Paramount+ has become a streaming destination for live sports, including loads of weekly NFL games and Champions League soccer, and great shows like Landman, Tulsa King, Dexter: Resurrection and more. But pretty soon, the service will be raising prices on both its Essential and Premium plans, and doing away with its 7-day free trial, meaning that if you want streaming access to all the shows, movies, and sports on the platform, you'll be paying a bigger bill for that privilege.

While Paramount+ has historically offered a 7-day free trial, as of January 15, that perk will be discontinued. Jan. 15 is also when monthly and annual rates will increase for both their ad-supported Essential plan and their ad-free Premium plan with Showtime. While you can currently grab a subscription to the Essential plan for $7.99, that price will go up to $8.99/month after Jan. 15, and a subscription to the Premium plan will increase from $12.99/month to $13.99/month. The downside? You'll be paying more. The upside? Paramount+ is now the streaming home to every UFC fight (for the next seven years!), and they're included in the subscription cost, which will actually be a huge savings if you're used to PPV events.

If you want to lock in Paramount+'s current rates for a year, we suggest grabbing an annual subscription: an Essential plan is $59.99 (soon to be $89.99) and a Premium plan is $119.99 (increasing to $139.99), but if you subscribe by Jan. 15, you'll get the current rate for a whole year. Here's what you need to know to avoid the latest streaming price hike.

When is Paramount+ raising their prices?

If you have a monthly or annual plan with Paramount+, prices will increase for both their ad-supported Essential plan and their ad-free Premium plan with Showtime as of Jan. 15, 2026.

How to pay less for Paramount+

One way to avoid the Paramount+ price hike is to grab an annual subscription to either the Essential or Premium plan, that'll lock in the current pricing for the next 12 months. Want to pay even less? You can get Paramount+ for free if you subscribe to Walmart+.

What to watch on Paramount+

Paramount+ might just be best known for the vast show library from Taylor Sheridan, including Tulsa King, The Mayor of Kingstown, Landman and Lioness, but a subscription to the service also gets you access to weekly NFL games current CBS shows like Tracker and Ghosts, plus a vast library of MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon programming.

And starting this January, Paramount+ is home to the UFC. Whether you have a Paramount+ Essential plan, or an ad-free Paramount+ Premium plan, subscribers will now have access to everything UFC without Pay-Per-View charges added to your bill. If you're a UFC fan, that alone will save you big. (Not a fan of UFC? All 17 past seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race are available to binge, and Season 18 will drop on the platform sometime this summer.)