Check your phone is unlocked and works on the Vodafone network, because Lebara uses it. Look at the coverage map for the places you live and work.
Keep your number: ask Lebara to move it when you sign up, and don't cancel your old plan first. Your old provider texts a code to confirm, and the move is usually done the same day.
Pay up front: it's prepaid, so you recharge before you start. The smallest first payment is $25 (Lebara $25 25GB), then $25 every 28 days.
None of the 5 Lebara plans we track has a lock-in contract, so you can leave without a fee.
eSIM (no plastic SIM) is listed on 5 of 5 plans, so you can switch on the spot with a compatible phone.
Our data says that if your data runs out it stops until the next recharge or month, with no extra charge.
Deal prices are for new services only. Moving your number to this provider counts as new, but check the terms on the plan page.
How the prices line up
Each dot is a plan. Further right means more data a month; higher means a dearer first year. Cheapest $350, dearest $700.
If you use all your included, bonus and banked data before the plan expires, data stops unless you buy a data add-on or have main balance credit (charged at $0.03/MB).
Download speeds are capped at 150Mbps. Unused data banks up to 500GB while you keep recharging on time.
Lebara also advertises a lower first-28-days price for new online customers (until 3 November 2026); we don't count it.
Download speeds are capped at 200Mbps. Unused data banks up to 500GB while you keep recharging on time.
Questions people ask
Which network does Lebara use?
Uses the Vodafone network. Coverage is the same as Vodafone's because it rents the same towers. Check the coverage map.
How was this checked?
From Lebara's own plans page and Critical Information Summaries. Each plan page shows the date. We are not paid by providers to rank them.