The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell an Australia plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I priced all six on the same day, for a week in Sydney, two weeks down the east coast and a month on the road, and I read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $23.99 or 30 days at $35.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $45 for 15 days and $66.50 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $15 and 20 GB at $24, on Optus and Telstra with 5G.
Days, not gigabytes: $27.50 for a week, $51.50 for 15 days and $76.50 for a month; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
60 GB at full speed for 30 days at $65, then 2 Mbps. On Optus.
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.
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 do in Australia, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Sydney to the Red Centre and Tasmania, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The cities have strong 4G and 5G; out on the reef, in the desert and in the Tasmanian parks, signal thins out, so plan ahead.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Australia is a long flight, and people stay, so I priced the longer trips first. For two weeks, Airalo asks $45 and Holafly $51.50. For a month, $66.50 and $76.50. Ringo Light charges $23.99 for 2 weeks and $35.99 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. Nomad gives 2 GB a day. Ubigi sells a fixed amount at full speed, 60 GB for the month, 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 and a week at $25, and for a short stay I would buy Nomad.
Coverage outside the cities
Australia is the one country here where the network matters as much as the price. Telstra covers far more of the outback and the highways than Optus. Nomad lists Telstra on its data buckets, but its unlimited plans ride Optus; Airalo, Holafly and Ubigi ride Optus. For Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the east coast, any of them works. For a road trip through the Red Centre or the Nullarbor, I would pick a plan that lists Telstra and download offline maps before going.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad
- Nomad, $15 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days and the cheapest 20 GB at $24, on Optus and Telstra with 5G.
- Ubigi, $16 for 10 GB. On Optus with 5G. Its bigger plans switch to 2 Mbps when the full-speed data runs out, instead of stopping.
- Airalo, $18 for 10 GB. The biggest name, on Optus, buckets from $4 for 1 GB.
- ✓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 last a whole month, Nomad at $15 is the better buy, and Nomad sells 20 GB for $24. 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 Australia I count two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $23.99 and 30 days at $35.99. 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.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $23.99, less than Airalo, Holafly or Nomad charge for one week of unlimited.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $15, or Ringo Light 2 weeks unlimited at $23.99.
Nomad 20 GB for 30 days at $24, on Optus and Telstra, if a bucket is enough; Holafly at $76.50 for unlimited with no stated daily cap. Ringo Light at $35.99 if you stay near the cities and the coast.
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 Australia 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/australia-esim?currency=USD, unlimited read on the site in dollars, 10 November 2026; buckets (10 GB $18, 20 GB $30) from the esimdb listing dated 4 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-australia/, dollar prices read on its own page, 10 November 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-australia/, 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/australia-esim, dollar prices and networks read from the page data, 10 November 2026 (the page shows euros)
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/australia-data-plans/australia-10gb-30-days/?wmc-currency=USD, 10 GB $16 read on its own page, 10 November 2026; the other plans (25 GB $32, unlimited 7 days $22, 15 days $42, 30 days $65) from the esimdb listing dated 4 October 2026
- 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.
