Verizon Prepaid Cell Phone Plans

Kelsey SheehySeptember 22, 2020
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You can save money — and skip the contract and credit check — by going with a Verizon prepaid cell phone plan over a traditional plan. Verizon prepaid customers get a loyalty discount after three months on a qualifying monthly plan, making the carrier an appealing option for those shopping for a prepaid plan.

At a glance

  • Prepaid plans start at $35 for talk and text only

  • Notables: Strong nationwide network; multi-line discount available with some plans

Verizon prepaid plans

Monthly Plans

Verizon prepaid customers get a $5 per month loyalty discount after three months of service on eligible monthly plans. The discount grows to $10 per month after nine months of service. The prices below do not reflect the loyalty discount.

  • Talk and text: $35 per month; $30 with autopay discount

  • 5GB: $40 per month; $35 with autopay discount

  • 15GB: $50 per month; $45 with autopay discount

  • Unlimited: $65 per month; $60 with autopay discount

Family plan: Verizon offers its loyalty discount in place of a multi-line discount on most new prepaid plans. Each additional line, up to 10 lines total, gets its own data allotment, so there is no shared data.

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How Verizon's prepaid plans compare on price

2GB or less

3-5GB

6-9GB

10-25GB

Unlimited

AT&T Prepaid

$35 (2GB)

$50 (8GB)

$65

Boost Mobile

$10 (1GB)

$15 (2GB)

$25 (5GB)

$35 (10GB)

$45 (15GB)

$50

Cricket Wireless

$30 (2GB)

$40 (10GB)

$55

Google Fi*

$20 (talk, text and Wi-Fi)

$30 (1GB)

$40 (2GB)

$50 (3GB)

$60 (4GB)

$70 (5GB)

$80 (6GB+)

$70

Metro by T-Mobile

$30 (2GB)

$40 (10GB)

$50

Net10

$20 (2GB)

$35 (5GB)

$40 (10GB)

Republic Wireless**

$15 (talk, text and Wi-Fi)

$20 (1GB)

$25 (2GB)

$30 (3GB)

$35 (4GB)

$40 (5GB)

$45 (6GB)

$50 (7GB)

$55 (8GB)

$60 (9GB)

$65 (10GB)

$90 (15GB)

Straight Talk Wireless

$30 (1,500 minutes, unlimited texts and 100MB data)

$35 (5GB)

$45 (25GB)

$55

T-Mobile prepaid

$40 (10GB)

$50

Ting

$10 (talk and text)

$25 (5GB)

$45 (with 12GB of hotspot)

$60 (with 30GB of hotspot)

Total Wireless

$25 (talk and text only)

$35 (5GB)

$50

Tracfone

$20 (1GB)

$25 (2GB)

$30 (3GB)

U.S. Cellular prepaid

$30 (talk and text only)

$40 (5GB)

$55

Verizon prepaid

$35 (talk and text only)

$40 (5GB)

$50 (15GB)

$65

*Google Fi customers pay $20 for unlimited talk and text. Data is billed at a rate of $10 per gigabyte. **Republic Wireless customers pay $15 for unlimited talk and text. Data is billed at a rate of $5 per gigabyte.

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