The following table compares all the pay as you go plans that operate on the 3 major wireless network providers, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. Whenever possible I tried to list plans that are more than just monthly based, because for the most part, that is what the MVNO tables are generally for. However, as you review the tables, you’ll see that there are still quite a few 30-day plans listed for various reasons. In some instances, it seemed the 30 day plan presented a better value than others. In other cases, no monthly plans are offered, and 90 days is the least amount of time you can buy the pay-as-you-go phone plan for.
The Best Pay As You Go Phone Plans
Compare AT&T pay as you go, Verizon pay as you go, and T-Mobile pay as you go, plans with their respective MVNO counterparts
AirVoice Wireless PG
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$10.00Minutes/Data
$0.1/$0.067SMS/MMS
$0.1/$0.1Duration
90 daysAirVoice Wireless PG 100
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$100.00Minutes/Data
$0.1/$0.067SMS/MMS
$0.1/$0.1Duration
365 daysAirVoice Wireless PG 20
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$20.00Minutes/Data
$0.1/$0.067SMS/MMS
$0.1/$0.1Duration
120 daysAirVoice Wireless PG 30
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$30.00Minutes/Data
$0.1/$0.067SMS/MMS
$0.1/$0.1Duration
150 daysAirVoice Wireless PG 50
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$50.00Minutes/Data
$0.1/$0.067SMS/MMS
$0.1/$0.1Duration
180 days
Black Wireless PG
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$10Minutes/Data
$0.05/$0.1SMS/MMS
$0.05/$0.1Duration
90 daysBlack Wireless PG 100
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$100Minutes/Data
$0.05/$0.1SMS/MMS
$0.05/$0.1Duration
365 daysBlack Wireless PG 20
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$20Minutes/Data
$0.05/$0.1SMS/MMS
$0.05/$0.1Duration
90 daysBlack Wireless PG 30
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$30Minutes/Data
$0.05/$0.1SMS/MMS
$0.05/$0.1Duration
90 days
Boom! PINK Flex 14 Day
Network(s): T-MobileCalling Card
$10Minutes/Data
$.01/$.01SMS/MMS
$.01/$.01Duration
14 daysBoom! PINK Flex Free Trial
Network(s): AT&T, T-Mobile, VerizonCalling Card
$0Minutes/Data
$0/$0SMS/MMS
$0/$0Duration
30 days
H2O Wireless PG
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$30.00Minutes/Data
$0.05/$0.1SMS/MMS
$0.05/$0.1Duration
90 daysH2O Wireless PG 10
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$10.00Minutes/Data
$0.05/$0.1SMS/MMS
$0.05/$0.1Duration
90 daysH2O Wireless PG 100
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$100.00Minutes/Data
$0.05/$0.1SMS/MMS
$0.05/$0.1Duration
365 daysH2O Wireless PG 20
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$20.00Minutes/Data
$0.05/$0.1SMS/MMS
$0.05/$0.1Duration
90 daysH2O Wireless PG 25
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$25.00Minutes/Data
2.5c/$0.1SMS/MMS
2.5c/10cDuration
30 days
Jolt Mobile PG 20
Network(s): AT&TCalling Card
$20.00Minutes/Data
10c/10c MBSMS/MMS
10c/10cDuration
60 days
Lycamobile PayGo
Network(s): T-MobileCalling Card
$10Minutes/Data
5c minuteSMS/MMS
5c/5cDuration
30 days
Page Plus Cellular PG
Network(s): VerizonCalling Card
$10.00Minutes/Data
6c/5cSMS/MMS
5c/5c+data chargeDuration
120 daysPage Plus Cellular PG 25
Network(s): VerizonCalling Card
$25.00Minutes/Data
6c/5cSMS/MMS
5c/5c+data chargeDuration
120 daysPage Plus Cellular PG 365
Network(s): VerizonCalling Card
$80.00Minutes/Data
6c/5cSMS/MMS
5c/5c+data chargeDuration
365 daysPage Plus Cellular PG 50
Network(s): VerizonCalling Card
$50.00Minutes/Data
6c/5cSMS/MMS
5c/5c+data chargeDuration
120 days
SpeedTalk Mobile PayGo Plan 1
Network(s): T-MobileCalling Card
$5Minutes/Data
2c min/2c MBSMS/MMS
2c/2cDuration
30 daysSpeedTalk Mobile PayGo Plan 2
Network(s): T-MobileCalling Card
$7.5Minutes/Data
2c min/2c MBSMS/MMS
2c/2cDuration
30 daysSpeedTalk Mobile PayGo Plan 3
Network(s): T-MobileCalling Card
$10.00Minutes/Data
2c min/2c MBSMS/MMS
Unlimited SMSDuration
30 daysSpeedTalk Mobile PayGo Plan 4
Network(s): T-MobileCalling Card
$25Minutes/Data
2c min/2c MBSMS/MMS
Unlimited SMSDuration
60 daysSpeedTalk Mobile PayGo Plan 5
Network(s): T-MobileCalling Card
$50Minutes/Data
2c min/2c MBSMS/MMS
2c/2cDuration
180 daysSpeedTalk Mobile PayGo Plan 6
Network(s): T-MobileCalling Card
$100Minutes/Data
2c min/2c MBSMS/MMS
2c/2cDuration
365 days
TracFone PG 199
Network(s): VerizonCalling Card
$199Minutes/Data
Unlimited/24 GBSMS/MMS
UnlimitedDuration
365 daysTracFone PG 365
Network(s): VerizonCalling Card
$125Minutes/Data
1500/1.5 GBSMS/MMS
1,500Duration
365 days
ExpoMobile requires you to call in, wait for a human to answer phone in order to refill, not the best customer service.
I’ve had FutureNine VOIP for years. I can log into their portal and get info on my account, change settings, get the call history, etc.
I’ve used the AirVoice cell phone Pay as you Go for years – but they have no portal login, call history, etc.
Do you know of any MVNO that has an account login (website) where I can view call history, make payments, etc.
I am especially interested in call history.
Along these lines, my father lives part time in Costa Rica and part time with us here in Tacoma, WA. We are looking for the least expensive option for him as well. He mostly only texts while he is here. Any thoughts? Thank you! Happy to sign up thru you for either/both of these scenarios, if possible.
hi Joe, great info. I am new to all this and still trying to figure out my best option. I have my regular At&T cell phone Service, however I travel to a town outside of Nashville a few times a year for a couple weeks to a month at a time and Verizon has the best coverage there… so, I am looking for a pay-as-you-go SIM card on a Verizon network, (right?). Mostly I will only need to text. Low talk minutes is fine. I guess I will also need (the most) inexpensive Verizon phone as well, right? Ideas where to get one? (Amazon, Target, Walmart, BestBuy?)
Yes I still respond to posts here. Somehow I missed your post. The plans here will be further updated soon to match the rest of the website.
To everyone: although this is a very valuable website with useful information, always, ALWAYS check on the individual companies websites for the most up to date information. To this site’s moderator do you remove companies or update information (rates, which cell towers usage etc.) from posts of customers or only if you are contacted by the customer. I went through the hassle of writing Ready Mobile and telling them to contact you as I wasn’t sure you would have changed the info (their carrier) if it was only me that contacted you to tell you or you had to hear from them. Glad (it looks like in the past anyway) that you seem to respond to posts here, hope you respond as well here as in the past, it’s been a long time (almost a year since your last one), so if you only do it with Facebook, please say so.
Ring Plus is out of business, refers everyone to Ting and Ready Mobile operates on SPRINT not Verizon towers, Page Plus which seems to offer the best pay as you go plans with their minutes you can spread out over three months and very cheap monthly plans but unfortunately it just plain cheats you. I ran out of minutes both on the pay as you go and monthly plans when they said I made more calls and sent more texts than I had (I keep VERY good track) . When I complained they did nothing about it but you can charge it back.
Thanks for the tip. I actually dropped coverage of them. Their plans are quite dated, uncompetitive and make me wonder if they’re really in service anymore.
Pix Wireless still offers PayGO.
Pix Wireless doesn’t seem to offer PayGo anymore-?
Tempo Comm is only 40 mins. for $9.95, not 250, big difference.
I have not used H2O personally but their website lists mostly 90 day pay as you go plans.
I keep seeing the H20 paygo card time listed as good for 90 days, but my experience was that it was 60 days.
Great info and tables. Thanks for your research and presentation.
thanks for the info, but airvoice is 10 cents / minute now