Max Pricing

Entertainment

$10.99 a month for Basic with Ads

Standard is $18.49 a month and Premium $22.99 a month. Each plan costs less paid yearly: $109.99, $184.99 or $229.99 a year.

Checked Oct 17, 2026 on help.hbomax.com US prices, before tax Tracked nightly

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Max pricing

Max plans compared, cheapest first
Plan detail	Basic with Ads $10.99 a month or $109.99 a year Saves 17% our math	Standard $18.49 a month or $184.99 a year Saves 17% our math	Premium $22.99 a month or $229.99 a year Saves 17% our math
Ads	About 6 minutes per hour Before and during shows and movies	Shows and movies without ads Live events have ads regardless of your plan	Shows and movies without ads Live events have ads regardless of your plan
Devices at a time	2	2	4 Only 2 for sports
Video quality	Full HD 1080p	Full HD 1080p	4K Ultra HD As available
Downloads	Not included	30	100 Limit of 30 downloaded movies
Live sports	Not stated	Yes	Yes
Dolby Atmos	Not stated	Not stated	Yes As available

Figures marked our math are RecurDash arithmetic from Max's listed prices.

What Basic with Ads includes

About 6 minutes of ads per hour during shows and movies
Stream on 2 devices at once
Full HD 1080p video resolution
Live Sports not included (Standard and Premium only)

Standard also lists

Ad-free shows and movies (live events still have ads)
30 downloads to watch on the go
Live Sports included (MLB, NHL, March Madness, and more)

Premium also lists

Ad-free shows and movies (live events still have ads)
Stream on 4 devices at once (only 2 for Sports)
4K Ultra HD video quality (as available)
Dolby Atmos immersive audio (as available)
100 downloads to watch on the go
Live Sports included (MLB, NHL, March Madness, and more)

Source: help.hbomax.com

Price history

No change seen since we started tracking in September 2026.

Checked every night. Last check: Oct 17, 2026.

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How to cancel Max

35 / 100 Mostly Compliant Higher means harder to cancel

Sign in at max.com/subscription, click Cancel Your Subscription, skip the discount and offer-confirmation screens, then submit the reason survey to land on the cancellation confirmation. You keep access until the end of the current billing period — HBO Max does not refund partial months, even on annual plans.

Why this score?

Computed from five weighted dimensions: required steps, retention friction, channel restrictions, refund policy, and recovery hostility. See the full rubric.

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