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Verizon Simplicity Plan

Verizon Wireless Postpaid | Verizon | 500GB

Verizon High Value Budget Friendly Heavy Data Travel Ready

Use this summary to quickly judge the plan's overall value, base monthly price, and how competitive it looks at a glance.

85.7 Value Score
Value Summary
Strong Value
$30
Single-line monthly price before any multi-line pricing or bundle discounts.
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Plan Snapshot
Price $30/mo $360 billed yearly
High-Speed Data 500GB Then 4Mbps
Priority Allotment 500GB
Hotspot 10GB
Video Streaming 720p HD
Talk/Text Unl / Unl
Taxes & Fees Extra
Networks Verizon
Payment Type Postpaid
Plan Term Monthly
Performance Profile These scores show where the plan is strongest and where it gives up ground.
The cards below focus on core competitive strengths: price efficiency, usable data, priority data, and hotspot utility.
Price Efficiency
86.4
This plan provides pretty good value for the money.
Data Value
90.8
The high-speed data amount is excellent for the monthly price.
Priority Data
100.0
Priority data is one of this plan's clearest strengths.
Hotspot Value
76.0
Hotspot support is competitive for the monthly price.
Relative Profile See how this plan compares with the wider market of phone plans in the database.
These cards show whether the plan is cheaper than average, stronger on data, better on hotspot support, or more usable after the main high-speed allotment than typical plans in the market.
Affordability Percentile
45%
Higher means cheaper vs the market. At $30, this plan is $0.71 below market avg $30.71.
High-Speed Data Percentile
82%
With 500GB high-speed data, this plan is 485GB above the market median of 15GB.
Hotspot Percentile
69%
With 10GB hotspot, this plan is 7GB above the market median of 3GB.
After-Cap Speed Percentile
98%
At 4Mbps after 500GB, this post-cap speed ranks near the top compared with other plans that keep data working after the full-speed bucket.
Overall Value vs Avg
85.7
+42.4 vs market avg 43.3
Plan Quality Signals These meters highlight clarity, restrictions, feature depth, and how useful the plan is for travel.
Think of this as the fine-print section: it shows whether the plan is easy to understand, light on caveats, and strong enough for travel or international use.
Data Truth 42
The marketed data claim leans heavily on fine print or throttling once you dig into the details.
Feature Completeness
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Feature Completeness measures how many useful plan-level features are confirmed, such as hotspot support, priority data, travel and roaming support, device and SIM type support, data rollover or top-ups, international options, and included perks. Higher scores mean more confirmed extras; lower scores mean fewer supported features or more unknown details.

 90.1
The included feature stack is deeper than most peers.
Caveat Load
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Caveat Load looks at fine-print and signup friction, including whether taxes and fees are included in the advertised price or charged extra, autopay requirements, contracts, credit checks, activation/SIM/shipping fees, and online-only or store-only rules. Higher scores mean fewer caveats were found; lower scores mean more caveats or unresolved caveat details. When Carrierlytics cannot verify a caveat because the carrier is not clear or because we have not captured it yet, a small uncertainty penalty is added instead of assuming there is no issue.

 15.6
Fees, requirements, or restrictions are a major concern for this plan.
Travel Value 88.3
Travel and roaming support are meaningful strengths here.
International & Roaming
Canada/Mexico roaming Included

Unlimited minutes. International roaming is included, but Verizon does not state a separate Canada/Mexico high-speed bucket for Simplicity on the reviewed public pages.

Global roaming Included

Unlimited minutes. International roaming and satellite texting are listed as included. If more than 50% of talk, text, or data usage in a 60-day period is outside the United States, service may be removed or limited.

Call international numbers from US Included

Unlimited calls from the U.S. to Mexico and Canada are included per Verizon important plan information

Text international numbers from US Included
Device Support Tablet and smartwatch support, including add-on pricing when confirmed.
Tablet support Add-on

Tablet support available as an add-on where eligible.

Smartwatch support Add-on

Smartwatch support available as an add-on where eligible.

Multi-Line Value Curve How this plan's effective price per line changes as more lines are added.

The lowest per-line price is $30, available starting at 1 line.

Unknown: Verizon public Simplicity pages reviewed did not clearly state whether Simplicity can be mixed with older myPlan lines on the same account. No mix-and-match limitation is assumed beyond documented pricing/discount requirements.

1 line
85.7 Value
$30/line
Total $30 | baseline line
2 lines
69.4 Value
$30/line
Total $60/mo for 2 lines
3 lines
69.3 Value
$30/line
Total $90/mo for 3 lines
4 lines
69.1 Value
$30/line
Total $120/mo for 4 lines
5 lines
69.2 Value
$30/line
Total $150/mo for 5 lines
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Methodology

Plan scores are generated by Carrierlytics' proprietary value algorithm using factors such as price, usable data, hotspot value, priority data, streaming quality, and plan friction.


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