The short answer
Airalo and Holafly are the two names most people weigh for a Latin America trip, and each sells one regional plan that crosses the borders for you. They do not cover the same countries, they do not mean the same thing by unlimited, and their prices sit within three dollars of each other. We priced both on the same day, for 3 days, a week, two weeks and a month, and put Ringo Light next to them where it costs less. Here is the honest answer.
Unlimited data at full speed in 18 countries, one eSIM: 2 weeks at $47.99 or 30 days at $65.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $60 and Holafly $62.90 for 15 days; $97 and $99.90 for the month. Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan and no buckets.
Latamlink, 17 countries including Venezuela: 3 days of unlimited at $19.50, 7 days at $39, with 3 GB a day at full speed. 10 GB for 30 days at $36, 20 GB at $49.
Days, not gigabytes, in 18 countries including Belize and Puerto Rico. $19.90 for 3 days, $40.90 for a week. No daily cap stated for your own phone; sharing limited to 1 GB a day. Installs from a QR code, no app.
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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The prices, charted
US dollars, 25 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 14 days, Airalo and Holafly 15. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day; Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day.
Holafly sells no buckets, so it has no bar here. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 30 days is unlimited, and costs more than Airalo's 20 GB. Airalo wins this chart.
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Airalo vs Holafly in one paragraph
On price they are almost the same plan. Airalo Latamlink costs $19.50 for 3 days, $39 for 7, $60 for 15 and $97 for 30. Holafly costs $19.90, $40.90, $62.90 and $99.90 for the same lengths. The difference is never more than $2.90. What separates them is everything else: Airalo slows you to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day and also sells buckets, from 5 GB to 20 GB; Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone, sells only unlimited days, and installs from a QR code without an app. Airalo covers 17 countries including Venezuela; Holafly covers 18 including Belize and Puerto Rico. Neither covers the United States or Canada. If you want a flat, uncapped plan and do not mind the app question, Holafly. If you want a cheap bucket or a 3-day plan, Airalo. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light costs less than either, which we cover below.
Price: the same trip at each
For a long weekend, Airalo is $19.50 and Holafly $19.90 for 3 days of unlimited. For a week, $39 against $40.90. For about two weeks, both sell 15 days: $60 at Airalo, $62.90 at Holafly. For a month, $97 against $99.90. Airalo is cheaper every time, by 40 cents to $2.90, which is not a reason to choose it on its own.
The gap that matters is the third column. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks of unlimited data at full speed for $47.99, which is $12.01 less than Airalo's 15 days and $14.91 less than Holafly's. Its 30 days is $65.99, against $97 and $99.90. Ringo Light's 2 weeks is 14 days, not 15, so you give up one day for the saving.
Where Ringo Light loses: it sells no 3-day and no 7-day plan, so for a trip under ten days Airalo at $19.50 or $39, or Holafly at $19.90 or $40.90, costs less than Ringo Light's $47.99. And if you only want a bucket, Airalo sells 10 GB for 30 days at $36 and 20 GB at $49. Holafly sells no buckets and neither does Ringo Light.
What unlimited means at each
Airalo Latamlink unlimited gives you 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps for the rest of that day. At 1 Mbps maps and messages work; video and uploads crawl. For most travellers 3 GB a day is enough, but a day of navigation, photo backups and an evening of streaming can reach it.
Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Its one stated limit is on sharing: hotspot and tethering are capped at 1 GB a day, so it is the wrong plan if your laptop lives off your phone.
Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks or 30 days. Fair use policy, see Terms.
Which countries each plan covers
Airalo's Latamlink covers 17 countries and includes Venezuela. Holafly covers 18, including Belize and Puerto Rico. Ringo Light covers 18: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, then Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, plus the United States and Canada on the same eSIM. It does not cover Venezuela, Belize or the Caribbean islands.
All three cover Peru and Costa Rica, so Machu Picchu and Arenal are fine on any of them. Only Ringo Light covers the United States and Canada, which matters on a connection through Miami, Houston or Toronto. None of the three covers Cuba. Check every country on your route against the brand's own list before you buy.
Coverage is good in the cities and towns on any of these eSIMs. It thins or stops in the Andes between towns, in the Amazon, in the national parks of Patagonia and at sea around the Galapagos, whichever plan you carry. Download offline maps before you leave the city.
Installation, app and support
Airalo needs its app: you buy, install and top up there, and it is where you check how much of the day's 3 GB you have used. Holafly sends a QR code and needs no app, which some people prefer and some find harder to manage. Neither names the local networks its regional plan uses on its Latin America page, and neither plan renews.
Ringo Light arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app. Nothing renews. It names no network either: it joins a local partner network in each country as you cross the border.
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 Latin America it sells two trips on one eSIM across 18 countries, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $47.99 and 30 days at $65.99. Nothing renews.
What it does not do, so you are not surprised at checkout: it sells no buckets, no 3-day or 7-day plan, and it is data only, so it does not give you a phone number. It does not cover Venezuela or Belize. For a short trip or a 10 GB bucket, Airalo costs less. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, it costs $12 to $34 less than either Airalo or Holafly.
The same-day prices for all six brands that sell the region, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi included, are in our full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-latin-america. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- ✓Three days to a week, one or two countries. Airalo, $19.50 for 3 days or $39 for 7. Holafly costs 40 cents to $1.90 more for the same days with no daily cap. Ringo Light sells neither length.
- ✓Two weeks, or a month, across borders. Ringo Light, $47.99 for 2 weeks or $65.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed. Airalo asks $60 and $97, Holafly $62.90 and $99.90.
- ✓Heavy use with no daily figure to watch, and Ringo Light does not fit. Holafly. It states no daily cap for your own phone; sharing is limited to 1 GB a day.
- ✓A fixed bucket for light use. Airalo, 10 GB for 30 days at $36 or 20 GB at $49. Holafly and Ringo Light sell no buckets.
- ✓Belize or Venezuela on the route. Holafly for Belize, Airalo for Venezuela. Ringo Light covers neither.
Pick by trip
Airalo Latamlink unlimited, 3 days, $19.50, with 3 GB a day at full speed. Holafly is $19.90 with no daily cap stated. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan.
Airalo, 7 days, $39, or Holafly, $40.90. Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $47.99 costs more and leaves you a week unused.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $47.99, against $60 for 15 days at Airalo and $62.90 at Holafly, in every country on that route.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $65.99. Airalo asks $97 and Holafly $99.90 for the same month.
Airalo 10 GB for 30 days at $36, or 20 GB at $49. Neither Holafly nor Ringo Light sells a bucket.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly and Ringo Light for Latin America 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. This page answers one question, Airalo or Holafly. All three are priced on the same day in our full Latin America comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-latin-america. Left out: Maya Mobile. We could not read its own prices for the region on the day, so it stays out rather than being guessed.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/latin-america-esim?currency=USD, Latamlink unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/region/latin-america/airalo, listing dated 6 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-latin-america/, prices in dollars and the 18 countries on its own page, 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.
