The short answer
Ringo Light is the cheapest unlimited eSIM for France: $14.99 for 2 weeks and $26.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed on a local partner network, priced 10 November 2026. Airalo asks $42 for 15 days and $59 for 30 days, Saily $41.99 and $59.99; for a 10 GB bucket, Ubigi is cheapest at $10, on Orange, SFR, Bouygues and Free. I read all six pages on the same day.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews. Saily asks $41.99 for 15 days and $59.99 for the month, Airalo $42 and $59.
10 GB for 30 days at $10 and 25 GB at $19, on all four French networks with 5G.
20 GB for 30 days at $21, $5.99 under Ringo Light's 30 days, and 10 GB at $14. On Free and Orange.
Days, not gigabytes, no daily cap stated for your own phone, on Orange, SFR, Bouygues and Free. $27.50 for a week.
Prices read on 10 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, 10 November 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 15-day unlimited.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
Side by side
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- 3 days $9.99
- 2 weeks $14.99
- 30 days $26.99
- 90 days $49.99
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What to do in France, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Paris to the Alps, with the one thing your data does for you at each. All of them are reached by train or a short drive, and the four French networks cover them all.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data in France, Ringo Light is the cheapest of the six, which surprised me: $14.99 for 2 weeks and $26.99 for 30 days. France is the most visited country on earth, and the big brands charge for it. For two weeks, Saily asks $41.99, Airalo $42 and Holafly $50.50. For a month, Airalo asks $59, Saily $59.99 and Holafly $73.90. Ubigi is cheaper at $25 and $39, with a fixed amount at full speed. Nothing renews on Ringo Light.
I look past the word unlimited to the daily limit. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 5 GB a day, Nomad 2 GB. Ubigi sells 30 GB at full speed for 15 days or 60 GB for 30, then 2 Mbps. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed, for 2 weeks or 30 days.
For a short trip I would buy Ringo Light's 3 days of unlimited data at $9.99, though it has no 7-day plan. Airalo and Nomad sell 3 days of unlimited at $11, and Ubigi a week with 25 GB at full speed for $20.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $10 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, 25 GB for $19, on Orange, SFR, Bouygues and Free with 5G.
- Nomad, $14 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $21, the cheapest 20 GB, $5.99 under Ringo Light's 30 days. On Free and Orange. Its unlimited plans are not refundable.
- Airalo, $17 for 10 GB. Its France plan is now called Élan, after Bonbon was retired. 20 GB is $23.
- Saily, $16.99 for 10 GB. On all four networks, 20 GB at $22.99. Priced in dollars on saily.com, 10 November 2026.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $14.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $26.99. If you need 10 GB to last a whole month, I would buy Ubigi at $10, and Nomad sells 20 GB for $21.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM of the company I write for, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For France it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $9.99, 2 weeks at $14.99 and 30 days at $26.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
I wrote a separate comparison for the capital. Related: Paris has its own page at /blog/best-esim-for-paris, and a trip that goes on to Italy, Spain or Switzerland is compared at /blog/best-esim-for-europe.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $9.99, against $11 at Airalo and Nomad; its 2 weeks is $14.99 if the trip might run longer.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, less than any rival charges for one week. Holafly at $27.50 a week if you want a stated no-cap plan on all four networks.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $10.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99. Ubigi at $39 for 60 GB at full speed if you move big files every day.
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, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for France 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: 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/france-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 10 November 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/france/airalo, 4 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-france/, dollar prices on its own site, 10 November 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-france/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026; networks from en.selectra.info, 25 August 2026; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- Nomad: esimdb.com/france/nomad, listing dated 4 October 2026; networks from nomadesim.com/en/france-esim
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/france/, and esimdb.com/france/ubigi, 4 October 2026
- 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.
