The short answer
You have AT&T or Verizon and a flight to Tbilisi, in the country Georgia, and the question is whether to roam or buy an eSIM. I read both carriers' day-pass pages on 1 November 2026, then set them against the five travel eSIMs and Ringo Light, priced on 25 October 2026. For a single day I would roam. For two weeks or a month I would buy Ringo Light and keep my own SIM in the phone for calls.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $18.99 or 30 days at $35.99, one payment, nothing renews. Holafly asks $51.50 for 15 days and $76.50 for the month.
For a long weekend: 3 days of unlimited at $11, 2 GB a day at full speed, on Silknet (Geocell) and Cellfie.
For light use on a longer stay: 10 GB for 30 days at $19 on Cellfie, one cent more than Ringo Light's 2 weeks and valid twice as long.
Its Gaumarjos+ plan adds a +995 number with calls and texts: 10 GB for 30 days at $28.50. For heavy use, 50 GB for 30 days at $49.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, AT&T, Ringo Light, Verizon 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. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Airalo sells no Georgia unlimited; its bar is the regional Eurolink plan. Saily's 15 days is 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad stops at 10 days.
The 30-day unlimited at each brand that sells one. Saily's bar is 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Airalo's is Eurolink; Ubigi's is Europe Extended, 60 GB then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
Side by side
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What to see in Georgia, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from the old streets of Tbilisi to the high villages of Svaneti, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Signal is solid in the towns and thins out in the mountains, so a little preparation goes a long way.
Roam with your carrier, or buy an eSIM
AT&T's International Day Pass is $12 a day on land, read 1 November 2026. Its destination list names Georgia and prints no price beside it, so $12 is the page's land rate. Two weeks of daily use comes to $168 and a month to $360. Verizon's TravelPass countries list shows Georgia at $12 per day on the same date. Ringo Light is $18.99 for 2 weeks and $35.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed, paid once.
Set side by side, Ringo Light's fortnight at $18.99 is $149.01 under either day pass, and its month at $35.99 is $324.01 under. The rivals sit in between. For 15 days, Saily asks $48.99, Airalo $49 on its regional Eurolink plan and Ubigi $49 for 30 GB. For a month, Airalo's Eurolink is $71 and Saily $71.99. Nomad's 3 days of unlimited is $11.
Here is what the carrier wins, and I would not wave it away. Your own number keeps ringing, calls and texts are included, and there is nothing to install. Both carriers bill only for days the phone is used in Georgia, so one day is $12, which is less than Ringo Light's $18.99. For one day I would roam. From the second day, at $24, Ringo Light already costs less than the pass.
AT&T adds $6 a day for each additional line used on the same day. Two phones on one account reach $18 a day, which is a sum worth doing before you fly.
Networks in Georgia, and what changes for a visitor from the United States
Georgia has three networks: Magti, the largest, Silknet, which took over Geocell, and Cellfie, formerly Beeline. All three cover Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi and the main roads with 4G. In the table, Airalo and Ubigi ride Cellfie, Holafly names Magti and Cellfie, Nomad names Silknet and Cellfie, and Saily does not name its network. Ringo Light rides a local partner network. In the high valleys of Svaneti, Tusheti and Kazbegi the signal thins on every network, so I would save offline maps before the drive.
For a visitor, the real difference is how the data is billed. AT&T and Verizon charge per day of use, on the line you already pay for. Verizon says each 24-hour session carries 5 GB at high speed, then unlimited data at 3G speeds. AT&T describes unlimited high-speed data when the pass sits on an eligible unlimited plan, with speed varying by destination. The eSIMs are bought ahead and run for a set number of days.
Neither carrier page shows a monthly plan, so I read the month as thirty days at $12. Verizon also warns that some newer SIMs and eSIMs may see limited service in select international destinations, so I would look in My Verizon before departure.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Airalo
- Ubigi, $19 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB that lasts 30 days, on Cellfie, installed by QR code. Its 25 GB for 30 days is $49.
- Airalo, $28.50 for 10 GB. The Gaumarjos plan on Cellfie, 20 GB at $36.50 and 50 GB at $49. The Gaumarjos+ version costs the same and adds a Georgian +995 number with calls and texts. The app is needed.
- Saily, $30.99 for 10 GB. Its 20 GB is $48.99, read on saily.com on 25 October 2026.
- Nomad, $33 for 10 GB. 20 GB is $45 and 50 GB is $55, on Silknet and Cellfie.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited at $18.99 and its 30 days unlimited at $35.99. For 10 GB that must last a month, I would buy Ubigi at $19. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is Ringo's own data eSIM, and I write for Ringo, so weigh my verdict with that in mind. It is sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Georgia it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 7 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $18.99 and 30 days at $35.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email and installs in one scan, no app.
It sits next to your own SIM, so your number still rings for calls and texts if you leave roaming on for those, which both carriers include. I would use the eSIM for data and leave calls to the carrier.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
I would roam on the carrier at $12 for the day. Nothing to install, and your number works.
My pick is Nomad at $11 for 3 days of unlimited. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan, and the pass would be $36.
I would buy Ringo Light at $18.99, against $168 on either day pass and $48.99 to $51.50 at the rivals.
I would buy Ringo Light at $35.99. The carriers come to $360, and the cheapest rival month is Airalo's Eurolink at $71.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $19, if you will mostly use maps and messages.
I would keep the carrier SIM in the phone with roaming on, and put the data on Ringo Light.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, AT&T, Ringo Light, Verizon, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Georgia 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: 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/georgia-esim?currency=USD, Georgia plans in dollars on the site, read 25 October 2026; Eurolink unlimited from airalo.com/europe-esim, same day
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-georgia/, prices in dollars on the site, read 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-georgia/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/georgia-esim, prices in dollars from the page, read 25 October 2026
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/georgia/ubigi, listing dated 5 October 2026
- AT&T: www.att.com/international/day-pass/, International Day Pass price, additional lines and what it includes, with the destination list at att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1395068/ naming Georgia, read 1 November 2026
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/georgia, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- Verizon: www.verizon.com/support/travelpass-faqs/, TravelPass FAQ for the daily price, the 5 GB allowance, included calls and billing on days used, and the TravelPass countries list at verizon.com/plans/travelpass-countries/ for Georgia at $12 per day, read 1 November 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.
