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Spotify Premium vs TIDAL

Price, free plan and alternatives, side by side

The comparison in short

Cheapest per year

TIDAL

$144/yr

8% less than Spotify Premium

Who has a free plan
  • Spotify Premiumhas a free plan
  • TIDALno free plan
Easiest to rebuild

Spotify Premium, TIDAL

Worth subscribing

On price, TIDAL wins. To start without paying, Spotify Premium has a free plan.

Side-by-side comparison

APPLICATIONSpotify PremiumAudioTIDALAudio
Monthly billing$12.99/moPremium Individual$11.99/moIndividual
Per year$156/yr$144/yr
Billing modelPer personPer person
Free tier1 account; ad-supported listening; no numeric listening or skip cap is publicly stated.no free tier
Additional costsAudiobook-hour top-ups cost extra; only the Duo/Family plan manager receives the included audiobook hours; Duo and Family members must live at the same address.The optional DJ add-on is extra, but TIDAL's own live pages conflict on its current U.S. amount ($7.50, $8 or $9/month); checkout is required to resolve it. Taxes, app-store billing and regional prices can differ.
Can you rebuild it?Worth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sittingWorth subscribingclosest consolation build: one sitting
Free alternatives+3+3
Checked on10/20/202610/20/2026
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