Nintendo Switch Online vs PlayStation Plus
Nintendo Switch Online's cheapest plan anyone can buy is Individual at $3.99/mo; PlayStation Plus's cheapest plan anyone can buy is Essential at $10.99/mo. No Nintendo Switch Online price increase is on record since 2022, and PlayStation Plus has raised prices twice since 2022. US prices, verified Sep 25, 2026.
At a glance
Nintendo Switch Online
- Cheapest now
- $3.99/mo
- Individual
- Increases
- 0
- since 2022
- Last change
- 2026
PlayStation Plus
- Cheapest now
- $10.99/mo
- Essential
- Increases
- 2
- since 2022
- Last change
- 2026
Side by side
Plans, ads and limits
- Cheapest plan anyone can buy
- Nintendo Switch Online: $3.99/mo · Individual
- PlayStation Plus: $10.99/mo · Essential
- Price increases
- Nintendo Switch Online: 0 since 2022
- PlayStation Plus: 2 since 2022
- Latest increase
- Nintendo Switch Online: None on record
- Last change
- Cloud streaming
- Nintendo Switch Online: Not listed
- PlayStation Plus:
- Essential: Not included
- Extra: Not included
- Premium: PS5 console, PS Portal
Current plans
Every plan and price
US prices, verified .
Nintendo Switch Online
- Individual$3.99/mo
- Individual (annual)$19.99/yr
- Family$34.99/yr
- Expansion Pack Individual$49.99/yr
- Expansion Pack Family$79.99/yr
PlayStation Plus
- Essential$10.99/mo
- Extra$16.99/mo
- Premium$19.99/mo
- Essential (annual)$79.99/yr
- Extra (annual)$134.99/yr
- Premium (annual)$159.99/yr
Price history
What each plan has cost
The price in effect over time, from each service's records. A hollow dot marks a price in effect on or before that date.
No price changes on record for these plans.
Now
$5$10$15$20$25
2023202420252026
| Essential | 2022-06-13 | $9.99 |
| Essential | 2026-05-20 | $10.99 |
| Extra | 2022-06-13 | $14.99 |
| Extra | 2026-05-20 | $16.99 |
| Premium | 2022-06-13 | $17.99 |
| Premium | 2026-05-20 | $19.99 |
| Essential (annual) | 2022-06-13 | $59.99 |
| Essential (annual) | 2023-09-06 | $79.99 |
| Extra (annual) | 2022-06-13 | $99.99 |
| Extra (annual) | 2023-09-06 | $134.99 |
| Premium (annual) | 2022-06-13 | $119.99 |
| Premium (annual) | 2023-09-06 | $159.99 |
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