Streaming savings calculator
Rotating your streaming services is the fastest way to cut your bill. Hibernating YouTube TV’s $82.99-per-month Base Plan for six months a year saves about $498, using Dormant’s price data verified October 14, 2026. Check off the services you pay for below, set your watching months, and see your own savings instantly.
Cost calculator estimates what you’d save. Rotation planner builds a 12-month schedule.
Which streaming services do you pay for?
Check off the services you pay for and pick your plan on each. Prices come straight from Dormant’s verified price dataset.
How many months a year do you actually watch?
Drag the slider to the months you’d subscribe. Anything under twelve starts the savings math in the totals below.
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- Per year, year-round
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- Per year, rotating (12 mo)
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Plan your rotation with Dormant
Hibernating YouTube TV’s $82.99-per-month Base Plan for six months a year saves about $498, based on Dormant’s price dataset verified October 14, 2026. Enter your plans above to see your own number.
About $120 a year: Netflix’s Standard plan costs $19.99 a month, so hibernating it for six months saves $119.94, verified October 14, 2026. Dormant’s Netflix pause guide shows the exact steps.
YouTube TV’s Base Plan at $82.99 a month is the priciest single subscription in Dormant’s price dataset, verified October 14, 2026. See how it got there in Dormant’s streaming price history; the cheapest plans start at $5.99 a month.
CuriosityStream’s Standard plan at $5.99 a month is the lowest price in Dormant’s dataset, verified October 14, 2026.
Sometimes. HBO Max’s Standard plan costs $18.49 a month, which is $221.88 over a year, versus $184.99 billed annually, saving about $37 a year, verified October 14, 2026.
You can hibernate rather than cancel on many services: pause billing and resume later. Dormant’s cancellation guides for every major streamer walk through the pause steps service by service.
Prices come from Dormant’s streaming price dataset, last verified 2026-10-14. Annual totals use each plan’s annual price where one exists and it beats twelve monthly payments. Rotation math assumes monthly billing while subscribed, except annual-only plans (like BritBox Premier), which are charged in full once a year. Prices change. If you spot one that’s out of date, tell us.