Here is a comparison list of the most popular media servers.
Jellyfin Kodi Plex Emby
License GPL v3 GPL v2 Full Commercial Full Commerical
Client/Server Yes No Yes Yes
4K Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Audiobook Support Yes No/3rd Party Plug-in No No
Bandwidth Limiting Yes No Yes Yes
Camera Upload No No Yes Yes
Collections Yes No Yes/License Yes
Comic Book Support Yes No No No
E-Book Support Yes No/3rd Party Plug-in No No
Favorites and Tags Yes No Yes/License Yes
Game Support No No/3rd Party Plug-in No No
Hardware Transcoding Yes No Yes/License Yes/License
LDAP Support Yes No No Yes/License
Live TV/DVR Support Yes No/3rd Party Server Yes/License Yes/License
Lyrics No No Yes/License No
Mobil Media Optimizer No No Yes/License No
Mobil Sync Yes No Yes/License Yes/License
Movie Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multiple Users Yes No Yes/License Yes
Music Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Music Video Support Yes No/3rd Party Plugin No Yes
Offline Media Yes No Yes/License Yes/License
Parent Controls Yes No Yes/License Yes
Party Watch Yes (SyncPlay) No Yes/License (Watch Together) No
Per User Stream Limit No No Yes Yes
Photo Albums Yes Yes Yes/License Yes
Plug-in Support Yes Yes No Yes
Podcast Support No No/3rd Party Plug-in Yes Plug-in
Radio Support No No/3rd Party Plug-in No No
Recommendations and Discovery Yes No Yes Yes
Remote Control w/Phone No No Yes No
Remote Login Server Never No Yes Yes
Server Stats Plug-in No Dashboard/License Plug-in
Sharing Libraries No No Yes No
Simultaneous Login Limits No No No No
Smart Home/Voice Control No No Alexa/Google/License Alexa/Google/License
Theme Songs and Videos Plugin User provided Yes/Songs only User provided/Pay Plug-in
TIDAL Music No No Yes/License No
Trailers & Extras Yes No Yes/License Yes & Plug-in
TV Episode Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
TV Guide Data Yes/Free/3rd Party No/3rd Party Server Yes/3rd Party Yes/Free
Virtual Reality No No Yes No
Video Chapters Metadata No No No No
Jellyfin Kodi Plex Emby
AirPlay Support (TV/speakers) Yes No Yes No
Chromecast Support (TV/speakers) Yes No Yes Yes
OPDS Support (ebooks) No No No No
Sonos Support (speakers) No No Yes No
Spotify Connect (speakers) No No Yes No
Subsonic Support (music) Yes No No No
Plugins Jellyfin Kodi Plex Emby
Amazon Prime Music No Yes No No
Amazon Prime Video No Yes No No
AudioDB Yes -- No Yes
BBC iPlayer No Yes No No
Deezer No No No No
Disney+ No Yes No No
Douban Yes No No Yes
Dropbox No No No Yes
Fanart Yes No No Yes
Google Books Yes No No No
Google Drive No No No Yes
Hulu No No No No
IMVDb Yes No No Yes
Jupiter Broadcasting No No No Yes
LastFM Yes No No No
MusicBrainz Yes Yes Yes Yes
Netflix No Yes No No
OMDB Yes Yes Yes Yes
Open Subtitles Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pluto TV Yes Yes No No
Spotify No Yes No No
Stirr TV No No Yes No
Tidal No No Yes No
The PosterDB No Yes No No
The TVDB Yes Yes Yes Yes
TMDb Yes Yes Yes Yes
Trackt Yes Yes No Yes (errors out)
TuneIn No No No No
YouTube Metadata Yes No No No
VGMdb Yes No No No
Xumo No Yes No No
Tuners Jellyfin Kodi Plex Emby
Antennas Direct ClearStream TV™ Wireless TV Tuner Yes No Yes Yes
AVerMedia AVerTV Volar Hybrid Q Yes No Yes Yes
DVBLogic TVButler 100TC Yes No Yes Yes
Hauppauge Digital TV for Xbox One Yes No Yes Yes
Hauppauge Freeview HD TV for Xbox One Yes No Yes Yes
Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD Yes No Yes Yes
Hauppauge WinTV-quadHD Yes No Yes Yes
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-955Q Yes No Yes Yes
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-22XX Yes No Yes Yes
Hauppauge WinTV-soloHD Yes No Yes Yes
HDHomeRun Yes No Yes Yes
Server OS Jellyfin Kodi Plex Emby
Asusor No No Yes Yes
Docker Yes No Yes Yes
FreeBSD No No No Yes
FreeNAS No No No Yes
Linux Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mac OS Yes Yes Yes Yes
Netgear ReadyNAS No No Yes Yes
Nvidia Shield No Yes Yes Yes
Open Media Vault No No No No
QNAP No No Yes Yes
Rasberry Pi No Yes No No
Synology No No Yes Yes
TerraMaster No No Yes Yes
Thecus No No Yes Yes
WD My Cloud & My Passport No No Yes Yes
Windows Yes Yes Yes Yes
Clients Jellyfin Kodi Plex Emby
Android Free/GPL v3 N/A $5 or Server License $5 or Server License
Android TV Free/GPL v3 N/A $5 or Server License $5 or Server License
AirPlay Yes N/A No No
Apple TV 3rd Party/$5 N/A $5 or Server License $5 or Server License
Browser Free N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Free (Some features limited to license)
Caavo No N/A Yes No
Chromecast Free N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Free (Some features limited to license)
Fire TV Free/GPL v3 N/A $5 or Server License $5 or Server License
Google Daydream VR No N/A $5 or Server License No
iOS Free/GPL v3 N/A $5 or Server License $5 or Server License
Kodi Free/GPL v3 N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Free (Some features limited to license)
Lenovo Mirage Solo VR No N/A $5 or License No
Linux Soon/Gpl v3 N/A No No
Mac 3rd Party/$7 N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Free (Some features limited to license)
Oculus Go VR No N/A $5 or Server License No
Roku Free/GPL v3 N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Free (Some features limited to license)
Samsung Gear VR No N/A $5 or Server License No
Sonos No N/A Yes No
Sony Playstation 3 DLNA N/A Free (Some features limited to license) DLNA
Sony Playstation 4 Web Browser N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Web Browser (Some features limited to license)
Tivo No N/A Yes No
Tizen (Samsung TV) Soon/GPL v3 N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Free (Some features limited to license)
WebOS (LG TV) Soon/GPL v3 N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Free (Some features limited to license)
Windows Soon/GPL v3 N/A Free (Some features limited to license) Free (Some features limited to license)
Xbox 360 No N/A Free (Some features limited to license) No
Xbox One Yes N/A $5 or Server License $5 or Server License
Server License Jellyfin Kodi Plex Emby
Monthly Free Free $4.99 (15 devices) $4.99 (25 devices)
Yearly Free Free $39.99 (15 devices) $54.00 (25 devices)
Lifetime Free Free $119.99 (15 devices) $119.00 (25 devices)
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