The short answer
Thailand is a long flight from Canada, and people stay a while. I compared the Rogers International Travel Pass, which I read on 1 November 2026 at C$45 for 3 days, C$75 for 7, C$100 for 14 and C$120 for 30, with the travel eSIMs and Ringo Light. For a month I would buy Ringo Light at $32.99. For a week Ringo Light's 7 days at $6.99 is cheaper than Rogers and the eSIM rivals, and for a long weekend Airalo's 3 days at $9.50 is the only 3-day plan.
For a Canadian settling in for a while, unlimited data at full speed is $6.99 for 7 days, $22.99 for 2 weeks or $32.99 for 30 days, with no renewal. Airalo and Ubigi ask $49 for the month; Holafly and Saily ask $27.50 and $20.99 for one week.
10 GB for 30 days is $10, and 50 GB for 10 days is $15, on True, AIS and dtac. Its unlimited stops at 10 days, at $15.
1 GB from $4, 5 GB from $7 and 20 GB for 30 days at $18, on AIS and True with 5G. Unlimited is $9.50 for 3 days and $21 for a week, a cent over Saily's $20.99.
You pay for days, with no daily cap stated for your own phone, on True and dtac. A week is $27.50, and sharing is limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Rogers, 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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US dollars, 25 October 2026.
The 30-day unlimited plan at each brand. Nomad sells unlimited only up to 10 days. Ubigi states its month as 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The bucket most people buy for a two-week holiday. 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 Thailand, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from the temples of Bangkok to the north and the islands of the south. AIS, True and dtac cover all of them with 4G.
Roam with Rogers, or buy an eSIM
On 1 November 2026 I read Thailand on the Rogers International Travel Pass list at C$45 for 3 days (about $32), C$75 for 7 (about $54), C$100 for 14 (about $72) and C$120 for 30 (about $86). Ringo Light sells three trips for Thailand, all unlimited data at full speed: $6.99 for 7 days, $22.99 for 2 weeks and $32.99 for 30 days. It sells no 3-day plan here, and I say so up front.
For a month the answer is clear to me. $32.99 against C$120 (about $86) is a gap of about $53, and the next unlimited month I found is Saily at $48.99. For two weeks, Ringo Light's $22.99 is about $49 under the Rogers C$100 (about $72). The pass is the dearer choice at both lengths.
For short stays the order changes. A week on the islands is $6.99 at Ringo Light, $20.99 at Saily or $21 at Airalo, against C$75 (about $54) on Rogers. For three days Airalo is $9.50 against C$45 (about $32). What Rogers wins is your own number, calls and texts, nothing to install and a phone with no eSIM slot. Rogers also draws on your own plan, with no bucket of its own.
Networks in Thailand, and what changes for a Canadian visitor
Thailand has three networks that matter to a visitor: AIS, True and dtac. Airalo, Saily and Ubigi ride AIS and True, Holafly rides True and dtac, and Nomad lists True, AIS and dtac. Ringo Light uses a local partner network. All of them offer 4G, and 5G where the network has it, so I would not choose between them on coverage.
The Rogers pass works differently from a purchased eSIM. You buy it in MyRogers or the app, up to 60 days ahead, and set its start date. It begins at 12 a.m. Eastern on that day, which falls half a day behind a Bangkok clock, and the charge lands on your next bill. Rogers says calls and texts to other countries carry long distance charges even where a pass applies. A travel eSIM is bought once, scanned at home on Wi-Fi and ready when you land.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad, Saily or Airalo
- Nomad, $10 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days I found. Its 50 GB for 10 days at $15 is the biggest bucket under $20 in my table, on True, AIS and dtac.
- Saily, $10.99 for 10 GB. Its 20 GB is $19.99, on AIS and True, and it refunds in full inside 30 days if you never install it.
- Ubigi, $11 for 10 GB. Its 25 GB is $24.90 on AIS and True with 5G. The app is needed for top-ups.
- Airalo, $11 for 10 GB for 30 days. The 20 GB is $18, with small buckets from $4 for 1 GB.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The 2 weeks is unlimited for $22.99, more than double Nomad's 10 GB. For a bucket I would buy Nomad, Saily or Ubigi, and I would keep Ringo Light for unlimited.
What Ringo Light is
I write for Ringo, so weigh that. Ringo Light is the data eSIM it sells to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Thailand it sells 7 days at $6.99, 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $32.99, all unlimited data at full speed. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email and installs in one scan, no app.
It carries no number. It sits next to your Rogers SIM, and that SIM stays in the phone for calls and texts while the eSIM does the data. I found no Rogers rate for calls without a pass in the pages I read.
The Rogers-only comparison is at /blog/rogers-vs-ringo-for-thailand, and the brand comparison is at /blog/best-esim-for-thailand. The card to buy Ringo Light sits further up this page, after the table.
Pick by trip
I would buy Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $9.50. Ringo Light sells no 3 days here, and the Rogers 3-day pass is C$45 (about $32).
My pick is Ringo Light's 7 days at $6.99, against Saily at $20.99 or Airalo at $21. The 7-day Rogers pass is C$75 (about $54).
I would buy Ringo Light, 2 weeks, $22.99, against C$100 (about $72) for the 14-day pass.
Nomad 10 GB at $10, or Saily 10 GB at $10.99.
I would buy Ringo Light, 30 days, $32.99. Airalo and Ubigi are $49, and Rogers is C$120 (about $86).
I would keep the Rogers SIM live for calls and texts, with a pass or beside a data eSIM.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Rogers, Ringo Light, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Thailand 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/thailand-esim, unlimited plans read on the site in dollars, 25 October 2026; buckets from the esimdb listing dated 4 October 2026 (https://esimdb.com/thailand/airalo)
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-thailand/, read on the site in dollars, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-thailand/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/thailand-esim, dollar prices from the page data, read 25 October 2026; unlimited up to 10 days only
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/thailand/ubigi, listing dated 4 October 2026 (still the latest on 25 October); cellulardata.ubigi.com shows euro prices and one plan only
- Rogers: www.rogers.com/mobility/roam-like-home, International Travel Pass prices of C$45, C$75, C$100 and C$120 for 3, 7, 14 and 30 days, read 1 November 2026; Thailand on the destination list, the no-separate-bucket rule and activation terms are on https://www.rogers.com/mobility/roaming/faqs-about-travel-pass, read the same day
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/thailand, 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 1 November 2026, used for the dollar figures (C$1 = $0.716)
- 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.
