With Google folding much of its content into the YouTube brand, YouTube Premium and Music Premium have become flagship services. However, it can be tricky to understand the sometimes nuanced differences between the available streaming services. In the sections below, we’ll compare them to help you decide between the two.

The easiest way to summarize the difference between these two services is this: YouTube Premium combines the benefits of YouTube Music Premium with additional video features.

Two big decisions will affect your choice. The first is whether you’re a heavy YouTube video watcher and how important that is to you, since YouTube Music Premium is… well, just music. The second is whether you have kids, since YouTube Premium has features to keep your kids safe.

YouTube started out as a video company, so the “umbrella” service naturally encompasses that kind of content. And not just the user-generated content that YouTube became famous for. The company does produce some original content, though they’ve recently scaled back their investment in it. What’s more, this original content was previously exclusive to the premium service, but is now available for free, albeit with ads.