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Is paying yearly cheaper?
For every tracked plan that offers both, the tool compares 12 monthly payments with the yearly price: the dollars saved, the percentage, and how many free months that equals. Every price comes from the seller’s own page and shows the date it was read.
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The link keeps your choices, so anyone who opens it sees the same result with the latest recorded prices.
How it works
- The tool reads the price tables on the streaming, cloud storage, password manager, note-taking app, membership, video game subscription and AI subscription pages each time it opens.
- A plan is listed only when its row has both a standard monthly price and a yearly price.
- 12 monthly payments = 12 × the monthly price. Paid yearly = the yearly price as the seller writes it; where a page gives only a per-month figure billed yearly, 12 times that figure.
- Yearly saves = 12 monthly payments − the yearly price. “Same as” divides that saving by the monthly price, so a $20 saving on a $10 plan is 2 months free.
- The typical figures are medians of the plans where yearly costs less. First-time offers, trials and taxes are not counted. Nothing here is a recommendation: a yearly plan is paid up front and refund rules differ by seller.
Questions
Is the yearly plan always cheaper?
Usually, but not always, and not by the same amount. The table shows “No saving” for any plan where the yearly price is not lower than 12 monthly payments.
Why do some services not appear?
Many services sell only monthly or only yearly plans. Phone plans are left out because most prepaid carriers sell multi-month plans with different allowances; use the phone plan comparison for those.
Can I share a result?
Yes. The page address keeps your choices. Use “Copy link to this result” or one of the share links.