PlayStation Plus vs Xbox Game Pass
PlayStation Plus's cheapest plan anyone can buy is Essential at $10.99/mo; Xbox Game Pass's cheapest plan anyone can buy is Game Pass Essential at $9.99/mo. PlayStation Plus has raised prices twice since 2022, and Xbox Game Pass has raised prices 3 times since 2022. US prices, verified Sep 25, 2026.
At a glance
PlayStation Plus
- Cheapest now
- $10.99/mo
- Essential
- Increases
- 2
- since 2022
- Last change
- 2026
Xbox Game Pass
- Cheapest now
- $9.99/mo
- Game Pass Essential
- Increases
- 3
- since 2022
- Last change
- on or before, 2026
Side by side
Plans, ads and limits
- Cheapest plan anyone can buy
- PlayStation Plus: $10.99/mo · Essential
- Xbox Game Pass: $9.99/mo · Game Pass Essential
- Price increases
- PlayStation Plus: 2 since 2022
- Xbox Game Pass: 3 since 2022
- Latest increase
- Last change
- Xbox Game Pass: on or before Prepaid time now converts to Ultimate at new rates: more for Essential, Premium and EA Play, less for PC and Console
- Cloud streaming
- PlayStation Plus:
- Essential: Not included
- Extra: Not included
- Premium: PS5 console, PS Portal
- Xbox Game Pass: Not listed
Current plans
Every plan and price
US prices, verified .
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
Xbox Game Pass
- Game Pass Essential$9.99/mo
- Game Pass Premium$14.99/mo
- Game Pass Ultimate$22.99/mo
- PC Game Pass$13.99/mo
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.
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 |
Now
$0$10$20$30$40
20222023202420252026
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2022-01-01 | $14.99 |
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2023-07-06 | $16.99 |
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2024-07-10 | $19.99 |
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2025-10-01 | $29.99 |
| Game Pass Ultimate | 2026-04-21 | $22.99 |
| PC Game Pass | 2022-01-01 | $9.99 |
| PC Game Pass | 2024-07-10 | $11.99 |
| PC Game Pass | 2025-10-01 | $16.49 |
| PC Game Pass | 2026-04-21 | $13.99 |
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