Starlink plans and prices in the US, and why yours can differ

US plans side by side, October 2026

US rules require a broadband provider to show a consumer label for its plans at each point of sale, which includes its website, where the label must sit "in close proximity to the associated advertised service plan" (47 CFR 8.1(a)(1) and (a)(2), the rule's October 2025 edition, read October 2026). Starlink's Broadband Labels document links five label files, one per plan or plan family, as spreadsheet files. The table gives what those files say, read in October 2026 without signing in or entering an address.

The files carry bare numbers, under column names that match the label's fields, such as MonthlyPrice and TypicalLatency. The units are the label format's: the label that 47 CFR 8.1(a)(1) prescribes gives the Monthly Price and each fee in dollars, speeds in Mbps and latency in ms, and (a)(3) has the provider publish the same content as a spreadsheet file (the rule's October 2025 edition, read October 2026). The table gives each figure with those units.

The two Roam rows are the Roam label file's figures, and the file was the same when read again in November 2026. Starlink's own US site listed other Roam plans and prices when this site checked in November 2026, and the amount at checkout is Starlink's. Starlink's help page "What are the Roam service plans?" names 25 markets where "only Roam 50GB is available (Roam 100GB is not offered)", and the United States is not one of them (checked November 2026).

Where a file lists two or three equipment charges with "or", the table gives them in the file's order and doesn't pair a charge with a kit. Starlink's US Mini product page, in its text checked November 2026, says "Starlink Mini Kit starting at $149". That figure is neither of the Roam file's two equipment charges, $599 or $349 under "Equipment Cost (Mini or Standard)", and the Roam file hadn't changed when read again in November 2026. The same page's text also holds an opening line that says "Starting at $199 for the Mini Kit." Starlink's site code shows that line only to a visitor whose region it reads as Australia, New Zealand or Costa Rica, and a line that says $149 to every other region, the US included (this site read the code, not a rendered page; November 2026). This page doesn't settle which figure an order carries; the amount at checkout is Starlink's. The Mini 2 is on preorder by invitation, by the text of Starlink's Mini 2 page (checked November 2026); this site's Mini 2 page has what the invitation costs and Starlink's specifications. Local and Global Priority put an access fee and two data blocks in the Monthly Price field, and the table names each as the file does. Starlink's help page What are Local Priority and Global Priority service plans? says that from December 2026 Local Priority is renamed Business and Global Priority Global Business, and that new pricing applies from the first invoice after the change; it gives no new amounts (checked October 2026). The speeds and latency are Starlink's own typical figures, not tests from this site.

Where a file's Data field includes "Unlimited", Starlink's plan descriptions add that if "bandwidth patterns consistently exceed what is allocated to a typical residential user" (for Roam, "a typical Roam user"), "Starlink may take network management measures, such as reducing a customer's speeds" (what separates the plans).

Every file also gives tax as "Varies By Location", no contract, an introductory rate of "N/A", and a monthly provider fee and an early termination fee of $0, written "None" in the Global Priority file. Each file links Starlink's Terms of Service as its contract terms, and those terms also describe a Service Commitment chosen at checkout, which the files don't mention: with one, you agree "to continuously subscribe to the Services specified in your Order for a minimum of 12 or 24 months, as applicable", and cancelling, changing your plan or service address, or transferring the service during that period brings "a $249 or $325, as applicable, change fee" (section 1, version published August 2026, read October 2026); the terms in full are on the contract and returns page.

Starlink's help pages differ from those terms and from each other. What is the 12-Month Residential Service Option? says the 12-month Residential service plan, "previously called 12-month commitment", "is discontinued for new activations"; it also says its term "begins on the activation date, following the trial period", where the terms say the period "begins at the Payment Due Date", and that a change fee "may be either pro-rated or a flat rate depending on the market". Additional FAQs - Service Plans says a 12-month commitment option "is only available to new customers in select locations at this time". Both checked October 2026. This page doesn't settle which of them applies to an order.

The monthly price fields carry no location note. Two of Starlink's help pages say the price itself depends on where you are: How do I change my service address? says "Pricing for US Residential service plans varies by region.", and What are the Residential plans? says "Residential plans, pricing, and promotions may vary by location and account type." (both checked October 2026). So the table gives the label files' figures, not the price at any one address. Starlink's plan descriptions say Local Priority's data block prices "will vary based on location" (section 3.2, Local Plan), and its help page How much does Starlink cost? says the price for an address shows on starlink.com after you enter it and click "Order Now" (checked October 2026). This page never enters an address. What Starlink's pages say happens where an area is at capacity, a deposit and a waitlist, is on the sold-out page.

Starlink's current offers and the $100 referral credit are on the offers and credits page, and the sign-up page has how an order runs and what is charged when. Starlink's referral help page lists eight eligible plans, each a Residential or Roam plan, and no Priority plan (October 2026); Roam with 50 GB of data, which the Roam file prices, is not among them.

Residential Max, 200 Mbps, 100 Mbps and Roam: what separates them

Starlink's help page What are the Residential plans? describes three Residential plans for a list of countries that includes the United States: Residential Max, Residential 200 Mbps "(Available in select areas)" and Residential 100 Mbps "(Available in select areas)", with no price (checked October 2026). The label files price plans under other names (below).

Each line below is from Starlink's Service Plan Descriptions, in the version published in October 2026 and read the same month.

The Residential plans are "designed for personal, family, or household use at a fixed land-based location" and are "not permitted for business or enterprise uses". In Residential 100 Mbps and Residential 200 Mbps, "The number preceding Mbps in the Service Plan name represents the maximum download speed available."

Their data terms differ by plan; the data caps page quotes each one, with the network management Starlink says it may apply.

Residential 100 Mbps and Residential 200 Mbps customers "are more likely to experience Service degradation and slower speeds during network congestion as compared to Residential Max customers." The descriptions say the same of Roam Unlimited.

A plan change partway through a billing cycle "may include reasonably pro-rated charges for the previous and/or newly selected Service plan" (section 5.5). Starlink's help page Service Plan Changes adds that a downgrade applied at once leaves "Any remaining time on your current plan" unrefunded (checked October 2026). (when a change takes effect)

Can you use Roam at home?

The plan descriptions say Roam Unlimited is "designed for low demand, land-based use, such as travel, camping or nomadic living". In Roam 100GB and Roam 300GB, the number is "the amount of high-speed data available (in gigabytes) in each billing cycle", and each of those two plans "may only be used in your registered country". What happens past that amount is on the data caps page, which also quotes the clause Roam Unlimited's terms add for use in a congested area for longer than 60 consecutive days.

A public IPv4 address is a Priority plan option

Starlink's help page What IP address does Starlink provide? says "The Starlink public IPv4 policy is an optional configuration available to Local and Global Priority customers." A second help page says the change to a public IP "is only available to the Local and Global Priority service plans". Neither page gives a separate price for it. The first adds that "truly static IPs are not available": a reservation system keeps the public IPv4 address through power-offs and reboots, and the address can change if the dish is moved or its software updates. Both checked October 2026.

What the option changes for a server at home, and the other ways to reach one, are on the leaving a wired ISP page.

Kit, standby and other charges

The one-time charges the label files list are in the table above, and every file gives shipping and handling as "Varies By Location". What Starlink's help pages say about the activation charge, and about charges that can come after an order, is on the activation fee page.

Standby Mode pauses a plan for "a small monthly fee", Starlink's help page How does pausing service work? says, without a figure (checked October 2026). Which plans can pause, what Standby Mode gives and what resuming can cost are on the Standby Mode page.

Has Starlink raised its prices? What the label files show, and the notice it gives

The label files didn't change between April and October 2026. The Wayback Machine holds one copy of each label file, taken in April 2026 (the Residential file's copy, for example). In October 2026 each of the five files matched its April copy byte for byte, so the labels show no price or plan change between the two reads. The Roam file was the same again in November 2026, when Starlink's own US site listed other Roam plans and prices than the file (the Roam rows). The file states no date for its figures and the site gives none for its own, so this page doesn't say which came first or which an order charges. The label files can't show a change to the price at one address: Starlink's help page Service Plan Price Adjustments says "Starlink will send you an email with details about the price change before the billing date on which your price will increase." (checked October 2026). This record starts there. A change found later is dated to the months between the two reads that bracket it, and goes into a table here.

Starlink can change its prices. Its US Terms of Service say it "may change or discontinue Service Plans, prices, these Terms, Kit versions, and the Starlink Specifications from time to time", and that it gives "notice at least one month prior before materially adverse changes come into effect" in "an email notice summarizing the changes and your right to cancel this Agreement" (section 6.1, version published August 2026). Its help page Service Plan Price Adjustments says "The new monthly price takes effect with your first billing cycle on or after the effective date listed in your email.", and that a promotional, introductory or discounted price stays "unchanged until that pricing period ends" (checked October 2026). A lower promotional price also ends: Starlink's Promotional Service Pricing terms give new customers in select areas discounted pricing "for a fixed period of time (e.g., 6 or 12 months)", after which the plan returns "to full price", and they lose it sooner on a plan change, a cancellation or a suspension (the offer's row on the offers page; terms checked November 2026). Starlink's public pages, read at the end of October 2026, don't say how often prices are reviewed or how far they can move.

Five plans in the plan descriptions have no label file

The five label files price Residential, Residential Lite, Roam at two prices, Local Priority and Global Priority. Starlink's Service Plan Descriptions, in their October 2026 version, also name Residential Max, Residential 100 Mbps, Residential 200 Mbps, Roam 100GB and Roam 300GB, and so does the list of plans on Starlink's referral help page in October 2026. None of the five label files prices those five plans. The plan descriptions don't name the Roam 50GB plan that the Roam file prices, while Starlink's help page Service Plan Changes, checked October 2026, still describes moving from Roam 50GB to Roam Unlimited.

Starlink's help page What is the difference between Residential and Residential Lite? opens: "Note: These plans have been renamed in the US, Germany, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK." Its page What are the Residential plans? (above), checked November 2026, lists only Residential under "Additional Residential Plans (Outside the Markets Listed Above)"; in October 2026 it listed Residential Lite there too. The first page was checked October 2026; neither gives a price, and neither says which new plan replaced which old one.

This page gives prices only from the label files, so it lists none for the five plans the files don't cover. It reads only the files Starlink links from its legal page; the labels an order shows after you enter an address aren't checked here.

Where these figures come from

Every figure on this page comes from Starlink's own documents, label files and help pages, read in October 2026 with plain requests, without signing in and without entering an address, and from the Wayback Machine's copies of the label files; the units come from the label format in 47 CFR 8.1. The files and documents are read again over time, and a change is added here within 48 hours of the read that finds it, or the row comes off.

What this page doesn't cover

Prices for a particular address, and taxes and charges that depend on one.

Other countries' plans and prices.

Other satellite providers' prices: HughesNet's and Viasat's own, set beside the Residential label's, are on the satellite internet comparison.

Offers, discounts and the referral credit, which the offers and credits page covers.

Business, maritime and aviation plans.

Standby Mode's monthly price, which none of the pages read here states.