Streaming Prices in UAE: What Every Service Costs in AED

Eight major streaming services in UAE now compete for households, and getting a straight answer on what each one actually costs is harder than it should be — prices are quoted in AED, USD or via telecom bundles depending on where you look. This guide lays out streaming prices in UAE for Netflix, OSN+, Shahid, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, STARZPLAY, TOD and Apple TV+, tier by tier, so you can see exactly what you’re paying for before you subscribe.

Streaming Prices below are direct monthly rates in AED, VAT included where the provider states it. Telecom-bundled promotions (free months with a postpaid plan, discounted annual codes) can undercut these figures temporarily — check your own Etisalat or du account before paying full retail.

Streaming Prices in UAE at a Glance

Before getting into what each service actually includes, it helps to see the full spread of streaming prices in UAE side by side — from the cheapest entry point to the most expensive tier.

As the table shows, a single household could pay anywhere from AED 10 to over AED 70 a month for one service alone, and most UAE residents end up juggling two or three at once.

Netflix Price in UAE

Netflix runs three dirham-billed tiers in the UAE: Basic at AED 35/month, Standard at AED 49/month, and Premium at AED 71/month. The difference between them comes down to video quality and how many screens can stream at the same time — Basic is capped at HD on one device, Standard adds a second simultaneous stream in Full HD, and Premium unlocks 4K with HDR across four devices at once. There is no standing free trial in the UAE any more, so sampling the catalogue means committing to at least one paid month.

Netflix has also been investing seriously in Arabic content rather than treating the region as an afterthought, with a 2026 slate that includes new local originals sitting alongside its much larger global library. For viewers who want one platform that mixes both worlds reasonably well, it remains the safest all-round pick — though households chasing Arabic drama specifically will still find Shahid’s catalogue runs deeper.

OSN+ Price in UAE

OSN+ costs AED 48.99/month for the Standard HD plan and AED 64.99/month for Premium 4K, both figures VAT-inclusive and billed through UAE telecom partners such as du and Etisalat. Unlike Netflix or Shahid, OSN+ isn’t really competing on Arabic content — its entire value proposition rests on two exclusive licensing deals: it’s the sole MENA home for HBO and Max programming, and the regional distributor for Disney+’s full library, including Marvel and Star Wars titles.

That makes OSN+ worth its mid-tier price specifically for prestige Western television — think HBO dramas and Disney’s back catalogue — rather than as a substitute for a dedicated Arabic platform. Anyone weighing OSN+ against the other two major players should note it sits squarely between Shahid and Netflix on price, which roughly matches where it sits on general-audience appeal too.

Shahid Price in UAE

Shahid’s base VIP tier costs AED 44.99/month, unlocking ad-free Arabic Originals, movie premieres timed close to their cinema release, and two simultaneous streams. Adding sport pushes the price to AED 69.99/month for the VIP | Sports tier. A free, ad-supported tier also exists with a thinner catalogue, useful for sampling the platform before paying for VIP.

As MBC Group’s flagship service and the platform Arabic television was effectively built for, Shahid carries the region’s deepest catalogue of Gulf, Egyptian, Levantine and Saudi productions, alongside decades of Ramadan drama staples. If Arabic-language content is the main reason you’re subscribing to anything, Shahid is also the cheapest of the three major paid options — a rare case where the best fit and the lowest price line up. For a broader look at where to find specific titles, see our comparison of Shahid, Netflix and OSN+ for the best arabic series.

Disney+ Price in UAE

Disney+ in the UAE has settled into a two-tier structure since its direct service launched: Standard at AED 34.99/month (or AED 349.99/year) with two concurrent streams in Full HD, and Premium at AED 44.99/month (or AED 449.99/year) adding 4K UHD, Dolby Atmos and four concurrent streams. The annual plans save roughly two months’ worth of subscription compared with paying monthly.

Disney+ arrived in the UAE later than most markets, having launched first via an OSN partnership before moving to a direct service. Its catalogue leans heavily on franchise strength — Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar and National Geographic — rather than breadth, which makes it a strong pick for households with children or a specific attachment to those franchises, but a thinner standalone choice for viewers wanting general entertainment variety.

Amazon Prime Video Price in UAE

Amazon Prime Video isn’t sold as a separate subscription in the UAE — it’s bundled inside Amazon Prime membership, which costs AED 16/month or AED 140/year (working out to roughly AED 11.67/month on the annual plan). New subscribers get a 30-day free trial, and the membership also covers free fast delivery on Amazon.ae, Prime Music and Amazon Luna game streaming.

At this price, Prime Video is less a dedicated streaming competitor and more a bonus attached to a shopping membership most UAE residents already have reason to hold. For anyone who orders from Amazon.ae even occasionally, the video library effectively arrives at close to zero marginal cost — which is worth factoring in before adding a pricier standalone service purely for its movie catalogue.

STARZPLAY Price in UAE

STARZPLAY offers two tiers: Plus at AED 9.99/month for entertainment content only, and MAX at AED 44.99/month, which adds sport including UFC pay-per-view coverage. At AED 9.99, Plus is the cheapest priced-in streaming plan available in the UAE with a genuine content library behind it, covering Hollywood blockbusters, same-time-as-US TV shows and a dedicated Arabic and Bollywood selection.

Some UAE telecom operators also list STARZPLAY at a flat AED 40/month rate through direct carrier billing, which appears to reflect an older single-tier pricing structure predating the Plus/MAX split — worth confirming against the current app pricing before assuming it still applies. Either way, Plus remains the tier to pick if sport isn’t a factor, since MAX’s extra AED 35 a month is entirely about the sports add-on.

TOD Price in UAE

TOD, beIN Media Group’s sports-and-entertainment platform, prices its Standard plan at roughly AED 66/month and its Premium 4K plan at roughly AED 110/month — figures converted from the USD pricing beIN publishes regionally, since TOD’s own UAE pricing page wasn’t accessible for direct verification at the time of writing. [NEEDS VERIFICATION: exact current AED figures from tod.tv/en/plans]

What TOD offers that nothing else on this list does is live football: the English Premier League through the 2027/28 season, LaLiga through the same window, Ligue 1 through 2028/29, and the UEFA Champions League and Europa League through 2026/27, alongside NBA rights and Grand Slam tennis. For UAE football fans, TOD isn’t really competing with Netflix or Shahid on price — it’s the only legal way to watch most of that live sport, which is what justifies being the most expensive service on this list.

Apple TV+ Price in UAE

Apple TV+ is priced simply: AED 27.99/month after a seven-day free trial, with no separate quality tiers — every subscriber gets the same 4K HDR access. It’s also available as part of Apple One, Apple’s services bundle, starting at AED 49.95/month for the Individual plan, which folds in Apple Music, Apple Arcade and 50GB of iCloud+ storage alongside Apple TV+.

The trade-off for that flat, mid-range price is catalogue size — Apple TV+ carries only Apple Originals, so there’s no licensed film library or third-party TV shows to browse. For viewers specifically drawn to Apple’s prestige originals, or who already lean on other Apple services, the Apple One bundle in particular can work out as effectively free access to Apple TV+ on top of services many UAE iPhone owners already pay for separately.

Cheapest Streaming Services in UAE

If monthly cost is the only factor, three services stand out at the bottom of the UAE streaming market:

• STARZPLAY Plus — AED 9.99/month. The lowest priced-in plan on this list, covering Hollywood movies, US shows and Arabic and Bollywood titles, with no sport included.
• Amazon Prime Video — AED 16/month (or ~AED 11.67/month on the annual plan). Technically a bonus attached to Amazon Prime membership rather than a standalone subscription, but the video library costs next to nothing on top of a membership many households already hold for delivery.
• Netflix Basic — AED 35/month. The cheapest entry point into Netflix’s global catalogue, capped at HD on a single device, but still meaningfully pricier than either option above.

Cheapest isn’t always the best fit — Shahid’s Arabic library and OSN+’s HBO rights, for instance, are worth their higher price tags to viewers who specifically want that content. But for a household simply looking to minimise the monthly outlay, STARZPLAY Plus and Prime Video are the two genuine budget picks in the UAE market right now.

Best Value Streaming Services in UAE

Value is a different question from price — it’s about how much genuinely watchable content a subscriber gets for each dirham spent:

• Shahid VIP (AED 44.99/month) delivers the deepest Arabic-language catalogue in the region for less than Netflix’s mid-tier plan, making it the strongest value pick for anyone prioritising Arabic drama.
• OSN+ Standard (AED 48.99/month) bundles exclusive HBO/Max programming with the full Disney+ library under one subscription — effectively two premium catalogues that would otherwise require two separate bills.
• Netflix Standard (AED 49/month) sits in the middle of Netflix’s own range but unlocks the platform’s full global catalogue plus its expanding Arabic slate, without paying the Premium surcharge for 4K most viewers won’t notice on a phone or tablet.
• Apple TV+ via Apple One (from AED 49.95/month) turns a single-service subscription into five bundled services for a small premium, which is strong value specifically for households already invested in the Apple ecosystem.

The common thread is that the best-value options aren’t necessarily the cheapest ones — they’re the services where the price maps closely onto content a specific household will actually watch.

How to Save Money on Streaming Subscriptions in UAE

Streaming costs in the UAE add up quickly once a household runs three or four services at once, but there are a few practical ways to bring the total down:

• Check your telecom account first. du and Etisalat both regularly bundle Shahid, OSN+, STARZPLAY or Disney+ into postpaid and home-wireless plans, sometimes as a free 12-month add-on — an offer that may already be sitting unused on an existing account.
• Take the annual plan where the content is worth committing to. Disney+’s annual pricing (AED 349.99 Standard, AED 449.99 Premium) works out to roughly two free months compared with paying monthly; Amazon Prime’s AED 140 annual rate does the same.
• Rotate rather than stack subscriptions. Few households genuinely need Netflix, OSN+, Shahid and TOD running simultaneously all year — subscribing to one Arabic-focused and one global service, and swapping in a sport-specific one only during football season, cuts the monthly total sharply.
• Look at bundle packages for overlapping needs. Shahid’s Epic Bundle folds Shahid, Disney+ and OSN+ access into one GCC-only subscription, which can undercut paying for Shahid and OSN+ separately if a household genuinely wants both.
• Downgrade video quality tiers you don’t use. Paying for Netflix Premium or OSN+’s 4K tier only makes sense on a large 4K television — households mostly watching on phones or older TVs can drop to the HD tier without losing anything they’d notice.
• Set a calendar reminder for free trials. Apple TV+ and STARZPLAY both still offer short free trials; using them deliberately around a specific show rather than forgetting to cancel avoids paying for a month of content that’s already been watched.

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