Verizon international calling rates
Verizon charges four different prices to call the same country, and publishes none of them as a table you can read. Here is what each one costs, and where the line falls between paying per minute and paying a monthly fee.
Every Verizon figure on this page was read off Verizon’s own pages on 18 August 2026. Sources are linked at the bottom. We are not affiliated with Verizon.
01No plan
What you pay with no plan
Every Verizon line starts here. With no international calling plan added, calls out of the US are billed per minute at a rate Verizon sets per country, described on their own page as rates starting from $0.49 a minute across 220+ countries, with no monthly charge.
That number is a floor, not a price. What your own destination costs is set per country and is only visible through the country lookup on Verizon’s site, which is why this page cannot reproduce the full list and why nothing below pretends to. It is still the most useful single figure they publish: no call is cheaper than it.
02Plans
The three plans
| Plan | Monthly | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Global Calling | $5.00 | Unlimited calls from the US to Mexico and Canada, plus discounted calls to 220+ other countries. |
| Global Choice | $10.00 | Up to 300 minutes a month to one country you pick from 140, plus discounted calls to 220+ others starting at $0.05 a minute. |
| Global Calling Plus | $15.00 | Unlimited calls to landlines in 60+ countries and mobiles in 30+, plus discounted calls to 160+ others starting at $0.05 a minute. |
Per line, per month, on top of your existing bill. A plan at $15.00 a month is $180.00 a year whether or not you make a call.
03Side by side
Global Calling Plus against our published rates
The left column is what a Global Calling Plus subscriber pays, so it already assumes the $15.00 a month. It is not the pay-per-minute rate. The right column is our published rate with no monthly fee of any kind.
| Calling | Verizon plan | Airlophone |
|---|---|---|
| India | $0.05 / $0.05 | $0.15 / $0.12 |
| Philippines | $0.19 / $0.23 | $0.59 / $0.89 |
| Mexico | Included | $0.03 / $0.07 |
| United Kingdom | Included | $0.07 / $0.09 |
| Nigeria | $0.19 / $0.19 | $0.69 / $0.69 |
| Pakistan | Included / $0.35 | $0.49 / $0.59 |
| Canada | Included | $0.02 / n/a |
| Australia | Included / $0.23 | $0.07 / $0.25 |
| South Africa | Included / $0.50 | $1.49 / $1.15 |
| China | Included | $0.59 / $0.59 |
| Vietnam | $0.25 / $0.25 | $0.35 / $0.35 |
| Brazil | Included | $0.07 / $0.22 |
Landline / mobile. Our rates last changed 18 August 2026 and are derived from the published card, not typed in.
04Try it
Price the call you were going to make
Type the number and the exact rate appears before anything dials. Ours start at $0.02 a minute and every one of them is published before you sign up.
Type a number to see its exact price.
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05Their case
When Verizon is the better answer
You call one country regularly from a US line.
This is the case their plans are built for and they are good at it. Global Calling Plus is $0.05 a minute to India against our $0.12, and unlimited to UK landlines against our $0.07. Past a few hundred minutes a month the monthly fee is the cheaper shape, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
You want the call on your own number.
A call from your Verizon line shows your own caller ID, which matters when an institution verifies you by the number you are calling from. Ours goes out with a number we assign unless you rent one.
You need emergency services or 2FA.
A mobile line reaches 911 and receives bank verification codes. We do neither, deliberately and permanently. Keep a working phone.
06Our case
When it is not
You are not a Verizon customer.
All four options above are features of a Verizon mobile line, billed to it. On another carrier, a foreign SIM, or no phone at all, none of them exists for you. This page opens in a browser and so does the call.
You call occasionally rather than daily.
$15.00 a month is $180.00 a year before the first call. Prepaid credit at a published per-minute rate costs nothing in the months you do not use it, and 152 of our 482 published bands are below Verizon’s own no-plan floor of $0.49, so on those the pay-as-you-go comparison is not close.
You are abroad, or on a borrowed machine.
Calling out of the US and using a phone while overseas are different products at different prices, and the second one is roaming. A browser needs no SIM, no carrier account and no phone, which is the case a carrier cannot price at all.
07Questions
Common questions
What does Verizon charge for international calls without a plan?
Every Verizon line defaults to pay per minute, which Verizon publishes as rates starting from $0.49 a minute across 220+ countries, with no monthly charge. That figure is the floor rather than the price of any particular call: the rate is set per country and Verizon does not publish the full list as a table, so the only way to see what your destination costs is to look it up on their site before you dial.
Is a Verizon international calling plan worth it?
If you call one country regularly from a US Verizon line, usually yes. Global Calling Plus at $15 a month includes unlimited calls to landlines in 60+ countries, and its subscriber rate to India is $0.05 a minute. Airlophone charges $0.12 a minute to an Indian mobile with no monthly fee, so the plan is cheaper for a regular caller and the pay-as-you-go option is cheaper for an occasional one. The break-even is roughly how many minutes a month you actually talk.
Can I use Verizon international calling if I am abroad?
Calling internationally from the US and using your phone while abroad are two different products with two different prices. The rates on this page are for calling out of the US. Using the phone itself in another country is roaming, billed separately, usually as a daily fee. Neither applies if you are not a Verizon customer, and neither works on a laptop.
Do I need to be a Verizon customer to use these rates?
Yes. All four options, the pay-per-minute default and the three plans, are features of a Verizon mobile line and are billed to it. If you are on another carrier, on a foreign SIM, or have no phone with you at all, none of them is available to you.
Is Airlophone cheaper than Verizon?
Sometimes, and not as a rule. Measured against Verizon's own published no-plan floor of $0.49, 152 of our 482 published bands sit underneath it and are therefore cheaper than Verizon's best possible pay-per-minute case. The rest sit above it, and on those we do not claim to be cheaper. If you hold a Verizon plan and call one country a lot, the plan is very likely the better deal. What we offer instead is no monthly fee, no carrier account, and a call you can place from a browser anywhere.
Price it on the call you actually need
Type the number and the exact rate appears before anything dials, so the comparison above uses your call rather than an example. The first minute is free without a card.
Sources
- Pay per minute on verizon.com, read 18 August 2026
- International long distance FAQs on verizon.com, read 18 August 2026
- Global Calling Plus on verizon.com, read 18 August 2026
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