The Sling TV guide as seen on an iPhonePhil Nickinson / Digital Trends

For those look for to cut the cord cut bandwagon and say good-bye to their monthly cable’s length bills ,   YouTube TV and Sling TV are worth putting on your microwave radar . Both are among thebest lively cyclosis servicesin the U.S. YouTube TV is quite popular with more than 8 million ratifier . While Sling may not be themost democratic streaming service , it ’s still deserving find out out .

YouTube TVdelivers a exclusive design with a crowd of TV channel . Sling TVhas two different tracks , giving you the ability to customize your experience a bit more , and has a low terms point to match . When it comes to choose a streaming provider , you wanna verify you ’re getting the content you need at a price that wo n’t go your budget , and both of these services have their own fringe benefit .

So lease ’s take a look at Sling TV versus YouTube TV .

Plans and price

Sling TV and YouTube TV do thing very other than . YouTube TV has a single architectural plan with more than 100 distribution channel for a undivided price of about $ 83 a month . ( Before tax . ) OK , it has two plans — there ’s also “ The Spanish Plan , ” which get under one’s skin you a few dozen Spanish channels and nothing else .

Sling TV has two floor options — Sling Orange and Sling Blue . They deal 27 transmission channel in uncouth . Sling Blue has an extra 20 epithelial duct that can be streamed on up to three devices at once , while Sling Orange has 7 undivided channels that are define to a exclusive machine at a time . Sling Orange costs $ 46 per calendar month while Sling Blue be $ 51 per month . A combine package can be purcahsed for $ 66 per calendar month . All plans offer half - off for the first month . This terms can also fluctuate slightly depending on where you be by about $ 5 . But either way , you ’re starting with slenderly less than half the YouTube television channels at about a 21 % discount .

And that ’s before you get to sweeteners . YouTube TV has limitless recording . Sling television start up at 50 60 minutes of recording for devoid . need more ? That ’ll be another $ 5 a calendar month for 200 hours . YouTube TV also allows up to six custom profiles ( splice to their own Google accounts , of course ) for free , each with its own recordings and recommendation .

Channels

As for the accurate epithelial duct breakdowns , we ’ve got you covered . Just be aware that these are subject to change at any clip .

Sling TV channels

channel exclusive to Sling Orange : Disney Channel , ESPN , ESPN2 , ESPN3 , ESPN4k , FreeForm , and Motor Trend .

Channels sole to Sling Blue : Bravo , Discovery Channel , E ! , FS1 , FX , Fox News , HLN , MSNBC , NFL internet , National Geographic , Syfy , TLC , USA , and TruTV .

The follow channel are usable on either cut : A&E , AMC , AXS TV , BBC America , BET , Bloomberg , Charge ! , CNN , Cartoon web , Comedy Central , Comet , Food web , Fuse , HGTV , History Channel , IFC , Investigation Discovery , Lifetime , Local Now , MGM+ Drive - In , Nick Jr. , QVC , Sling flower stalk , Sling scapes2 , TBS , TNT , Travel Channel , and Vice .

YouTube TV channels

Here are the channels you’re able to follow as part of the independent YouTube TV plan , as of April 2025 :

Major Networks : ABC , CBS , FOX , NBC , PBS , The CW , MyNetworkTV

News & Business : ABC News , BBC News , Cheddar , Cheddar News , CNBC , CNBC World , CNN , FOX News Channel , HLN , MSNBC , NBC News Now , Newsmax , NEWSNATION , Scripps News , TYT , Law & Crime , LiveNOW from Fox , Local Now , Localish

Sports : ACCN , BTN , CBS Sports , ESPN , ESPN2 , ESPNEWS , ESPNU , FS1 , FS2 , Golf Channel , NBA TV , NFL internet , Orlando City , SEC ESPN internet

Entertainment & Drama : AMC , AMC Thrillers , FX , FXM , FXX , Bravo , BET , BET Her , OWN , Oxygen , Oxygen True Crime , Paramount connection , SundanceTV , SyFy , TNT , USA , WE video

Lifestyle & Home : Dabl , Dove , Food web , Freeform , Hallmark Channel , Hallmark Family , Hallmark Movies & Mysteries , HGTV , Magnolia web , Tastemade , The Great Courses , Recipe . TV

Documentary & Learning : Animal Planet , Discovery , Docurama , Investigation Discovery , National Geographic , NatGeo Wild , Smithsonian Channel , World at War

Kids & Family : Cartoon web , Disney , Disney Junior , Disney XD , Nickelodeon , Nick Jr. , Nicktoons , PBS Kids , Teen Nick , Universal Kids

Comedy & Pop Culture : Adult Swim , Comedy Central , Comedy . TV , IFC , MTV , MTV2 , MTV Classic , POP , Portlandia , television set Land

Movies & Classics : getTV , TCM , Stories by AMC , All Reality , American Crimes , StartTV , Cozi TV

Spanish - Language & Multicultural : Galavisión , NBC Universo , Telehit , Telemundo , UniMás , Univision

Shopping & Misc : HSN , QVC , PC , JusticeCentral . TV , T2 , TBD , Charge ! , Comet TV

Local channels

The write up are pretty simple when it comes to local channels . YouTube TV rain buckets the major broadcast channels — ABC , CBS , Fox , NBC , and PBS — in all its markets .

Sling television swarm ABC , Fox , and NBC in some of its markets , but not necessarilyyourlocal market . And it does n’t have CBS at all . It does , at least , commercialize an over - the - air option it call AirTV — basically , a mark antenna and radio — and the channels will show up in your Sling boob tube unrecorded guidebook .

The wide-eyed fact is that YouTube TV has more local channels , and they are available to everyone . Sling TV does n’t .

Add-ons

thing are a small different when it comes to add - ons only because of the way Sling TV offers its plan . Whereas YouTube TV ’s ADHD - ons are mostly about extra premium content , Sling television “ Extras ” ( as they ’re called ) are also used to expand on the more petite base plans .

In other language , if you want the same phone number of channel on Sling TV as you get on YouTube TV , you ’ll need to pony up for some Extras . The honest intelligence is they ’re optional , so you could control which ones you want and , ultimately , how much more you ’re pay up .

Both services share a numeral of premium attention deficit disorder - ons , like Paramount+ and Showtime , STARZ , and AMC+ , for newcomer . Both also have NBA League Pass . But YouTube TV has a duet of pretty major horn cards .

The first isNFL Sunday Ticket . That ’s the scheme by which you ’ll get every out - of - market NFL game every Sunday . ( So long as it ’s not nigrify out where you live . ) It ’s not cheap , but YouTube TV is the only place you may get it . NFL RedZone also is an pick on YouTube TV .

The other is4 K Plus . For an supernumerary $ 10 a month , YouTube TV leave you a smattering of bouncy event — sport , really — in 4 one thousand resolution , as well as on - demand content from a number of networks , like Discovery , FX , Nat Geo , and more . The 4 K Plus ADHD - on also move over you unlimited concurrent current at home .

Total subscribers

Sling TV , meanwhile , releases reader numbers every three months . As of the last one-fourth of 2024 , the service had 2.09 million endorser , down from a high of 2.686 million contributor in the third quarter of 2019 .