Sign up for an available spot on an Xbox subscription plan in your country. Each offer lists the subscription plan and the amount of your monthly payment, including all fees.
5+ active shares
Immediate access
2 active shares
Immediate access
5+ active shares
Immediate access
4 active shares
Immediate access
4 active shares
Immediate access
5+ active shares
Immediate access
5+ active shares
Immediate access
5+ active shares
Immediate access
5+ active shares
Immediate access
1 active share
Immediate access
Co-subscriptions are easy to understand, but it's a good idea to check how they work before you get started. Here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions.
Sharesub offers cost-sharing for all subscriptions that include a group plan. However, be sure to review the terms and conditions for sharing services, and avoid subscriptions from other countries: this may limit the available content or even block access to the account.
Your peer-to-peer transactions are processed in accordance with European regulations (PSD2): the identities of the organizers are verified, and payments are held for one month to allow for any refunds.
Members are free to leave at any time, but will not receive a refund for the current month. This allows the organizer to retain a higher participation fee, and the available spots will be moved to the top of the list to fill the group quickly.
No, most of the time, services are shared via an invitation link or an email invitation. You then join the group using your own username and password to ensure the confidentiality of your data. In the few cases where this is necessary, a secure manager is made available to you. You may also sometimes use a dedicated profile, protected by a PIN.
On console, the subscription you need depends first on the machine you own: it decides whether you need Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo. The comparison covers the entry tier of each service, the one that unlocks online play, then the cost per person once the subscription is shared.
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In United Kingdom, Xbox Live Gold costs £6.99 / month. Microsoft does not offer a multi-account plan for Xbox: sharing relies on setting the console as the account's Home Xbox, which opens games and Game Pass to 2 players, one signed in permanently on the console, the other with their own account elsewhere. Split that way, the price comes down to £3.5 per place. On Sharesub, a place costs £4.76 / month, fees included.
Shared offer on Sharesub, 2 places opened up by the Home Xbox console. Each player keeps their own Microsoft account, achievements and cloud saves.
One place in a Xbox group, all fees included, no commitment.
Since 1 October 2025, Xbox Game Pass Core has been renamed Essential; in the UK its price stayed at £6.99. Premium and PC Game Pass launched at the same time, and Ultimate rose to £22.99 before dropping to £16.99 on 21 April 2026 after subscriber backlash. Future Call of Duty titles no longer join the service on day one.
The entry tier's price rose from £4.99 at the time of the November 2010 increase to £6.99 from 8 May 2019, a level that held through the September 2022 launch of Xbox Game Pass Core and the 1 October 2025 rename to Essential. It stands at £6.99 today. Shared across 2 places, the subscription works out at £3.5 per place.
The entry tier's price has climbed by around 40% in sixteen years. Shared across 2 places, the subscription costs £3.5 per place.
Microsoft charges a similar price across much of the euro zone and converts it elsewhere, so the gaps mostly come down to currency and local taxes.
Xbox discounts do exist, but they come and go: a discounted first month for new accounts, Black Friday, Xbox gift cards sold below face value through authorised resellers. They only work once. Sharing lowers the price every month instead, without touching anyone's Microsoft account.
Three levers work: take the discounted first month reserved for new accounts, choose PC Game Pass over Ultimate if you don't use a console, or share the subscription. On Sharesub, a Xbox Live Gold place costs £4.76 / month, fees included, around 32% less than the full subscription.
Yes, using Microsoft's Home Xbox feature: in account settings, the paying account's console is set as its Home Xbox. That console then gives every local profile Game Pass and any purchased games, while the paying account can still sign in and play elsewhere on their own profile, which is where the 2 places on Sharesub come from. Both can play at once.
Setting up Home Xbox sharing means signing the organiser's account in once on the member's console, just long enough to activate it. After that, each player uses their own Microsoft account. The organiser decides who joins their group, and Sharesub can verify their identity.
Essential covers online console play, discounts and trials, with a smaller catalogue. Premium adds over 200 console games, but not day-one releases. PC Game Pass reserves day-one games and EA Play for PC players. Ultimate bundles console, PC and cloud, with day-one games and EA Play included. Expect £6.99, £10.99, £10.99 and £16.99 a month.
Only Ultimate and PC Game Pass carry Xbox games on their release day, EA Play included. Since 2026, future Call of Duty titles no longer join the catalogue immediately, arriving roughly a year after launch instead. Essential and Premium don't get day-one releases.
A place costs £4.76 / month, fees included, around 32% less than the £6.99 charged for the full subscription. Payment is monthly with no commitment: you can leave the group whenever you want, and the current month remains due.
Sharesub adds a service fee to the price paid by members, already included in the price shown (£4.76 / month). Payments are processed by Stripe, a licensed payment provider. As a financial service, Sharesub can verify organisers' identity and hold funds for the relevant period, so that a refund is possible if the month is not used.
The subscription renews automatically; you turn it off in your Microsoft account under Services & subscriptions, and access stays open until the date already paid for. A 14-day cancellation right applies after purchase, with the refund reduced in proportion to any use. On Sharesub, organiser and member alike can stop the sharing from one month to the next.