Best cheap mobile phone and internet bundles

Quite a few providers offer mobile phone and internet bundles in Australia, but it's not exactly the norm. And just how these bundles are set up varies between providers, so it can be tough to directly compare them.

We've rounded up all the options in our database and will take you through the basics of what each choice can offer. Some bundle your internet and mobile, while a few others even offer discounts for bundling energy plans with your mobile or home internet.

Before we get into the details of the best mobile phone and internet bundles, here's a round-up of the most popular NBN 50 plans over the last seven days from internet providers in our database that allow you to bundle your mobile and internet:

Optus bundles are short term and come via the combination of two eligible products: mobile plus mobile, mobile plus tablet, or mobile plus internet plans. Prepaid mobile plans aren’t included.

First, you need to have an Optus SIM-only (postpaid) plan to be eligible for a bundle, to which you then add a new, eligible "second service". There’s a $15 monthly discount added to the bill for the second eligible service added under the same account, which ends after six months. And only new second services are eligible, so if you're with Optus for your SIM-only plan and for home internet, you can only get the six-month bundle discount from a new mobile or tablet plan.

To get started, grab an Optus SIM-only plan and then bundle an Optus NBN plan.

Vodafone has a "Bundle and Save" feature, which is primarily aimed at postpaid mobile plans, tablet plans, and modem plans. While NBN isn't listed as part of the Bundle and Save system, Vodafone does still offer mobile phone and internet bundles – but just what that discount looks like depends on when you signed up.

Existing Vodafone Bundle and Save customers with plans predating May 2021 should still receive discounts for internet and mobile bundles, unless they change or cancel their plans. These Bundle and Save bundle discounts range from 5% off to a maximum of 20%.

For newer Vodafone mobile customers, flag you’re a mobile customer when signing up for an NBN plan to nab a free speed upgrade to the next tier above. This is essentially a bundle discount by another name. To see the upgrade savings when signing up to Vodafone NBN, you can toggle between "Yes, I am" and "No, not yet" when asked if you're already a Vodafone customer.

Alternatively, get a $10 monthly discount on Vodafone 4G Home Internet plans or a $5 monthly discount on Vodafone 5G Home Internet.

These plans can be paired with a free NBN speed upgrade or with another eligible Bundle and Save mobile, tablet, and/or and modem plan.

TPG bundles save you $5 on your internet bill when you bundle mobile and internet under the same account. The catch is those monthly savings don't kick in until after the TPG new-customer deal ends, which is usually a 50% discount for the first six months for mobile plans and a varying (but smaller) discount for home internet. Note the cheapest TPG mobile plan, the 25GB Small Plan, is excluded from the bundle discount, but the other pricier mobile plans are okay to bundle.

For TPG bundles, be sure to use the ‘Existing Customers’ tab if you’re an existing user looking to bundle and save.

iiNet internet customers are eligible for plan discounts on the pricier iiNet prepaid mobile plans. While the iiNet Small Plan is ineligible, there’s a $5 discount for iiNet internet customers who buy the Medium Plan or Large Plan. Note that the discount for iiNet bundles only kicks in after the initial promotional pricing expires.

All iiNet internet plans are eligible as the foundation of a bundle discount, and you can see a list of iiNet NBN plans below.

Aussie Broadband mobile phone and internet bundles are pretty straightforward. If you have Aussie Broadband home internet (NBN or Opticomm), each 5G mobile plan on the same account gets you $5 off your combined monthly bill, up to a maximum of $25 for five plans. But the discount only applies after any promotional periods end.

For example, new customers often get an introductory discount period, during which the bundle pricing doesn't apply on top of the intro deal. But after that time, your discount should automatically kick in.

Exetel offers bundles on a sliding scale, relative to how many services you have as part of its ‘Slash My Bill’ program. If you have at least one Exetel broadband service, you're eligible for a discount on Exetel prepaid mobile, mobile broadband, home phone packs and even other residential broadband services.

Discounts can be combined with other Exetel discounts, like new-customer promotional pricing. Effectively, new customers who spend more have access to some of the cheapest mobile phone and internet bundles.

The table below shows the discounts you can get by bundling Exetel services.

Superloop owns Exetel, which might help explain why the former provider has the same bundle deals as the latter. If you’re a Superloop broadband customer, you can get an increasing monthly discount by adding additional eligible Superloop prepaid, mobile broadband, home phone call packs and even additional broadband services. Discounts start at $5 per month for one additional service and extend to $15 per month for five additional services.

Use the list of Superloop NBN plans below as inspiration for creating a bundle with the Superloop prepaid mobile plans above.

The more impressive bundle discount for SpinTel mobile customers is the waiving of the $10 SIM activation fee. That’s because it’ll take you months to reach a $10 saving with SpinTel’s bundle discounts. Start with a SpinTel NBN plan and you’ll have the option to add some different SIM-only plans. At the time of writing, two were identical, although one had $3 cheaper typical pricing. The only other SpinTel bundle option has more data but only a $1-per-month saving compared to its full-priced equivalent.

Check out the list of SpinTel NBN plans below to pair with the two SpinTel SIM-only options above.

To unlock an NBN and mobile bundle discount, the first step is to start with either a MATE NBN or a SIM-only plan. After that, you can get an ongoing $10 monthly discount on your NBN bill by bundling with a SIM-only or NBN plan.

Note that despite technically being available for MATE SIM-only customers adding a MATE NBN plan, the discount applies to the internet service only. There are also no additional discounts for adding more mobile services.

Unfortunately, we don't have Mate mobile plans in our database, but you can check out the telco's NBN offerings below.

If you’re an iPrimus NBN customer, you can save $5 a month by bundling your internet plan with an iPrimus SIM-only mobile plan. It doesn’t matter which of the three iPrimus SIM-only plans you bundle with: each of them has a $5 discount. When bundling, you can keep your existing mobile number or opt for a new one. For starting inspiration, check out the list of iPrimus NBN plans above.

To unlock a bundle discount, start with a Tangerine NBN plan. After you’ve optionally added an NBN-compatible mesh router or modem-router, the other NBN add-on is for Tangerine SIM-only mobile plans. All of Tangerine’s SIM-only plans are available as add-ons, and you’ll get a 10% monthly bundle discount for whichever one you add. Get started by adding one of the Tangerine NBN plans below, then pair it with one of the Tangerine SIM-only plans listed above.

If you’re an amaysim prepaid mobile customer, you can save $10 a month on your amaysim NBN
bill. While this discount isn’t on top of discounted new-user pricing, it does kick in after that initial promotional period ends. Unlike other providers on this page, amaysim offers 365-day prepaid plans for potentially cheaper overall monthly value, especially when bundled. To get started, pick an amaysim prepaid plan from the list above and pair it with one of the amaysim NBN plans below.

Bundle discounts are a great initiative, but they're not necessarily the best way to save money each month. Depending on what you need and what's on offer, you can often save more by looking for the cheapest mobile and NBN plans around, and not bothering to bundle them.

Below, we'll go through the cheapest plans in our database for mobile (SIM-only and prepaid) and NBN plans (NBN 50 and NBN 100). The tables are sorted by introductory pricing over at least the first six months, but you can also click "View more plans" at the bottom of any list to tweak the results to your liking.

These are currently the cheapest postpaid SIM-only plans in our database that have at least 15GB of data.

If you prefer prepaid plans, here’s a list of the cheapest prepaid deals from our database, also with at least 15GB of data.

And if you’re in the market for an NBN 50 plan, here’s a list of popular NBN deals from our comparison engine.

For those who need a bit more speed, here's a look at the cheapest NBN 100 plans in our database: