The short answer
Airalo is the travel eSIM most people already know for Greece. Ringo Light is cheaper for unlimited at every length it sells: $8.99 against $11.50 for 3 days, $14.99 for 2 weeks against $27 for one week at Airalo, $26.99 against $69 for a month. Airalo wins where Ringo Light sells nothing: data buckets, 10 GB for 30 days at $20 and 20 GB at $35.50, a 7-day plan, and a network its own page names.
Unlimited data at full speed for 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews, no app. Airalo asks $11.50 for 3 days, $27 for one week, $48 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $20, 20 GB at $35.50, and unlimited for 3, 7, 15 and 30 days at $11.50, $27, $48 and $69 on Nova and one other network. App optional. Ringo Light sells no bucket and no 7-day plan.
Prices read on 25 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, 25 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.
The bucket most people buy for a two-week holiday. Ringo Light sells no bucket: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. If the 10 GB must last a whole month, Airalo is the one of the two that sells it.
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Airalo vs Ringo Light in one paragraph
For unlimited data in Greece, Ringo Light is cheaper than Airalo at every length it sells, and not by a little. Three days is $8.99 against $11.50. Two weeks is $14.99, less than Airalo asks for one week at $27 and for 15 days at $48. A month is $26.99 against $69. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed; Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Airalo wins everything Ringo Light does not sell: a 7-day plan, data buckets of 10 GB at $20 and 20 GB at $35.50, and a network its own page names, Nova, with one other. Pick Ringo Light if you want unlimited for 3 days, two weeks or a month. Pick Airalo if you want a bucket that lasts 30 days or exactly a week.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 25 October 2026, in US dollars. For 3 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $11.50 and Ringo Light $8.99. For a week, Airalo asks $27; Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan, and its 2 weeks at $14.99 costs less than Airalo's week, with a week of days left over. For 15 days, Airalo asks $48, against $14.99 for Ringo Light's 2 weeks. For a month, Airalo asks $69 and Ringo Light $26.99. That is the whole unlimited story: Ringo Light is cheaper at every length, including the one it does not sell.
For a fixed amount of data, Airalo is the only one of the two that sells it: 10 GB for 30 days at $20 and 20 GB at $35.50. Ringo Light sells no buckets. Its 2 weeks of unlimited at $14.99 costs $5.01 less than Airalo's 10 GB, but it lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. If you need a little data to last 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. Against Airalo's 20 GB at $35.50, our 30 days of unlimited at $26.99 costs $8.51 less.
The two-week chart carries Ringo Light's 2 weeks against Airalo's 15 days, as the full comparison does. The month chart is like for like, 30 days at each.
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, and a laptop on the hotspot will hit it sooner. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 3 days, 2 weeks or 30 days, with no daily figure. 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, and that is a point for Airalo: you know one network you will be on before you buy. Ringo Light rides a local partner network, as the full comparison says. On the big islands both work. If you must have Cosmote by name, neither is the brand; Saily names it 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. Ringo Light needs no app; the eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan from the QR code, and support is by email. There is no balance to watch because there is no bucket. Whichever you pick, install it at home on Wi-Fi and switch it on for data when you land in Athens, Thessaloniki or on the islands.
What Ringo Light is, and what it is not
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 is not: it is data only, with no phone number, so calls go over apps that use data. It sells no buckets and no 7-day plan. It names no network. If you want 10 GB to last a month, or exactly 7 days, Airalo is the better buy. For unlimited at 3 days, two weeks or a month, Ringo Light is the cheaper of the two by a wide margin.
The comparison of all the brands for Greece, with Holafly, 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
- ✓Ringo Light, if you want unlimited for 3 days, two weeks or a month. $8.99, $14.99 or $26.99, unlimited data at full speed, cheaper than Airalo at each length. Its 2 weeks costs less than Airalo's one week.
- Airalo, if you want a bucket that lasts 30 days. 10 GB at $20, 20 GB at $35.50. Ringo Light sells no bucket.
- Airalo, if you want exactly 7 days. $27 for 7 days of unlimited, 3 GB a day at full speed. Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan, though its 2 weeks at $14.99 costs less.
- Airalo, if you want a named network. Nova, with one other network, stated on its own page. Ringo Light rides a local partner network.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99, against $11.50 at Airalo. Its 2 weeks is $14.99 if the trip might run longer.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99. Airalo's 7 days is $27, and Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan, so you take 2 weeks for less and let the extra days lapse.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, against $48 at Airalo for 15 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99, against $69 at Airalo, where the hotspot would eat the 3 GB a day quickly.
Airalo 10 GB for 30 days at $20. Ringo Light sells no bucket, and our 30 days is $26.99.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Ringo Light, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo 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: Holafly, 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 Ringo Light, so it keeps to those two.
- 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
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/greece, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- 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.
