Prime Video: Watch movies, TV shows, sports, and live TV
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it bundled with Amazon Prime or at $8.99/mo if you want Amazon Originals and live sports.
Comparison
Prime Video: Watch movies, TV shows, sports, and live TV vs Netflix
Prime Video: Watch movies, TV shows, sports, and live TV and Netflix both land on Depends.
Netflix
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy for your household if you want originals like 'Squid Game' and can live with the $6.99 ad tier; skip if you only watch titles on rival services.
| Compare | Prime Video: Watch movies, TV shows, sports, and live TV | Netflix |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Existing Amazon Prime members | Binge-watchers of Netflix originals |
| Who it's not for | Anyone who hates ads on a paid plan | Anyone evaluating business software . this is consumer TV, full stop |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁸ | Mature platform with a public security page, but hit by a 2024 leak of unaired episodes and ongoing credential-phishing campaigns targeting its 275M+ users.14 |
| Support quality | No support evidence found | No support evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Users value it as a Prime-membership perk but are confused about whether they can get it without full Prime membership.³ | Public sources reviewed are mostly listings and news; substantive verbatim user sentiment was too thin to quote. |
| Biggest gotcha | Standard plan includes ads; ad-free is an upsell rebranded 'Prime Video Ultra' from April 10, 2026⁴ | The $6.99 plan includes ads; paying more is the only way to remove them |
Pick Prime Video: Watch movies, TV shows, sports, and live TV when
- Existing Amazon Prime members
- Amazon Originals fans
- Thursday Night Football viewers
- Households stacking premium channel add-ons
When Prime Video: Watch movies, TV shows, sports, and live TV is not a fit
- Anyone who hates ads on a paid plan
- Buyers wanting simple, unbundled pricing
- Teams seeking workplace software . this is pure entertainment
- Cord-cutters wanting full live-TV lineups
Pick Netflix when
- Binge-watchers of Netflix originals
- Budget households okay with ads
- Multi-device, multi-person homes
- Gift-givers (prepaid cards)
When Netflix is not a fit
- Anyone evaluating business software . this is consumer TV, full stop
- Ad-averse viewers wanting the cheapest plan ad-free
- Viewers whose favorites live on Disney+, Hulu, or Tubi
Sources
- Prime Video official siteprimevideo.comofficial
review
review
news
- Everything you need to know about Prime Video . Amazon Newsaboutamazon.comnews
- Prime Video storefront with channel add-onsprimevideo.comofficial
- Prime Video store . Amazon.comamazon.comofficial
- Prime Video security pageprimevideo.comsecurity
- Netflix official sitenetflix.comofficial
- Netflix $6.99 ad-supported plan announcementfacebook.comofficial
- Netflix Plans and Pricing Help Centerhelp.netflix.comofficial
news
- Hacker leaks upcoming episodes of Netflix showsbitdefender.comsecurity
security
- 275 million Netflix users targetedglobalsecuritymag.frsecurity
