The following is a list comparing UMS to other popular media servers.
| Universal Media Server | PS3 Media Server | Serviio | KooRaRoo | Plex | |
| Automatic video muxing (lossless) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
| Subtitles on all devices | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| DTS support | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Live subtitles | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| H.264 transcoding | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free | Yes | Yes | Partial1 | No | Yes |
| True Motion (frame interpolation) | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Overscan compensation | Yes | Partial 2 | No | No | No |
| Automatic plugin download/install | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Unlimited folders on PS3 & Xbox | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| AviSynth support | Yes | Partial3 | No | No | No |
| Renderer search support | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Maximum network bandwidth setting | Yes | Partial4 | No | No | No |
| DVD support | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| AC-3 remuxing (no re-encoding) | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | No |
| Archive support | Yes | Partial | No | ? | ? |
| 3D SBS video support | Yes | Partial | No | ? | Yes |
| High-quality video thumbnails | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |