How we compare
We've done the maths so you don't have to. Here's exactly how, so you can check our work.
What we measure
- Price per GB: plan price in A$ divided by its data allowance. Our default sort.
- Total trip cost: what it costs to cover your actual days and data, combining plans if one isn't enough.
- Price per day: used for unlimited plans, where price per GB doesn't apply.
- Network quality: which local network(s) a plan uses, where the provider publishes it.
- Hotspot rules: whether you can share data with a laptop or another phone.
- Refund policy: what happens if you don't use the plan.
- App experience: how easy it is to buy, install and top up.
How prices are checked
Every price is checked by hand on the provider's own website or the phone company's official roaming page. We record the source link and the date. We don't scrape, estimate or copy prices from other comparison sites.
We aim to re-check every price at least every 14 days. Prices older than 30 days are automatically hidden and replaced with "Checking", and left out of our answers, the calculator and "cheapest" picks until they're re-checked.
US-dollar prices are converted to A$ at the rate recorded on the day we checked. Every change is logged publicly on our price updates page.
Who pays us
Some links earn us a commission if you buy. Providers cannot pay for rankings, and commissions never change the order: tables are sorted by price, nothing else. If a provider without an affiliate deal is cheapest, it's listed first. See our affiliate disclosure.
What we don't do
- No star ratings or review scores.
- No invented prices, testimonials or reviews.
- No coupons or "deals" pages.
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