Ranked by cost per month, not channel count
The best IPTV subscription in 2026 is TereaTV — $15 a month, dropping to $10 a month from the six-month plan onward, with 1 to 5 connections. If price decides it, five brands sell twelve months for $100 — $8.33 a month. If more than one person watches at once, VocoTV and KroozTV add only $5 per extra device, which is half what the rest charge.
"Best" only means something once you say best at what. A service that never stutters on one television can be the wrong purchase for a house where three people watch at the same time, and the cheapest annual plan on the market is worthless if it will not install on the hardware you own.
So this page names a best overall, then names a best for each of the four situations people actually buy in: one screen, a whole household, the tightest possible budget, and the safest first purchase.
Ranked on verified plan data, not channel counts.
Steadiest evening playback, and $10 a month from the six-month plan onward.
$10/mo on the year
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$100 for the year with the only 30-day money-back guarantee on this page.
$8.33/mo on the year
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Six simultaneous devices for $40 a month — $6.67 per screen, the lowest here.
$8.33/mo on the year
See plans| Subscription | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | Connections | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TereaTV | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10/mo · $60 total | $10/mo · $120 total | 1–5 | 9.4 |
| BexyTV | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10.83/mo · $65 total | $8.33/mo · $100 total | 1–6 | 8.8 |
| VocoTV | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10.83/mo · $65 total | $8.33/mo · $100 total | 1–6 | 9.0 |
| ViewTVY | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10/mo · $60 total | $8.33/mo · $100 total | 1–5 | 8.6 |
| FreeGoTV | $15/mo · $15 total | $13.33/mo · $40 total | $10/mo · $60 total | $8.33/mo · $100 total | 1–6 | 9.1 |
Figures are the effective cost per month once the billing term is divided out — the number you actually pay, not the headline rate. Checked against each provider's own plan page in August 2026; see our disclosure.
Why here: Best overall — the widest connection range with the most consistent evening playback.
Strength: The steadiest peak-hour playback of the eight, and the six-month plan already hits $10 a month — you do not have to commit to a year to get the best rate.
Trade-off: The annual plan costs $120 while two rivals charge $100 for the same twelve months.
Why here: Best price — $100 for the year, a 30-day money-back guarantee, and a browser player if you would rather not install anything.
Strength: The only 30-day money-back guarantee among the eight, on the same $100 year that four rivals charge — and a browser player, so you can watch without installing anything.
Trade-off: Catch-up and profiles scale with plan length: 24 hours of catch-up on the monthly plan against seven days on the annual one.
Why here: Best for households — six simultaneous devices for $40 a month, $6.67 per screen.
Strength: Extra devices cost $5 each rather than a full extra plan — six simultaneous streams is $40 a month, which works out to $6.67 per device, the lowest per-device rate here.
Trade-off: The six-month plan is $65 where TereaTV and ViewTVY charge $60 for the same term.
Why here: Best first purchase — trial issued instantly, no card, so a bad fit costs you nothing.
Strength: A no-card trial issued in minutes, then the cheapest ladder here — $60 at six months and $100 for the year, both at the bottom of the market.
Trade-off: Interface is plain — functional rather than polished — and it stops at five connections.
Why here: Same $100 year as BexyTV, from the operator that has been running since 2013 — the safest way to spend an annual budget.
Strength: Running since 2013 — the longest continuous track record on this page — and its $100 annual plan ties for the cheapest year here.
Trade-off: The on-demand catalogue is large but sorted less cleanly than newer panels.
One connection, one screen, no complications. TereaTV and BexyTV both fit, and the split is timing. TereaTV reaches its floor early — $10 a month from the six-month plan, so you get the best rate without a twelve-month commitment. BexyTV is $20 cheaper over a full year and carries a 30-day money-back window, but you only reach $8.33 by paying for all twelve months at once.
Price scales with simultaneous streams, so this is the decision that actually moves your bill — and the market splits in two here. VocoTV and KroozTV charge $5 for each extra device: $40 a month covers six screens. FreeGoTV charges about $10 a step and reaches $45; VinomTV reaches $60 for the same six. Over a year that is a $240 spread on an identical requirement.
VinomTV earns its place in that comparison for a different reason: it goes to six connections with adult categories removed from the catalogue entirely, which is why parents pick it over a cheaper option.
KroozTV installs from a short Downloader code (3864080), which removes the step where most first-time buyers give up. TereaTV works the same way with code 346867. Any service on this page runs on a stick, but these two get you from payment to playback fastest.
Any plan under $5 a month for a single connection. Any "free trial" that asks for a card. Any provider that answers a question about licensing with marketing copy. And any twelve-month term bought before running a trial through one full evening.
These are third-party services we do not operate and have not tested. Everything they publish about pricing, channel counts and uptime is their own claim, listed here for completeness rather than endorsed.
Scores run 8.3 to 9.4 and are not a popularity ranking. Cost per month on the term a buyer would realistically choose carries the most weight, then connections included, then trial honesty, then evening stability across a full term.
The spread is deliberately narrow because the services are genuinely close. Every one of them charges $15 monthly and carries a comparable catalogue; what separates a 9.4 from an 8.3 is the six-month price, the connection ladder, and whether anything is offered if the service stops working.
One screen, wants the fewest problems: TereaTV, on the six-month plan rather than the year, because both cost $10 a month and the shorter term halves what is at risk.
One screen, cheapest possible: FreeGoTV or ViewTVY at $100 for twelve months. Both reach $8.33 a month, and FreeGoTV has been trading since 2013 — the single best predictor of whether an annual plan survives to month twelve.
Three or more screens: VocoTV or KroozTV, where a sixth simultaneous device costs $40 a month rather than the $60 the wider-stepping brands charge.
Nervous about paying twelve months up front: BexyTV, purely for the 30-day money-back window.
TereaTV, on verified plan data — $15 monthly, $10 a month effective from six months onward, 1 to 5 connections and the steadiest evening playback of the eight.
Not above about $25 for a single connection. Past that you are paying for a bigger channel dump, not better streams.
Any of the eight here carry live sports channels. The thing that decides it is peak-hour stability, which is why we recommend testing during a live event on a trial before you commit.
Yearly, but only after a trial. It cuts the effective cost by a third or more — $15 becomes $8.33 to $10. On TereaTV the six-month plan already reaches that floor.
It means a better combination of price, connections, trial terms and stability. The eight are close enough that a peak-hour trial on your own connection tells you more than a one-point difference in score.
VocoTV or KroozTV. Six simultaneous devices costs $40 a month at both, where wider-stepping brands charge $60 for the same thing.
TereaTV for most people, BexyTV or FreeGoTV if the $100 year is the deciding factor, VocoTV if more than one person watches at once. Take a no-card trial first in every case.