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Is Skype Free? Skype’s International Call Pricing

Hi, I, Keleis Andre, a cybersecurity specialist, am here to answer an important question: Is using Skype free? Skype is free for all types of interactions from Skype to Skype. This includes sending messages, voice calls, and video calls. You can share your screen, record calls, share images, and do other things. But for direct contact with international numbers, you must register and pay for Skype credit or “Skype to Phone” discount plans.

Short answer: Is Skype free?

Skype is usually free; however, if you want to use Skype to call someone’s mobile or landline in the United States, you can use a subscription that starts at $2.99 per month. You can also purchase Skype credit to make a phone call if you don’t need the number of minutes available in the monthly subscription. Skype also offers international plans with different price points.

More details about Skype pricing:

Skype is free for users who use Skype to call Skype. But for using features that are called “premium”, there are additional costs. This includes text messages, SMS messages, or calls to landlines and mobile phones or outside of Skype. Skype call rates vary depending on the country you are calling, not the country you are calling from.

Finding the exact cost of these additional features is a bit complicated. The Skype website does not display prices and finding pricing options requires clicking on several links. Even after that, the differences between each option are not clear and we are faced with different rates for each pricing option. Although the rates are reasonable, the complexity of pricing can be a bit confusing.

A list of Skype pricing details for international calls is provided:

Find out how little it costs to dial home and abroad with Skype’s international call rates

https://www.skype.com/en/international-calls/
CountryCost of 1 minuteConnection fee
Afghanistan$0.370$0.089
Albania$0.175$0.089
Algeria$0.140$0.089
American Samoa$0.105$0.089
Andorra$0.055$0.089
Angola$0.185$0.089
Anguilla$0.185$0.089
Antarctica$2.458$0.089
Antigua and Barbuda$0.330$0.089
Argentina$0.023$0.049
Armenia$0.217$0.089
Aruba$0.172$0.089
Ascension Island$2.431$0.089
Australia$0.023$0.049
Austria$0.023$0.049
Azerbaijan$0.218$0.089
Bahamas$0.121$0.089
Bahrain$0.255$0.089
Bangladesh$0.035$0.089
Barbados$0.210$0.089
Belarus$0.550$0.089
Belgium$0.060$0.049
Belize$0.364$0.089
Benin$0.270$0.089
Bermuda$0.108$0.089
Bhutan$0.235$0.089
Bolivia$0.158$0.089
Bonaire$0.200$0.089
Bosnia and Herzegovina$0.210$0.089
Botswana$0.160$0.089
Brazil$0.030$0.049
British Indian Ocean Territory$1.863$0.089
British Virgin Islands$0.125$0.089
Brunei$0.170$0.089
Bulgaria$0.068$0.089
Burkina Faso$0.456$0.089
Burundi$0.540$0.089
Cabo Verde$0.310$0.089
Cambodia$0.300$0.089
Cameroon$0.295$0.089
Canada$0.023$0.049
Cayman Islands$0.235$0.089
Central African Republic$0.480$0.089
Chad$0.745$0.089
Chile$0.023$0.049
China$0.020$0.049
Colombia$0.045$0.089
Comoros$0.660$0.089
Congo$0.440$0.089
Congo (DRC)$0.550$0.089
Cook Islands$1.205$0.089
Costa Rica$0.069$0.089
Croatia$0.184$0.089
Cuba$0.800$0.089
Cyprus$0.063$0.089
Czechia$0.023$0.049
Côte d’Ivoire$0.438$0.089
Denmark$0.023$0.049
Djibouti$0.528$0.089
Dominica$0.250$0.089
Dominican Republic$0.093$0.089
Ecuador$0.150$0.089
Egypt$0.170$0.089
El Salvador$0.253$0.089
Equatorial Guinea$0.480$0.089
Eritrea$0.400$0.089
Estonia$0.280$0.089
Eswatini$0.338$0.089
Ethiopia$0.470$0.089
Falkland Islands$1.825$0.089
Faroe Islands$0.210$0.089
Fiji$0.300$0.089
Finland$0.045$0.089
France$0.023$0.049
French Guiana$0.265$0.089
French Polynesia$0.471$0.089
Gabon$0.973$0.089
Gambia$0.950$0.089
Georgia$0.186$0.089
Germany$0.023$0.049
Ghana$0.290$0.089
Gibraltar$0.090$0.089
Greece$0.023$0.049
Greenland$0.580$0.089
Grenada$0.240$0.089
Guadeloupe$0.100$0.089
Guam$0.023$0.049
Guatemala$0.152$0.089
Guinea$0.931$0.089
Guinea-Bissau$1.100$0.089
Guyana$0.385$0.089
Haiti$0.268$0.089
Honduras$0.370$0.089
Hong Kong SAR$0.032$0.049
Hungary$0.023$0.049
Iceland$0.035$0.089
India$0.015$0.049
Indonesia$0.045$0.089
Inmarsat$2.622$0.089
International Networks (+883)$0.023$0.049
International Toll Free$0.000$0.000
Iran$0.202$0.089
Iraq$0.390$0.089
Ireland$0.023$0.049
Israel$0.023$0.049
Italy$0.023$0.049
Jamaica$0.250$0.089
Japan$0.023$0.049
Jordan$0.208$0.089
Kazakhstan$0.179$0.089
Kenya$0.249$0.089
Kiribati$1.685$0.089
Korea$0.023$0.049
Kosovo$0.210$0.089
Kuwait$0.150$0.089
Kyrgyzstan$0.135$0.089
Laos$0.125$0.089
Latvia$0.068$0.089
Lebanon$0.126$0.089
Lesotho$0.400$0.089
Liberia$0.596$0.089
Libya$0.302$0.089
Liechtenstein$0.065$0.089
Lithuania$0.068$0.089
Luxembourg$0.023$0.049
Macao SAR$0.185$0.089
Madagascar$1.067$0.089
Malawi$0.405$0.089
Malaysia$0.023$0.049
Maldives$1.520$0.089
Mali$0.596$0.089
Malta$0.158$0.089
Marshall Islands$0.405$0.089
Martinique$0.305$0.089
Mauritania$0.893$0.089
Mauritius$0.215$0.089
Mayotte$0.660$0.089
Mexico$0.010$0.049
Micronesia$0.600$0.089
Moldova$0.309$0.089
Monaco$0.131$0.089
Mongolia$0.220$0.089
Montenegro$0.233$0.089
Montserrat$0.439$0.089
Morocco$0.069$0.049
Mozambique$0.180$0.089
Myanmar$0.410$0.089
Namibia$0.213$0.089
Nauru$2.828$0.089
Nepal$0.207$0.089
Netherlands$0.023$0.049
New Caledonia$0.368$0.089
New Zealand$0.023$0.049
Nicaragua$0.235$0.089
Niger$0.473$0.089
Nigeria$0.110$0.089
Niue$3.162$0.089
Northern Mariana Islands$0.045$0.089
North Korea$0.700$0.089
North Macedonia$0.224$0.089
Norway$0.054$0.049
Oman$0.189$0.089
Pakistan$0.090$0.089
Palau$0.701$0.089
Palestinian Authority$0.430$0.089
Panama$0.110$0.089
Papua New Guinea$0.820$0.089
Paraguay$0.152$0.089
Peru$0.023$0.049
Philippines$0.120$0.089
Poland$0.023$0.049
Portugal$0.023$0.049
Puerto Rico$0.023$0.049
Qatar$0.390$0.089
Romania$0.060$0.089
Russia$0.100$0.089
Rwanda$0.575$0.089
Réunion$0.160$0.089
Saint Helena Island$1.950$0.089
Saint Kitts and Nevis$0.240$0.089
Saint Lucia$0.365$0.089
Saint Pierre and Miquelon$0.978$0.089
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$0.368$0.089
Samoa$1.000$0.089
San Marino$0.040$0.089
Saudi Arabia$0.250$0.089
Senegal$0.382$0.089
Serbia$0.210$0.089
Seychelles$0.567$0.089
Sierra Leone$0.791$0.089
Singapore$0.023$0.049
Sint Maarten$0.200$0.089
Slovakia$0.068$0.089
Slovenia$0.066$0.089
Solomon Islands$1.704$0.089
Somalia$0.710$0.089
South Africa$0.090$0.089
South Sudan$0.340$0.089
Spain$0.023$0.049
Sri Lanka$0.151$0.089
Sudan$0.265$0.089
Suriname$0.531$0.089
Sweden$0.023$0.049
Switzerland$0.023$0.049
Syria$0.390$0.089
São Tomé and Príncipe$1.220$0.089
Taiwan$0.023$0.049
Tajikistan$0.193$0.089
Tanzania$0.625$0.089
Thailand$0.045$0.049
Timor-Leste$1.441$0.089
Togo$0.420$0.089
Tokelau$2.020$0.089
Tonga$1.240$0.089
Trinidad and Tobago$0.150$0.089
Tunisia$0.667$0.089
Turkey$0.037$0.089
Turkmenistan$0.210$0.089
Turks and Caicos Islands$0.190$0.089
Tuvalu$1.366$0.089
U.S. Virgin Islands$0.060$0.089
Uganda$0.369$0.089
Ukraine$0.180$0.089
United Arab Emirates$0.275$0.089
United Kingdom$0.430$0.089
United Nations$0.000$0.000
United States$0.023$0.049
Uruguay$0.128$0.089
Uzbekistan$0.079$0.089
Vanuatu$1.100$0.089
Vatican City$0.035$0.089
Venezuela$0.070$0.089
Vietnam$0.181$0.089
Wallis and Futuna$1.250$0.089
Yemen$0.210$0.089
International Toll-Free$0.420$0.089
Zimbabwe$0.210$0.089

Get a local phone number & answer calls on Skype from anywhere:

Country CodeCountry Name
USUnited States
GBUnited Kingdom
AUAustralia
JPJapan
BRBrazil
DEGermany
HKHong Kong SAR
MXMexico
CLChile
COColombia
CZCzechia
DKDenmark
EEEstonia
FIFinland
FRFrance
HUHungary
IEIreland
KRKorea
NZNew Zealand
PLPoland
PRPuerto Rico
RORomania
ZASouth Africa
SESweden
CHSwitzerland

FAQs

Is Skype still free to use?

Conversations between Skype users are completely free. However, to make calls to mobile numbers or landlines via Skype, you need some Skype credit or a subscription. The cost of calls depends on the destination country of the call, not the country from which you are making the call.

How much does it cost to use Skype?

Using Skype is free in most cases. However, if you intend to call mobile numbers or landlines in the United States, you can use our monthly subscriptions starting at $2.99. In addition, for phone calls, if you need more minutes for conversation than what is offered in the monthly subscription, you can purchase Skype credit.

Is it mandatory to pay for Skype?

Conversations between Skype users are completely free. However, to call mobile numbers or landlines via Skype, you need some Skype credit or a subscription.

How long can you talk on Skype for free?

One-on-one conversations can last up to 24 hours. Group conversations can also last up to 100 hours per month, with a maximum of 10 hours per day and a maximum of 4 hours for each separate call.

keleis andre

Keleis Andre is A tech writer specialising in cybersecurity expert, author, and Manager at SPY24 Company. On this and several other GDPR, MDR, and ethical hacking projects. Hacking, Social Engineering, and Security Awareness Training: My goal is to educate, inform and entertain as I write about my journeys in the tech and cyber space.

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