With the price of streaming services around the world always creeping up, finding a way to save money like netting an ESPN Plus free trial, is a great way to keep watching your favorite sports without breaking the bank.
If you're a sports fan, you will have noticed that ESPN Plus isn't the cheapest streaming service on the block; at $9.99 per month, the likes of DAZN undercut it. So if you're wanting to test out the service it'd normally cost you a lot.
ESPN Plus did have a free trial when it launched, letting you stream your first month of NFL, MLB, NHL, UFC, college football, PGA Tour, La Liga and more without having to pay.
That's not the case any more though, with even streaming deals only reducing the price. But we'll help you find other ways to sign up to ESPN Plus without the free trial and still save:
How to save on ESPN Plus
ESPN Plus on its own is great. But ESPN Plus as part of the Disney Bundle is even better. Here's how it works:
Instead of getting just ESPN Plus, you'll get all the content on that service, plus Hulu and Disney Plus (both ad-enabled), all for $12.99 a month. That's all three services for the price of two.
Broken down, ESPN Plus will set you back $9.99 a month, while Disney Plus costs $7.99/$10.99 (ads/no ads) and Hulu is $7.99/$14.99 a month (again, ads/no ads). So you're getting nearly $26 worth of content for half that price. You can also pay $19.99 if you want to get ad-free Disney and Hulu.
Where things really get interesting is if you add Hulu with Live TV into the mix. ESPN Plus is now included as a standard feature with Hulu with Live TV (along with Disney Plus). So for $69.99 per month (with ads) or $75.99 per month (no ads). That means you can get ESPN Plus, Disney Plus, access to Hulu's library and live TV (including live sports) for one monthly fee.
How to get a cheap(er) ESPN Plus subscription
If you're just in it for the sport, you can save on ESPN Plus by making the most of its annual plan. While its rolling monthly subscription will set you back $9.99 a month (still incredibly good value), sign up for a year and it'll cost a one-off payment of $99.99. That saves you $20 for the year, or 16% — for sporting fans this is your best bet, getting you 12 months for the price of 10.
How to sign up for ESPN Plus
- Visit the ESPN Plus website .
- Click either the Get the Disney Bundle or Subscribe to ESPN Plus only button.
- Create an account by filling in your details
- Or scroll and click Log In if you've already got an account
- Enter your payment information, including credit card and billing information, or choose to link to PayPal. Click Buy ESPN Plus.
- Check the information to make sure it is correct and that you have selected the correct plan for you. ESPN Plus will show you how much you will be billed, and when it will renew.
- You will see a Success page if everything is done correctly.
- Click Get Started to start watching ESPN Plus
Congratulations. You're now signed up for ESPN Plus. There may not be a free trial, but you can watch as much as you want in the first month, for only $6.99.
Remember to check back before the end of the month, if you decide to send it to the locker room and cancel ESPN Plus. Otherwise, stick around and enjoy some of the best live sports streaming anywhere.
