Max Deals
Max is great, but it isn’t cheap—the experts at CableTV.com have researched a few ways to help Max out your premium TV savings.
Current deals and promotions:
- Get Max for free: up to 3 mos. free
- Max with DIRECTV STREAM: Included free with Premier plan
- Max with ads: $9.99/mo.
- Max with annual payment: $99.99–$209.99/yr.
- B/R Sports add-on: Free for a limited time
- Max student discount: 50% off for one year
- Max bundles: Save up to $19/mo.
- Black Friday deal: $2.99/mo. for 6 months
Max (formerly HBO Max) is one of the more expensive streaming services in TV land—of course you’re looking for a deal. So are we, and we’ve found some offers that can save you a few bucks (or even all the bucks) on your Max subscription.
Get Max for free
Max doesn’t offer a free trial directly, but some providers include an ongoing Max subscription when you sign up for select services:
- DIRECTV: 3 mos. free with select plans and included with PREMIER plan
- DIRECTV STREAM: 3 mos. free with select plans and included with PREMIER plan
After the promotional period, Max reverts to its regular price of $9.99–$20.99/mo. or $99.99–$209.99/yr..
Max with DIRECTV
New DIRECTV and DIRECTV STREAM customers can get three months of free Max included with select TV packages.
Max with ads
Wait, there’s an ad-supported version of Max? Yes, and it goes for $9.99 a month, which is $7 less than its regular plan. As you’d expect, this discounted plan includes commercial spots. It also doesn’t support 4K HD, and it excludes same-day access to Warner Bros. theatrical movie premieres (one of Max’s coolest perks).
On the upside, the ads don’t intrude upon Max Originals, and you’d save $50 a year with this plan. We don’t like the idea of ads in our HBO, but this deal isn’t bad.
Max with annual payment
Like Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and other streaming services, Max offers a discount if you pay upfront for a year of service. You can get Ultimate Max for $209.99 a year, Ad-free Max for $169.99 a year, or the With Ads Max plan for $99.99 a year.
If you know you’ll be watching Max all year—and why wouldn’t you be?—this is one of the simplest deals to get in on.
Free B/R Sports add-on
For a limited time, Max is giving you the B/R Sports add-on for free. After the promotional period, you can add the B/R Sports add-on starting at $9.99/month (when billed through Max).
Max student discount
Broke college students, rejoice: Max is now offering a student discount. With this deal, you’ll get 50% off of Max’s With Ads monthly plan, making it only $4.99/mo. (usually $9.99/mo.). Sorry, no ad-free discounts allowed.
You must verify your student status through UNiDAYS to get this discount, and is only good for as long as you’re a verifiable student.
Max bundles
Black Friday deal
Max is currently offering a limited-time Black Friday deal. Get the Max With Ads plan (regularly $9.99/mo.) for just $2.99 a month for 6 months.
Act fact, because this offer ends 12/2/24.
Max deals FAQ
Is there a free trial for Max?
While Max doesn’t offer free trials on its website, you can try out this premium streaming service through other TV and internet providers: Cox, Optimum, DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu.
Is Max free with Amazon Prime?
Amazon Prime Video used to offer a 7-day free trial of Max, but no longer. The Max add-on will cost Prime members $9.99 a month.
How do I get Max for free?
Max offers a few episodes from some of its series for free. You can also get free subscriptions to Max with select plans from providers like DIRECTV.
