Starlink for business: which plan for a shop or office

Residential

From $55/mo, unlimited data, not for business use

Local Priority

$55/mo to $530/mo by priority data

Global Priority

From $250/mo, for use beyond your region

Kit

Standard $349

Plans and prices (US)

These figures come from Starlink’s own US pricing feed, checked Oct 5, 2026. Many other websites still show older, higher Local Priority prices. Our numbers come from the source and carry the date. If a checkout page shows something different, believe the checkout.

Hardware is extra. The Standard kit is $349 and the Starlink Performance kit is $1,999 in the business order flow. A Local Priority service line covers 1 terminal. Starlink says there’s no contract (checked Oct 5, 2026). For the full cost picture across all plans, a cost guide is a better place than this page.

What a Priority plan adds

Starlink lists the Priority bundle as: Local/Global Priority include prioritized network access, public IP, in-motion use to 100 mph, telemetry dashboard and priority support. Here’s what each part means at work.

• Network precedence. Starlink says priority data gets precedence over Residential and Roam data, so speeds are usually faster and steadier at busy times. Residential 100 and 200 Mbps users are the most likely to slow down when the network is congested (checked Oct 5, 2026).
• Optional public IPv4. Only Local and Global Priority can turn on a public IP. That’s what lets you port forward to a camera system, a phone system or a server. It isn’t a static IP (details).
• No CGNAT session cap. Residential shares addresses through CGNAT, capped at 1,200 sessions at once. A busy office with many devices can hit that. Starlink itself suggests heavy VoIP and video users consider Priority (checked Oct 5, 2026).
• 24/7 priority support. Starlink says business accounts get round-the-clock priority support (checked Oct 5, 2026).
• Speed spec. Starlink's US spec for Priority: 135-310 Mbps download, 20-44 Mbps upload. That’s a spec range, not a promise for your address.

The uptime promise (SLA)

Local and Global Priority come with a service level agreement. Starlink promises 99.9% network availability per billing month. If it misses, you get a credit of 20% of that service line’s base cost for the month (checked Oct 5, 2026).

Read the exclusions before you count on it: The Priority SLA does not apply to Mini kits, Data Pools, Impact Plans or Bonded Gateways. A credit also doesn’t pay for a lost day of sales. It’s a refund on the bill, not insurance. If an outage would cost you more than the monthly fee, you still need a backup line.

Priority data, top-ups, and running out

Each Local Priority plan includes a set amount of priority data per month. When it runs out and you don’t top up, Starlink’s terms say: After the Priority data block runs out (and no top-up), speeds drop to e.g. up to 1 Mbps down / 0.5 Mbps up. That’s too slow for a video call or a card terminal that uploads receipts in bulk.

You can buy extra blocks: 50 GB for $25 or 500 GB for $125. Quick math: the 50 GB plan plus one 50 GB block is $55/mo + $25 = $80 for 100 GB. If you’re buying blocks most months, move up a plan size.

To size it, look at your current internet bill or router for last month’s usage. Offices that store files in the cloud and run video calls use far more than a shop with a card reader and email.

Which plan? A short decision tree

1. Can you get fiber or cable business service with a static IP? Yes: take it, and consider Starlink only as the backup line. No: keep going.
2. Is the connection used for the business? Yes: a Priority plan. (Residential isn’t permitted for business use.) A home worker’s personal line: see the remote-work guide.
3. Is the kit used at one site in your own region? Yes: Local Priority. Used beyond your home region: look at Global Priority, and check Starlink’s plan page for where it applies.
4. Is it the main line or a standby? Standby: Local Priority 50 GB is the size Starlink markets for backup. Main line: size the data from last month’s usage. An office with video calls and cloud files uses far more than a shop with a card reader.
5. Does anything need to be reached from outside (cameras, a phone system, a server)? Turn on the public IP, add your own router, and use dynamic DNS because the address isn’t static.

The honest exit: fiber or cable business service

If a fiber or cable company offers business service at your address, it usually beats any satellite plan for an office: lower and steadier latency, upload that doesn’t move with the weather, and often a true static IP for firewall allow-lists, which Starlink doesn’t sell. Ask for a quote with a static IP included. Then use Starlink, or a cellular router, as the backup line on a different path. The Failover Builder lays out that setup.