Your price may vary
The Pandora website shows a price of $9.99 a month for Pandora Premium with a 60-day free trial, but the mobile iOS app might show a price of $12.99 a month for the same plan with a shorter, 30-day trial period.
Your listening experience should be a customized uninterrupted one, and Pandora Premium seeks to fill that need. Just be cautious of price differences and know that even if you’re signing up for premium, you’ll have to disclose some information you might not have to with other streaming music services.
60 Days
Free trial length
$9.99
Individual plan price
30 Million
Library size
Streaming quality |
160 kbps |
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Available offline |
Yes |
Library size |
30 Million |
Basic subscription | $9.99 |
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Free trial |
Yes |
Free trial length |
60 Days |
Family plan offered |
Yes |
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Family plan device limit | 6 |
Family plan price | $14.99 |
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Listeners keen on a customizable, ad-free experience will likely appreciate what Pandora Premium has to offer. With its unlimited offline listening and customizable playlists, as well as an extensive library, Pandora Premium may have just what you need. It comes at a price though, and one that can vary based on which app or website you purchase it through.
While it shares some features with Pandora Plus, Premium comes with a few more perks that may be worth the extra cost depending on how you like to listen.
One of the features that isn’t shared with Pandora Plus is the ability to make your own playlists. You can create, download and share playlists of your favorite artists for any mood.
Another exclusive feature is unlimited offline listening. Where Pandora Premium allows you to listen to stations and playlists offline, Pandora Plus only offers up to four offline stations.
While you can search anything with the basic and Plus plans, only Pandora Premium allows you to play any song on demand without watching an ad. All Pandora users can use the voice search function in the Android and iOS apps.
Sirius XM fully acquired Pandora in early 2019, and since then it has given Pandora users access to 24 radio shows in podcast form. The Hoda Show, Straight from the Hart with Kevin Hart and Sway in the Morning are included among the shows now available through Pandora.
Make playlists and listen on the go or at home using any of the many compatible devices.
Subscriptions all automatically renew unless canceled, except for the student plan which lasts for a maximum of four years.
Tier | Monthly cost | Features |
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Pandora | Free |
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Pandora Plus | $4.99 |
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Pandora Premium | $9.99 |
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Pandora Premium Family Plan | $14.99 |
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Pandora Premium Student Plan | $4.99 |
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Pandora Premium Military Plan | $7.99 |
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With the option of a Basic plan, upgrading depends on how much you want to curate your listening and how much you listen to music offline. The Premium plan gets you unlimited offline listening and lets you search and play any song. You can also personalize your playlist. Pandora gives you lots of time to find out if the Premium upgrade is worth it with a 60-day free trial.
The Pandora website shows a price of $9.99 a month for Pandora Premium with a 60-day free trial, but the mobile iOS app might show a price of $12.99 a month for the same plan with a shorter, 30-day trial period.