The short answer
Airalo is cheaper than Holafly for Greece at every length: $11.50 against $11.90 for 3 days, $27 against $27.50 for a week, $48 against $51.50 for 15 days and $69 against $76.50 for 30 days. Holafly states no daily cap; Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99, and 3 days at $8.99.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews, no app. Airalo asks $48 and $69, Holafly $51.50 and $76.50.
$11.50 for 3 days, $27 for a week, $48 for 15 days, $69 for 30 days of unlimited on Nova. 10 GB for 30 days at $20, 20 GB at $35.50. App optional.
Days, not gigabytes, on Vodafone and Nova, set up by email. $27.50 for a week, $51.50 for 15 days. Sharing limited to 1 GB a day. It warns that coverage is limited on remote islands.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly on their own sites or listings, Ringo Light from its catalogue. All in US dollars unless stated. Treat every number as a snapshot.
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US dollars, 25 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, Airalo and Holafly 15 days. Airalo is 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps; Holafly states no daily cap; Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Airalo slows to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone.
Holafly sells no buckets, so it has no bar here. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. For 10 GB that must last a month, Airalo at $20 is the one that sells it.
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Airalo vs Holafly in one paragraph
Airalo is cheaper than Holafly for Greece at every length, by cents on the short plans and by a few dollars on the month. Holafly gives you the simpler product: unlimited days with no stated daily cap, set up by email with no app, on Vodafone and Nova. Airalo gives you more choice, buckets from 10 GB to 20 GB as well as unlimited, but its unlimited slows to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day. Pick Airalo if you want a bucket or the lowest price of the two. Pick Holafly if you stream all evening and never want to think about a daily cap. If the trip is two weeks of island hopping or a month on Crete and you want unlimited, neither is the cheapest: Ringo Light sells 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $26.99, unlimited data at full speed.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 25 October 2026, in US dollars, from each brand's own site. For 3 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $11.50 and Holafly $11.90. For a week, $27 at Airalo and $27.50 at Holafly. For 15 days, $48 at Airalo and $51.50 at Holafly. For 30 days, $69 at Airalo and $76.50 at Holafly. Airalo wins every row of the two, by less than a dollar on the short plans and by a few dollars on the month.
Ringo Light sells three trips for Greece: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $26.99. The 2 weeks costs less than a third of Airalo's 15 days at $48 or Holafly's at $51.50. The 30 days costs less than half of Airalo's $69 and Holafly's $76.50. Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan; for a week you buy its 2 weeks at $14.99, which still costs less than Airalo's week at $27 or Holafly's at $27.50, with a week of days left over.
For a fixed amount of data, Airalo is the only one of the three that sells it: 10 GB for 30 days at $20, 20 GB at $35.50. Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no buckets either. Our 2 weeks at $14.99 costs less than Airalo's 10 GB, but it lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. If you need light data for a whole month, Airalo's 10 GB at $20 is cheaper than our 30 days at $26.99, and we would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What unlimited means at each
Airalo's unlimited for Greece gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then slows to 1 Mbps for the rest of the day. That is enough for maps, ferry tickets, messages and an hour or two of video; a long evening of streaming in HD will hit it. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits hotspot sharing to 1 GB a day, so Holafly is the one to pick between the two if you share data to a laptop every day, but only up to that 1 GB. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks or 30 days. Fair use policy, see Terms.
Networks and coverage in Greece
Greece has three networks. Cosmote is the largest, and Vodafone and Nova follow. On Santorini, Mykonos, Crete, Rhodes and Corfu all three work well. On the smaller islands and in the mountains, signal can drop to 4G or thin out, and Holafly says so on its own page. Airalo's own page names Nova, with one other network. Holafly rides Vodafone and Nova. Ringo Light rides a local partner network. None of the three is the brand to pick for Cosmote, which only Saily names in the full comparison. Whichever you buy, download offline maps and ferry tickets before you leave port.
Installation, app and support
Airalo's app is optional: you can buy on its site and install from the details it sends, or do it all in the app, where its support chat also lives. Holafly needs no app; setup comes by email and you add the eSIM in your phone's settings, with support by chat on its site. Ringo Light needs no app either; the eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, and support is by email. Whichever you pick, install it at home before you fly and switch it on for data when you land in Athens, Thessaloniki or on the islands.
The cheaper third option: Ringo Light
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Greece it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $26.99. One payment, nothing renews, no app.
What it does not do: no buckets, no 7-day plan, no phone number, data only. Calls go over apps that use data. If you want 10 GB that lasts a month, Airalo at $20 is cheaper than our 30 days at $26.99. For 3 days, two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light is the cheapest of the three, and its 2 weeks at $14.99 is also cheaper than a single week at either rival.
The full six-brand comparison for Greece, with Saily, Nomad and Ubigi priced the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-greece. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- Airalo, if you want a bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $20, 20 GB at $35.50. Neither Holafly nor Ringo Light sells a bucket.
- Airalo, if you want exactly a week and the lowest price of the two. $27 for 7 days of unlimited, 3 GB a day at full speed. Holafly is $27.50. Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan, though its 2 weeks at $14.99 costs less.
- Holafly, if you refuse a daily cap and want no app. No stated daily cap, setup by email, Vodafone and Nova. You pay $51.50 for 15 days against $48 at Airalo, and $76.50 for a month against $69.
- ✓Ringo Light, if the trip is 3 days, 2 weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed at $8.99, $14.99 or $26.99, cheaper than both at each of those lengths.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99, against $11.50 at Airalo and $11.90 at Holafly.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, cheaper than Airalo's week at $27 or Holafly's at $27.50, with days to spare. Airalo if you want exactly 7 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, against $48 at Airalo and $51.50 at Holafly for 15 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99, against $69 at Airalo and $76.50 at Holafly. Holafly if you must have no daily cap from a brand other than us.
Airalo 10 GB for 30 days at $20. Holafly and Ringo Light sell no buckets, and our 30 days is $26.99.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly and Ringo Light for Greece on 25 October 2026, all on the same day, in US dollars. Each rival's price comes from its own website where it showed dollars, otherwise from an esimdb.com listing, and every source and its date is listed below. Ringo Light's prices come from the catalogue our checkout charges.
We compare the trips people actually book: a week, two weeks and a month of unlimited data, and a 10 GB bucket. We read each brand's fair use and speed rules and quote them as the brands state them. We did not run speed tests, so this page makes no speed claims for any brand.
Ringo Light is our own product. We put it in the table on the same terms as everyone else, and where a rival is the better buy the page says so.
Left out: Saily, Nomad and Ubigi. They sell Greece too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-greece. This page answers one question, Airalo or Holafly, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/greece-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/greece/airalo, listing dated 4 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-greece/, prices in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 25 October 2026.
Written and priced by the Ringo team. Prices change often; if you spot one that has moved, tell us through the contact page and we will update the table.
