Four Streamers Sell Out-of-Home Sharing, From $6.99 a Month

Netflix, Disney+, Hulu and HBO Max do not let you share a login with someone outside your home for free, but each sells a paid slot for them: $7.99 to $9.99 a month on Netflix, $6.99 to $14.99 on Disney+ and Hulu depending on your plan, and $7.99 on HBO Max. Peacock’s help centre says it should not be shared outside your household and points people outside it to their own account.

The account owner pays, the extra member gets their own login and one profile, and on all four services they watch on one device at a time. Disney+, Hulu and HBO Max also require them to be in the same country as the account.

What each service allows, and what it costs

Service	Household rule	Extra-member option and US price	Which plans can add one
Netflix	Cannot be shared outside your household	$7.99/mo with ads or $9.99/mo without, per extra member	Standard (1) and Premium (up to 2). Not Standard with ads
Disney+	Cannot be shared outside your household	Extra Member: $6.99/mo on Disney+ with ads, $9.99 on Premium, $7.99–$14.99 on bundles	One per subscription. Not on ESPN Unlimited, HBO Max or NFL+ bundles
Hulu	Cannot be shared outside your household	Extra Member: $6.99/mo on Hulu with ads, $9.99 on Premium, $7.99–$14.99 on bundles	One per subscription. Not on Hulu + Live TV
HBO Max	For “you and the people you live with”	Extra Member Add-On: $7.99/mo	Billed by HBO Max directly, outside the Disney+ bundle. Number and tiers not stated on its help pages
Peacock	“Should not be shared outside of your household”	None; outsiders “can sign up for their own Peacock account”	Not stated on its help pages
Paramount+	Not stated on its US plans page	None listed on its US plans page	Not stated on its US plans page

Prices are before tax, as each help centre listed them on 13 October 2026. The bundle prices for Disney+ and Hulu run from $7.99 on the Disney+, Hulu Bundle to $14.99 on the Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Select Bundle Premium, and both companies’ pages give the same Extra Member figures.

What “household” means to them

Disney+, Hulu and Peacock all tie the household to your primary personal residence: the devices used there, or where you most regularly watch. Netflix uses the same idea, “a collection of devices connected to the internet at the main residence where you watch Netflix”.

HBO Max spells out a case the others leave implicit. People who do not live with you, “including family members living at another location, such as a college dorm”, need their own account or an Extra Member slot. It also warns that sharing your credentials with people who don’t live with you “will affect your ability to access HBO Max in the future”.

Travel is a separate matter. Peacock says you can still watch away from home on a device associated with your household, and Disney+ gives TVs an “I’m away from home” option alongside updating the household.

What an extra member gets, and what they give up

The slot is a cut-down account, not a copy of yours:

• One stream, one profile. All four services limit the extra member to one device at a time and a single profile.
• Netflix’s cheaper slot carries ads. The $7.99 extra member watches with ads, in 1080p only, with no spatial audio and 15 downloads a month. The $9.99 slot matches your plan’s video quality.
• Disney+, Hulu and HBO Max match your plan’s quality. Disney+ and Hulu say the extra member gets “the same video and audio quality as the account holder”. HBO Max says an extra member on Premium can get 4K on select titles.
• The extra member must be an adult elsewhere in your country. Disney+, Hulu and HBO Max require them to be 18 or over and in the same country; Disney+ and Hulu also rule out anyone who already has an active Disney+, Hulu or ESPN subscription.

Is the slot worth it?

On price alone it is usually a little cheaper than a second subscription, not much cheaper. A Netflix extra member with ads costs $7.99 against $8.99 for Netflix’s own Standard with ads plan, and HBO Max’s $7.99 add-on undercuts its $10.99 Basic with Ads plan. The saving buys less than a full account: one profile, one stream, and no control over the plan.

The ad-free version adds up. A $9.99 Netflix extra member is $119.88 a year on top of your own plan, more than a year of HBO Max with ads at $109.99. If you are counting what streaming costs your household, what it costs to take the ads out and the subscriptions a typical household carries put that number in context.

Where the rules are not written down

Two gaps are worth knowing before you pay or share.

Paramount+. Its US plans page talks about “profiles for each member of your household” but states no rule on sharing outside it and lists no extra-member add-on. Its US help search returned an error page on 13 October, so a rule may sit in an article that search would have found.

Prime Video. Amazon’s help pages are on amazon.com, which we did not read for this piece, so it has no row here rather than a guessed one.

If you pay through an app store, a cable company or a phone carrier, check there first. Netflix and HBO Max say the add-on cannot be bought on accounts a third party bills, and Disney+ describes adding one only for accounts it bills directly.

Questions people ask

Can I share my Netflix password with someone who doesn’t live with me?

Not for free. Netflix says accounts cannot be shared outside the household. On Standard or Premium you can pay for an extra member instead: $7.99 a month with ads or $9.99 without. Standard allows one, Premium up to two. Standard with ads cannot add any.

How much is an extra member on Disney+?

$6.99 a month on Disney+ with ads and $9.99 on Disney+ Premium. On bundles it is $7.99 to $14.99. One per subscription, and not available on the ESPN Unlimited, HBO Max or NFL+ bundles.

Does Hulu have an extra member option?

Yes, priced like Disney+’s: $6.99 a month on Hulu with ads, $9.99 on Hulu Premium, $7.99 to $14.99 on bundles. One per subscription, and not with Hulu + Live TV.

How much does it cost to add someone to HBO Max?

$7.99 a month plus tax for the Extra Member Add-On. You must be billed by HBO Max directly; app-store, cable, phone and Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max Bundle subscribers cannot buy it.

Can I share Peacock outside my household?

Peacock says it should not be shared outside your household and that people outside it can sign up for their own account. Its help pages describe no paid add-on for an outside member.

Can my kid at college use our streaming account?

HBO Max says no: people who do not live with you, “including family members living at another location, such as a college dorm”, need their own account or an Extra Member slot. Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu define household by your main residence too.

Is an extra member cheaper than a separate subscription?

Usually, a little. A Netflix extra member with ads is $7.99 against $8.99 for Netflix’s own ad plan, and HBO Max’s $7.99 add-on undercuts its $10.99 Basic with Ads. The extra member gets one profile and one stream.