Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the three major telecom operators of India. The telcos offer a series of prepaid plans that come at different prices and offer varied benefits. In general, Jio’s prepaid plan is considered the cheapest, while Vodafone Idea’s plans are considered the most expensive. Airtel’s plans fall in between the plans from the two operators in terms of price.
Today, we will list the best value prepaid plans from Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea. You can purchase these plans if you consider the price-to-benefits ratio very important.
Bharti Airtel Best Value Prepaid Plans
Bharti Airtel offers prepaid plans ranging from Rs 19 to Rs 2,698. The best value prepaid plans from the telco cost Rs 399, Rs 598, and Rs 698. Note that all of these plans offer users unlimited voice calling, 100 SMS/day, and Airtel Thanks benefits, including the Airtel Xstream Premium over-the-top (OTT) benefit.
The Rs 399 and Rs 598 plan offers 1.5GB daily fair-usage-policy (FUP) data to the users, while the Rs 698 plan offers 2GB daily data to the users. Further, the Rs 399 plan comes with a validity of 56 days, while the other two plans of Rs 598 and Rs 698 come with a validity of 84 days. All of these plans come with a free trial of Amazon Prime Video Mobile Edition.
Reliance Jio Best Value Prepaid Plans
Reliance Jio also offers some plans with similar benefits to the plans from Airtel mentioned above. The best value prepaid plans from Reliance Jio cost Rs 399, Rs 555, and Rs 599. These plans come with the benefit of unlimited voice calling, 100 SMS/day, and a complimentary subscription to all the Jio apps.