Here’s How Much It Will Cost to Add ‘Extra Members’ to Your Disney+ Plan
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Disney began slowly preparing for its password-sharing crackdown last August. While it officially changed its terms of service to block password-sharing earlier this year, it didn’t start enforcing the restrictions until recently.
The move from the House of Mouse wasn’t unexpected. Netflix did the same in early 2023, although it took a more aggressive approach. For one, the streaming giant announced its new pricing plans up front, making it clear that once it turned the switch, folks who wanted to share their Netflix accounts with those outside their household would need to pay $7.99 monthly for an extra member account.
By contrast, Disney has been pretty quiet about its plans to support paid password sharing. Initially, company executives gave only the barest hint that such an option would be available; it wasn’t until an investor call in February that Disney’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Hugh Johnston, acknowledged that customers would be able to “allow further individuals to access their account from outside the household […] for an additional fee.”
However, neither Johnston nor anyone else said what that fee structure would be. Reading between the lines, it seems that Disney wanted to give those sharing passwords “opportunities to allow their borrowers to start new subscriptions” before admitting too broadly that a more affordable option would be available.
Whatever the reasoning, the good news is that Disney has finally announced official pricing for extra member accounts, and it’s cheaper than Netflix’s version — sort of.
In an announcement today, Disney shared that paid sharing is now available in the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, and it will start at $6.99 per month.
The catch? That price is only for a Disney+ Basic subscription. If you’re a Disney+ Premium subscriber, you’ll pay $9.99 monthly to add an extra member. Also, you only get one, regardless of the plan you’re on, so choose carefully who you want to share your subscription with.
That’s in contrast to Netflix, which charges a fixed $7.99 per month whether you’re on the Standard or Premium Plan and allows two extra members to share a Netflix Premium account (at $7.99 each, naturally).
You also won’t be able to add Extra Member accounts to any Disney bundles. They’re only available on the standalone Disney+ Basic and Disney+ Premium plans, so if you’ve got Hulu and ESPN in the mix, you’re out of luck. Ditto if your Disney+ subscription is billed through a partner like Verizon or Comcast. As with Netflix’s Extra Members, the charge will be billed as an add-on to the primary subscriber’s account.
Some good news is that Disney has a profile transfer feature that is ready to go out of the gate. So, if you’re being forced to pay to keep an extended family member on your plan, you can at least move their watch history and settings to the new account. Kids’ profiles can’t be transferred, but that shouldn’t be an issue, as extra members must be 18 or older anyway.
As with Netflix, Disney+ Extra Members can only stream and download on one device at a time but can otherwise access the same content as the primary account holder (who must, therefore, also be in the same country).
Lastly, there are a few other odd restrictions that likely have more to do with how Disney’s systems work than anything else. For example, Extra Members cannot have an active or even cancelled subscription to Disney+ or other related services like Hulu or ESPN+.
