The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell an Albania plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Tirana, two weeks between Berat, Gjirokastër and the Riviera, and a month, and I read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $33.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $57.50 for 15 days and $98 for the month.
3 days of unlimited at $11 and a week at $25, 2 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps, on Vodafone and One.
10 GB for 30 days at $16 on One Albania. Nothing else here sells 10 GB for a full month for less.
Days, not gigabytes, on One Albania and Vodafone Albania. $36.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 10 November 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi 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, 10 November 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 15-day unlimited; its longest is 10 days at $33.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Nomad and Ubigi sell no 30-day unlimited.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited, so it lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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What to do in Albania, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Tirana and the stone towns of the south to the Riviera and the northern mountains, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The towns and the coast have good 4G; the mountains do not, so plan offline.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Albania is a road trip for most people: Tirana, then Berat and Gjirokastër, then down the coast to Saranda and Ksamil, with maps and a bus or car route on your phone the whole way. That is the trip I priced. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $57.50, Saily $57.99 and Holafly $63.50. Ubigi asks $49 for 30 GB at full speed. For a month, $98 to $125.90. Ringo Light charges $14.99 for 2 weeks and $33.99 for 30 days, nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. I checked each page, and the answers differ. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 3 GB a day, Nomad 2 GB. Ubigi gives 30 GB for 15 days, then 2 Mbps. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks or 30 days.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11. For a week, Nomad asks $25, though Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $14.99 costs less than any rival's week. For a long weekend, I would buy Nomad.
Which network works best in Albania, and why EU roaming does not cover it
Albania has two mobile networks: One Albania and Vodafone Albania. Both cover Tirana, the main towns and the coast well. Coverage thins in the mountains: on the hike between Theth and Valbona, around Lake Koman and in parts of Llogara National Park, expect gaps on any network. Most travel eSIMs here ride One; Holafly and Nomad also name Vodafone. I would download offline maps before heading north.
Albania is not in the European Union, and it is outside EU roaming. The rule that lets an EU phone plan roam at home prices does not apply here, so an EU plan can charge a lot for data in Albania unless your carrier includes it. I would check before landing: it is the most common surprise on an Albania trip.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi, or a small one from anyone
- Ubigi, $16 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB that lasts 30 days, and 25 GB for 30 days at $29, on One Albania.
- Nomad, $21 for 10 GB. 20 GB for 30 days at $33, on Vodafone and One. 5 GB for 30 days at $12.
- Saily, $21.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB for 30 days at $29.99, in dollars on saily.com. Its unlimited is 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps.
- Airalo, $22 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $30 and 5 GB for $13, all for 30 days, on One Albania. The app is needed.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $14.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $33.99, the cheapest unlimited month here. But if you want 10 GB that lasts a whole month, Ubigi at $16 is the better buy, and if 5 GB will do, Nomad at $12 and Airalo at $13 cost less than its 2 weeks. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a small bucket. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM from Ringo, the company I write for. It is sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Albania I count two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $33.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3 days; its 2 weeks is $14.99 if the trip might run longer.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, less than any rival charges for one week.
Nomad 5 GB for 30 days at $12, or Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $16.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $33.99. The nearest rival month is Airalo at $98.
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, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Albania on 10 November 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: 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/albania-esim?currency=USD, unlimited and network in dollars on the site, 10 November 2026; buckets from the esimdb listing dated 5 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-albania/, dollar prices from the price table on its page, 10 November 2026; networks from the same page
- Saily: saily.com/esim-albania/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/albania-esim, prices in dollars from the page's own data on nomadesim.com, 10 November 2026; networks from the same page
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/albania/ubigi, listing dated 5 October 2026; network from cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/albania/
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 10 November 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.
