The short answer
You hold a Rogers plan and a trip to the United States, and the first question is whether you need an eSIM at all. I read Rogers' own pages on 10 November 2026: its Travel Pass for the United States is C$25 for 3 days, C$50 for 7, C$60 for 14 and C$80 for 30, and Rogers says some plans include roaming there, so look at yours before you buy anything. For two weeks or more I would buy Ringo Light and keep my own SIM in for calls and texts.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $17.99 or 30 days at $22.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $46 for 15 days and $68 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $14 on T-Mobile, and 20 GB a month at $15 if you take its monthly plan, which renews.
3 days of unlimited at $9, 2 GB a day at full speed, 7 days at $19, and 10 GB for 30 days at $10.40. The only brand here that names Verizon, with AT&T.
Days, not gigabytes, on AT&T and T-Mobile, no daily cap stated for your own phone. $27.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 10 November 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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The prices, charted
US dollars, 10 November 2026; Saily's figure is from 25 October, its site not readable on 10 November. 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, read 10 November 2026; Saily's figure is from 25 October. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no unlimited past 7 days.
Read 10 November 2026; Saily's figure is from 25 October. 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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- 7 days $7.99
- 2 weeks $17.99
- 30 days $22.99
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What to do in the United States, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most trips to the United States include, from New York and Washington to the Grand Canyon and San Francisco. Whichever plan you pick, the tip under each one is where your phone matters, and the Rogers pass and a travel eSIM both work in all of them.
Roam with Rogers, or buy an eSIM
On 10 November 2026 I read the Rogers roaming page. The Travel Pass for the United States is C$25 for 3 days, C$50 for 7, C$60 for 14 and C$80 for 30, and it covers all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The daily rate is C$16 a day. At the ECB reference rate of 10 November 2026, C$1 = $0.707, so the passes come to about $18, $35, $42 and $57, and the daily rate to about $11 a day: about $34 for 3 days, about $158 for 14 and about $340 for 30 if every day is charged. For two weeks or more the pass is the better Rogers choice by a wide margin.
Check your own plan before you buy anything. Rogers says some of its plans include roaming in the United States, and that eligible plans get Roam Like Home days at no extra cost each year. I found no list of those plans and no fair use limit on the pages I read. If your plan already covers the United States, you do not need an eSIM, unless you want more data than the plan allows. Rogers tells you to text TRAVEL to 222 to confirm you are enrolled in Roam Like Home.
Now the arithmetic against Ringo Light. Two weeks is $17.99 against about $42 on the Rogers pass, and a month is $22.99 against about $57. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan, so for a long weekend I would look at Nomad at $9 or Airalo at $11.50, both under the Rogers pass at about $18. Among the travel eSIMs, the Rogers 30-day pass at about $57 is under every rival's month: Ubigi $62, Saily $67.99, Airalo $68 and Holafly $73.90. For 15 days, Rogers at about $42 is under Saily at $45.99, Airalo at $46 and Holafly at $50.50, and above Ubigi at $39.
What Rogers wins is real, and I do not wave it away. Your Canadian number keeps ringing, calls and texts come with it, nothing needs installing, a phone with no eSIM slot works, and the charge lands on the bill you already pay. Rogers says the pass has no data bucket of its own and draws on the data in your plan, so a small plan is a small allowance in Chicago too. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
Networks in the United States, and the Rogers pass terms
The United States has three national networks: AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. All three cover the cities and the interstates well, and all have gaps in the big national parks, in the desert and in the mountains. Most travel eSIMs ride T-Mobile. Holafly names AT&T as well, and Nomad names AT&T and Verizon. For New York, Chicago, Las Vegas or San Francisco I would not choose a plan on network. For long drives in the West I would download offline maps whatever I bought.
The Rogers pass has terms of its own, which I read on the Rogers pass FAQ. It starts at 12 a.m. Eastern time on the date you set and ends at 11:59 p.m. on the last day, so it counts calendar days. You can buy it up to 60 days ahead, you cannot backdate it, and once it has started it is not refundable. If you start travelling before the pass starts, the daily charge applies until it begins. Calls and texts to another country carry long distance charges. The pages state no hotspot rule and no roaming speed.
The travel eSIMs here are data only, with no American number. Calls and messages go over apps such as WhatsApp or FaceTime, and your Rogers number stays on your own SIM for the texts that need it.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Ubigi
- Nomad, $10.40 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days I priced, on AT&T and Verizon. Its 20 GB is $16.80 while it is on sale, regular $38.
- Ubigi, $14 for 10 GB. On T-Mobile with 5G. For 20 GB it sells a monthly plan at $15 that renews, or 25 GB for 30 days at $32.
- Airalo, $22.50 for 10 GB. Its 20 GB is $36.50.
- Saily, $22.99 for 10 GB. Its 20 GB is $36.99.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 7 days is unlimited for $7.99, its 2 weeks for $17.99 and its 30 days for $22.99. For 10 GB over a month, Nomad and Ubigi are cheaper, and every 10 GB bucket here costs less than the Rogers 7-day pass at about $35. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is Ringo's own data eSIM, and I write 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 the United States it sells three trips: 7 days at $7.99, 2 weeks at $17.99 and 30 days at $22.99, all unlimited data at full speed. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app. One payment, and the trip ends when it ends.
It sits next to your own SIM, so your Rogers number keeps working for calls and texts wherever your plan or a pass covers them. I would check how Rogers bills the day before I leaned on that.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $9, under the Rogers 3-day pass at about $18. If your plan includes the United States, use that.
Ringo Light unlimited, 7 days, $7.99, against about $35 for the Rogers 7-day pass.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $17.99, against about $42 on the Rogers 14-day pass.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $22.99, against about $57 on the Rogers 30-day pass.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $10.40.
Keep your own SIM in beside the eSIM. Rogers carries calls and texts on your number and the travel eSIMs do not; 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, Rogers, Ringo Light, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for United States 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: Bell and Telus. I read only Rogers' own pages on 10 November 2026, so I priced Rogers alone. If you are on Bell or Telus, read its roaming page for the United States before you compare, because many Canadian plans include some roaming there.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/united-states-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, read 10 November 2026; buckets and daily allowance from esimdb.com/usa/airalo, listing dated 8 November 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-usa/, in dollars on the site, read 10 November 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-united-states/, 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/united-states-esim, in dollars from the page's own data, read 10 November 2026; the 20 GB plan is on sale, regular $38
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/usa/ubigi, listing dated 4 November 2026, read 10 November 2026; cellulardata.ubigi.com showed no USA plans
- Rogers: www.rogers.com/mobility/roaming, Travel Pass for the United States at C$25, C$50, C$60 and C$80 and the daily rate of C$16, and the pass FAQ at rogers.com/mobility/roaming/faqs-about-travel-pass with the pass start, billing and no-separate-bucket terms, read 10 November 2026
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/usa, the catalogue the checkout charges
- European Central Bank: www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/index.en.html, euro reference rates of 10 November 2026, the latest published that day, used for the dollar figures (C$1 = $0.707)
- 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.
