Spotify now £12.99: music streaming compared, from £10.99 a month or £107.91 a year

Spotify Premium Individual is now £12.99 a month in the UK, £155.88 a year. YouTube Music Premium is £10.99, and Deezer works out at £8.99 a month if you pay for a year up front. For one person, the gap between the dearest and cheapest is about £48 a year. For a family, the plan you pick matters even more. We checked each service's own UK sign-up page on 8 November 2026.

At a glance

Service	Individual	Two people	Family	Student
Spotify Premium	£12.99	Duo £17.99	£21.99 (up to 6 accounts)	£5.99
Apple Music	£11.99	No duo plan	£19.99 (you plus up to 5 people)	£5.99
Amazon Music Unlimited	£12.99, or £11.99 with Prime	Not shown	Not shown	Not shown
YouTube Music Premium	£10.99	No duo plan	£16.99 (you plus up to 5 aged 13+)	£5.49
Deezer	£11.99, or £107.91 a year	Duo £15.99, or £174.99 a year	£19.99 (6 accounts), or £218.99 a year	£5.99

All prices are monthly unless we say otherwise. Every service offers a free first month to new subscribers. Amazon's Music Unlimited page shows only the individual price, so we've left its other plans out. Tidal blocked our check, so it isn't in the table.

Worked example: what a year costs

Here's the yearly bill for one person, a couple and a family, using the monthly price × 12, or the annual price where there is one.

Service	One person	A couple	A family
Spotify	£155.88	£215.88 (Duo)	£263.88
Apple Music	£143.88	£239.88 (Family)	£239.88
Amazon Music Unlimited	£155.88, or £143.88 with Prime	Not shown	Not shown
YouTube Music Premium	£131.88	£203.88 (Family)	£203.88
Deezer, paid monthly	£143.88	£191.88 (Duo)	£239.88
Deezer, paid annually	£107.91	£174.99 (Duo)	£218.99

Take a family of four on Spotify Family. Moving to YouTube Music's family plan saves £5 a month, or £60 a year. A couple on Spotify Duo would save £40.89 a year on Deezer's annual Duo plan, which is £174.99 against £215.88.

For one person, the cheapest is Deezer paid annually at £107.91. That's £47.97 a year less than Spotify Individual, though you pay it all at once and are tied in for the year.

Spotify: the dearest single plan, with audiobooks

Spotify Premium Individual is £12.99 a month, Duo £17.99, Family £21.99 and Student £5.99. Every paid plan now includes 15 hours a month of listening from Spotify's audiobooks catalogue, which Spotify says has over 700,000 titles. On Duo and Family, only the plan manager gets the audiobook hours. Spotify now offers lossless audio up to 24-bit/44.1kHz on Premium. Spotify also has a free plan with ads, if you can live with them.

Apple Music: good value on iPhone

Apple Music is £11.99 a month for one, £19.99 for a family and £5.99 for students. Apple's page says lossless goes up to 24-bit/192kHz, though Hi-Res Lossless needs extra equipment such as a USB digital to analogue converter. Apple Music Classical is included. If you already pay for iCloud+ storage or Apple TV+, Apple One bundles them with Apple Music from £18.95 a month, so check whether a bundle beats paying separately.

Amazon Music Unlimited: cheaper if you have Prime

Amazon Music Unlimited is £12.99 a month, or £11.99 for Prime members. Amazon says it includes HD and spatial audio, and that new subscribers get 30 days free. If you're already a Prime member and only want one account, it's the same price as Apple Music.

YouTube Music Premium: cheapest monthly plans

YouTube Music Premium is £10.99 a month for one, £16.99 for a family and £5.49 for students. The family plan lets you add up to five family members aged 13 or over in your household. That makes it the cheapest monthly price for one person, a family or a student. A couple paying monthly would pay less on Deezer Duo, at £15.99. Note that this is Music Premium only, which lets you listen ad-free, offline and with your screen off.

Deezer: cheapest if you pay a year up front

Deezer is £11.99 a month, £15.99 for Duo, £19.99 for Family and £5.99 for students. Pay annually and Premium drops to £107.91 a year (£8.99 a month), Duo to £174.99 (£14.58 a month) and Family to £218.99 (£18.25 a month).

Where the others have the edge

• Spotify has the only paid plans here with audiobook hours built in, plus a free tier with ads. If you'd otherwise pay for audiobooks, that changes the sums.
• Apple Music has the highest lossless resolution we saw, and fits neatly into the Apple One bundle.
• Amazon Music Unlimited is £1 a month cheaper for Prime members.
• YouTube Music Premium has the lowest monthly prices for individuals, families and students.
• Deezer is the cheapest overall if you're happy to pay for a year at once, and its Duo plan is cheaper than Spotify's.

Our verdict

If you're paying for Spotify out of habit, it's now the dearest single plan we found. YouTube Music Premium is the cheapest monthly choice, saving £24 a year for one person and £60 a year for a family against Spotify. Deezer's annual plans are cheaper still if you can pay up front. Stay with Spotify if you use its audiobook hours, or if your playlists and podcasts matter more than £2 a month. Apple users with other Apple subscriptions should price up Apple One first.

FAQs

Is there a free option? Spotify has a free plan with ads. Prime members also get some music included with Prime, but Music Unlimited is the full catalogue of 100 million songs, ad-free and on demand.

Does a family plan let me share with friends? No. Spotify's Duo and Family plans are for people at the same address, and YouTube's family plan is for members of your household. Check the terms of any plan before you share it.

Are student plans worth it? Yes, if you qualify. They're £5.49 to £5.99 a month, roughly half price, and you'll need to verify that you're a student.

When does the free month end? One month after you sign up, and then you pay the full price. Set a reminder if you're only trying it.

Ways to save

If you're thinking about Prime for the cheaper Music Unlimited price, Amazon offers a 30-day free trial of Prime. Students and 18 to 24-year-olds can get a six-month Prime trial, then half price.

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Sources: Spotify, Premium plans, 8 Nov 2026, Apple, Apple Music, 8 Nov 2026, Amazon, Music Unlimited, 8 Nov 2026, YouTube, Music Premium, 8 Nov 2026, Deezer, plans, 8 Nov 2026

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