The short answer
Ringo Light is the cheaper of the two for unlimited in Colombia at the two lengths it sells: $45.99 for 2 weeks against Airalo's $48.50 for 15 days, and $56.99 for 30 days against $92. Airalo wins everywhere else, with 3 days at $12.50, a week at $27.50 and buckets from 10 GB at $28.
Unlimited data at full speed, 2 weeks at $45.99 or 30 days at $56.99. You pay once and there is no app. Airalo asks $48.50 for 15 days and $92 for the month. It has no 3-day or 7-day plan and no buckets.
Unlimited at $12.50 for 3 days, $27.50 for a week, $48.50 for 15 days and $92 for 30. Buckets of 10 GB for 30 days at $28 and 20 GB at $39. Full speed for 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps, and you need its app.
Prices read on 22 October 2026: Airalo, Ringo Light 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, 22 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, Airalo 15 days. Airalo is 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps; Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The 30-day unlimited plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Airalo slows to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day.
Ringo Light sells no bucket: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. If the data must last a whole month, Airalo is the one of the two that sells a bucket, and its 10 GB at $28 is cheaper.
Side by side
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Airalo vs Ringo Light in one paragraph
Ringo Light costs less for unlimited at the two lengths it sells: $2.51 less for two weeks and $35.01 less for the month. It also stays at full speed, where Airalo slows to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day. Airalo wins what Ringo Light does not sell: 3 days, a week, and buckets that last 30 days. Choose on the trip, since the lengths do the deciding.
Price: the same trip at each
These are US dollars from 22 October 2026. For 3 days of unlimited Airalo asks $12.50, and Ringo Light has no 3-day plan. For a week Airalo asks $27.50. Ringo Light has no 7-day plan either, and its 2 weeks at $45.99 costs more than Airalo's week. Near two weeks, Airalo's 15 days is $48.50 and Ringo Light's 2 weeks is $45.99, $2.51 less. For a month Airalo asks $92 and Ringo Light $56.99, which is $35.01 less.
Only Airalo sells data by the gigabyte: 10 GB for 30 days at $28 and 20 GB at $39. Ringo Light's 2 weeks of unlimited at $45.99 costs $17.99 more than Airalo's 10 GB, and it lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. If you need a little data to last the whole month, Airalo's 10 GB is the better buy, and we would rather you read that here than at checkout. That is why the 10 GB chart shows the two side by side.
The two-week chart sets Ringo Light's 2 weeks against Airalo's 15 days, the nearest lengths, as the full comparison does. The month chart is like for like, with 30 days at each.
What unlimited means at each
Airalo's unlimited gives you 3 GB a day at full speed and then 1 Mbps until the day rolls over. That is enough for maps, messages, photos and an hour or two of video. A long evening of HD streaming will hit it, and a laptop on the hotspot will hit it sooner. Ringo Light has no daily figure and stays at full speed for the whole 2 weeks or 30 days. Fair use policy, see Terms.
Networks and coverage in Colombia
Colombia has four networks. Claro is the largest and reaches furthest outside the cities, with Movistar, Tigo and WOM behind it. All four cover Bogota, Medellin, Cali and Cartagena. Holafly's own page warns that coverage can be weaker in the mountains, in the rainforest and on roads far from towns, for example on parts of the trek to the Lost City, and the same is true for every brand. If you are heading into the Sierra Nevada or Tayrona, download an offline map before you leave town.
Airalo does not name its network on its page. Ringo Light rides a local partner network, as the full comparison says.
Installation, app and support
Airalo works through its app: you buy, install and top up there. Ringo Light's eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan from the QR code. With no bucket there is no balance to watch. Whichever you choose, install it at home on Wi-Fi before you fly and switch it on for data when you land in Bogota.
What Ringo Light is, and what it is not
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM. For Colombia it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $45.99 and 30 days at $56.99. You pay once, nothing renews and there is no app.
It is data only, so there is no phone number and calls go over apps that use data. It sells no buckets, no 3-day plan and no 7-day plan, and there is no balance screen because there is nothing to count. If you want 10 GB to last a month, or a short plan, Airalo is the better buy. For unlimited at two weeks or a month, Ringo Light is the cheaper of the two.
The comparison of all the brands for Colombia, with Holafly, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi priced the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-colombia. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- ✓Ringo Light, if you want unlimited for two weeks or a month. $45.99 or $56.99 for unlimited at full speed, under Airalo's $48.50 for 15 days and $92 for 30.
- Airalo, if you want 3 days or a week. 3 days at $12.50 and a week at $27.50, both unlimited at 3 GB a day. Ringo Light sells neither.
- Airalo, if you want a bucket that lasts 30 days. 10 GB at $28 or 20 GB at $39. Ringo Light has no bucket.
- Airalo, if you want an app with your balance and top-ups. Buy, install and top up in one place. Ringo Light arrives by email and has no balance to watch.
Pick by trip
Airalo unlimited for 3 days at $12.50. Ringo Light has no 3-day plan, but its 2 weeks at $45.99 fits if the trip might run longer.
Airalo unlimited for 7 days at $27.50, at 3 GB a day of full speed. Ringo Light has no 7-day plan, and its 2 weeks at $45.99 costs more.
Ringo Light unlimited for 2 weeks at $45.99, against $48.50 for 15 days at Airalo.
Ringo Light unlimited for 30 days at $56.99, against $92 at Airalo, where a laptop on the hotspot would soon eat the 3 GB a day.
Airalo's 10 GB for 30 days at $28, or 20 GB at $39. Ringo Light sells none.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Ringo Light, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo and Ringo Light for Colombia on 22 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: Holafly, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi. They sell Colombia too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-colombia. This page answers one question, Airalo or Ringo Light, so it keeps to those two.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/colombia-esim?currency=USD, unlimited and fixed-data plans in dollars read on airalo.com, 22 October 2026
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/colombia, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 22 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.
