Plex announced today that its Lifetime Plex Pass will be jumping up in price from $249.99 to $749.99 this summer. All current Lifetime Plex Pass holders will keep all benefits that come with a Lifetime pass, and new subscribers can sign up at the current price before the price hike goes into effect.
The price hike, which goes into effect on July 1, was announced on the Plex blog. In the post, the Plex team shares that they’ve considered discontinuing the Lifetime pass altogether, instead encouraging users to pay for a monthly subscription, which is a more sustainable model for the company. Instead, they’re raising the price to reflect “the real, ongoing value of the software we’re committed to building and maintaining for years to come.”
What will you get for the $749.99 Lifetime Pass? Here’s what Plex says they’re working on.
- Improvements to Downloads, such as grouping by show and the ability to automatically download new episodes
- Support for Playlist creation and editing in the mobile apps
- Music and photo library support will be restored in the mobile apps and the new experience on TV apps.
- Support for NFO metadata
- All server and library management features currently available on app.plex.tv will be added to the mobile apps (and TV apps where it makes sense)
- Audio enhancements such as boosting dialog and normalizing loudness
- Additional transcoding video improvements
- IPv6 Support
Again, you can sign up for a Lifetime Plex Pass for the current price of $249.99 until July 1 when the new price of $749.99 goes into effect. You can also opt for the Plex Remote Watch Pass for $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year, or the Plex Pass for $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year.