New year, new budget. Deciding between聽cable and streaming聽may be on your plate, especially with the current economic environment. If you give up regular cable and switch to a聽live TV streaming service, it can be less expensive each month. They offer a much vaster selection of channels than an聽antenna, and you can stream on your phone or computer, too.聽

DirecTV Stream, YouTube TV, Hulu Plus Live TV,聽Sling TV, FuboTV and聽Philo聽are the six primary services available today. Our comprehensive live-TV streaming guide has all the details about prices and features of the various services, but really, it's all about the channels.

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The main difference between the services is their channel lineups. All of them offer different slates of channels for various prices.聽

Below you'll find a chart that shows the top 100 channels across all six services. There are actually seven listed because Sling TV has two different "base" tiers, Orange and Blue. And if you're wondering, I chose which "top" channels made the cut. Sorry, AXS TV, Discovery Life, GSN and Universal HD.聽

Plenty of live TV streaming choices are available to anyone who wants to cut the cable. Hulu Plus Live TV now offers two price plans for service: $70 per month with ads and $83 without ads.聽Sling TV's basic packages are $40.聽DirecTV Stream expanded its PBS channel availability, and YouTube TV and Hulu added the Hallmark network. FuboTV upped the price of its base bundle to $70. Those changes are reflected in the chart below where applicable.

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With an excellent channel selection, easy-to-use interface and best-in-class cloud DVR, at $65 per month, YouTube TV is the best cable TV replacement. It offers a $20 4K upgrade, but the downside is there isn't much to watch at present unless you watch select channels. If you don't mind paying a bit more than the Sling TVs of the world, or want to watch live NBA games, YouTube TV offers the highest standard of live TV streaming.聽Read our YouTube TV review.

With a聽series of price hikes has come a number of additional channels, including access to聽Disney Plus聽and聽ESPN Plus聽included in the $70 price. But despite all that, Hulu Plus Live TV is still second banana to our top live TV streaming premium pick, YouTube TV. Its channel selection still isn't as robust as YouTube TV and FuboTV, yet it's Hulu's significant catalog of on-demand content which sets it apart. Exclusive titles such as The Handmaid's Tale, The Orville and聽Only Murders in the Building聽give it a content advantage no other service can match.聽

Live TV subscribers also receive unlimited DVR that includes fast-forwarding and on-demand playback -- at no additional cost. It's a move that may align Hulu with its competitors in terms of features, but the channel lineup is still a deciding factor. In short YouTube TV is a better TV streaming service choice than Hulu Live TV and costs $5 less to boot.聽Read our Hulu Plus Live TV review.

If you want to save a little money, and don't mind missing out on local channels, Sling TV is the best of the budget services. Its Orange and Blue packages go for $40 per month, and you can combine them for a monthly rate of $55. The Orange option nets you one stream, while Blue gives you three. Rather than run a free trial, Sling offers a 50% discount for your first month. It's not as comprehensive or as easy to navigate as YouTube but with a bit of work, including adding an antenna or an AirTV 2 DVR, it's an unbeatable value.聽Read our Sling TV review.

DirecTV Stream ties for the most expensive at $70 (the others are Hulu Plus Live TV and Fubo TV). The service does have its pluses, though -- for example, it includes the flipper-friendly ability to swipe left and right to change channels. Additionally it includes some channels the other services can't, including nearly 250 PBS stations nationwide. The $70 Entertainment package may suit your needs with its 75-plus channels. But for cord-cutters who want to follow their local NBA or MLB team, DirecTV Stream's $90 Choice package is our live TV streaming pick because it has access to more regional sports networks than the competition. Although you'll want to make sure your channel is included, and not available on one of our preferred picks, before you pony up.聽Read our DirecTV Stream review.

There's a lot to like about FuboTV -- it offers a wide selection of channels and its sports focus makes it especially attractive to soccer fans or NBA, NHL and MLB fans who live in an area served by one of FuboTV's RSNs. It's also a great choice for NFL fans since it's one of three services, alongside YouTube TV and聽Hulu,聽with NFL Network and optional RedZone. The biggest hole in Fubo's lineup is the lack of Turner networks, including CNN, TNT and TBS -- especially since the latter two carry a lot of sports content, in particular NBA, NHL and MLB. Those missing channels, and the same $70 price tag, makes it less attractive than YouTube TV for most viewers.聽Read our FuboTV review.

At $25 Philo is still a cheap live TV streaming service with a variety of channels, but it lacks sports channels, local stations and big-name news networks -- although Cheddar and BBC news are available. Philo offers bread-and-butter cable staples like AMC, Comedy Channel, Nickelodeon and Magnolia Network, and specializes in lifestyle and reality programming. It's also one of the cheapest live services that streams Paramount, home of Yellowstone, and it includes a cloud DVR and optional add-ons from Epix and Starz. We think most people are better off paying another $15 for Sling TV's superior service, but if Philo has every channel you want, it's a decent deal.聽Read our Philo review.