Alternatives and competitors

Sites like HBO Max

The 20 closest video streaming alternatives to HBO Max, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to HBO Max? The closest matches are Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About HBO Max

HBO Max hbomax.com

HBO Max | Stream Series and Movies

Stream must-see series, hit movies, exclusive originals, family favorites, and live sports.

Wikidata: Warner Bros. Discovery video-on-demand service

Top 10K · #2,534 English 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit HBO Max

Summary by Claude

Subscription streaming service offering HBO original series, Warner Bros. movies, Discovery content, and live sports, with ad-supported and ad-free plans and a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu.

Who it’s for
Consumers who watch TV series and movies at home
Business model
Subscriptions and advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to HBO Max’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

JustWatchWarner Bros. EntertainmentTubiMasterClassParamount+TidalNetflixHBODisney+Prime Video

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to HBO Max

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to HBO Max, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    Prime Video primevideo.com Top 1K English

    Prime Video | Watch movies, TV shows, Live TV, and sports

    Watch now on Prime Video for a wide selection of movies, TV shows, live TV, and sports.

  2. 02
    Disney+ disneyplus.com Top 1K

    American video streaming service

  3. 03
    HBO hbo.com Top 10K English

    HBO: Home to Groundbreaking Series, Movies, Comedies & Documentaries

    The official site for HBO, discover full episodes of original series, movies, schedule information, exclusive video content, episode guides and more.

  4. 04
    Netflix netflix.com Top 100

    American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service

  5. 05
    Tidal tidal.com Top 10K English

    tidal.com

    subscription-based music streaming service

  6. 06
    Paramount+ paramountplus.com Top 10K German

    Paramount+ Deutschland | Filme & TV-Serien online anschauen

    Schau dir beliebte Filme, neue Originals und deine Lieblingsserien mit Paramount+ an. Starte das Streaming auf jedem Gerät!

  7. 07
    MasterClass masterclass.com English

    online education platform

  8. 08
    Tubi tubitv.com Top 10K English

    Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.

    American streaming video service

  9. 09
    Pluto TV pluto.tv Top 10K English

    Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online

    Watch your choice of free hit movies, free binge-worthy TV shows & live TV online, anytime. Stream Now. Pay Never.

  10. 10
    JioHotstar hotstar.com Top 10K English

    Indian over-the-top subscription video-on-demand streaming service

  11. 11
    Warner Bros. Entertainment warnerbros.com Top 10K English

    WarnerBros.com | Home of WB Movies, TV, Games, and more!

    Home of Warner Bros Movies, TV Shows and Video Games including Harry Potter, DC Comics and more!

  12. 12
    JustWatch justwatch.com Top 10K German

    JustWatch - The Streaming Guide

    All your streaming services in one app.

  13. 13
    Sony LIV sonyliv.com Top 10K English

    Sony LIV - Watch Indian TV Shows, Movies, Sports, Live Cricket Matches, Web Originals

    Sony LIV - Top premium streaming platform where you can watch popular TV Shows, Movies, Sports, Web Series. Enjoy your favourite Live TV Channels online

  14. 14
    Sling TV sling.com Top 10K

    Error Page

    American streaming internet television service

  15. 15
    Crunchyroll crunchyroll.com Top 10K English

    American video streaming service

  16. 16
    peacocktv.com Top 10K English

    Unavailable In Your Region

    American video streaming service

  17. 17
    iHeart iheart.com Top 10K English

    Listen to the Best Podcasts & Shows Online, Free | iHeart

    Listen to the latest episodes from top podcasts. Get news, sports & lifestyle info from your favorite personalities for free!

  18. 18
    Twitch twitch.tv Top 1K

    Twitch

    Twitch is an interactive livestreaming service for content spanning gaming, entertainment, sports, music, and more.

  19. 19
    Zee 5 zee5.com Top 10K English

    Zee 5 - Watch TV Shows, Web Series, Movies & Live TV Channels Online

    Watch a world of entertainment on Zee 5 with movies, 100+ original web series, TV shows, live TV channels, kids' content and more in HD quality across multiple languages.

  20. 20
    RainberryTV rainberrytv.com Top 10K English

    RainberryTV

    With 20 live channels and over 100 on demand content partners, RainberryTV offers viewers an exciting viewing experience published around the world. Our content spans entertainment news, new music discovery, world news, sports, movie trailers, gaming, viral videos, and more. Our user base of over 65 million is one of the largest for any streaming video platform. Whether you’re looking to tune in and find out what’s happening, or just relaxing and want to enjoy some fun video content, RainberryTV delivers. You won’t find passwords, subscriptions, payments needed to use our service, and it’s fre

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to hbomax.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones HBO Max uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What HBO Max is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js page source: /_next/static/
  • React implied by Next.js (page source: /_next/static/)
Tag managers
Monitoring
  • Sentry page source: browser.sentry-cdn.com
CDN
  • Akamai header x-akamai-transformed: 9 - 0 pmb=mRUM,1
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=Vo4dh7WNywE_k1bm2JoxTh1uNUG9TpnWcdpQPBYSLuI
  • GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=dEeMF-oCF72yJ58HsgG9GxalDgUCOzRizmElK…
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=g_yrMtdPNGqwoyWmYOceYAsq0Wnjegyr4VCOU8JSpJw
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=n37sjc3cqy4ax9tefoerjfempbcmlf

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