The short answer
Six travel eSIMs get most of the traffic for this search, and five of them sell a Cape Verde plan: Airalo, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light. I checked all six on the same day, for a week on the beach in Sal, two weeks hopping islands and a month, and I read the fine print. In Cape Verde Ringo Light is the only unlimited plan and far from the cheapest, and I say plainly who is.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $137.99 or 30 days at $273.99, nothing renews. It is expensive: Airalo sells 10 GB for 15 days at $48 and Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $45, which is enough for most trips.
10 GB for 30 days at $45 on Unitel T+, $4 less than Airalo and $92.99 less than 2 weeks of Ringo Light.
Nine Cape Verde plans from 1 GB for 3 days at $9 to 10 GB for 30 days at $49, including 10 GB for 15 days at $48. No unlimited plan and nothing above 10 GB.
1 GB for 7 days at $9.99, enough for maps and messages on a short beach week. Its Cape Verde plans stop at 5 GB.
Prices read on 11 November 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
US dollars, 11 November 2026. No rival sells unlimited data for Cape Verde, so the 15-day buckets are shown next to Ringo Light's unlimited 2 weeks. Saily and Nomad sell no 15-day plan.
The largest 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's is its World plan, 20 GB a month, which renews monthly.
Saily sells no 10 GB for Cape Verde. Ubigi's 10 GB is its World plan. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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What to do in Cape Verde, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from the beaches of Sal and Boa Vista to the green valleys of Santo Antão, the volcano on Fogo, Mindelo on São Vicente and the old capital on Santiago, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The islands are spread across the Atlantic, so most trips pick two or three and link them by plane or ferry.
If you want unlimited: Ringo Light is the only one, and it is expensive
Among the brands I priced, only Ringo Light sells unlimited data for Cape Verde. Airalo, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi sell fixed amounts; Holafly sells no Cape Verde plan. Ringo Light charges $137.99 for 2 weeks and $273.99 for 30 days, nothing renews. That is a lot of money for data, and for most trips I think it is more than you need.
Set it beside the buckets. Airalo sells 10 GB for 15 days at $48, $89.99 less than the 2 weeks on Ringo Light. Nomad sells 10 GB for 30 days at $45, and two of those give you 20 GB for $90, against $273.99 for its 30 days. Ubigi's World plan gives 20 GB a month for $44 if you remember to cancel it before it renews. Unless you really need more than 20 GB, I would buy a bucket in Cape Verde. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 7 days, 2 weeks or 30 days. For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan, and its 7 days is $87.99; Saily sells 1 GB for 7 days at $9.99 and Airalo 3 GB for 7 days at $24.
Two networks, ten islands and the ferries between them
Cabo Verde, as the country calls itself, has two mobile networks: CVMóvel, which sells under the Alou name, and Unitel T+. Nomad names Unitel T+, Ubigi both, and Airalo names CV Movel. Both cover the towns and the tourist beaches of Sal, Boa Vista, São Vicente and Santiago well, so I would not choose a plan by network here. Signal gets thinner in the deep valleys of Santo Antão and inside the Fogo crater, and between islands on the ferry.
Most visitors land on Sal or Boa Vista and many never leave, but the islands worth a second week are reached by inter-island flights and ferries. Timetables change and crossings are cancelled in rough seas, so keep data on for booking changes and save offline maps of each island before you sail.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Airalo
- Nomad, $45 for 10 GB. For 30 days on Unitel T+, the cheapest 10 GB of the six. Smaller sizes: 1 GB for 7 days at $15, 3 GB at $21 and 5 GB at $29, both for 30 days.
- Airalo, $48 for 10 GB over 15 days. Or $49 for 30 days and $47 for 7 days; the most sizes, from 1 GB for 3 days at $9. Its Hello Africa regional plans cost a little more, and its 3 GB for 3 days is $22. The app is needed.
- Saily, $9.99 for 1 GB. For 7 days, the cheapest single gigabyte. 3 GB for 30 days at $28.99 and 5 GB at $42.99, nothing larger. Its listing is dated 6 October; saily.com would not load for me.
- Ubigi, $36 for 3 GB over 15 days. Its own Cape Verde plans stop at 3 GB, on CV Movel and Unitel. Its World plan sells 10 GB for 30 days at $59 and 20 GB a month at $44, which renews.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The 2 weeks is unlimited for $137.99 and the 30 days unlimited for $273.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad, Airalo, Saily and Ubigi are all far cheaper in Cape Verde. I would buy Ringo Light only if you want unlimited with no speed cap and are happy to pay for it.
What Ringo Light is
I write for Ringo, and in Cape Verde that is awkward to say. 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. For Cape Verde it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $87.99, 2 weeks at $137.99 and 30 days at $273.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Cape Verde the Ringo Light prices are high. I would send most visitors to Airalo's 10 GB for 15 days at $48 or Nomad's 10 GB for 30 days at $45. No regional Ringo Light trip covers Cape Verde, so there is no cheaper route in.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Saily, 1 GB for 7 days at $9.99 for maps and messages, or Airalo 3 GB for 7 days at $24. Ringo Light's 7 days is unlimited, at $87.99.
Airalo, 10 GB for 15 days at $48. Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $137.99 only if you need unlimited.
Nomad, 10 GB for 30 days at $45, and a second package if you run out: 20 GB for $90 in all. Ringo Light's 30 days is $273.99.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks at $137.99 or 30 days at $273.99, the eSIM by email. The only unlimited plan of the six for Cape Verde.
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, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Cape Verde on 11 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: Holafly. It has no Cape Verde page on esim.holafly.com, and Cape Verde is not on its Africa or Global plans, so there is nothing to compare. Left out: Maya Mobile. I compared the brands that get most of the traffic for this search and did not price Maya Mobile on the day.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/cape-verde-esim?currency=USD, read on the site in dollars, 29 October 2026 (nine plans, network CV Movel); esimdb.com/cape-verde/airalo shows the same prices, updated 28 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-africa/, no Cape Verde page (esim.holafly.com/esim-cape-verde/ returns not found on 29 October 2026) and Cape Verde is not on its Africa or Global pages, as read on 28 September 2026
- Saily: esimdb.com/cape-verde/saily, listing dated 6 October 2026; saily.com refused the fetch on 29 October 2026; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/cape-verde-eSIM, dollar prices as read on 28 September 2026 (page data, matching esimdb.com/cape-verde/nomad, listing dated 17 September 2026); network Unitel T+; on 29 October 2026 nomadesim.com did not show dollar prices to a normal request, so they were not re-read; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/cape-verde/ubigi, listing dated 28 October 2026; networks from cellulardata.ubigi.com, 29 October 2026, where only the 1 GB plan at $18 is now shown; re-read 11 November 2026 where the page showed dollars, unchanged; the rest is kept as dated here
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 11 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.
