Amazon to offer Prime for $11 each month, just video for $9

Opening up a way to subscribe to Amazon Prime on a month-to-month basis, Amazon has launched a subscription plan option that charges customer $10.99 per month for all the benefits of Prime. Of course, this is significantly more than the yearly fee of $99 (which breaks down to $8.25 a month). If someone subscribed to Prime at the $10.99 price for an entire year, that would total up to $131.88.

In addition to the new monthly plan, Amazon is also offering a plan that will provide access to Amazon Instant Video for $8.99 per month. Very similar to Netflix in price, Amazon wants people to subscribe for original programming as well as the licenced content being streaming by the online retailer. Alternatively, Netflix charges $9.99 per month while Hulu charges $7.99 per month for access.

Of course, Amazon doesn’t have an original content library that’s as extensive as Netflix. While Netflix offers mulitple hit shows like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, and Marvel’s Daredevil, Amazon’s library is smaller with hits like Transparent.

However, Amazon does currently have rights to stream older HBO shows like The Wire and The Sopranos as well as BBC content like Downton Abbey and Orphan Black. Interestingly, Amazon is planning to offer 4K content at the same $8.99 price point. On the flip side, Netflix charges consumers $11.99 per month for access to 4K Ultra HD video streams.

If you are curious if Amazon Prime is worth the yearly fee, check out our breakdown of the service here.

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2 Comments

1. 

   Brian

   April 21, 2016 at 5:08 am

   Hey, Amazon!! Can we get Prime without video for $2 a month?

   Reply
2. 

   shadow

   April 20, 2016 at 12:02 pm

   Amazon, I do not mind paying 9 for one month on the spot when I need to buy a lot of stuff to ship quick. I REALLY don’t care much about your video/music library.

   Reply