I went from Emby -> Plex -> Jellyfin in the past few years.
It comes down to user preference really. I swapped from Plex to Jellyfin for two reasons:
- Didn't want to pay for hardware transcoding
- Didn't like the route Plex was heading with their opt-out free "Plex TV"
Major difference is that Jellyfin is free for everything, nothing locked behind a paywall. Plex definitely supports more devices though (ex: officially supporting Synology NAS) and a lot of people like the design better.
Both support plugins, custom themes, etc.
Also, while Plex can be configured for offline/LAN use, by default I believe it requires an online account.
I went from Emby -> Plex -> Jellyfin in the past few years.
It comes down to user preference really. I swapped from Plex to Jellyfin for two reasons:
Major difference is that Jellyfin is free for everything, nothing locked behind a paywall. Plex definitely supports more devices though (ex: officially supporting Synology NAS) and a lot of people like the design better.
Both support
plugins, custom themes, etc.Also, while Plex can be configured for offline/LAN use, by default I believe it requires an online account.
Plex stopped officially supporting plugins in 2018, FYI.
Jellyfin has Plex beat in that category for sure. As well as for theming IMO.