Best Value or Cheapest SIM Plans for your mobile – December 23

by Angus Jones

Are you looking for the best value or cheapest SIM plans? Small Business Answers has done the searching for you. If you don’t understand a SIM-only mobile plan, you can find out everything you need to know in our quick guide to SIM-only mobile plans.

Also, be sure to bookmark this page as we update it each month, making it easy to find the best value mobile plans – these plans don’t need a new mobile phone bundled in. We want to save you money, and unlike other websites, we receive no money for recommending plans.

A few things to know about SIM plans

It’s fairly easy to change your SIM plan provider. However, you’ll need to add a new SIM each time. Our prices in the table below include the cost of the new SIM and free shipping to your address.

Irrespective of which service provider you go with, the actual phone calls and data will be carried on one of three carrier networks: Optus, Telstra or Vodafone. What will be different is the coverage you receive. Each service provider/carrier does not necessarily have the same coverage. For example, a service provider who uses Telstra as a carrier may not get 100% of Telstra coverage even though they use the Telstra network. Be sure to check the service providers’ coverage maps before signing up. (Boost Mobile has 100% Telstra coverage)

Phone number portability

The SIM changeover process takes about 10 minutes of your time. You will receive instructions to visit a website, provide your details, prove your identity (online) and then insert your new SIM. Note you will have a choice to migrate your existing mobile number or choose a new one. About 15 minutes later, you should be up and running. However, the documentation will indicate it may take up to 24 hours and be affected by working hours.

One last tip is if you purchase a 12-month SIM plan with a fixed data rate, don’t panic about running out of data because if you do, just buy a new SIM with the best deal that suits you at that time. These days, plans are about data, and almost all offer unlimited talk and text, so pay attention to the cost per GB column.

Best Value or Cheapest SIM Plans for your mobile

The Table below is best viewed on a large screen and may require scrolling

Company – December 23Data includedPeriod Cost/  month  Cost/GB  Cost 5GInternational callsother expires
Lebra (Vodafone)80GB/yr360 days $   9.92 $     1.36 $   119.00N$3 credit 8-Jan
Catch (Optus)120GB/yr12mths $ 10.00 $     1.00 $   120.00NNonecashrewards 
Coles (Optus)120GB/yr12mths $ 10.42 $     1.04 $125.00NUnlimited 15 countries  
Amaysim (Optus)150GB/yr12mths $ 11.25 $     0.90 $135.00Nunlimited 28 countries 17-Dec
Vodafone150GB/yr12mths $ 12.50 $     0.63 $   150.00YNonewoolworths +2000 points12-Dec
Catch (Optus)180GB/yr12mths $ 12.50 $     0.83 $   150.00 Nonecashrewards 
Coles (Optus)200GB/yr12mths $ 14.08 $     0.85 $169.00NUnlimited 15 countriesInstore or online + 1000 flybuys12-Dec
Amaysim (Optus)200GB/yr12mths $ 14.58 $     1.10 $175.00Nunlimited 28 countries 17-Dec
Kogan (Vodafone)200GB/yr12mths $ 15.00 $     0.90 $   180.00NNonecashrewards 
Woolworths (Telstra)200GB/yr12 mths $ 18.33 $     1.10 $   220.00NNone10% off grocery shop/mth  
Boost (Telstra)170GB/yr12 mths $ 19.17 $     1.21 $   230.00Yunlimited 20 destinationscashrewards 
Kogan (Vodafone)300GB/yr12mths $ 22.50 $     0.90 $   270.00NNonecashrewards.
Kogan (Vodafone)500GB/yr12mths $ 25.00 $     0.60 $   300.00NNonecashrewards 
Lebra (Vodafone)425GB/yr360 days $ 25.00 $     0.71 $   300.00Nunlimited 50 countries  
Boost (Telstra)365GB/yr12 mths $ 30.42 $     1.00 $   365.00Yunlimitedcashrewards 
ALDI (Telstra)600GB12mth 2 users $ 45.00 $     1.10 $   660.00Yunlimited 20 destinations2 sims to share data 
Felix  (Vodafone)unlimited1mth $ 40.00 low  $      40.00NNone<20Mbps speed, 50% off 3 mths 
Kogan (Vodafone)40GB/mth1mth $ 25.00 $     0.63 $      25.00NNone  
Amaysim (Optus)10GB/7 days7 days $ 44.00 $     1.00 $      10.00N42 countriesshort term 7 day plan 
Lebra (Vodafone)140GB/yr180 days $ 16.50 $     0.71 $      99.00N35 countries 8-Jan
Circles Life (Optus)5GB/mth6mths then $10$5.00 $     1.00 $        5.00Nextra $5 unlimitedcashrewards 
e.tel (Optus)7Gb/mth6mths then $15 $   8.99 $     1.28 $        8.99N20min 70 countries  
Circles Life (Optus)31GB/mth6mths then $25$11.00 $     0.35 $      11.00Nextra $5 unlimitedcashrewards 
TPG (Vodafone)25GB/mth6mths then $25 $ 12.50 $     0.50 $      12.50NNone  
Internode (Vodafone)16GB/mth6mths then $25 $ 12.50 $     0.78 $      12.50NNone  
iinet (Vodafone)40GB/mth6mths then $30 $ 15.00 $     0.38 $      15.00NNonebonus 80Gb if bundle with NBN 
Southern Phone (Optus)50GB6mths then $25 $ 20.00 $     0.40 $      20.00N$50 creditcashrewards 
Circles Life (Optus)51GB/mth6mths then $35$26.00 $     0.51 $      26.00Nextra $5 unlimitedcashrewards 
Circles Life (Optus)62GB/mth6 mths then 50Gb$28.00 $     0.45 $      28.00Nextra $5 unlimited 13-Oct
Optus100GB/mth12mths $ 39.00 $     0.39 $      39.00YNoneStudents only31-Jan
Belong  (Telstra)100GB/mth1mth $ 35.00 $     0.35 $      35.00YNoneNo calls or SMS 

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