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PentHouseGold vs Playboy Magazine archive

Two classic men's-magazine brands. Penthouse Gold is a video site with 14,000+ videos and galleries, new ones almost daily, from $24.95 a month; Playboy's digital archive is every issue since 1953, from $24.99 a year.

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PentHouseGold

Higher score

Penthouse's members' site: 14,000+ videos and galleries, Pets and vintage films.

Price
$24.95/mo; $49.95 for 3 months; $149.88/year

Prices checked October 2026

Good

  • Huge archive of videos and photo galleries
  • Penthouse Pets and vintage films
  • Erotic stories too

Not so good

  • Glamour-led; less hardcore than modern studios
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Every Playboy issue since 1953, digital, with every Playmate and interview; from $24.99 a year.

Price
$24.99/year digital (sale; normally $59.99); $99.99/year with print

Prices checked October 2026

Good

  • The complete archive, 1953 to today
  • Every Playmate of the Month
  • Cheap: $24.99 a year on sale (normally $59.99)
  • Print option ($99.99 a year)

Not so good

  • Nude photography, not porn
  • Reading, not video (Playboy TV is separate)

How they compare

Both come from the magazines that defined glamour, but you get very different things.

Penthouse Gold is Penthouse's members' site: more than 14,000 videos and photo galleries, with Penthouse Pets including the current Pet of the Month, vintage movies and written erotica. New videos arrive almost every day. It's $24.95 a month, $49.95 for three months or $149.88 a year.

Playboy's digital archive is a magazine library rather than a video site: every issue since 1953, with every Playmate and the interviews, to read on any device. It was $24.99 a year on sale (usually $59.99), or $99.99 with print.