Tired of fixing Kodi every weekend? Here are the best Kodi alternatives in 2026 for watching your own films, shows and music: Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Infuse and VLC. For each one I cover who it's for, what's free and what costs money (including Plex's away-from-home paywall and its new lifetime price), and which devices it runs on: Fire TV Stick, the new Vega OS Fire Sticks, Android TV and Google TV, and Apple TV.
Prices were checked on each company's own pages on 4 October 2026, so always check the live price before you pay. All of these are players and media servers: none of them supplies films or channels. Use them with your own media or legal content you have the right to watch.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro: five easier alternatives to Kodi
00:41 Why people leave Kodi
01:17 Plex: easiest all-rounder (and its paywall)
03:07 Jellyfin: free and open source
04:11 Emby: the middle ground
05:11 Infuse: the Apple TV pick
05:53 VLC: just play your files (now on Vega OS too)
06:36 Which one should you pick?
07:41 Wrap-up
📖 Full article with UK, US and EU prices, a device table and every source:
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Narrated with an AI copy of my own voice. The visuals are graphics and screenshots.
Logos and screenshots belong to their owners and are shown for reference only. No endorsement by Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Firecore or VideoLAN is implied.
Jellyfin logo: Jellyfin project, CC BY-SA 4.0 (github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-ux).
VLC cone logo: Copyright (c) 1996-2018 VideoLAN. Use does not indicate endorsement.
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