HBO Max Deals
HBO 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 HBO Max for free: up to 3 mos. free
- HBO Max with DIRECTV: Included free with Premier plan
- HBO Max student discount: 50% off for one year
- HBO Max bundles: Save up to $19/mo.
Current deals and promotions:
- Get HBO Max for free: up to 3 mos. free
- HBO Max with DIRECTV: Included free with Premier plan
- HBO Max student discount: 50% off for one year
- HBO Max bundles: Save up to $19/mo.
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 HBO Max subscription.
Get HBO Max for free
HBO Max doesn’t offer a free trial directly, but some providers include an ongoing HBO Max subscription when you sign up for select services:
- DIRECTV: 3 mos. free with select plans and included with PREMIER plan
- Stream with DIRECTV: 3 mos. free with select plans and included with PREMIER plan
- Spectrum: HBO Max With Ads included with TV Select Signature and TV Select Plus plans
HBO Max with DIRECTV
New DIRECTV and Stream with DIRECTV customers can get three months of free HBO Max included with select TV packages.
HBO Max with ads
Wait, there’s an ad-supported version of HBO 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 HBO 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.
HBO Max with annual payment
Like Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and other streaming services, HBO Max offers a discount if you pay upfront for a year of service. You can get Ultimate HBO Max for $209.99 a year, Ad-free HBO Max for $169.99 a year, or the With Ads HBO Max plan for $99.99 a year.
If you know you’ll be watching HBO Max all year—and why wouldn’t you be?—this is one of the simplest deals to get in on.
HBO Max student discount
Broke college students, rejoice: HBO Max is now offering a student discount. With this deal, you’ll get 50% off of HBO 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.
HBO Max bundles
HBO Max deals FAQ
Is there a free trial for HBO Max?
While HBO 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, Stream with DIRECTV, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu.
Is HBO Max free with Amazon Prime?
Amazon Prime Video used to offer a 7-day free trial of HBO Max, but no longer. The HBO Max add-on will cost Prime members $9.99 a month.
How do I get HBO Max for free?
HBO Max offers a few episodes from some of its series for free. You can also get free subscriptions to HBO Max with select plans from providers like DIRECTV.
