4 Best Peacock Alternatives (2026)
Almost nobody keeps Peacock year-round: people subscribe for a season of Premier League, the Olympics, an NFL exclusive or one Bravo show, then cancel once it's over — and with no partial refunds, the only sensible timing is right before the next payment date. The other common exit is the price rising on a plan that still shows ads. So the options below split into sports replacements, cheaper live-TV routes, and the free tier you already fall back to anyway.
Peacock alternatives, compared
Cancelling usually means you still need the thing. These are the alternatives worth looking at — with the honest downside of each.
Paramount+
From $7.99/moBest for: Sports viewers moving from the NBC slate to the CBS one
- Live NFL on CBS plus UEFA Champions League for about the same price, with a stronger scripted library behind it (Star Trek, Yellowstone spinoffs).
- No Premier League, no Olympics, and the cheap tier still runs ads — you are trading one seasonal subscription for another.
Fubo
From about $85/moBest for: Serious sports households that want every league in one place
- The widest live sports channel line-up of any streaming service, including the networks that carry Premier League and most local broadcast games.
- Roughly ten times what Peacock costs, and regional sports networks are still missing in some markets.
Sling TV
From about $45/moBest for: People who wanted the NBC and USA channels live without a full cable package
- Gets you NBC-family channels live, month to month, with no contract and an easy pause option between seasons.
- Much pricier than Peacock, local NBC is not included in every market, and the DVR is limited on the base plan.
Peacock's free tier, plus Tubi
FreeBest for: Anyone who watched a few old NBC episodes a month and little else
- Cancelling already leaves you on Peacock's free ad-supported tier, and Tubi adds thousands more films and older series — together they cover casual watching at zero cost.
- No live sports, no next-day episodes of current shows, and the ad load is heavier than on the paid plan.
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Still need to cancel Peacock?
Cancel Peacock online if you were billed directly: sign in, click the Profile icon → Account → Plans & Payments → Cancel Plan, then confirm. You keep full access until your next payment date, when the account reverts to the free tier. There are no partial refunds. If you subscribed through Apple, Google, Amazon, Roku, or another provider, you must cancel through that provider instead.
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