"Just cut cable" is easy advice and hard to act on. Here's an honest comparison of your three real options in 2026.
Cable
~$95-$147/month. Everything in one place and reliable live sports, but expensive, locked to a box, and padded with fees and channels you don't watch.
Streaming apps
~$69/month for ~4 apps (Deloitte 2026), and climbing. Great on-demand libraries, but content is scattered across apps, live sports costs extra, and you juggle multiple logins and bills.
IPTV
From $20/month for one service. Live channels, a huge VOD library, and sports/PPV in a single app on any device. You give up the polished big-brand UI, but you get everything in one place for far less.
The bottom line
If you mainly stream movies, apps are fine. If you want live TV plus sports plus on-demand without stacking bills, IPTV wins on price by a wide margin. See KanovaTV pricing or try it free.