Netflix costs: Current prices and offers of the streaming service

Danger: As part of Black Friday, there is currently the waipu.tv Perfect Plus package with Netflix for 12.99 dollars per month. More about this here.

Netflix remains the most popular streaming service, but the top dog is struggling with problems after the upswing in the Corona phase. The service is losing more and more users and is therefore not only making cuts, but is also taking vehement action against account sharing. In addition, a cheaper subscription, partly financed by advertising, has now been introduced, which is intended to attract new subscribers.

Reason enough for us to take another look at the current costs and offers from Netflix. In addition to the classic route via Netflix itself, there are definitely more attractive offers on the market to get a Netflix subscription.

First a note on the calculations: All invoices refer to a term of 12 months. All costs indicated correspond to the monthly costs. This allows us to do justice to the various offers and make the prices comparable.

1. Netflix costs if you book through Sky Q

2. Netflix costs if you book through Waipu TV

3. Netflix costs if you book directly through Netflix

4. Voucher cards: This is how you pay for Netflix and save money

Netflix costs if you book through Sky Q

Let’s first take a look at Sky Q’s pay TV offer. Netflix is ​​already included in the price if you subscribe to the Entertainment Plus package. The basic subscription only offers you SD resolution and a parallel stream, but it’s free. If you want more, you have to pay a little more, but you are still cheaper than with a direct subscription to Netflix.

By the way, for a long time new subscribers had a 30-day trial period that allowed you to use Netflix for free. Since August 2020 you can no longer test Netflix for free. If you connect a Netflix subscription, you have to pay directly. While 30 days really is quite a long trial period, not doing it at all is annoying.

The only way to get Netflix for free at the moment is Sky Q in combination with the Entertainment Plus package. Otherwise you have to get involved with a subscription. If you want to know beforehand what you are getting into, we recommend taking a look at the Netflix test report.

Netflix costs if you book through Waipu TV

Danger: As part of Black Friday, there are currently. the waipu.tv Perfect Plus package with Netflix for 12.99 dollars per month.

Unfortunately not free, but still an exciting bundle: Waipu.tv with Netflix. You need one for this Waipu Perfect Plus Subscription. We show you in detail what the package entails in the Waipu.tv test. So much can be revealed: over 200 live TV channels including private and pay TV channels, support for almost all platforms and a handful of gimmicks. But you also get Netflix and it’s a little cheaper than Netflix itself.

The ingenious thing about the combination of Netflix and Waipu.tv is that it makes you completely independent of the TV connection. It’s called cord cutting, in the linked article we describe ways in which you can take it to the extreme – including pay TV, football and Co. Important for the aspect of costs: In addition to the slightly lower costs with Netflix, you also save on the television connection. In addition, the TV connection is of course not mobile, but you also have Waipu and Netflix with you on your smartphone.

If you already have a Netflix account, you can easily link the existing account to your Waipu package. You will receive an email after successfully booking a Waipu.tv Perfect Plus with Netflix package. Click on the link there to link the two subscriptions. If that works, the total amount will be billed via Waipu.tv. Netflix billing is paused until the Perfect Plus plan is canceled. After that, the subscription to Netflix continues.

Netflix costs if you book directly through Netflix

Last but not least, let’s take a look at Netflix itself. The streaming service cannot offer bundles and therefore has the most boring deals. But if you don’t feel like bundles or other contract terms stand in your way, you can still reach for Netflix itself.

If you want to complete a Netflix subscription, the streaming service offers you four possible tariffs. The basic tariff is particularly suitable for single commuters who do not want to share their account and can do without streams in HD quality. In addition to the regular basic tariff, there is also the option of subscribing to Netflix basic with advertising. This saves you three dollars a month, but you have to live with advertising before or during playback, a smaller offer and a missing download function.

The standard tariff should be sufficient for most households, all HD streams are available here and two people can stream at the same time. Anyone who owns a 4K television and wants to enjoy streams in Ultra HD cannot avoid the premium tariff. Four users can even access Netflix content at the same time. Not every title in the Netflix program is also available in 4K quality.

By the way, Netflix does not offer a student discount. If you are enrolled at a university, you have to pay the same amount as any other Netflix customer.

As part of a price increase in January 2021, Netflix turned the price screw again. The basic subscription was not affected by this increase, but the prices of the other subscriptions will increase by one to two dollars. At 17.99 dollars per month, the premium model in particular is hardly affordable for a single person.

After Netflix was sued by the Federal Association of Consumer Advice Centers, the streaming service in Germany must be able to justify potential price increases. It is possible that German users will be spared some price increases in the future, which can be more easily enforced in other countries.

Voucher cards: This is how you pay for Netflix and save money

There are many ways to pay for your Netflix account. You can choose between credit or debit cards from Visa, Mastercard or Amex, have the amount debited from your account via SEPA direct debit mandate, use PayPal or enter a voucher code. Voucher cards are available in supermarkets and petrol stations, among other places.

The purchase of a voucher card may also be necessary if your bank does not work with the Schufa. In this case Netflix will reject the chosen payment method and you will have to choose an alternative. But there is another reason to use voucher cards. These are sometimes available at a discount and that’s exactly what you can use for your Netflix subscription. The hottest tip here is discounts on iTunes cards.