Plex
Polished media streaming with apps on every device.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Pricing
- Freemium
- License
- Proprietary
- Operating system
- Linux, Windows, macOS, Docker
Plex organizes your movies, TV, music and photos and streams them to beautiful apps on virtually every platform. Its polish and hardware transcoding make it the most user-friendly media server, with some features behind a Plex Pass.
Key features
- Apps for TVs, phones, consoles
- Automatic metadata and artwork
- Hardware-accelerated transcoding
- Remote streaming
Pros
- Most polished experience
- Works everywhere
- Great for sharing
Cons
- Proprietary and account-based
- Best features need Plex Pass
Operating system
LinuxWindowsmacOSDocker