Navidrome VS Plex

Navidrome

Music Server and Streamer compatible with Subsonic/Airsonic.

Plex

Free movies and TV plus all your personal media libraries on every device. Master your Mediaverse.

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Categories	Media Player Media Players And Streaming Platforms Media And Entertainment Video & Movies
Website	navidrome.org
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Categories	Video & Movies Media Player Watch Movies Online Movie Streaming
Website	plex.tv
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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Navidrome and Plex)

Plex

Media Player

32 32%

Media Player

68% 68

Video & Movies

0 0%

Video & Movies

100% 100

Media Players And Streaming Platforms

100 100%

Media Players And Streaming Platforms

0% 0

Media And Entertainment

100 100%

Media And Entertainment

0% 0

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Plex Reviews

10 Best Kodi Alternatives You Should Use (2023)

Plex is one of the most competitive alternatives to Kodi. With almost the same features, plex is a considerable media player. It is better than Kodi in some ways, like it works on the server-client model. The interface is more robust and better than Kodi. But many features can only be accessed in the premium model.

Source: techdator.net

Reelgood vs. JustWatch vs. Plex: Battle of the streaming guides

Linking from Plex to other apps is also inconsistent across platforms. It doesn’t work at all on Fire TV (even though it did at launch), and I had trouble linking out from Peacock and Paramount+ on a Chromecast with Google TV. Plex’s Apple TV app fared better overall, but linking to Paramount+ content still didn’t work.

Source: www.techhive.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Plex seems to be a lot more popular than Navidrome. While we know about 648 links to Plex, we've tracked only 4 mentions of Navidrome. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Navidrome mentions (4)

anyway to get entire music library on my phone?
I would say go with Navidrome and the substreamer app (for Android). I am using Navidrome for a year now with approximately +25 GBs music collection, and it has been a pleasant experience to set up and get used to. Here's the link for Navidrome GitHub: https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome and also the official website: https://navidrome.org. Source: about 1 year ago
Specification for smart playlist JSON format?
I went looking on navidrome.org and through here, but I couldn't find such a document. Have I overlooked somewhere obvious? Source: about 1 year ago
Using Navidrome on a RPI3 to host my music collection for DJing so I can listen between sets
Navidrome (free open source software from https://navidrome.org) is running on the Raspberry Pi 3 which is under my desk via a wired connection with it's own 'http://navidrome.local' custom domain name. This is what it looks like:. Source: over 2 years ago
Is Spotify safe to use? If No then what can I do?
Navidrome - Lightweight, fast and self-contained personal music streamer. Source: almost 3 years ago

Plex mentions (648)

Maybe easy maybe hard maybe impossible?
I am not sure I have been reading up on qbittorent proxy in just the last few minutes and it looks like I would have to pay for a proxy server then have all requests sent to that proxy server in which would then send them to my qbittorent? Am I in the general ballpark as to how to make this work? If so I may just keep doing everything manually like I have been doing for years until I get the nerve to try all this.... Source: 3 months ago
I messed something up and now I can't delete and reset server fresh no matter what i try.
Has Sync Watch State & Ratings ever been enabled for your account (Settings)? If so, then the server is pulling the info from your account at plex.tv. Source: 3 months ago
Plex HTPC no longer on plex.tv
How can I download this? I am a plex pass user. Yet the download page on plex.tv no longer shows this.. Source: 3 months ago
Yet another help with remote access - Plex and Nginx
I'm pretty confused about what the missing link is here. Usually it works fine on LAN, but sometimes is marked as indirect or insecure. The mobile app seems to work on WAN, but not usually plex.tv. Can anyone help me understand how plex networking works? Thanks! Source: 3 months ago
Download media option is available on android app but not in the web app
I am perplexed here. When I am using the android client, I am able to select a movie and download it. When I use plex.tv in a browser on desktop, the download option is missing. Source: 3 months ago