Boost Mobile plans cost $25 to $60 a month for one line with AutoPay, and $5 more without it. Boost’s owner and its network have both changed since 2020, so the second half of this page matters as much as the prices.
Boost Mobile plans and prices
Four plans. Boost describes them all as unlimited talk, text and data “with a premium data cap”.
| Plan | With AutoPay | Without | Premium data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $25 | $30 | 30 GB, then speeds may drop to 512 kbps |
| Global Connection | $40 | $45 | 40 GB, with 1 GB of global roaming |
| Unlimited+ | $50 | $55 | 40 GB, with mobile hotspot |
| Unlimited Premium | $60 | $65 | 50 GB, with hotspot and 5 GB of data in Canada and Mexico |
Prices are from Boost Mobile’s plans page, read on October 8, 2026. The page says taxes and fees apply.
Boost calls the $25 price “$25 Forever”, meaning it does not rise while you stay on the plan. New customers also get an introductory $10 a month. One Boost page said that lasts three months and another said six, so confirm it at checkout. An extra 10 GB of high-speed data costs $10.
Which network does Boost Mobile use?
Mainly AT&T’s. This is recent, and Boost’s own plans page does not say it. The source is Boost’s owner, EchoStar.
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| August 26, 2025 | EchoStar agrees to sell spectrum to AT&T for about $23 billion and says Boost will run as a hybrid operator on AT&T’s cell sites |
| November 15, 2025 | EchoStar finishes moving all customer traffic from its own 5G network to AT&T’s |
| July 28, 2026 | AT&T says it has closed the spectrum purchase |
EchoStar’s announcement put it this way: “While primary connectivity will be provided by AT&T’s towers, Boost Mobile subscribers will continue to have access to the T-Mobile network.” The November date is from EchoStar’s quarterly report for the first quarter of 2026, filed with the SEC.
For you this means Boost’s coverage now depends mainly on AT&T’s towers. If a friend tells you Boost was poor where you live, ask when. Before November 2025 it was a different network.
A short history of Boost
Boost Mobile was a Sprint prepaid brand. In 2020 Sprint moved the customers of Virgin Mobile USA onto Boost, then merged into T-Mobile without it. Boost is now one of EchoStar’s brands, alongside DISH TV and Sling TV. It also took in the customers of Republic Wireless, which closed in 2023.
Does Boost Mobile support eSIM?
Yes. Boost’s help pages list “All U.S. models iPhone 12 and newer” and recent Samsung Galaxy phones, and say that if you bring a phone on the supported list “you’ll be able to activate your device immediately after you sign up.”
Data settings
Boost says, “If you have an iPhone, your APN settings will be automatically updated.” For Android it publishes settings for the mobile hotspot feature only, and those differ by where you bought the SIM kit. We have not found general data settings on Boost’s site, so we do not list any.