1.5GB, 2GB, 3GB Plans Compared: Jio vs Airtel vs Vodafone [Best Value For Money Prepaid Plans]

The new prepaid plans by the major telecom companies are here, and everything has pretty much changed in terms of pricing. While Jio still remains the most affordable, the long term plans by each Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Jio are almost similar with comparable benefits.

Airtel and Vodafone Idea have pretty much the same pricing and benefits along with additional OTT features.

All the prices of Jio plans have gone up similar to Vodafone Idea and Airtel, but Jio still has some plans offering better benefits at the same price. Though in case of long term plans, the plans are largely similar, and all three will fight it hard in the segment.

If you are still confused about which prepaid plan to pick, here’s a dedicated 1.5GB, 2GB and 3GB data plans comparison by Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea.

2GB Plan Comparison: Jio 129 Plan vs Airtel 148 Plan vs Vodafone Idea 149 Plan

Starting with the Rs 129 Jio prepaid recharge plan, it comes with a validity of 28 days offering 2GB of high-speed for the whole validity period. The plan also offers free 100 SMS messages per day and unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 1,000 minutes for off-net calls to other networks than Jio).

Similarly, Airtel has a Rs 148 plan offering the same amount of data for 28 days. The Airtel 148 plan offers unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 1,000 minutes for off-net calls other than Airtel) along with 2GB data and 300 SMS messages.

Finally, Vodafone Idea has a similar plan priced at Rs 149 plan offering 2GB data, unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 1,000 mins for off-net calls other than Vodafone and Idea) and 300 SMS messages for 28 days.

Plan	Jio 129 Plan	Airtel 148 Plan	Vodafone 149 Plan
Amount	Rs 129	Rs 148	Rs 149
Off Net Calls	1,000 minutes	1,000 minutes	1,000 minutes
On Net Calls	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Data	2GB	2GB	2GB
Cost/GB	Rs 64.5	Rs 74	Rs 74.5
Validity	28 days	28 days	28 days

1.5GB Per Day Plan Comparison (Under Rs 200): Jio 199 Plan vs NONE

Airtel has dropped both the Rs 169 and Rs 199 plans, and similarly Vodafone Idea has also discontinued their 1.5GB plans per day under Rs 200. There are currently no plans offered by Airtel and Vodafone Idea under 200 which offers 1.5GB data per day as Jio offers with Rs 199 plan.

Coming to Jio 199 plan, it offers unlimited data with 1.5GB data per day for 28 days, totalling to 42GB high-speed data a month.

The Rs 199 Jio prepaid recharge plan offers a validity of 28 days offering 1.5GB high-speed data per day. The Jio 199 plan offers a total of 42GB data with 100 SMS messages per day and unlimited voice calls (with FUP of 1,000 minutes for off-net calls to other networks than Jio).

Plan	Jio 199 Plan
Amount	Rs 199
Off Net Calls	1,000 minutes
On Net Calls	Unlimited
Data	42GB (1.5GB Per Day)
Cost/GB	Rs 4.73
Validity	28 days

1.5GB / 2GB Per Day Plan Comparison: Jio 249 Plan vs Airtel 248 Plan vs Vodafone Idea 249 Plan

Jio is offering 2GB per day under the Rs 249 plan. The Jio 249 plan comes with a validity of 28 days with 100 SMS messages per day, unlimited calling (with an FUP of 1,000 minutes for off-net calls other than Jio) and 2GB of high-speed data per day.

Airtel has dropped both the 169 and 199 plans, and has the Rs 248 plan offering 1.5GB data per day for 28 days with unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 1,000 minutes for off-net calls other than Airtel), 1.5GB of high-speed data per day, and 100 SMS messages per day. 

Similarly, Vodafone Idea has also dropped their plans under 200 to directly offer the Rs 249 plan with a validity of 28 days offering 1.5GB high-speed data per day, daily 100 SMS messages and unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 1,000 mins for off-net calls other than Vodafone and Idea).

Plan	Jio 249 Plan	Airtel 248 Plan	Vodafone 249 Plan
Amount	Rs 249	Rs 248	Rs 249
Off Net Calls	1,000 minutes	1,000 minutes	1,000 minutes
On Net Calls	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Data	2GB per day	1.5GB per day	1.5GB per day
Cost/GB	Rs 4.45	Rs 5.90	Rs 5.92
Validity	28 days	28 days	28 days

3GB / 2GB Per Day Plan Comparison: Jio 349 Plan vs Airtel 298 Plan vs Vodafone Idea 299 Plan

Jio under its Rs 349 plan is offering 3GB data per day for a validity of 28 days. The Jio 349 Plan offers 3GB of high-speed data per day with unlimited voice calling (with an FUP of 1,000 minutes for off-net calls other than Jio) with 100 SMS messages per day.

Airtel has the Rs 298 plan against it offers 2GB data per day for a validity of 28 days. The Airtel 298 plan comes with unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 1,000 minutes for off-net calls other than Airtel) and 100 SMS messages per day.

Finally, the Vodafone Idea Rs 299 plan offers 2GB data per day for 28 days with unlimited calling (with an FUP of 1,000 mins for off-net calls other than Vodafone and Idea) with 100 SMS messages per day. 

Plan	Jio 349 Plan	Airtel 298 Plan	Vodafone 299 Plan
Amount	Rs 349	Rs 298	Rs 299
Off Net Calls	1,000 minutes	1,000 minutes	1,000 minutes
On Net Calls	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Data	3GB per day	2GB per day	2GB per day
Cost/GB	Rs 4.15	Rs 5.32	Rs 5.33
Validity	28 days	28 days	28 days

1.5GB / 2GB Per Day Plan Comparison (84 Days): Jio 599 Plan vs Airtel 598 Plan vs Vodafone Idea 599 Plan

Coming to the three month plan, the Jio Rs 599 plan offers a validity of 84 days comprising of unlimited data and calls. It offers 100 SMS messages per day, 2GB of high-speed data per day, and unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 3,000 minutes for off-net calls other than Jio).

The Rs 598 Airtel plan comes with a validity of 84 days offering 1.5GB daily high-speed data with 100 SMS messages per day and unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 3,000 minutes for off-net calls other than Airtel).

The Vodafone Idea Rs 599 plan offers a validity of 84 days as Jio and Airtel offering 1.5GB of high-speed data per day, 100 SMS messages per day, and unlimited voice calls (with an FUP of 3,000 mins for off-net calls other than Vodafone and Idea).

Plan	Jio 599 Plan	Airtel 598 Plan	Vodafone 599 Plan
Amount	Rs 599	Rs 598	Rs 599
Off Net Calls	3,000 minutes	3,000 minutes	3,000 minutes
On Net Calls	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Data	2GB per day	1.5GB per day	1.5GB per day
Cost/GB	Rs 3.56	Rs 4.74	Rs 4.75
Validity	84 days	84 days	84 days