The short answer
Airalo and Saily are almost level for India. Saily is cheaper for unlimited by $0.51 on a week ($38.99 against $39.50), $2.01 on 15 days ($59.99 against $62) and $0.01 on 30 days ($98.99 against $99), and by $0.01 on 10 GB. Airalo is $0.99 cheaper on 20 GB ($38 against $38.99) and is the only one of the two with a 3-day plan, $20.50. Both give 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $21.99 or 30 days at $36.99, and sells no 3-day or 7-day plan.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $21.99 or 30 days at $36.99, nothing renews, no app. Airalo asks $62 and $99, Saily $59.99 and $98.99. No 3-day or 7-day plan, no buckets.
$38.99 for a week, $59.99 for 15 days and $98.99 for 30 days, and 5 days at $27.99. 10 GB for 30 days at $23.99, 20 GB at $38.99. 3 GB a day at full speed. Needs its app. It does not name its network.
$20.50 for 3 days, 20 GB at $38, on Vi, with 3 GB a day at full speed. $39.50 for 7 days, $62 for 15 days, $99 for 30 days. Needs its app.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Saily, SIM rules for tourists 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 and Saily 15 days. Both Airalo and Saily are 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps; Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Airalo and Saily slow to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day. Saily is $0.01 under Airalo.
Ringo Light sells no bucket: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. For a fixed 10 GB that lasts a month, Saily is $0.01 under Airalo.
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Airalo vs Saily in one paragraph
Airalo and Saily are close enough that the choice is not about price. Saily is cheaper for unlimited at every length both sell: $0.51 on a week, $2.01 on 15 days and $0.01 on 30 days. Saily is also $0.01 cheaper on 10 GB. Airalo is $0.99 cheaper on 20 GB, and it is the only one of the two with a 3-day plan, at $20.50; Saily's shortest unlimited is 5 days at $27.99. Both give 3 GB a day at full speed and then slow to 1 Mbps, and both need their app. Airalo names its network, Vi; Saily does not name one on its listing. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, neither is the cheapest: Ringo Light sells 2 weeks at $21.99 and 30 days at $36.99, unlimited data at full speed.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 25 October 2026, in US dollars. For 7 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $39.50 and Saily $38.99. For 15 days, $62 at Airalo and $59.99 at Saily. For 30 days, $99 at Airalo and $98.99 at Saily. For fixed data, 10 GB for 30 days is $24 at Airalo and $23.99 at Saily, and 20 GB is $38 at Airalo and $38.99 at Saily. For 3 days, Airalo asks $20.50 and Saily sells no 3-day plan; its 5 days is $27.99.
Ringo Light sells two trips for India: 2 weeks at $21.99 and 30 days at $36.99. The 2 weeks costs $38.00 less than Saily's 15 days and $40.01 less than Airalo's. It also costs $17.00 less than Saily's 7 days and $17.51 less than Airalo's. The 30 days costs $62.00 less than Saily's $98.99 and $62.01 less than Airalo's $99. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan: our 2 weeks costs $1.49 more than Airalo's 3 days.
For a fixed amount of data, Ringo Light sells no bucket. Its 2 weeks at $21.99 is unlimited but ends after 2 weeks, and it costs $2.00 less than Saily's 10 GB and $2.01 less than Airalo's. If the data has to last a month, Airalo and Saily are the ones that sell it. Ubigi's 10 GB at $15 and Nomad's at $21 are under both, in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-india.
What unlimited means at each
Both Airalo and Saily give 3 GB a day at full speed, then slow you to 1 Mbps for the rest of the day. That is enough for maps, messages and an hour or two of video; a long day of streaming or a laptop on a hotspot will hit it. 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 India
India has four mobile networks: Jio, Airtel, Vi and the state-run BSNL. Jio and Airtel are the two largest and run 5G in the big cities. Airalo's India plan names Vi, the smallest of the three private networks. Saily does not name its network on its listing. Ringo Light rides a local partner network. For Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Mumbai and Goa, all of them work. In the hills and on the Kerala backwaters, coverage thins on every network.
A travel eSIM also skips India's SIM paperwork. A local SIM means showing your passport and visa at a counter and waiting for it to be activated. An eSIM bought before you fly is installed at home and works when you land.
Installation, app and support
Airalo and Saily both need their app: you buy, install and top up inside it. Ringo Light needs no app; 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.
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 India it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $21.99 and 30 days at $36.99. 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 3 days, Airalo at $20.50 or its Asia-wide Asialink at $11.50 is cheaper than anything we sell. If you want 20 GB for a month, Airalo at $38 costs $1.01 more than our 30 days and is a bucket, not unlimited. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light is the cheapest of the three.
The full six-brand comparison for India, with Holafly, Nomad and Ubigi priced the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-india. 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 3 days. $20.50 for 3 days of unlimited. Saily sells no 3-day plan, and Ringo Light sells none either.
- Airalo, if you want 20 GB. $38 against $38.99 at Saily.
- Saily, if you want a week, 15 or 30 days of unlimited. $38.99, $59.99 and $98.99, each under Airalo by $0.51, $2.01 and $0.01.
- ✓Ringo Light, if the trip is two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed at $21.99 for 2 weeks or $36.99 for 30 days, cheaper than both at 15 and 30 days and than either brand's 7 days.
Pick by trip
Airalo 3 days unlimited at $20.50, or its Asia-wide Asialink at $11.50. Saily sells no 3-day plan.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $21.99, less than Saily's 7 days at $38.99 or Airalo's at $39.50, with a week of days left over.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $21.99, against $59.99 at Saily and $62 at Airalo for 15 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $36.99, against $98.99 at Saily and $99 at Airalo.
Saily 10 GB for 30 days at $23.99 or Airalo at $24; for 20 GB, Airalo at $38 against $38.99.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Saily, SIM rules for tourists, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Saily and Ringo Light for India 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, Nomad and Ubigi. They sell India too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-india. This page answers one question, Airalo or Saily, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/india-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; Asialink unlimited in dollars on airalo.com/asia-esim the same day; buckets from esimdb.com/india/airalo, listing updated 5 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-india/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- SIM rules for tourists: www.indembassybern.gov.in/page/introduction-of-sim-cards-for-the-foreign-tourists/, Embassy of India, Bern
- 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.
