Sling TV vs Fubo TV - Which One Is Better?

It’s no secret that there are more ways to consume our television entertainment today than at any other point in history. In this article we are going to focus on the two “heavy hitters” in Live TV Streaming Services, namely, Sling TV and Fubo TV.

We could probably include Hulu Live TV in this discussion now as well since they’ve recently launched live TV streaming options. However, at this time, their sole business model doesn’t seem to be exclusively live TV streaming so I’ve excluded them here. If you’re interested in Hulu then I encourage you to check out our full review of Hulu Live TV here.

Some important features or aspects that should be considered when choosing your next live TV streaming provider are:

Main Features
Plan Pricing and Options
Sports Channel Offerings
Device Compatibility and App Support

Sling TV – Main Features

Without question, Sling TV is the pioneer in the Internet streaming space when it comes to streaming “cable-like” television without the dreaded cable subscription prices. It arrived back in 2015 and has widely touted itself as a “leaner” or “skinnier” option versus its cable or satellite TV counterparts.

What do I mean by “leaner” or “skinnier” you ask? Well, it’s no secret that in order to enjoy premium HD content and the channels you “actually” want, often have to pay for additional channels that you don’t necessary watch or need.

This has been a historic downside of cable and satellite subscription packages. Rather, they seem insistent on only delivering bloated television packages with 100+ channels that you’ll likely only watch a handful of.

Enter Sling TV. An affordable alternative that eliminates the bloat, and provides flexible “cable-like” plans that gives you the flexibility and freedom to choose. Growing its user base to over 2 million subscribers,
Sling TV is without question a leader in this niche.

We’ve compiled a short list of Sling TV plans and service offerings in this article for the purpose of comparing to Fubo TV. If, however, after reading our comparison you are interested in going with Sling, no problem.

We did an in-depth review of Sling TV that will cover everything you need to know about this service in detail.

Sling TV – Pricing and Plans!

	Sling Orange	Sling Blue	Sling Orange + Blue
Price	$25	$25	$40
Channels	30+	40+	50+
Simultaneous Streams	1	3	4*
ESPN	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fire TV Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Roku Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Android Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Special Offers	FREE SLING TV TRIAL	FREE SLING TV TRIAL	FREE SLING TV TRIAL
* You get one stream with Sling Orange and up to 3 simultaneous streams with Sling Blue.

Sling Orange: $25 per month, 30+ channels, 1 simultaneous stream
Sling Blue: $25 per month, 45+ channels, 3 simultaneous streams
Sling Orange + Blue: $40 per month, 50+ channels, 4+ simultaneous streams

Sling TV – Sports Extra Offerings

A Sling Orange subscription offers you a decent set of sports channels right of the box like ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN3. However, add the Sports Extra package to Sling Orange and you’ll have access to
additional sports channels, including college sports channels like ESPNU, NBA TV, SEC Network and the PAC 12 Network.

Sling Blue offers 40+ channels with popular sports networks including FS1, FS2, local and regional FOX and NBC networks and the NFL Network. Add the Sports Extra package to Sling Blue
and get sports channels like NFL RedZone, NHL Network, Golf Channel and Outside TV.

For the die-hard sports fans and to get in on the biggest college and pro play, you can upgrade to Sling Orange + Blue to get 50+ “cable-like” channels and all of the sports channels above.

Fubo TV – Main Features

Fubo TV is a relatively new player to the Live TV Internet Streaming game and is come on very strong in a short period of time. Unlike Sling that offers skinny bundles, Fubo offers large bundle packages with a plethora of sports offerings.

Similar to Sling, we are going to cover some core features for the purpose of comparing the two services. However, if you’re interested in really diving deep into the Fubo TV service, we did a comprehensive review of Fubo TV here.

Sports-centric Internet TV streaming service with the world’s most popular live sports and entertainment content. The service offers access to national and regional networks via TVs, tablets, mobile devices, and desktop computers.
fuboTV

As I mentioned above, Fubo TV has an impressive lineup of sports channels, rivaling Sling TV. The only downfall with fubo is that it currently does not have a contract to sell ESPN. This could be a deal breaker for die hard American sports fans, however, it promises not to disappoint otherwise. Again, I’ll refer you to the comprehensive article here for more complete details.

Fubo TV – Pricing and Plans!

	Fubo	Fubo Extra	Fubo Latino	Fubo Portugues
Price	$44.99	$49.99+	$17.99	$19.99
Channels	75+	90+	15+	5+
Simultaneous Streams	2	2	2	2
ESPN	No	No	No	No
Fire TV Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Roku Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Android Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Special Offers	FREE FUBO TV TRIAL	FREE FUBO TV TRIAL	FREE FUBO TV TRIAL	FREE FUBO TV TRIAL

Fubo : $44.99 per month, 75+ channels, 2 simultaneous streams
Fubo Extra : $49.99 per month, 90+ channels, 2 simultaneous streams
Fubo Latino : $17.99 per month, 15+ channels, 2 simultaneous streams
Fubo Portugues : $19.99 per month, 5+ channels, 2 simultaneous streams

Sling TV vs Fubo TV – Device Support

Both Sling TV and Fubo TV have broad support for all of the major smart devices on the market.

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I personally use and recommend the NVIDIA SHIELD TV, it offers superior performance and runs the beautiful and seamless Google Android TV Operating System. This makes using an Android streaming box as your central media hub in any living room or entertainment area a snap!

SLING TV vs FUBO TV – Which One Is Better?

Fact #1: Sling TV Can Be Cheaper

Without question, there is some money to be saved with choosing Sling TV over Fubo TV if you stay away from all the “extras” that Sling offers. While the base package of Sling gives you a good selection of channels it will be hard to resist ringing up those extras.

An extra movie package here, or an extra sports package there, can quickly bring your monthly Sling TV bill to the likes of a traditional cable or satellite bill.

That said, the beauty of Sling is the amount of control you have over what you want. Granted, as of the writing of this article cable companies are slowly transitioning as well to give people more granular choice over the content they watch and pay for. Albeit at this point, in my opinion anyway, it’s way too little too late!

At $25 per month for the Sling Orange plan that comes pre-canned with all the core ESPN channels, it’s hard to pass this one up. In addition, Sling offers a free 7 day trial here, so you can try it before you buy it, so there’s really nothing to lose…other than a $100+ cable bill!

Fact #2: Fubo TV Has More Channels Out of the Box

While Sling TV offers a cheaper base plan price, fuboTV comes equipped right out of the box with all of the extra channels Sling’s base plan will leave you craving…including a comprehensive sports package (minus ESPN). Depending on your specific location, fuboTV comes pre-laoded with 45+ sports channels. Curious which channels fuboTV will offer in your area, check out the complete channel list for your area.

Generally, you can expect to receive the following sports channels with a base plan of fuboTV for $44.99 per month.

NBC Sports Network
NFL Network
Pac 12 Networks
Big 10 Network
CBS Sports Network
NBA TV
Fox Sports 1
Fox Sports 2
Big 10 Network
NBC Golf
Fox Desportes
Eleven Sports
Olympic Channel
Fox Soccer Plus
10 different BeIN sports channels

With the Fubo Extra package you can add additional sports channels for $49.99 per month. Recently fubo has added a Sports Extra package for an additional $9. This will allow you to get around 15 additional sports channels with the add-on pack that will include:

NFL RedZone
6 Pac 12 channels
3 Fox College Sports channels
GolTV (English and Spanish)
TyC Sports
FNTSY Sports Network
Fight Network.

Fact #3: Both Offer Free 7 Day Trials

For this one it’s a complete draw. Both Sling TV and Fubo TV offer comprehensive free 7 day trials, so you can try their services before you buy them.

That means you can unlock everything both of these services have to offer during the trial period, even if after the trial you want to scale things back to save a little money if you feel the service or extras are not worth the money.

Again, freedom to choose and try before you buy!

Fact #4: Sling TV Offers Better Promotions

Without question, from what I’ve seen anyway, Sling tends to offer better promotions to get their subscriber count up.

With Sling TV promotions and promo codes, you can choose between:

A free Roku Express (with 2 months of prepaid service).
A 50% discount on Roku Ultra (with 3 months of prepaid service).
$80 off AirTV Player (with 3 months of prepaid service).
$105 off an HDTV antenna / AirTV Player bundle (with 3 months of prepaid service).
Free HDTV antenna (with 1 month of prepaid service).

Fact #5: Fubo TV Has Better Recording Features

With Fubo TV you can record up to 30 hours of content leveraging its cloud recorder feature without any additional costs. If recording is an important feature to you, for an additional $10 per month you can upgrade to 500 hours of recording time and keep the recordings as long as you want.

Sling TV also has DVR recording features, however, it’s not included in the base package and you’ll have to shell out an addition $5 per month to unlock Sling’s 50 hour recorder. I should also point out that you will not be able to record any ESPN content or Disney-owned content with Sling as this is restricted.

You have to pay $5 extra to unlock Sling TV’s 50-hour recorder. You can’t record ESPN or any other Disney-owned channel.

Fact #6: Sling TV Has More On-Demand Content

This is where Sling TV really shines compared to the competition. Their On-Demand video library for all the major and specialty channels is truly impressive. This includes on-demand content from:

HBO
Showcase
Starz
Bravo

Of course, this is just a short list of the on-demand channels, for a more complete list visit the Sling TV On-Demand Library.

SLING TV vs FUBO TV – The Verdict!

Well hopefully at this point you have a good feel for both services and can now make an educated decision on which plan is right for you! Truth is, both services are extremely good and depending on your needs one may fit better for you than the other.

In my opinion if you’re looking for a cheaper, simple television package, with basic sports and channels then I would say Sling TV is the better choice. It has the cheapest plan to get you up and running quickly on a budget with plenty of extras and addons to build your package as you see fit.

If you have a little more money to spend and are a sports enthusiast then I would say that Fubo TV is the winner here. You don’t have to mess around with addon packages for the most part and your likely going to get everything you want and then some with their entry level package.

The DVR recording features are more attractive than Sling’s as well if this is something that is important to you.

Is ESPN Important…

As mentioned, if ESPN is an absolute must for your then the only option you’ll have, at least for now, is Sling TV. Fubo has an impressive lineup of sports channels, however, ESPN remains out of its grasps.

The nice thing with both of these services is you get to try them, completely, free for an entire week. This is a great way to “test-drive” these services to see what is the best fit for you.

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