The short answer
You have AT&T or Verizon and a flight to Bali or Jakarta, and the question is whether to roam or buy an eSIM. I read both carriers' day-pass pages on 31 October 2026, then set them against the travel eSIMs and Ringo Light, priced on 11 November 2026. For a day or two I would roam. For two weeks or a month I would buy Ringo Light and leave my own SIM in the phone.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $23.99 or 30 days at $35.99, paid once, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
If maps and ride apps are all you need: 10 GB for 30 days at $16, on Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison with 5G.
10 GB for 30 days at $19 and 20 GB for 30 days at $29, on Telkomsel. It is the network I would pick for Flores and the smaller islands.
Days, not gigabytes, no daily cap stated for your own phone, on XL and Telkomsel. A week costs $27.50.
Prices read on 11 November 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Nomad, Saily, 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, 11 November 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Nomad sells 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.
Side by side
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What to see in Indonesia, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places a trip across the country might include, from Jakarta to the Komodo islands, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Signal is good in the cities and on the main roads, and thinner on trails and at sea.
Roam with your carrier, or buy an eSIM
AT&T's International Day Pass is $12 a day in Indonesia, $168 for two weeks and $360 for a month, read 31 October 2026. Verizon TravelPass lists Indonesia at the same $12 a day on the same date. Three days is $36 on either. Ringo Light is $23.99 for 2 weeks and $35.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed, paid once.
The rival eSIMs sit between the two. For about two weeks, Ubigi asks $40 for a fixed 30 GB, Airalo $48 and Holafly $51.50. For a month, Ubigi asks $59, Airalo $69 and Holafly $76.50. Ringo Light is $144.01 under either day pass on two weeks and $324.01 under on a month. For 3 days Airalo asks $11, and Ringo Light has no 3-day plan, so a short stop is where a rival eSIM beats it.
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 and no eSIM slot to look for. Both carriers bill only for days the phone is used in Indonesia, so a day or two costs $12 or $24. For a day or two I would roam. Past the third day the pass costs more than the eSIM.
AT&T adds $6 a day for each additional line used on the same calendar day. A couple on one account should work that out before flying, because two eSIMs may come to less.
Networks in Indonesia, and what changes for a visitor from the United States
Indonesia has three networks that matter to a visitor: Telkomsel, XL Axiata and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison. Telkomsel reaches furthest beyond the big towns. Nomad rides Telkomsel, Holafly lists XL and Telkomsel, Ubigi rides Indosat, and Airalo names Indosat Ooredoo and one other. Ringo Light uses a local partner network. For Jakarta, the south of Bali and Yogyakarta I would not choose on the network. For Komodo and the smaller islands I would lean to Telkomsel.
What changes for a visitor from the United States 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. A travel eSIM is bought ahead and runs for a set number of days.
Neither carrier page shows a monthly plan for Indonesia, so I read the month as thirty days at $12. An eSIM also spares you the counter that a physical Indonesian SIM involves, with passport and registration rules that change.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $16 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, and 25 GB for $28, on Indosat with 5G.
- Nomad, $19 for 10 GB. On Telkomsel, and its 20 GB for 30 days is $29.
- Airalo, $21 for 10 GB. The best-known name, with buckets from $4.50 for 1 GB and 20 GB at $35.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $23.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $35.99. If you need 10 GB to stretch over a whole month, Ubigi at $16 is the better buy, and 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 Indonesia it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 7 days at $6.99, 2 weeks at $23.99 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 keep the carrier for the calls that matter.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
I would roam, $12 or $24 on either carrier. For all 3 days Airalo asks $11, and Ringo Light sells no 3 days here.
I would buy Ringo Light, $23.99, against $168 on either day pass and $40 to $51.50 at the rivals.
I would buy Ringo Light, $35.99. The carriers come to $360, and the cheapest rival month is Ubigi at $59.
My pick is Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $16, if you will mostly use maps and ride apps.
I would keep the carrier SIM in the phone and put the data on Ringo Light. Both carriers bill the days the phone is used, so I would keep calls to the few that matter.
AT&T adds $6 a day for the second line. Two Ringo Light eSIMs for two weeks are $47.98, still far under $168 for one phone.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Nomad, Saily, Ubigi, AT&T, Ringo Light, Verizon, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Indonesia on 11 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/indonesia-esim?currency=USD, unlimited plans and network read on the site in dollars, 11 November 2026; the 10 GB and 20 GB buckets from the esimdb listing dated 4 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-indonesia/, read on the site in dollars, 11 November 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/indonesia-esim, read on the site, plan data in dollars, 11 November 2026; network Telkomsel from the same page
- Saily: saily.com/esim-indonesia/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 11 November 2026; not in the charts, see the brands left out
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/indonesia-data-plans/indonesia-unlimited-7-days/, plan pages for 7, 15 and 30 days unlimited and 10 GB and 25 GB, read in dollars, 11 November 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/ showing Indonesia, read 31 October 2026
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/indonesia, 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 and billing on days used, and the TravelPass countries list at verizon.com/plans/travelpass-countries/ for Indonesia at $12 per day, read 31 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 11 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.
