plex.tv
Plex
Who runs Plex, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest video streaming alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Emby
Measured from Plex’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Plex01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Plex
Plex plex.tv
Wikidata: streaming media service
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What Plex tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
None of the 17 alternatives below has fewer; 10 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Plex’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Plex
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Plex, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Emby — Your Personal Media Server
Emby is a personal media server that organizes and streams your own videos, music, photos, and live TV to your devices.
Very close - 02
Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online
Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.
Very close - 03
The Free Software Media System | Jellyfin
The volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media. Stream to any device from your own server, with no strings attached.
Very close - 04
JustWatch - The Streaming Guide
All your streaming services in one app.
Very close - 05
Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.
American streaming video service
Very close - 06
Stremio - Freedom to Stream
Watch videos, movies, TV series and TV channels instantly.
Very close - 07
Xumo | All you can stream
Xumo is leading the future of streaming for everyone, backed by industry veterans Comcast and Charter.
Very close - 08
RainberryTV
With 20 live channels and over 100 on demand content partners, RainberryTV offers viewers an exciting viewing experience published around the world. Our content spans entertainment news, new music discovery, world news, sports, movie trailers, gaming, viral videos, and more. Our user base of over 65 million is one of the largest for any streaming video platform. Whether you’re looking to tune in and find out what’s happening, or just relaxing and want to enjoy some fun video content, RainberryTV delivers. You won’t find passwords, subscriptions, payments needed to use our service, and it’s fre
Very close - 09 Kodi kodi.tv
free software media player
Very close - 10
ViX: Cine y TV Gratis en Español
American video streaming service
Very close - 11
American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service
Very close - 12
Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports
Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.
Very close - 13
Viu | No Service
streaming media
Very close - 14
Russian streaming service
Very close - 15
STARZ - Captivating Original Series. Hit Movies. Bold Storytelling.
STARZ brings diverse perspectives to life through bold storytelling. Sign-up to stream original series, movies, extras, and more—on-demand and ad-free.
Very close - 16
ODK Media
Very close - 17
Vimeo - All-in-One Video Platform
The video platform trusted by 287 million creatives, entrepreneurs, and businesses. Everything you need to create, manage, and share stunning videos.
Very close - 18
Paramount+ Deutschland | Filme & TV-Serien online anschauen
Schau dir beliebte Filme, neue Originals und deine Lieblingsserien mit Paramount+ an. Starte das Streaming auf jedem Gerät!
Very close - 19
Stream Live News, Sports, TV Shows & Entertainment | FOX One
Live TV streaming service for sports, news and entertainment. Watch FOX live, stream TV shows on demand, and more. Start your 3-day free trial.
Very close - 20
Watch K-Dramas, Korean Shows & Chinese Dramas | Rakuten Viki
Stream FREE Asian Dramas & Movies with English subtitles: Korean, Chinese, Japanese Dramas & more. From romance to action, find it on Viki!
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Plex’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Plex uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Plex adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 9 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 30 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Plex’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net include:spf.messagingengine.com include:e…
- Monitoring
- Sentry page source: js.sentry-cdn.com
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a56306116bafc147-HAM
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx2.googlemail.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net include:spf.messagingengine.com include:e…
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS rafe.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=vD2hudbZhdcLlL2Chv-omogllPdGb6QSEKtT5oDQZzM
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Atlassian · not on plex.tv 10/20
- Google Workspace 10/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on plex.tv 9/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on plex.tv 9/20
- React 8/20
- Apple Business · not on plex.tv 6/20
- Google Cloud · not on plex.tv 6/20
- Next.js 6/20
- Amazon SES · not on plex.tv 5/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on plex.tv 5/20
- Mailchimp · not on plex.tv 5/20
- nginx · not on plex.tv 4/20
- Adobe · not on plex.tv 4/20
- OpenAI · not on plex.tv 4/20
- Proofpoint · not on plex.tv 4/20