, music, and photos across devices

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  • Deployment Hybrid
  • Starting price Free
  • Free trial Available
  • Best for Freelancers

What is Plex?

Plex is a personal media server platform that organizes and streams a user's own movies, TV shows, music, and photos from a home computer or NAS device to any connected screen. The free Plex Media Server automatically scans files and adds posters, cast lists, and episode details, and streams to devices on the same local network without a subscription.

A paid Plex Pass subscription adds remote streaming from anywhere, hardware accelerated transcoding, mobile downloads for offline viewing, DVR recording from an antenna tuner, and features like Skip Intro and ad free playback. Plex Pass is billed monthly, yearly, over five years, or as a one time lifetime purchase, and library sharing with friends and family is available on every tier.

Key Features of Plex

Plex lists 9 documented features, including Automatic media organization with posters and metadata, Local network and remote streaming and On the fly hardware accelerated transcoding. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.

  • Automatic media organization with posters and metadata
  • Local network and remote streaming
  • On the fly hardware accelerated transcoding
  • Mobile sync and offline downloads
  • DVR recording with an antenna tuner
  • Library sharing with friends and family
  • Skip Intro and Skip Credits
  • Ad free streaming for on demand and Live TV
  • Plexamp dedicated music player app

Plex Pricing

Plex lists 6 plans, starting free and running to $749.99.

Plex Media Server

Free

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Local network streaming and media organization, no subscription required.

Remote Watch Pass

$2.99/month

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$29.99/year if billed annually. Adds remote streaming access only, 14 day free trial.

Plex Pass Monthly

$6.99/month

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Billed monthly, cancel anytime.

Plex Pass Annual

$70/year

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Billed yearly.

Plex Pass 5 Year

$249.99

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One time payment covering 5 years of Plex Pass.

Plex Pass Lifetime

$749.99

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One time payment for lifetime access, priced as of July 2026.

Plex Specifications

Plex is available on web app, Windows and macOS and has iOS and Android apps. It offers an API, has a free trial and has a free plan.

Deployment
  • Hybrid
Billing cycle
Monthly
Desktop
  • Web App
  • Windows
  • macOS
Mobile
  • iOS
  • Android
Languages
  • English
Built for
  • Freelancers
Support
  • Email
  • Tickets
Integrations
Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Alexa, DLNA devices, NAS devices, TV tuner and DVR hardware
Public API
Yes
Free trial
Yes
Free plan
Yes
Runs in browser
Yes
Customisable
Yes
Website
plex.tv

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Plex FAQs

Yes, the core Plex Media Server app is free to download and use for organizing and streaming your own media on your local network.

Plex Pass adds remote streaming from anywhere, hardware accelerated transcoding, offline mobile downloads, DVR features, and extras like Skip Intro and ad free playback.

As of July 2026, a new Lifetime Plex Pass costs $749.99 as a one time payment.

Yes, with either a Remote Watch Pass or a full Plex Pass subscription you can stream your library from anywhere with an internet connection.

Yes, Plex has a web app in addition to native apps for desktop, mobile, and many streaming devices.