The short answer
Airalo and Saily are within a few dollars of each other for the Netherlands. Airalo is cheaper at 15 days, $48 against $48.99, and at 30 days, $69 against $71.99. Saily is a cent cheaper for a week, $26.99 against $27, and a cent cheaper on the 10 GB and 20 GB buckets. Airalo sells 3 days at $11.50; Saily has no 3-day plan. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Saily after 5 GB. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99, and 3 days at $8.99.
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 $48 and $69, Saily $48.99 and $71.99. No buckets and no 7-day plan.
$11.50 for 3 days, $48 for 15 days and $69 for 30 days of unlimited on KPN, 3 GB a day at full speed. 10 GB at $18, 20 GB at $27. Needs its app.
$26.99 for a week, $48.99 for 15 days, $71.99 for 30 days; 10 GB at $17.99, 20 GB at $26.99. Unlimited is 5 GB a day at full speed, then slowed. No 3-day plan; 5 days is $18.99. Names no network. Needs its app.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Saily 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. Airalo is 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps; Saily is 5 GB a day, then slowed; Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Airalo slows to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day, Saily slows after 5 GB a day.
Saily is a cent cheaper than Airalo for a fixed 10 GB. Ringo Light sells no bucket: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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Airalo vs Saily in one paragraph
Airalo and Saily sell almost the same thing at almost the same price for the Netherlands. Airalo is cheaper where it counts for a longer trip: $48 against $48.99 for 15 days, and $69 against $71.99 for 30 days. Saily is a cent cheaper for a week, $26.99 against $27, and a cent cheaper on 10 GB and on 20 GB. Airalo has a 3-day plan at $11.50; Saily has none, and its next plan is 5 days at $18.99. Saily gives 5 GB a day at full speed on unlimited and Airalo 3 GB. Airalo names KPN; Saily names no network for the Netherlands. Both need their app. Pick Airalo for a 3-day trip or a month. Pick Saily if you want more full-speed data a day. If the trip is two weeks or a month and you want unlimited, neither is the cheapest: Ringo Light sells 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $26.99, unlimited data at full speed.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 25 October 2026, in US dollars. For 3 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $11.50 and Saily sells no 3-day plan. For a week, $27 at Airalo and $26.99 at Saily. For 15 days, $48 at Airalo and $48.99 at Saily. For 30 days, $69 at Airalo and $71.99 at Saily. Airalo is cheaper by $0.99 at 15 days and by $2.99 at 30 days; Saily by one cent on the week.
For a fixed amount of data, 10 GB for 30 days is $18 at Airalo and $17.99 at Saily; 20 GB is $27 at Airalo and $26.99 at Saily. Saily is a cent cheaper on both.
Ringo Light sells three trips for the Netherlands: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $26.99. The 3 days costs less than Airalo's $11.50. The 2 weeks costs less than either brand's week and less than a third of their 15 days. The 30 days is $26.99 against $69 and $71.99. Ringo Light sells no buckets and no 7-day plan.
What unlimited means at each
Airalo's unlimited for the Netherlands, the Hé Hé plan, gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then slows to 1 Mbps for the rest of the day. Saily gives 5 GB a day at full speed, then slows. So on the day-by-day numbers Saily lets you use more at full speed before it slows you. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 3 days, 2 weeks or 30 days. Fair use policy, see Terms.
Networks and roaming in the Netherlands
The Netherlands has three networks: KPN, Vodafone and Odido, the old T-Mobile. The country is small and flat, and all three cover it with 4G and 5G, trains included. Coverage thins only on parts of the Wadden islands and in the Frisian countryside. Airalo rides KPN. Saily names no network for the Netherlands on its listing. Ringo Light rides a local partner network and names none.
If your phone plan is from another EU country, you roam here at home prices within a fair use limit, and you may not need a travel eSIM at all. Travellers from the US, the UK, Canada or Australia usually pay a daily roaming fee, and that is where a travel eSIM saves money.
Installation, app and support
Airalo and Saily both need their app: you buy, install and manage the plan inside it, and that is where support chat lives. 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 on Wi-Fi before you fly and switch it on for data when you land at Schiphol.
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 the Netherlands 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. It sells no buckets and no 7-day plan, and it names no network. If you want a fixed 10 GB, Saily at $17.99 or Airalo at $18 is the bucket to buy. For unlimited at 3 days, two weeks or a month, Ringo Light is the cheapest of the three.
The full six-brand comparison for the Netherlands is at /blog/best-esim-for-netherlands. 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, 15 days or a month of unlimited. $11.50 for 3 days, $48 for 15 days and $69 for 30 days. Saily sells no 3-day plan and charges $48.99 and $71.99 at the longer lengths.
- Saily, if you want more full-speed data a day. 5 GB a day at full speed against Airalo's 3 GB, at $26.99 for a week.
- ✓Either, if you want a bucket. 10 GB at $17.99 at Saily or $18 at Airalo, 20 GB at $26.99 or $27. A cent apart.
- ✓Ringo Light, if the trip is 3 days, two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed at $8.99, $14.99 or $26.99, cheaper than both brands at each length.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99. Airalo asks $11.50; Saily has no 3-day plan.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, less than Saily's week at $26.99 or Airalo's at $27.
Saily 10 GB for 30 days at $17.99, or Airalo at $18. Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $14.99 is unlimited and costs less.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99, against $69 at Airalo and $71.99 at Saily.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Saily, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Saily and Ringo Light for Netherlands 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 the Netherlands too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-netherlands. This page answers one question, Airalo or Saily, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/netherlands-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; 10 GB and 20 GB buckets from the esimdb listing dated 4 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-netherlands/, unlimited and buckets in dollars 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.
