Many people think that Cyber Monday subscriptions are only about streaming, but that’s not true. However there are some incredible discounts available on products like Stars (outlander And spartacus) and Paramount+ (yellow jacket And star trek), there’s more to the story. We’ve also found great deals on exciting learning platforms like MasterClass and Rosetta Stone, cord-cutting services like DirecTV and Fubo, and useful privacy services like ProtonVPN and ExpressVPN. Read on to see which deals are still active.
Best Cyber Monday Streaming Deals
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$12 on Starz
Paramount+ (2 months) $6 ($20 off): Paramount+ is doing its Cyber Monday deals a little differently. Instead of a reasonably affordable long-term plan, you get an incredibly cheap short-term deal – two months less than it costs to run a Starbucks these days. This is enough time to eat a lot Yellowjackets, Dexter: Resurrection Or Star Trek: Lower Decks, with NFL games for several weeks through CBS Sports.
fubo Pro (first month) for $55 (35 percent off): Fubo is a live TV service that helps sports fans stay tuned to the game. When you sign up, it asks you for your favorite teams, then automatically records every game they play. Fubo Pro includes 249 channels, covering everything from your local NFL and NBA networks to original ESPN8 (The Ocho) content like PowerSports World. There are plenty of non-sports channels too, and with 10 allowed screens per subscription, your whole family can enjoy the selection at once.
DirectTV (first month) for $50 (44 percent off): If you’re a cord-cutter with a more general interest in TV, DirecTV is the perfect way for you to enjoy live channels without cable. This deal only applies for your first month, but it’s great to see if DirectTV will work for you in the long term. Even better, any DirecTV subscription comes with free access to Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Unlimited.
Walmart+ (one year) for $49 (50 percent off): No, Walmart isn’t launching its own streaming platform, but it’ll probably make for some pretty cool drama. what you to do With Walmart+ there’s free shipping on carts over $35, special deals, drone delivery in some cities, and more. And if you’re here for streaming, Walmart+ comes with your choice of Paramount+ Essentials for Peacock Premium (we recommend Peacock Premium as it’s more expensive on its own).
Best Cyber Monday Subscription Deals
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MasterClass is one of our favorite gift subscriptions. It has hundreds of courses to help you make the most of your time online, each led by a celebrity expert. Each is broken down into bite-sized videos so you can control the length of each study session. Highlights at the moment include creative writing classes from Margaret Atwood, home cooking lessons from Alice Waters, and a crash course in battlefield tactics from General Stanley McChrystal.
$90 at MasterClass (50 percent off).
Audible (three months) for $3 (80 percent off): For literally $1 per month, you can get access to Audible’s massive library of published audiobooks, podcasts, and Audible Originals (which can be anything from never-before-heard books to live performances). It’s only three months, after which you must cancel or renew at the regular price, but an audiobook lover can listen to a lot in the 90 days following Cyber Monday.
Quicken Simplify (one year) for $36 (50 percent off): We named Quicken Simplify the best budgeting app this year because (true to its name) it’s the cleanest budgeting app on the market, with an interface designed to be welcoming to newcomers and with important information no more than a scroll away. It’s also cheap, especially with this Cyber Monday deal, and great at tracking and categorizing your important transactions.
Rosetta Stone Lifetime Unlimited Subscription for $149 (60 percent off): Rosetta Stone was a pioneer in visual language courses at a time when software still came in boxes, and it’s still one of the best language learning apps. Today, its method works the same as before with patient learning based on pictures, words and recordings. This deal gives you full lifetime membership with access to all 25 languages in the library.
Medium (one year) for $40 (20 percent discount): Medium is a social site designed as the anti-Twitter, featuring deep thoughts and long-form essays from great writers. Not all of its best work is locked behind a paywall, but a lot of it is – and we’re all frustrated that we can’t read the latest fallout from a thinker we really respect. This deal isn’t a huge reduction, but it’s a notable savings compared to the monthly plan, which will cost you a full $120 ($150 without the discount) for the same period.
Headspace for $35 (one year) (50 percent off): Of all the meditation apps available, Headspace is our favorite. It not only helps you relax and relieve stress, but also teaches you to practice meditation as a skill, with sessions based on each other in organized courses. There’s a huge library of standalone guided meditations with all kinds of instructors, and it’s easy to find the one that works best for you. This deal gives you half off for the entire year.
Calm Premium (one year) for $40 (50 percent off):Once you’ve finished your headspace meditation, turn to every other stress-relieving activity you can think of. This subscription lets you relax amid a vast content library, ranging from music and relaxing soundscapes to “Bedtime Stories,” in which celebrity narrators tell bedtime stories for children and adults. If you’ve ever wanted to be hypnotized by Jonathan Bailey, Matthew McConaughey or Idris Elba, this is the app for you.
AdGuard Personal (lifetime) for $44 (45 percent off): AdGuard was recently in the news for automatically blocking Microsoft’s recall AI surveillance app, which is a great sign of its mission – it fights threats to your privacy, no matter where they come from. This lifetime subscription blocks all annoying third-party ads and trackers on any website, while its functionality otherwise remains unchanged, so everything loads faster and smoother.
1 Password for $24 (one year) (50 percent off): Using a password manager is one of the most important cybersecurity steps you can take right now. 1Password creates strong, unique passwords for every account, then saves them to autofill when needed. We named it the best password manager in honor of its well-designed user interface and cross-platform compatibility.
LastPass Premium (one year) for $18 (50 percent off): LastPass is another great password manager. We stopped recommending it for a while after a few data breaches early last year, but its security has been improved and it seems to be firing on all cylinders again. Whether it’s better for you than 1Password will depend on personal preference, but LastPass has a slightly better deal this year.
Adobe Creative Cloud (one year) for $389 (50 percent off): Adobe Creative Cloud is half off right now, bringing it to $389 for a year when you pay in advance. (There’s also a $35 discount to the monthly rate, which works out to $420 for the year.) Creative Cloud is Adobe’s most comprehensive design package, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, and more than 20 other apps. Create a website with Dreamweaver, paint on a digital canvas with Fresco, or edit photos in Lightroom. This costs a lot for an individual, but puts a one-year subscription within reach of a creative business.
The Wall Street Journal (one year) for $12 (90 percent off): Let’s go really old school for a moment. If you want to add some classic journalism to your diet (and you don’t mind ignoring a right-wing ideology page), one of America’s “papers of record” is cutting the annual subscription cost by 90 percent. That’s enough to get you financial, US and world news until next Cyber Monday, when they’ll likely do it again. Infinite money mess!
Best VPN Deals for Cyber Monday
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ProtonVPN is our pick for the best VPN – a secure app that prioritizes privacy without compromising features, speed, or usability. Although its free plan comes with unlimited data, we recommend upgrading to get the full set of servers and features, as well as the ability to choose your location. This deal will get you servers in 117 countries; Even better, every one of the ones we’ve tested so far can unblock Netflix.
$59.76 at Proton (75 percent off).
ExpressVPN Basic (28 months) for $97.72 (73 percent off): ExpressVPN may be the most user-friendly VPN on sale right now, with fast download speeds (only a 7 percent loss in our last test), quick connections, and apps designed to stay out of your way. It’s not the most feature-rich, but it excels at any bread-and-butter VPN task, staying leak-free and unblocking Netflix everywhere. You also get access to server locations in 105 countries. Basically the price has never been this low, so if you’re even remotely interested, now is the time to get on the express train.
Surfshark Starter (27 months) for $53.73 (87 percent off): According to the tests we conducted for our latest review, Surfshark is the fastest VPN right now, with its download speeds, upload speeds, and latency beating all competitors. There’s more to it than just speed, as it’s able to constantly rotate your IP address and generate double VPN paths between any two servers you choose.
NordVPN Basic (27 months) for $80.73 (74 percent off): NordVPN received very positive marks in our previous review, where we mentioned its fast Internet speeds, wide network of server locations, and selection of exclusive features. It comes with a range of dedicated servers for obfuscation, onion routing, torrenting, and more. Plus, it’s one of the first VPNs to make the leap to post-quantum encryption.
CyberGhost VPN (28 months) for $56.94 (84 percent off)CyberGhost has always been cheap – in fact, we named it the best budget VPN – but it’s never behaved like an affordable option. Its Smart Rules automation controls are the deepest in the industry, and its server network reaches 100 countries. The speeds are also quite good, although it sometimes takes a while for the connection to be established.
Private Internet Access VPN (40 months) for $79.20 (83 percent off): Although we weren’t entirely positive about Private Internet Access (PIA VPN) in our recent review, we can’t deny that it’s a worthwhile option for an affordable VPN. Although speeds can fluctuate, it comes with several desirable features on all platforms, such as port forwarding (which makes torrents more stable) and two types of split tunneling.
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