Reduce how much you pay for your Netflix subscription
It’s one of, if not the best film and TV streaming services with a great range of shows to watch. It’s also one of the cheapest – if you choose the most basic tier.
Though it’s rare to find deals to save money on your Netflix subscription, it is possible to pay less. Here are a few ways to save.
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How much is Netflix a month?
Here are the different levels of Netflix you can get. Netflix prices range from £4.99 to £17.99 a month.
The big difference between each one is how many streams you can watch simultaneously on different devices and the picture quality.
The cheapest option at £4.99 a month is Standard with Ads. As the name suggests, it has commercials playing at points in the programmes you watch. You also can’t download to watch offline and some shows are missing due to rights issues.
The others are ad-free and have the full library available. For most people, the Extra Member or Standard tier should suffice.
Tier | New Price | Number of streams | Picture quality |
Standard with Adverts | £5.99 | 2 | HD (1080p) |
Standard | £12.99 | 2 | HD (1080p) |
Premium | £18.99 | 4 | 4K |
Extra Member – Standard with Adverts | £4.99 | 1 | HD (1080p) |
Extra Member – Standard | £5.99 | 1 | HD (1080p) |
Extra Member – Premium | £5.99 | 1 | 4K |
Netflix price increase 2025
In February 2025, Netflix increased prices on all of its packages. Prices for Standard with Adverts and Premium rose by £1 per month, and the Standard plan rose by £2 per month. Meanwhile, the cost of extra members also went up by £1 per month.
Netflix deals
Free with EE
Selected EE mobile contracts will give you Netflix Standard with adverts every month for free as part of your tariff. Of course, it might be cheaper to get a lower-cost SIM with a different network and pay for Netflix separately.
Netflix and NOW TV for £20/m
If you have BT broadband (or sign up for it), you can add on an EE TV package (formerly BT TV) that includes Netflix and NOW at a reduced price. For £15 a month for 24 months, you will get:
- Netflix Standard with adverts (£5.99 a month)
- NOW Entertainment (£9.99 a month)
- Discovery+ basic (£3.99 a month)
- Sky Atlantic, Sky Max and Sky Originals
However, if you want to upgrade your Netflix package you’ll have to pay more.
Similarly, if you want HD and no adverts on your NOW pass that’s another £6 a month. And it’s often possible to get cheaper NOW packages directly with NOW – that might not be the case if you pay via your BT bill.
You’ll also need to factor in if you can get broadband for less elsewhere, and that you’ll be tied in for two years. Monthly prices increase by £2 a month each year on 31 March.
One month free via Sky Stream (expired)
Sky Stream is a box you plug into your TV and broadband to access Sky channels without needing a satellite dish. The core package comes with Netflix and Sky Entertainment included, and you can try it free for one month.
You need to be a new Sky TV customer, and can’t have had a Sky free trial in the last 12 months. However you can be an existing Netflix user, and you can link an existing Netflix account. This will move the payment over to the Sky bill.
The Netflix tier included is the £4.99 “Standard with Ads” package.
It’s a rolling 31-day contract, so you can cancel at any time. If you don’t do this it’ll be £31 a month. That’s more than getting Netflix and Sky channels via NOW separately – so it’s unlikely to give the best value. However, you will also get access to Freeview channels, which is handy if you don’t have an aerial.
If you cancel you’ll also have to return the Sky Puck device. This ends on 23 May 2024.
£100 gift card for £90 (expired)
This offer is over on Amazon and will save you 10%. You’ll get a physical £100 gift card for £90. It’ll come in the post.
I don’t think this is just for Prime customers, but if it is, you can sign up for a free 30-day trial here.
Watch Netflix for free (expired)
Sadly Netflix stopped the free trial in the UK in late 2019, though there are occasional offers.
It also briefly had a page with a limited selection of content you could watch without an account, though this comes and goes.
At launch, it included:
Films
- Murder Mystery
- The Two Popes
- Birdbox
TV (1st episodes only)
- Stranger Things
- Grace & Frankie
- Our Planet
- Love is Blind
- When They See Us
- Boss Baby Back in Business
- Elite
50% off your first two months (expired)
This offer has ended, but it’s worth checking to see if it returns. It could be you see an offer when others don’t!
New users can save 50% when they first sign up to Netflix. After the first two months at this discounted price you’ll pay the full price for the level you’ve chosen.
It’s possible you’ll see a different offer, such as buy one month, get a second free. It works out you’ll pay the same amount overall, but do let me know what you see.
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Netflix money saving hacks
Switch your subscription level
There are three levels of Netflix. The Standard with Adverts package costs £5.99, but you’ll get adverts and can’t download.
The next level is £12.99 a month and you’ll get HD and be able to watch on two devices at the same time.
The premium package is £18.99. For this, you get 4K quality (if the content you want to watch is actually available with that version) and you can stream or download to four devices at the same time.
Personally I think most people will be happy with the Standard options and very few people will get the full benefit of the top tier. Switch and you could save yourself £6 a month.
Split the cost
Since 23 May 2023, it’s no longer possible to share your Netflix account outside your household, and there will be an additional charge each month to add an “extra member”. We’ve written a full analysis of how it’ll work and whether it’s worth it here.
This is £4.99 on top of the main fee for the Standard with Ads tier and £5.99 per month for the other two tiers. You can only add one extra member to the Standard tiers and two to the Premium tier.
So the total costs would be:
- Standard with Ads + One extra member: £10.98 per month
- Standard + One extra member: £18.98 per month
- Premium + One extra member: £24.98 per month
- Premium + Two extra members: £30.97 a month
Of course, there could still be savings if you split these, but it’ll cost more.
If you do split this then make sure you’re clear with friends and family who is paying what and how they’ll pay the main account holder.
Change how you pay
Pay direct to Netflix
There is an option to bundle Netflix with Sky, BT TV, TalkTalk and Virgin Media. On the whole I’d avoid this. Here’s more on the best ways to pay for Netflix.
Pay with a cashback credit card
You can use a cashback credit card to earn money back on your subscription. We’re not talking huge amounts here, but even the 1% from Chase will add up.
Discounted Netflix gift cards
It’s rare to spot these, but if I do I’ll share them in the deals section of this page.
A work around might be to buy a discounted gift card for a different retailer such as Amazon or Tesco. Technically it’s not always allowed, but you might be able to then use that gift card to buy a Netflix one.
Try a different streaming service
Netflix is great, but there are other options with plenty of content – and plenty of deals. So pause your subscription for a month or two and try out free trials from the likes of Amazon Prime Video and Disney + or get dirt cheap passes for Sky channels via NOW TV. Here’s my guide to the latest offers.