During this pandemic situation, we all are staying at home. Some of us are working from home, students are doing online classes and in free time we used to watch movies or series.
As everything has been locked down, most of the movies have been released on streaming sites.
Here, we will compare the two most popular movie streaming sites Netflix and Disney Plus.
Netflix has a huge collection of English and Hindi movies and TV Shows. Whereas, Disney Plus has launched in India as Disney Plus Hotstar. It also contains a wide range of Disney movies, TV shows, and Hindi movies and serials.
According to a study, Disney Plus is far away from Netflix in terms of the volume of movies, or series. But there are a few people who have shifted to Disney Plus from Netflix.
All of us know that it will not be an easy task but we will compare these two popular sites in terms of Pricing, streaming speed, content, etc.
So, let’s get started.
Price
Netflix
Compared to Disney Plus, Netflix is a bit expensive. It has three different pricing plans. It starts from $8.99/month to $15.99/month. The first plan is offering you 480p resolution, the second plan is offering you 1080p, and the last one is offering you 4k video resolution. Netflix is offering 30-days free trial for new users.
Disney Plus
Disney Plus costs $6.99/month and $69.99/year. Disney Plus is also offering a bundle package that includes, Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus cost only $12.99/month.
If you are living in the United States, and if you are a Verizon Wireless unlimited plan’s customer, you can enjoy Disney Plus for a year as complimentary. Disney Plus is offering a 7-days free trial.
Content Library
Netflix
Netflix has a wide range of contents. It has so many exclusive movies, TV Shows, and original Netflix content. The number of content is increasing every single day. If you want to enjoy the massive content library of Netflix, you need to spend money.
Disney Plus
Disney Plus has a lack of content. Most of its contents are from Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Nat Geo divisions, etc. It has a few movies from 20th Century fox as well.
Disney Plus has its own original content as well. But comparing to Netflix the number is low. Hopefully, it might change within the next 1 or 2 years.
Disney Plus has been launched in India as Disney Plus Hotstar where they are introducing Hindi movies, TV Serials, etc.
Availability
Netflix
Netflix is available in 190 countries. Only four countries do not use Netflix. They are China, North Korea, Crimea, and Syria.
Disney Plus
Whereas, Disney has started its journey from the United States. Later in Canada, New Zealand, Netherland, and Australia. By 2019 Disney Plus is available in India, UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland. Hopefully, they will launch it in other countries soon.
Free Trial
Netflix
Netflix is offering a one-month free trial to its new users.
Disney Plus
Disney Plus is offering a 7-days free trial.
Platform
Netflix
You should ask in which devices Netflix can not be used? Right? Well, Netflix is compatible with almost all devices. You can stream it on your smartphones using the Netflix app. You can stream it on your PC or laptop web browser.
However, Netflix is compatible with Amazon Fire TV-based devices, Android TV-based televisions, set-top boxes. PlayStation 4, Xbox One, etc.
Disney Plus
Disney Plus is also compatible with your smartphones, Amazon Fire TV-based devices, Android TV-based televisions, set-top boxes like Nvidia Shield. PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and many more.
You can also watch it on your desktop or laptop browser.
Profile
Netflix
Netflix allows up to five profiles on each account. There will be a kid’s profile separately where they can watch whatever they like. The other four profiles can watch their preferred content.
Disney Plus
Disney Plus supports up to seven different profiles on each account. It also includes a Kid’s profile where they can watch their preferred content.
Netflix vs Disney Plus – Which one you should choose?
It is actually difficult to compare between Netflix and Disney Plus. Both of them are the best in their areas. If you don’t have Disney Plus in your region, then Netflix is the winner.
On the other hand, if you have Disney Plus in your country, you can choose any of them. It will be an interesting choice to make.
Disney Plus is affordable whereas Netflix is a bit expensive. Netflix has a massive collection of movies, series, and Netflix originals, where Disney Plus has movies from Disney.
Interestingly, if you have kids, it will be difficult to avoid Disney Plus.
If both of the steaming websites are available in your country, We would recommend you to get the subscription from both of them. You will be the winner.