The short answer
Airalo is cheaper than Holafly for Poland at every length both sell: $11.50 against $11.90 for 3 days, $27 against $27.50 for a week, $48 against $50.50 for 15 days and $69 against $73.90 for 30 days. Holafly states no daily cap; Airalo did not list its daily allowance on its Poland page that day. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $16.99 or 30 days at $26.99, and sells no 3-day or 7-day plan.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $16.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews, no app. Airalo asks $48 and $69, Holafly $50.50 and $73.90. No 3-day or 7-day plan, no buckets.
$11.50 for 3 days, $27 for a week, $48 for 15 days, $69 for 30 days of unlimited. 10 GB for 30 days at $12, 20 GB at $19. Rides Play. Needs its app.
Days, not gigabytes, on Plus, Orange and Play, installed from a QR code. $11.90 for 3 days, $27.50 for a week, $50.50 for 15 days. Sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 28 September 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, 28 September 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, Airalo and Holafly 15 days. Holafly states no daily cap; Airalo did not list its daily allowance that day; Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. 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 a fixed 10 GB, Airalo is the cheaper of the two.
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Airalo vs Holafly in one paragraph
Airalo is cheaper than Holafly for Poland at every length both sell: by 40 cents on 3 days, 50 cents on the week, $2.50 on 15 days and $4.90 on the month. Holafly gives you the simpler product: unlimited days with no stated daily cap for your own phone, installed from a QR code with no app, on Plus, Orange and Play. Airalo gives you more choice, buckets of 10 GB at $12 and 20 GB at $19 as well as unlimited, but it did not list its daily allowance on its Poland page that day, it rides Play only, and you need its app. Pick Airalo if you want a bucket or the lowest price of the two. Pick Holafly if you want no app and three networks. If the trip is two weeks or a month and you want unlimited, neither is the cheapest: Ringo Light sells 2 weeks at $16.99 and 30 days at $26.99, unlimited data at full speed.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 28 September 2026, in US dollars. For 3 days of unlimited, $11.50 at Airalo and $11.90 at Holafly. For a week, $27 at Airalo and $27.50 at Holafly. For 15 days, $48 at Airalo and $50.50 at Holafly. For 30 days, $69 at Airalo and $73.90 at Holafly. Airalo wins every row, by less than a dollar on the short plans and by a few dollars on the long ones.
Ringo Light sells two trips for Poland: 2 weeks at $16.99 and 30 days at $26.99. The 2 weeks costs less than half of Airalo's 15 days at $48 or Holafly's at $50.50. It also costs less than either brand's 7 days, $27 at Airalo and $27.50 at Holafly, with a week of days left over. The 30 days costs less than half of Airalo's $69 and Holafly's $73.90. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan: for a long weekend, Airalo at $11.50 or Holafly at $11.90 is the buy.
For a fixed amount of data, Airalo is the only one of the three that sells it: 10 GB for 30 days at $12, 20 GB at $19. Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no buckets either. If 10 GB is all you need, Airalo is $4.99 cheaper than Ringo Light's $16.99, and Airalo's 20 GB at $19 costs less than our month at $26.99. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What unlimited means at each
Airalo did not list its daily allowance on its Poland page on the day we priced it, so we cannot tell you where it slows you; check the plan page before you buy. 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 refuse any cap on your own screen, but only up to that 1 GB if you share data to a laptop. 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 Poland
Poland has four networks: Orange, Play, Plus and T-Mobile. All four cover Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Wroclaw and the main rail lines well, with 5G in the big cities. Holafly lists Plus, Orange and Play. Airalo names Play. Ringo Light rides a local partner network. Signal thins in the high valleys of the Tatras, so download the offline map before a mountain day, whichever eSIM you buy.
Poland is in the EU. If your home plan is from another EU country, roaming here is usually included at home prices; a travel eSIM matters most if you come from the US, the UK, Canada or further away.
Installation, app and support
Airalo needs its app: you buy, install and top up inside it, and that is also where its support chat lives. Holafly needs no app; it sends a QR code you scan in your phone's settings, and support is 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 Warsaw or Krakow.
The cheaper third option: Ringo Light
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM. For Poland it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $16.99 and 30 days at $26.99. One payment, nothing renews, no app.
What it does not do: no buckets, no 3-day or 7-day plan, no phone number, data only. Calls go over apps that use data. If you want 10 GB for a month, Airalo at $12 is the better buy. If you want 3 days, Airalo or Holafly is cheaper than anything we sell. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light is the cheapest of the three, and our 2 weeks at $16.99 costs less than either brand's 7 days.
The full six-brand comparison for Poland, with Saily, Nomad and Ubigi priced the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-poland. 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 $12, 20 GB at $19. Neither Holafly nor Ringo Light sells a bucket.
- Airalo, if you want the lowest price of the two. $11.50 for 3 days, $27 for a week, $48 for 15 days, $69 for 30 days, against $11.90, $27.50, $50.50 and $73.90 at Holafly.
- Holafly, if you refuse a daily cap and want no app. No stated daily cap, QR code install, Plus, Orange and Play. You pay $50.50 for 15 days against $48 at Airalo, and $73.90 for a month against $69.
- ✓Ringo Light, if the trip is two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed at $16.99 for 2 weeks or $26.99 for 30 days, cheaper than both at 15 days and at a month, and cheaper than either brand's 7 days.
Pick by trip
Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $11.50, or Holafly at $11.90. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan; its 2 weeks is $16.99 if the trip might run longer.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $16.99, less than Airalo's 7 days at $27 or Holafly's at $27.50, with a week of days left over.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $16.99, against $48 at Airalo and $50.50 at Holafly for 15 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99, against $69 at Airalo and $73.90 at Holafly. Holafly if you must have no daily cap from a brand other than us.
Airalo 10 GB for 30 days at $12, or 20 GB at $19. Holafly and Ringo Light sell no buckets.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly and Ringo Light for Poland on 28 September 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 Poland too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-poland. This page answers one question, Airalo or Holafly, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option. Left out: Maya Mobile. We could not read its own prices for this country on the day, so it stays out rather than being guessed.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/poland-esim?currency=USD, unlimited and fixed data in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-poland/, dollar prices and networks on its own site, 28 September 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 28 September 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.
