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The low-bandwidth Plex alternative

Plex works well on fast home broadband. On a slow upload, mobile data or satellite it buffers and burns data. Silux Media was built for exactly those connections: HD from about 0.7 Mbps, and 46–62% less data than Plex at the same picture quality in our live tests.

Measured against live Plex

  • 8 Mbps · 1080p: Plex 2.71 GB/hour, Silux Media 1.02 GB/hour — 62% less
  • 4 Mbps · 720p: Plex 1.16 GB/hour, Silux Media 0.58 GB/hour — 50% less
  • 2 Mbps · 720p: Plex 0.58 GB/hour, Silux Media 0.30 GB/hour — 49% less
  • 1 Mbps: Plex 0.47 GB/hour, Silux Media 0.25 GB/hour — 46% less
  • 0.5 Mbps: Plex 0.17 GB/hour, Silux Media 0.10 GB/hour — 46% less

What you keep

  • Your folders and files exactly as they are
  • Films, TV, music and photos, subtitles and multiple audio tracks
  • Apps for phones, tablets, TVs (including Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Samsung and LG) and any web browser
  • Free remote streaming — no pass needed

How we measured it

Measured on live Plex, Jellyfin and Emby servers with 8 film and TV test clips. Silux Media had to match or beat each server's picture quality (Netflix VMAF, every frame) before we counted every byte sent — video, audio and container.

Questions

Is Silux Media free like Plex?

The self-hosted server is free forever, including remote streaming and hardware transcoding. Plus and Pro are optional.