The short answer
Australia and New Zealand are a three-hour flight apart and often one holiday. Plenty of Asia plans stop short of both, so the question is less about price than about who lists the two countries. I priced the six regional eSIMs from my Asia comparison, read their country lists, and for this trip my pick is Ringo Light.
One eSIM with unlimited data at full speed in Australia, New Zealand and 18 more countries, 2 weeks at $34.99 or 30 days at $59.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $49 for 15 days and $73.50 for the month.
Asialink, 18 countries: 3 days of unlimited at $11.50, with 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Its Asialink list does not include Australia or New Zealand, so I would not use it for this trip.
APAC plan, 14 countries: 10 GB for 30 days at $21 and 20 GB for 45 days at $35 (on sale, regular $40). I could not confirm on the day that it lists both of yours.
Best Asia, 17 countries: 7 days with 25 GB at full speed for $25, then 2 Mbps. 20 GB a month for $19 if a plan that renews does not bother you. I could not confirm its list for this trip.
Prices read on 25 October 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
Regional plans, US dollars, 25 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, the others 15 days. Airalo and Holafly do not list Australia or New Zealand, so their bars show price only. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no two-week unlimited; its longest is 10 days at $29.
The 30-day regional plan at each brand. Airalo and Holafly do not list Australia or New Zealand. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. 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.
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What to do in Australia and New Zealand, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that fill a first trip across the Tasman, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Both countries are inside Ringo Light's Asia plan, so one eSIM works at every stop.
One plan for both countries: Ringo Light
A trip to Australia and New Zealand is usually a few days in Sydney or Melbourne, a flight across the Tasman and a campervan or a rental car on the other side. One regional eSIM is installed once, before the first flight, and works on both sides with no second install and no switch in the airport. Two country eSIMs make you do it twice.
The price is where this pair gets interesting. For about two weeks of unlimited on one plan, I read Ubigi at $45, Airalo at $49, Holafly at $51.50 and Saily at $54.99, but only Ringo Light is certain to list both Australia and New Zealand. Ringo Light charges $34.99 for 2 weeks. For a month the rivals run $66 to $86.99, and Ringo Light charges $59.99.
Add up the country plans and the gap widens. Australia's 2 weeks is $23.99 and New Zealand's is $25.99 on their own pages, $49.98 together, against $34.99 for the Asia trip that covers both, and for 30 days Australia's $35.99 plus New Zealand's $48.99 is $84.98 against $59.99.
Which plans cover both countries
Ringo Light's Asia plan covers 20 countries and both Australia and New Zealand are on the list. If your trip ends in Sydney or Auckland, it is the same eSIM that carried you through Asia.
Airalo's Asialink covers 18 countries without Australia and New Zealand, and Holafly's Asia plan covers 16 and leaves out both of them too. Do not buy either for this trip. Saily's Asia and Oceania plan has 22 countries, Nomad's APAC plan 14 and Ubigi's Best Asia 17, and I could not confirm on the day which of the two countries each of those lists, so I would check the page before paying.
One more note on coverage in the other sense. Telstra reaches far more of the Australian outback than Optus, and in New Zealand the Milford road and the West Coast have no signal on any network. I would download offline maps for those days whatever eSIM you buy.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Airalo
- Nomad, $21 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB on its 14-country APAC plan, and 20 GB for 45 days at $35 (on sale, regular $40). Check that its list names both Australia and New Zealand.
- Airalo, $25 for 10 GB. Asialink, 18 countries, 20 GB for 30 days at $39. It leaves out Australia and New Zealand, so for this trip I would not choose it.
- Ubigi, $28 for 10 GB. Best Asia, 17 countries. The 20 GB for $19 is a monthly plan that renews until you stop it.
- Saily, $35.99 for 10 GB. Asia and Oceania, 22 countries, with no 20 GB bucket on its listing on 25 October 2026.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $34.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $59.99. For a fixed 10 GB, Nomad and Airalo are cheaper across Asia, and for 20 GB so are Nomad, Airalo and Ubigi's monthly plan. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited rather than for a bucket, and I want you to read that here first.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is Ringo's own data eSIM, and I write this guide for Ringo, so weigh that. It is sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Australia and New Zealand it is the Asia plan: 20 countries, unlimited data at full speed, 2 weeks at $34.99 or 30 days at $59.99, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
You can buy it with the card further up this page, after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light sells no 3 days. Airalo's 3 days at $11.50 does not list Australia, so I would look at a country plan instead.
My pick is Ringo Light, unlimited, 2 weeks, $34.99. It is the only plan I could confirm lists both countries, and it is the cheapest of the five.
I would buy a country plan for that country, not the Asia plan. Ringo Light's Australia 2 weeks is $23.99 and its New Zealand 2 weeks $25.99.
I would buy Ringo Light, 30 days, $59.99, against $84.98 for the two country months.
No eSIM fixes a gap in the signal. I would keep offline maps and take a plan that names Telstra in Australia if I was leaving 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 and New Zealand 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/asia-esim?currency=USD, Asialink unlimited, 18 countries and the 3 GB daily cap read on the site in dollars, 25 October 2026; 10 GB and 20 GB buckets from esimdb.com/vietnam/airalo, listing dated 4 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-asia/, prices in dollars and the 16-country list on the site, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-asia-and-oceania/, Asia and Oceania plans, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/apac-esim, Regional APAC plans, prices in dollars from the page itself, read 25 October 2026; 20 GB for 45 days is on sale, $40 regular
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/best-asia-data-plans/best-asia-unlimited-30-days/, Best Asia plan pages on cellulardata.ubigi.com, 25 October 2026: 7 days $25, 15 days $45, 30 days $66, 10 GB $28, 20 GB a month $19
- 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.
