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.
» MORE: How much data do you really need?
How Verizon’s prepaid plans compare on price
| 2GB or less | 3-5GB | 6-9GB | 10-25GB | Unlimited | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Project 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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| 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 | ||
| Metro by T-Mobile | $30 (2GB) | $40 (10GB) | $50 | ||
| Net10 | $20 (2GB) | $35 (5GB) | $40 (10GB) | ||
| Project Fi* | $20 (talk, text and Wi-Fi) $30 (1GB) $40 (2GB) | $50 (3GB) $60 (4GB) $70 (5GB) | $80 (6GB+) | $70 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
