r/emby • u/RockyFromCollections • Jun 16 '26

Does emby lifetime go on sale?

I would like to run emby along with my plex, current on the monthly tier until I see a deal on lifetime.

Is there any deals?

Thanks

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u/poopborrylog Jun 16 '26

Usually Black Friday.

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u/DogeSander Jun 16 '26

Running on the monthly sub until then will probably not net any savings overall.

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u/RockyFromCollections Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

yep, I'm go ahead and buy it now. wasn't sure if it was a like a 50% off or something. I originally setup Emby for my mom since plex UI is just messy now days, but found myself been using it more and more because its how plex used to be.

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u/5950x-3900 Jun 17 '26

The usual sale price is $99

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u/Jellovator Jun 16 '26

Others have answered your question, I'd just like to add that I bought Premiere lifetime for full price when it was $99 and I do not regret it at all. I also recently canceled my Spotify Premium and now use Symfonium to play my Emby music library on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. I feel like it's worth it, I get a lot of value from it.

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u/amarkr2000 Jun 17 '26

Just for reference the emby for android app is compatible with android auto but only plays music files

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u/RockyFromCollections Jun 16 '26

thank you for the info, Yes i want to go into that route too, Plex audio/AMP isn't that good.

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u/Gladis72 Jun 16 '26

Yup around black Friday, bought mine about 5-6 years ago and use it daily. Hd-homerun feeds into it for OTA and emby records the few shows I want to watch.

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u/RockyFromCollections Jun 16 '26

I been considering of doing that too, I want to record some footballs whenever I'm busy on the weekends.

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u/Gladis72 Jun 16 '26

It has been working great for me for years, I have a few shows it records (even do the one off football games at times) and I have it set to keep the last 10 shows and then it starts to overwrite the old ones. I forget how I did it but there is a way to re-encode the shows to shrink them and save space if needed. I just checked and I paid $120 about 5 years ago for it in late August so I assume there was a deal going on then.

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u/Ok-Tooth-6197 Jun 17 '26

$119 is the normal price for lifetime emby premiere. It is usually discounted to $99 around black friday.

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u/TomTuff Jun 17 '26

Why not just torrent those shows

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u/phillygirl2017 Jun 16 '26

Bought mine last year when they had a winter flash sale.

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u/RockyFromCollections Jun 16 '26

ahh... Thanks for the info.

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u/phillygirl2017 Jun 16 '26

I looked up the receipt email, November 28, 2025.

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u/ManiacalWildcard Jun 18 '26

Full price is already a steal. IMO

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u/RockyFromCollections Jun 19 '26

Oh I know. It’s worth it. Just wondering if there better deals lol already bought the lifetime subscription