The best eSIM for Ecuador in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Ecuador, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $36.99, a month for $71.99, which to buy.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell an Ecuador plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a week in Quito and Otavalo, two weeks down the Andes to Baños and Cuenca, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. We also say plainly what any eSIM can and cannot do in the Galápagos.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks, and the cheapest Ecuador plan for a month. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $36.99 or 30 days at $71.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Airalo asks $52 for 15 days and $99 for the month, Holafly $53.50 and $106.50.
Saily: Cheapest month, on a global plan. Saily sells no Ecuador unlimited. Its Global plan is $59.99 for 30 days, $12 less than our month, with 30 GB at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Its listing is from June.
Nomad: Cheapest data buckets. 10 GB for 30 days at $28 and 20 GB at $47, on Movistar. Nomad sells no Ecuador unlimited.
Ubigi: Cheapest week, and a big fixed amount for two weeks. 8 days at 5 GB a day for $32, 15 days with 30 GB at full speed for $45, and 10 GB for 30 days at $28, on Movistar.
Airalo: Cheapest 3 days. 3 days of unlimited at $19 on its Bacanet plan, 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Holafly asks $19.90.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Ecuador buckets; unlimited only on its Global plan; Nomad Buckets only; Ubigi Buckets, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $19; Holafly $19.90; Saily No Ecuador unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No 3-day plan; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $35; Holafly $36.50; Saily No Ecuador unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi 8 days, 5 GB a day, then 2 Mbps, $32; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $36.99.
Unlimited, 2 weeks: Airalo 15 days $52; Holafly 15 days $53.50; Saily No Ecuador unlimited; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi 15 days, 30 GB, then 2 Mbps, $45; Ringo Light $36.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $99; Holafly $106.50; Saily No Ecuador unlimited; Global plan, 30 GB, then 1 Mbps, $59.99; Nomad No unlimited; Ubigi No 30-day Ecuador plan; Latin America plan, 60 GB, then 2 Mbps, $99; Ringo Light $71.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $35; Holafly No buckets; Saily $34.99; Nomad $28; Ubigi $28; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $36.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $49; Holafly No buckets; Saily No 20 GB Ecuador plan; Nomad $47; Ubigi No 20 GB Ecuador plan; Latin America 25 GB $58; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $71.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; may slow for a day at peak times; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily Global plan: 30 GB, then 1 Mbps; Nomad No unlimited; 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 Movistar (Otecel); Holafly Movistar; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Movistar; Ubigi Movistar, 3G and 4G; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi Ecuador plans no; some regional plans renew monthly; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo Yes; Holafly No, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Optional; Ubigi Optional; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
Most first trips to Ecuador run about two weeks: Quito and the equator, Otavalo, the volcanoes of Cotopaxi and Quilotoa, Baños and Cuenca, often with a few days in the Galápagos. For about two weeks of unlimited, Airalo asks $52 for 15 days, Holafly $53.50 and Ubigi $45 for 30 GB at full speed. Ringo Light charges $36.99 for 2 weeks, one payment, nothing renews. Nomad and Saily sell no Ecuador unlimited.
For a month, Airalo asks $99, Ubigi $99 on its Latin America plan and Holafly $106.50. Ringo Light asks $71.99. One plan is cheaper: Saily's Global plan at $59.99 for 30 days, $12 less, with 30 GB at full speed and 1 Mbps after that. Its listing is from June. If 30 GB is enough for your month, Saily costs less than us. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives 30 GB for 15 days, then 2 Mbps. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone, says the network may slow you for up to a day at peak times, 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 $36.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $73.98, more than Airalo's 15 days at $52 or Ubigi's 30 GB at $45; a heavy month costs $108.98, more than Airalo's $99. For a heavy user, Airalo's 3 GB a day is the better deal in Ecuador.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $19 and a week at $35; Ubigi sells 8 days at 5 GB a day for $32.
Ecuador has three networks: Claro, the largest, Movistar and the state carrier CNT. Every travel eSIM we priced for Ecuador rides Movistar. It covers Quito, Guayaquil, Cuenca, Otavalo and Baños and the main roads through the Andes well. Signal thins on the high páramo around Cotopaxi and Quilotoa and in the Amazon, whichever network you are on, so download offline maps before you leave a town.
The Galápagos are the honest exception, for every brand here, us included. There is mobile signal in the towns of the inhabited islands, Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on San Cristóbal and Puerto Villamil on Isabela, and it is slower and less reliable than on the mainland. Out at sea, on day boats and cruises and on the uninhabited islands, expect little or none. No eSIM fixes that; plan to be offline for much of the day.
Nomad, $28 for 10 GB. Tied for the cheapest 10 GB, and the cheapest 20 GB at $47, on Movistar.
Ubigi, $28 for 10 GB. The same price for 30 days, on Movistar, installed without an app. It sells no 20 GB Ecuador plan.
Saily, $34.99 for 10 GB. No 20 GB Ecuador plan. Its listing is from June; saily.com refused the fetch.
Airalo, $35 for 10 GB. Its Bacanet plan: 20 GB for $49, buckets from $5 for 1 GB.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $36.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $71.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad, Ubigi, Saily and Airalo are all cheaper in Ecuador. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket.
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 Ecuador it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $36.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $71.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $36.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Ecuador our 2 weeks is the cheapest unlimited of the six, and our month the cheapest Ecuador plan. Saily's Global plan is $12 less for a month if 30 GB is enough for you.
One more thing we would rather tell you here than let you find at checkout: our own Latin America trip covers Ecuador as well, and on the same day it cost $29.99 for 2 weeks and $59.99 for 30 days, $7 and $12 less than our Ecuador trip, with the same unlimited data and no speed cap on one eSIM that also works in the neighbouring countries. Even if you only visit Ecuador, it is the cheaper Ringo Light to buy today. The Latin America page at /blog/best-esim-for-latin-america compares it with the same brands.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A few days in Quito. Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $19. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
A week, Quito, Otavalo and Cotopaxi. Ubigi, 8 days at 5 GB a day, $32, or Airalo unlimited, 7 days, $35.
Two weeks down the Andes to Baños and Cuenca. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $36.99, less than any rival charges for two weeks. Ubigi 15 days with 30 GB at $45 if you will stream every evening.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Nomad or Ubigi, 10 GB for 30 days at $28.
A month in Ecuador. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $71.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $36.99. Saily's Global plan at $59.99 if 30 GB is enough.
A few days in the Galápagos. Any of them, on Movistar, in the island towns only. Expect to be offline on the boats.
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 Ecuador, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Quito and the equator up to Otavalo, down the Andes past Cotopaxi, Quilotoa and Baños to Cuenca, and out to the Galápagos, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Ecuador uses the US dollar. Signal is good in the towns, thin on the high páramo, and scarce in the Galápagos away from the island towns.
Plaza Grande and the old town, Quito. The main square of the colonial centre, with the presidential palace and the cathedral, at about 2,850 metres. The old town was among the first places named a World Heritage site. Take a ride-hailing app at night rather than a street taxi, and give yourself a slow first day for the altitude.
The Mitad del Mundo monument, North of Quito. A stone monument topped by a globe, built to mark the equator, in a park about an hour north of the old town. Open your phone's GPS at the line: the true zero latitude lies a short walk away from the monument.
The Plaza de los Ponchos market, Otavalo. A craft market of textiles, ponchos and hammocks under the Imbabura volcano, about two hours north of Quito by bus. It runs every day and is biggest on Saturdays. Carry small dollar bills; most stalls take cash only, and a translation app helps when you bargain.
Cotopaxi National Park, South of Quito. A snow-capped volcano rising from the high grassland, one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. Mornings are usually clearest. Check the volcano's status and the park's access before you set out; entry has closed during eruptive periods.
The Quilotoa crater lake, Cotopaxi province. A green lake inside a collapsed volcano, with a steep trail from the rim down to the water. It is the high point of the Quilotoa Loop, a multi-day walk between Andean villages. Signal comes and goes on the loop. Download the offline map and the trail before you leave Latacunga.
The Pailón del Diablo waterfall, Near Baños. A waterfall roaring through a narrow gorge on the road from Baños toward the Amazon, with trails and viewing platforms beside the falls. Many people cycle the waterfall road from Baños and take a bus back. Keep your phone in a zip bag near the falls: the spray soaks everything.
The blue domes of Cuenca, Cuenca. The New Cathedral's blue domes rise over a colonial centre of churches, squares and river walks, a World Heritage city in the southern Andes. The road to the coast crosses Cajas National Park, where signal drops. Download maps before you leave.
Bartolomé and Pinnacle Rock, Galápagos. A boardwalk climbs a young volcanic island to the view over two bays and Pinnacle Rock. Day boats come from Santa Cruz, and most cruises stop here. Expect no signal on the boat or the island. Save your tickets, park documents and photos offline before you sail.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Ecuador 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/ecuador-esim?currency=USD (unlimited in dollars and network on the site, 28 September 2026; buckets and daily allowance from esimdb.com/ecuador/airalo, 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-ecuador/ (dollar prices, network and fair use on its own site, 28 September 2026).
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/ecuador/saily (listing dated 18 June 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/ecuador/nomad (listing dated 21 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/ecuador-esim, which served euro prices).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/ecuador/ubigi (listing dated 24 September 2026; network from cellulardata.ubigi.com).
For two weeks of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $36.99 for 2 weeks on 28 September 2026, against $45 for Ubigi's 30 GB, $52 at Airalo and $53.50 at Holafly for 15 days. For a month, Saily's Global plan at $59.99 for 30 GB, then Ringo Light at $71.99 for unlimited. For 3 days, Airalo at $19. For a 10 GB bucket, Nomad or Ubigi at $28.
Movistar, for Airalo, Holafly, Nomad and Ubigi. Saily does not name its network on its listing. Movistar covers the cities and the main Andean roads well; on the high páramo and in the Amazon signal is thin on every network.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Ubigi after its fixed full-speed amount, and Saily's Global plan after 30 GB. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone but says the network may slow you for a day at peak times. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
In the towns of the inhabited islands, yes, on Movistar, but slower and less reliably than on the mainland. On the boats and the uninhabited islands there is little or no signal, whatever eSIM you buy. Save your tickets, park documents and offline maps before you fly out from Quito or Guayaquil.
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