The short answer
This one is for an Australian with Telstra who is heading to Europe. I set the Day Pass, read on 31 October 2026 at A$10 a day, against the five regional eSIM brands I priced on 25 October 2026 and against Ringo Light. For a day or two I would roam. For two weeks or a month I would buy Ringo Light, $22.99 or $35.99, unlimited data at full speed across 33 countries.
One eSIM for 33 countries, unlimited data at full speed, 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $35.99, nothing renews. Airalo Eurolink asks $49 for 15 days and $71 for the month.
For a light user with maps and messages: 10 GB for 30 days at $15 across 38 countries. Its 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps, for $35.
Eurolink reaches 41 countries, among them Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia and Ukraine. Three days of unlimited cost $11.50, with 5 GB a day at full speed.
Sold in days, not gigabytes, for 33 countries including the UK. No daily cap is stated for your own phone, sharing is limited to 1 GB a day, and a week costs $27.50.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Telstra, Ringo Light, European Central Bank 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 Europe plans, US dollars, 25 October 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 unlimited past 10 days in Europe.
The 30-day regional plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited for Europe.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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What to see in Europe, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that many first trips to Europe include, from Paris to Santorini, with the one thing your phone does for you at each. All eight sit in countries Ringo Light covers, and one eSIM follows you across every border between them.
Roam with Telstra, or buy an eSIM
Telstra's page puts most of Europe in Zone 2 at A$10 a day, charged only on the days the phone is used, and I read it on 31 October 2026. Three days of use is A$30 (about $21), a week is A$70 (about $49), two weeks is A$140 (about $98) and a month is A$300 (about $211), because the page shows no monthly pass for Europe. I converted at the ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026, A$1 = $0.70.
Ringo Light is $22.99 for 2 weeks and $35.99 for 30 days, so for a fortnight it asks $22.99 where Telstra asks A$140 (about $98), and for a month $35.99 where Telstra asks A$300 (about $211). Among the other eSIMs, Ubigi asks $35 for 15 days with 30 GB at full speed, Airalo $49 and Holafly $51.50. For a month, they run from $62 to $76.50.
Here is what Telstra wins, and I do not shade it. Your own number keeps ringing, unlimited standard calls and texts are included, there is nothing to install, and the cost lands on the bill you already pay. It also works on a phone with no eSIM slot, which Ringo Light does not. For one or two days I would roam: A$10 (about $7) is hard to beat, and Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan for Europe. For three days of data alone, Airalo at $11.50 is about $9.50 under three days of Telstra.
Countries in Europe, and what changes for a visitor from Australia
A Europe plan is only as good as its country list. Ringo Light covers 33 countries: the EU countries, the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar. Airalo Eurolink covers 41, so it is the one I would buy for a route through Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia or Ukraine. Holafly lists 33, Saily 35, Nomad 35 and Ubigi 38. The UK and Switzerland are not in the EU, so I read the list for them first: Ringo Light, Airalo Eurolink and Nomad include both.
Telstra's Zone 2 names France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, but it does not name every European country. I would check your route against the list on Telstra's page before you count on A$10 a day for a stop it does not show. The pass runs on your own plan. It includes 2 GB of data a day, which expires at the end of each day, and it bills a day whenever the phone makes a call, sends a text or uses data, background data included. A 2 GB top up is A$10 (about $7), valid for 31 days.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $15 for 10 GB. The cheapest bucket for 30 days across 38 countries, and the one I would give a light user. It costs about what two days of Telstra do. 25 GB is $29, and a 20 GB monthly plan at $19 renews until you cancel it.
- Nomad, $23 for 10 GB. Its 20 GB for 30 days is $27, the cheapest one-off 20 GB in the table.
- Airalo, $31 for 10 GB. Eurolink 20 GB for 30 days is $48, on the widest country list here.
- Saily, $35.99 for 10 GB. Read on saily.com on 25 October 2026.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. It sells unlimited, 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $35.99. For a fixed amount over a month, Ubigi's 10 GB at $15 is $7.99 under Ringo Light's 2 weeks, and Nomad's 20 GB at $27 is $8.99 under its 30 days. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. I write for Ringo, so weigh that. For Europe it sells two trips across 33 countries, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $35.99. The eSIM arrives by email and installs in one scan, no app.
It sits next to your Telstra SIM, so your own number keeps working for calls and texts if you leave roaming on for those. Telstra's page says the Day Pass includes unlimited standard calls and SMS, and it also says a day is billed whenever the phone does anything on roaming. I would leave it on only for the days you need it. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, after the table.
Pick by trip
The Telstra Day Pass if you want no setup, A$10 a day. Airalo Eurolink, 3 days, $11.50, if you will use data all three days. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks, $22.99, one eSIM for the whole route. Fourteen days of Day Pass is A$140 (about $98).
Ringo Light, 30 days, $35.99, unlimited at full speed for the laptop. A month of Day Pass would be A$300 (about $211).
Ubigi, 10 GB for 30 days, $15. I would count the gigabytes first.
Airalo Eurolink. Ringo Light does not cover those three, and I would check Telstra's list for them too.
The Telstra Day Pass, or Ringo Light for data with your Telstra SIM left in the phone for calls.
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How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Telstra, Ringo Light, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Europe 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/europe-esim?currency=USD, Eurolink unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets, daily cap and 41 countries from esimdb.com/region/europe/airalo, listing updated 6 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/, dollar prices and 33 countries on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-europe/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: esimdb.com/region/europe/nomad, listing updated 6 October 2026; every price, daily cap and unlimited length re-read on nomadesim.com/europe-esim, 25 October 2026 (20 GB is on sale at $27, regular $37)
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/region/europe/ubigi, listing updated 6 October 2026
- Telstra: www.telstra.com.au/international-roaming, International Roaming Day Pass zones, A$10 a day for Zone 2 with France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom listed, the 2 GB a day allowance, billing on days used and the A$10 2 GB top up, read 31 October 2026
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/europe, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- European Central Bank: www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml, euro reference rates of 30 October 2026, the latest published on 31 October 2026, used for the dollar figures (A$1 = $0.70)
- 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.
