New USD prices as of April 29, 2025 will be:
Monthly: $6.99
Yearly: $69.99
Lifetime: $249.99
Oof I paid $75 in 2013 for lifetime lol.
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I have a lifetime Plex pass.
I tried out Jellyfin last month.
Now Plex is uninstalled.
Even if we ignore the differences when it comes to matters of FOSS, cost, corporate control, privacy, etc, Jellyfin’s performance is just so much better.
Setting it up to run over https while fully self-hosted was a learning process for somebody who isn’t a web dev, but holy crap was it worth it.
I tried Jelly Fin last month based on a thread here and it was a damned dumpster fire. As bad a Plex is for remote streaming, JF is far worse for the average person.
In what way? I share my server with 8 friends/family and it does everything I need it to.
Unable to set up a working server for outside of the home network. Also, the UI is terrible and didn't organize things well.
i've been using http://playit.gg/ to set up a simple proxy that i can share with my friends! You just forward the port that jellyfin uses and share the link (and it works for all manner of other servers)
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It's just not the same. If all you need is local access or tailscale to your instance it's fine, sure you can cancel Plex. If you're sharing with friends or family or like the easy access to it that doesn't require being part of the private network. Also I like subtitles and Plex handles this way better than Jellyfin. At least last time I played with it
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Deceptive title. If the person hosting the server has Plex pass then it's still free for other users to use remote playback.
How is it deceptive? No plex pass on the server? No remote streaming.
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Jellyfin is free. Your own domain is like $10 a year or less.
If you don't mind connecting directly with your IP address, you don't even have to pay a domain. Been doing this for around 2 years
Just shared in another comment, instead of doing this you can also use http://playit.gg/ to create a proxy without requiring an account and also not requiring port forwarding. They lease you a domain name, too
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No love for Emby here?
I have a lifetime membership to Emby premium. I just switched to Jellyfin. Emby is kind of dead in the water as far as development. Not abandoned but not really forging ahead. And it doesn't have as much community plug-in support. If you like the features as they are, it's a good platform. I got enough years out of my premium payment to not fully regret it, but I'm not going to let it anchor me to a stale feature set. I don't need the support and I can always fall back to it if I have to.