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Best Xfinity alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Xfinity in internet providers, ranked by entry price. Xfinity starts at $45/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Cheaper than Xfinity: Frontier Fiber, Spectrum, Verizon Fios.
- Closest by price: Frontier Fiber ($29.99/mo), Spectrum ($30/mo), Verizon Fios ($40/mo).
Xfinity alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frontier Fiber STALE · 2026-09-27 | $29.99/mo | No | — | Value-focused households wanting among the lowest-priced fiber plans in the US | highspeedinternet.com |
| 2 | Spectrum STALE · 2026-09-05 | $30/mo | No | — | Households wanting no data caps and no equipment rental fees | spectrum.com |
| 3 | Verizon Fios STALE · 2026-09-05 | $40/mo | No | — | Households in the Northeast US needing symmetrical upload/download (video creators, remote workers) | verizon.com |
| 4 | AT&T Fiber | $50/mo | No | — | Remote workers and households with multiple simultaneous video calls needing symmetrical speeds | att.com |
| 5 | Cox Communications STALE · 2026-09-05 | $50/mo | No | — | Households in Cox service areas (18 states) without fiber options | cox.com |
| 6 | T-Mobile 5G Home Internet STALE · 2026-09-05 | $50/mo | No | — | Rural and suburban households where fiber or cable is unavailable | t-mobile.com |
| 7 | GFiber (Google Fiber) | $70/mo | No | — | Tech-savvy households in GFiber-served cities wanting the fastest symmetrical speeds | gfiber.com |
Data current through 2026-11-01. STALE marks a row whose price we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days; a vendor with no published price is marked when any of its plans is. 5 of 7 rows above are marked. Compare any two directly on the Internet Providers index.