I went from Emby -> Plex -> Jellyfin in the past few years.
It comes down to user preference really. I swapped from Plex to Jellyfin for two reasons:
- Didn't want to pay for hardware transcoding
- Didn't like the route Plex was heading with their opt-out free "Plex TV"
Major difference is that Jellyfin is free for everything, nothing locked behind a paywall. Plex definitely supports more devices though (ex: officially supporting Synology NAS) and a lot of people like the design better.
Both support plugins, custom themes, etc.
Also, while Plex can be configured for offline/LAN use, by default I believe it requires an online account.
That’s what I use. Although I Have a Plex lifetime subscription, Jelliyfin is just too fantastic.
I’m using plex, how does it compare? What’s better and what’s worse?
I went from Emby -> Plex -> Jellyfin in the past few years.
It comes down to user preference really. I swapped from Plex to Jellyfin for two reasons:
Major difference is that Jellyfin is free for everything, nothing locked behind a paywall. Plex definitely supports more devices though (ex: officially supporting Synology NAS) and a lot of people like the design better.
Both support
plugins, custom themes, etc.Also, while Plex can be configured for offline/LAN use, by default I believe it requires an online account.
Plex stopped officially supporting plugins in 2018, FYI.
Jellyfin has Plex beat in that category for sure. As well as for theming IMO.
Would love to know too
Same here, Jellyfin is just faster.