Binge is increasing the cost of its Standard tier — just one year after its last price hike

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Pricing for the Aussie streaming service's other tiers are thankfully unchanged

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As the cost of living crisis in Australia continues, the streaming service Binge is implementing another price hike ahead of Max's Australian arrival in 2025.

Binge's Standard tier, which offers ad-free 4K streams for up to two simultaneous devices, will receive a AU$1p/m increase to AU$19p/m starting from November 1, 2024. Mercifully, pricing on Binge's Basic (AU$10p/m) and Premium (AU$22p/m) tiers will remain the same.

Binge price hike: How much it'll cost you

Admittedly, AU$1 extra per month is one of the more reasonable price hikes we've seen from a streaming service recently, bringing only AU$12 of additional cost to Aussie households per year.

Back in March, Disney Plus created a new Premium plan (AU$17.99p/m) to squeeze an additional AU$4p/m out of customers who wanted to continue streaming to four devices in 4K. Meanwhile, Netflix's recent price hikes in May saw its Premium plan jump to AU$25.99p/m — a monthly increase of AU$3 over its previous price.

With the US streaming service Max set to arrive in Australia next year, it's unknown whether this will be the last Binge price hike — we'll have to wait and see how Max is integrated into the local streaming scene.

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Stephen Lambrechts
Stephen Lambrechts

Stephen Lambrechts is the Managing Editor of Tom's Guide AU and has written professionally across the categories of tech, film, television and gaming for the last 15 years. Before Tom's Guide, he spent several years as a Senior Journalist at TechRadar, had a brief stint as Editor in Chief at Official Xbox Magazine Australia, and has written for such publications as APC, TechLife Australia, T3, FilmInk, AskMen, Daily Telegraph and IGN. He's an expert when it comes to smartphones, TVs, gaming and streaming. In his spare time, he enjoys watching obscure horror movies on physical media, keeping an eye on the latest retro sneaker releases and listening to vinyl. Occasionally, he also indulges in other non-hipster stuff, like hiking.