- Jio gives more affordable recharge options than Airtel in most data plans.
- However, Airtel offers more affordable data plans than Jio in some recharge plans.
Jio and Airtel are India’s telecom sector’s leading mobile network operators. They compete with each other in their mobile services. It will be interesting to see their recharge options, especially in data plans. Let’s see Jio vs Airtel data plans and find out which one of the two offers more affordable recharge amounts for the same benefit.
Before you look through the table below, note that the given recharge amounts are for the data plans only. They are not the regular recharge plans with unlimited call benefits. So, they are also called as data addons or booster recharge. It means that you should recharge for the amounts on the list below only when the internet data of your existing plan is exhausted. It also means that you can’t recharge for these amounts if you don’t have an active plan with call benefits.
However, some data plans on the list allow you to recharge without depending on the existing or active plan. They have a validity. For example, the 181 data plan offers you 30 GB of data and the validity is up to 30 days.
Now, choose your Jio or Airtel data plan from the following table.
Jio vs Airtel Data Plans
| Data Plan (Rs.) | Jio Plan Benefits | Airtel Plan Benefits |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Not Available |
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| 19 |
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Not Available |
| 26 |
|
Not Available |
| 22 | Not Available |
|
| 29 |
|
Not Available |
| 33 | Not Available |
|
| 49 |
|
|
| 62 |
|
Not Available |
| 69 |
|
Not Available |
| 77 | Not Available |
|
| 86 |
|
Not Available |
| 99 | Not Available |
|
| 122 |
|
Not Available |
| 139 |
|
Not Available |
| 149 | Not Available |
|
| 161 | Not Available |
|
| 175 |
|
Not Available |
| 181 | Not Available |
|
| 182 |
|
Not Available |
| 211 | Not Available |
|
| 219 |
|
Not Available |
| 289 |
|
Not Available |
| 359 |
|
Not Available |
| 361 | Not Available |
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How to Recharge a data plan?
After you choose any data plan (Jio or Airtel) from the above list, you can go to any local recharge point and recharge for the amount. But you can do it yourself if you use any of the following UPI apps linked with your bank account:
- GPay
- PhonePe
- PayTM
- Other apps.
But they may take an additional charge based on your recharge amount. So, it is better to recharge on their app or website. For example, Jio users can recharge on the Jio app or website and Airtel users can recharge on the Airtel app or website without any additional fee:
However, if you frequently shop on Amazon, here are chances of getting cashback or scratch cards when you do mobile recharge on Amazon. You can use the cashback amount or discount coupons you got in your next purchase there:
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