We're the newest name here, so we think it's fair to show our work rather than just claim we're better. Below is what we could verify from each product's own official sources, dated, with links — and we've included the places where the others are still ahead of us, not just the places where we're not.
Checked September 20, 2026. Prices, features and policies change — check the linked source before making a decision, and treat anything below as a snapshot, not a permanent fact.
| Away from home | Beebo | Plex | Jellyfin | Emby |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote streaming of your own library | Included in every plan | Needs Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass since Apr 29, 2025 | No built-in remote access — you set up your own VPN/reverse proxy | Classic port-forwarding; no built-in relay |
| Owner-run relay when a direct connection fails | Beebo Relay, included, no extra usage charge | Plex Relay exists but is hard-capped at 2 Mbps | No equivalent — a self-hosted VPN is the usual answer | No equivalent |
| Away-from-home price | $3/month (1080p) or $5/month (4K), per household | Remote Watch Pass $2.99/mo, or Plex Pass $6.99/mo (2025 press pricing) | Free (server and clients), but no built-in remote access to charge for | Premiere from $4.99/mo for the paid tier |
| Extras | Beebo | Plex | Jellyfin | Emby |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero-internet local party mode with games | Campsite Mode, ~40 games, no app needed for guests | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Dedicated car app | Beebo Auto | Android Auto is music-only; no official CarPlay | Not offered | CarPlay/Android Auto exist but are Premiere-gated |
| Hardware-accelerated transcoding | Included | Needs Plex Pass | Free | Needs Premiere |
| Own VPN product from the same company | BeeboVPN — in development | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| Game server hosting from the same company | Away Play now; Beebo-hosted plans in development | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
Where they're still ahead of us, honestly: Plex, Jellyfin and Emby all run on far more platforms today (Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, smart TVs, game consoles) — Beebo is Windows-server-plus-Android/browser right now, with a native iPhone app planned but not shipped. All three also have mature Live TV/DVR support and a large ecosystem of automation add-ons (Sonarr/Radarr-style acquisition, Tautulli-style watch-history dashboards) that Beebo doesn't have built in yet. Jellyfin in particular has no subscription of any kind and a large, active third-party client and plugin community. If any of those matter more to you than away-from-home streaming and the extras above, one of them may suit you better today.
We're a small, newer company. Our bet is that most households care more about "does it just work when I'm away from home, and can it grow with my family" than about the long tail of automation plugins — and that we can keep prices honest by running Beebo Relay, BeeboVPN and Beebo Play on the same shared servers instead of three separate bills' worth of infrastructure. See our products page for the full picture of what that looks like today versus what's still coming.
