Airtel vs Reliance Jio: Top data plans under ₹50 compared

Reliance Jio and rival telecom operators have continued to engage in a cutthroat competition by offering attractive plans at lower prices and higher data benefits. Airtel and Reliance Jio both have introduced a slew of data packs under ₹50. Recently, Airtel launched a ₹49 plan that offers 3GB of 4G data with validity of 1 day. In comparison, Reliance Jio's ₹49 plan offers 1GB of 4G data with validity of 28 days. Unlike Airtel's data only offer this plan also gives unlimited voice calls, 50 SMS, and free access to Jio apps.

Apart from ₹49 plan, the two companies offer a range of affordable data plans. Here's a look at prepaid plans below ₹50 offered by both Airtel and Reliance Jio.

Airtel

Airtel has quite a few plans available under ₹50. These plans come with just data or bundled with calls and SMS. The cheapest offering is Airtel's ₹9 plan which offers users unlimited local, STD and roaming calls. This plan also offers 100MB of data and 100 SMS with one day validity.

There's one priced at ₹18 which offers 100MB of 2G/3G/4G data with 2 days of validity. Airtel's prepaid plan priced at ₹23 offers unlimited local, STD and roaming calls with 200MB of data and 100 SMS per day. This plan has validity of two days.

At ₹24 Airtel users get 135MB of 2G/3G/4G data with three days validity, and 200MB of data for ₹28 but with five days validity. With longer validity of 28 days, Airtel users can opt for ₹29 plan which offers 150MB of 3G/4G data.

Lastly, there's one plan priced at ₹48 which offers 400MB of 2G/3G/4G data with 10 days validity.

Reliance Jio

While there are quite a few plans to choose from for Airtel, Jio offers only two one of which is priced at ₹49. The other prepaid plan available under ₹50 is priced at ₹19 and comes with one day validity. Under this plan Jio users get 0.15GB of 4G data along with unlimited voice calls. There's also 20 free SMS and free access to Jio's suite of apps.