Swiss Mobile Plan Comparison 2026

The interactive Swiss mobile plan comparison on moneyland.ch makes it easy to find the best mobile subscription for your needs. You can filter offers based on included data and phone calls, roaming allowances, mobile networks, download speeds, and monthly fees.

Keep in mind that the cheapest mobile plan is not necessarily the best. Points to consider include:

• Activation fees: Some carriers charge a one-time fee of up to 60 francs to activate your SIM. The moneyland.ch comparison accounts for the activation fee in the costs for the first year.
• Minimum contract terms: Often special promotional offers come with a long minimum subscription term of 24 months.
• Mobile roaming: If you regularly travel to foreign countries, using a mobile plan with included roaming allowances can save you money compared to using a plan that only covers Switzerland. 

You can find useful tips for choosing the right mobile service here.

The prices for Swiss mobile plans start at around 10 francs per month. Plans that include unlimited local calls and data within Switzerland start at around 13 francs per month. Mobile plans from the three biggest Swiss telecom providers, Swisscom, Sunrise, and Salt, typically cost much more, with fees of up to 80 francs per month.

The biggest price differences apply to mobile roaming. A mobile plan with unlimited roaming data for most European countries can cost as little as 25 francs per month, or over 100 francs per month, depending on the offer.

You should also count on paying a one-time activation fee of between 39 and 65 francs when you first get a mobile plan. Some carriers do not charge activation fees. In the moneyland.ch mobile plan comparison the activation fee is shown in addition to monthly fees for the first year.

Mobile plans with flat fees that cover a certain amount of calls or data are very popular in Switzerland. Many of these provide unlimited local calls and/or unlimited local data. Mobile plans with unlimited local calls and data within Switzerland are available from around 13 francs per month.

Previously it was common for mobile service providers to bill you based on call minutes or megabytes used. Today only a handful of plans still use per-unit billing, with the majority using flat-fee models instead.

Today, practically all Swiss mobile plans include unlimited phone calls within Switzerland. Plans primarily differ in their data and mobile roaming allowances. You can see exactly which allowances are included in a mobile plan in the detailed overview.

Included allowances may apply to communication within Switzerland, to mobile roaming in foreign countries, and to international calls from Switzerland to other countries.

Only three mobile service providers in Switzerland – Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt – operate their own mobile networks. But there are numerous additional mobile service providers that offer their own mobile plans, but make use of the physical networks from the three network operators.

Many mobile service providers are subsidiaries of either Swisscom, Sunrise, or Salt. Some are joint ventures between major retailers and mobile service providers.

Some mobile service providers operate largely independently of the three network operators, but use the mobile networks from Swisscom, Sunrise, or Salt. These service providers include Digital Republic, Galaxus Mobile, Spusu, and Quickline.

The moneyland.ch comparison clearly shows which telecom network is used for a mobile plan. You can also filter all offers based on the networks used.

Swiss mobile carriers offer many different services. These include phone calls within Switzerland, phone calls while traveling in foreign countries (call roaming), and international phone calls from Switzerland to foreign countries. They also offer mobile Internet within Switzerland, and when traveling in foreign countries (data roaming).

Other services that may be offered include:

• eSIMs: Some carriers offer downloadable eSIMs in place of physical SIM cards. The comparison lets you filter for offers that are available via eSIM.
• WiFi calling: This service lets your phone use local wireless networks to make phone calls. This is useful inside buildings where the mobile signal is weak.
• Multi-SIM: This services lets you use the same phone number (SIM) on more than one device.

Many Swiss mobile plans include some roaming allowances for making phone calls or getting online in other countries. But these allowances are often quite small.

Before using your phone in foreign countries, make sure to inform yourself about your plan's roaming allowances. If the roaming allowances are insufficient, it can be beneficial to buy a supplementary roaming option or roaming bundle.

If you do not, you can end up being charged very high roaming fees. There have been instances where Swiss carriers have charged several hundred francs for just a few minutes spent online at standard roaming rates.

The moneyland.ch mobile plan comparison accounts for roaming allowances, roaming options, and roaming bundles.

You can find useful tips for using mobile data while traveling (data roaming) and for making calls while traveling (call roaming) in our practical telecom guides.

Calling people in other countries can be very expensive. Even calls to other European countries can cost 1 franc per minute or more with many mobile service providers. Even though the actual cost of delivering international telecom services has steadily gone down, many service providers regularly increase their international phone call rates.

The billing schedules used for international phone calls have long been a cost trap. Service providers known that customers who do not get informed about pricing in advance generally call at per-minute rates by default.

But many service providers offer optional international call bundles and options. Some flat-fee mobile plans cover international calls to some countries. Some include a certain number of international call minutes. The countries included in these allowances differ between mobile service providers. Most commonly, international call allowances only cover calls to European countries.

You can find useful tips for international phone calls here.

moneyland.ch regularly conducts representative surveys of customer satisfaction with Swiss mobile carriers.

Survey participants rate these criteria individually:

• General satisfaction
• Satisfaction with customer service
• Satisfaction with mobile Internet
• Satisfaction with billing
• Satisfaction with network quality

There are major differences in customer satisfaction with different mobile service providers. Customer satisfaction ratings are shown on individual product information pages.

You can also sort mobile plans in the comparison by customer satisfaction ratings.

Special promotions have become a steady fixture in the Swiss mobile plan landscape. But special promotions are often more expensive than the cheapest standard offers from other carriers.

You can learn more in the guide to special promotional mobile plans.

Although only Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt operate their own mobile networks, there are many other Swiss mobile service providers which offer mobile plans. All of these make use of one of the three Swiss mobile networks.

The unbiased mobile plan comparison on moneyland.ch accounts for all relevant Swiss mobile service providers. These include:
ALDI SUISSE mobile, CH Mobile, Coop Mobile, Digital Republic, Galaxus Mobile, GoMo, Lebara, Lidl, Migros Mobile, MTEL, Post Mobile, Quickline, Salt, Sky Mobile, Spusu, Sunrise, 
Swisscom, Swype, Wingo, Yallo.

Established Swiss telecom expert Ralf Beyeler from moneyland.ch is happy to answer any questions free of charge. Just send your question by email, or post it in the moneyland.ch telecom forum.