Optus data sharing

Combine your Optus plans under a single account for a convenient way to manage your bills and share mobile data freely between them.

How do I share data with Optus?

With Optus, you can share data across as many Optus postpaid mobile and mobile broadband plans as you want, as long as they're all on the same account.

All the data from each plan will be added to a single pool accessible by each plan.

Or you could buy an Optus Family Mobile Plan and get 200GB to share between 4 SIMs.

• What is data sharing?

  Data sharing works as the name suggests, allowing you to share your data with others on the same account.

  Here's how it usually works:

  1. Multiple plans are added to the same account under a single name.
  2. All the mobile data from each plan is added together into a pool that each plan can access freely (i.e. no limits for each user as to how much they use throughout the month).

  While Optus isn't the only provider with data sharing (Telstra has it too), it's a handy feature to have if you're looking for convenience in mobile account management.

Which Optus plans come with data sharing?

There are 3 types of Optus plans that provide data sharing:

• Postpaid SIM-only mobile plans
• Postpaid mobile broadband plans
• Optus' Family Mobile Plan

We've gathered the eligible Optus mobile plans and mobile broadband plans in the table below for you to compare.

Unfortunately, Optus' Family Plan isn't available via Finder right now, so if you're interested in that particular plan, you'll need to head straight to the Optus website to view it.

• Mobile plans
• Mobile broadband plans

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Name	Product	Data	Price	Apply	Price
Optus Choice Plus $52 PostpaidNo lock-in contract Optus Choice Plus $52 Postpaid	Unlimited national calls & texts Optus 5G/4G network	50GB No excess data charges	$52 per month	View details	Unlimited standard national calls & texts 50GB Data $52 per month View details	loading Fetching your data...
Optus Choice Plus $62 PostpaidNo lock-in contract Optus Choice Plus $62 Postpaid	Unlimited national calls & texts Optus 5G/4G network	180GB No excess data charges	$62 per month	View details	Unlimited standard national calls & texts 180GB Data $62 per month View details	loading Fetching your data...
Optus Plus Promo Plan $69 PostpaidNo lock-in contract Get up to $60 off your subscriptions over 6 months with Optus SubHub, plus get 500GB for $69/mth for the first 12 months. T&Cs apply. Ends 4.8.24 Optus Plus Promo Plan $69 Postpaid Get up to $60 off your subscriptions over 6 months with Optus SubHub, plus get 500GB for $69/mth for the first 12 months. T&Cs apply. Ends 4.8.24	Unlimited national calls & texts Optus 5G/4G network	500GB No excess data charges	$69 per month	View details	Get up to $60 off your subscriptions over 6 months with Optus SubHub, plus get 500GB for $69/mth for the first 12 months. T&Cs apply. Ends 4.8.24 Unlimited standard national calls & texts 500 GB Data $69 per month View details	loading Fetching your data...
Optus Choice Plus $82 PostpaidNo lock-in contract Get up to $20 off your subscriptions via Subhub as long as you stay on this plan. Paid subscriptions via SubHub required. T&Cs apply. Available until withdrawn. Optus Choice Plus $82 Postpaid Get up to $20 off your subscriptions via Subhub as long as you stay on this plan. Paid subscriptions via SubHub required. T&Cs apply. Available until withdrawn.	Unlimited national calls & texts Optus 5G/4G network	360GB No excess data charges	$82 per month	View details	Get up to $20 off your subscriptions via Subhub as long as you stay on this plan. Paid subscriptions via SubHub required. T&Cs apply. Available until withdrawn. Unlimited standard national calls & texts 360GB Data $82 per month View details	loading Fetching your data...

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How does Optus data sharing work on mobile and mobile broadband plans?

For each postpaid mobile or mobile broadband plan you purchase on the same account, Optus will provide you with 1 SIM.

The data from each 1 will form a pool that can be accessed by all plans on the account.

• Example: You buy 2 Small Optus Choice mobile plans ($45 for 20GB a month) and a Small Data SIM plan ($15 for 5GB a month). You'll pay $105 per month for 3 SIMs, each of which have access to a shared 45GB every month. Each person can use as much or as little data as they'd like from this pool.

How does the Optus Family Mobile Plan work?

With this plan, $149 per month will get you 4 separate SIMs to distribute as you want and a 200GB data pool to share between the SIMs.

You can purchase up to 4 extra SIMs by adding on "Optus Kids Mobile Plans" for $29 per month each. These SIMs get access to the shared data and unlimited domestic calls and texts.

Find out more about similar family mobile plans here

What about the Optus $5 data sharing SIM?

Optus used to have a $5 data sharing SIM, but it was discontinued in December 2016.

For $5, you could buy an extra SIM for another device to access your shared data pool.

These days, you have to purchase a new postpaid mobile or mobile broadband plan on your account to get a new SIM.

Currently, the cheapest option is a $15 mobile broadband plan from Optus that you'll have to pay for every month.

Is Optus data sharing a good deal?

Data sharing is a good deal from a convenience perspective, but performs worse in terms of value.

If you and your family or friends were planning to sign up to Optus anyway, data sharing might come in handy for you.

But if you're considering signing up to Optus just to access its data sharing feature, you may want to reconsider. There are cheaper mobile plans out there that you can buy to cater for each individual's needs.

Frequently asked questions

• Can I send data to another phone with Optus?

  You can share your data with another phone so long as you're on the same Optus account with one of the following plans:

  • Postpaid SIM-only mobile
  • Postpaid mobile broadband
  • Optus Family Mobile Plan

  You cannot send data to someone under a different provider or someone that isn't covered under your account.

• Can I donate data to a friend with Optus?

  Unfortunately, you can't currently donate data to a friend with Optus.

  However, you can donate part of your monthly data to those in need via Optus' partners like The Smith Family and the Salvation Army. You can enable monthly data donation via the Optus mobile app.

• How do I stop data sharing with Optus?

  If your plans are on the same account, you can't disable data sharing. The only way to stop sharing data would be to move the plans to separate accounts under different names.

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