The best eSIM for Austria in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Austria, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $12.99, a month for $21.99, which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell an Austria plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a long weekend in Vienna, two weeks by train from Vienna to Salzburg and Innsbruck, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $12.99 or 30 days at $21.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Saily asks $48.99 for 15 days and $71.99 for the month; Airalo sells no unlimited plan for Austria.
Airalo: Cheapest buckets read on the day. 10 GB for 30 days at $11 and 20 GB at $16 on its Servus Austria plan. Saily lists $10.99 and $15.99, but its listing is from June.
Ubigi: A1 and 3, and a big week. Rides A1 and 3, two of Austria's three networks. 20 GB at full speed for 7 days at $19, then 2 Mbps, and 10 GB for 30 days at $11.
Nomad: Cheapest 3 days. 3 days of unlimited at $11, 2 GB a day at full speed, on A1 and 3 with 5G.
Model: Airalo Buckets only in Austria; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets or unlimited days; Nomad Buckets or unlimited days; Ubigi Buckets; some then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo No unlimited plan; Holafly $11.90; Saily No 3-day plan; Nomad $11; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo No unlimited plan; Holafly $27.50; Saily No 7-day plan; 10 days $34.99; Nomad $25; Ubigi 20 GB, then 2 Mbps, $19; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $12.99.
Unlimited, 15 days: Airalo No unlimited plan; Holafly $50.50; Saily $48.99; Nomad No 15-day plan; 10 days $33; Ubigi No 15-day plan; Ringo Light 2 weeks $12.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo No unlimited plan; Holafly $73.90; Saily $71.99; Nomad No 30-day unlimited; Ubigi 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $44; Ringo Light $21.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $11; Holafly No buckets; Saily $10.99; Nomad $14; Ubigi $11; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $12.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $16; Holafly No buckets; Saily $15.99; Nomad $19; Ubigi No 20 GB; 25 GB $22; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $21.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo No unlimited plan for Austria; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily 5 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Nomad 2 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Ubigi A fixed amount, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light No speed cap; starts with 10 or 20 GB, adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Networks: Airalo Not named by Airalo; Holafly 3 (Drei); Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad A1, 3; Ubigi A1, 3; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi No, one-off plans; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo No, web or app; Holafly No, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Optional; Ubigi Optional, for top-ups; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Austria is a train country, and most first trips link Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck, with a day at the lakes or in the Alps. For about two weeks of unlimited, Saily asks $48.99 and Holafly $50.50. Nomad's unlimited stops at 10 days, for $33, and Airalo sells no unlimited plan for Austria at all. For a month, Ubigi asks $44 for 60 GB at full speed, Saily $71.99 and Holafly $73.90. Ringo Light charges $12.99 for 2 weeks and $21.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Saily gives 5 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Nomad gives 2 GB a day, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives 20 GB for a week or 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 has no speed cap: the 2 weeks starts with 10 GB and the 30 days with 20 GB, and when you have used 80% we add 10 GB once and charge the $12.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $25.98, less than Nomad charges for 10 days; a heavy month costs $34.98, still under every rival for the month.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11, and Ubigi a week with 20 GB at full speed for $19. Our 2 weeks at $12.99 still costs less than any rival's week.
Austria has three networks: A1, Magenta and 3, also called Drei. All three cover Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck and Graz well, and the main rail lines. The Alps are the hard part. Deep valleys, high passes and the national parks have gaps on every network, and Holafly's own page warns of weaker coverage in parts of Tyrol, the Hohe Tauern and the Salzkammergut. Nomad and Ubigi name A1 and 3, Holafly names 3 only, and none of the brands here names Magenta. If you plan to hike or drive the high roads, a plan on A1 and 3 gives your phone two networks to choose from.
Saily, $10.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $15.99, the lowest prices listed. Its listing is from June; saily.com would not load for us, so check the price at checkout.
Airalo, $11 for 10 GB. Its Servus Austria plan, 20 GB for $16, read on airalo.com on the day. Airalo does not name its Austrian network.
Ubigi, $11 for 10 GB. The same price on A1 and 3 with 5G, installed by QR code. It sells no 20 GB; 25 GB is $22.
Nomad, $14 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $19 on A1 and 3.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $12.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $21.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Airalo or Ubigi at $11 is $1.99 cheaper, and for 20 GB Airalo at $16 is $5.99 cheaper. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Austria it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $12.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $21.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $12.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A long weekend in Vienna. Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3 days; its 2 weeks is $12.99 if the trip might run longer.
Two weeks by train, Vienna to Salzburg and Innsbruck. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $12.99, less than any rival charges for one week. Holafly at $27.50 a week if you want a stated no-cap plan on 3.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Airalo or Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $11.
A month, laptop on the hotspot. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $21.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $12.99. Ubigi at $44 for 60 GB at full speed on A1 and 3 if you move big files every day.
You need your own number to keep ringing. None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
What to do in Austria, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Vienna along the Danube to Salzburg, the lakes and the Tyrolean Alps, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The cities and rail lines have good 4G and 5G; the high mountains do not always.
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna. The Habsburgs' summer palace, with formal gardens that climb to the Gloriette on the hill. The gardens are open to walk; go early to see the state rooms before the tour groups. Buy your Vienna transit ticket in the WienMobil app; the U4 stops at Schönbrunn.
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. The Gothic cathedral at the centre of the old town, under its tiled roof and tall south tower. Climb the south tower for the view over the city. Many Viennese cafés and market stalls still prefer cash; your maps app finds the nearest cash machine.
The old town and Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg. Baroque churches below one of the largest medieval castles in Europe, with Mozart's birthplace in the Getreidegasse. A funicular runs up to the fortress from the old town. Railjet trains link Vienna and Salzburg in under three hours. The ÖBB app sells the ticket and shows the platform.
Hallstatt, Salzkammergut. A village of old houses squeezed between the lake and the mountain, part of a UNESCO landscape. It fills up by late morning, so arrive early or stay the night. The railway station is across the lake, and a small ferry meets the trains. Check both times in the ÖBB app before you set out.
The Nordkette above Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tyrol. A funicular and two cable cars climb from the city centre to the ridge above the Inn valley, with the whole city below. Walk the old town and the Golden Roof when you come down. Check the live mountain cameras and weather before you buy the ticket up: the ridge is often in cloud.
The Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Hohe Tauern. A toll road over the Alps to the foot of Austria's highest mountain and its glacier. It opens from late spring to autumn, when the snow allows. Buy the digital motorway vignette online before you drive, and download the offline map: signal drops on the high bends.
The Wachau and Dürnstein, Danube valley, between Melk and Krems. Vineyards and apricot orchards line the Danube, with the ruined castle above Dürnstein where Richard the Lionheart was held. Go by boat, by bike or by train, from spring to autumn. River boats run fewer sailings outside summer. Check the day's timetable on your phone before you plan the return.
The Schlossberg clock tower, Graz. The clock tower on the Schlossberg looks down on the red roofs of Graz, Austria's second city. Walk up the steps or take the lift inside the hill. Camera translation reads the German menus in the wine taverns south of the city.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Austria on 28 September 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.
Source for Airalo: https://www.airalo.com/austria-esim?currency=USD (buckets in dollars on the site, 28 September 2026, no unlimited plan for Austria; also esimdb.com/austria/airalo, 23 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-austria/ (prices in dollars and network on the site, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/austria/saily (listing dated 15 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/austria/nomad (listing dated 20 September 2026; networks from nomadesim.com/austria-esim).
Source for Ubigi: https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/austria/ (10 GB and networks on the site, 28 September 2026; other plans from esimdb.com/austria/ubigi, 16 September 2026).
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $12.99 for 2 weeks and $21.99 for 30 days on 28 September 2026, against $48.99 for 15 days and $71.99 for 30 days at Saily. Airalo sells no unlimited plan for Austria. For 3 days, Nomad at $11. For 10 GB over 30 days, Airalo and Ubigi at $11; for 20 GB, Airalo at $16.
Nomad and Ubigi ride A1 and 3, and Holafly rides 3. Airalo and Saily do not name their network. None of them names Magenta. All three networks cover the cities and rail lines well; the high Alps have gaps on every one.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Saily slows you after 5 GB a day, Nomad after 2 GB, Ubigi after its fixed full-speed amount. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Airalo sells no unlimited plan here. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
You can, but since 2019 Austrian law requires every prepaid SIM to be registered to your identity, so you need your passport and the line may not work until that is done. A travel eSIM needs no registration and works the moment you land. If your home plan is from an EU country, roaming in Austria is usually included at home prices, within a fair use limit.
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