The short answer
The trip is two capitals and a short train, Paris to Brussels or Lille to Bruges, with no passport check and no reason to change your phone line. I priced the Europe plans on 25 October 2026. The one I would buy for two weeks or a month is Ringo Light: $22.99 or $35.99 of unlimited data at full speed. For a short stay in France only, Ringo Light's own France plan is cheaper still.
One eSIM for the whole trip: unlimited data at full speed in 33 countries for 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $35.99, nothing renews. Airalo Eurolink asks $49 for 15 days and $71 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $15 across 38 countries. Its 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps, for $35.
Eurolink covers 41 countries, so your two are a small part of it. 3 days of unlimited at $11.50, with 5 GB a day at full speed.
Days, not gigabytes, in 33 countries including the UK. No daily cap stated for your own phone; sharing is limited to 1 GB a day. $27.50 for a week.
Prices read on 25 October 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
Regional Europe plans that cover France and Belgium, US dollars, 25 October 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 unlimited past 10 days in Europe.
The 30-day regional plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited for Europe.
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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- Unlimited data, no throttling, full speed
- Works in 33 European countries, France included
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Unlimited data at full speed. Most trips never need more. If you use a lot, we email you first, then add more data for $22.99, up to 5 times. Switch it off any time on your dashboard.
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Traveling all year? The Global plan is unlimited data, month by month.
We sell data eSIMs for now to fund the full Ringo service. Ringo is self funded. Every plan bought here pays for the build of one plan that works everywhere.
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What to do in France and Belgium, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that often fill a trip from Paris and the Loire to Brussels and Bruges, with the one thing your data does for you at each. One regional eSIM stays on when the train crosses the border.
One plan for both countries: Ringo Light
France and Belgium share a land border that you will not notice. The train from Paris Nord crosses it and your phone should not need anything from you on the way. A regional Europe eSIM stays on from the Gare du Nord to the Grand-Place. Two country eSIMs mean installing twice and switching the data line somewhere near Lille.
On price the regional plan is hard to beat for a long trip, as I read it. Ringo Light asks $22.99 for 2 weeks and $35.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed. Airalo Eurolink is $49 for 15 days, Saily $49.99, Holafly $51.50, and a month runs $62 to $76.50. Ubigi's $35 comes with a fixed 30 GB.
Now the honest sum, which is closer than usual because both country plans are cheap. France's 2 weeks is $14.99 and Belgium's $14.99 on their own pages, $29.98 together, against $22.99 for the Europe trip that covers both. For a month it is $26.99 and $26.99, $53.98 together, against $35.99. If you stay in one country, a single country plan wins.
Which plans cover both countries
France and Belgium are both EU countries, so they sit in the core of a Europe plan. I can only repeat what the Europe page I priced says. Ringo Light covers 33 countries, the EU countries plus the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar, so both are in. Airalo Eurolink covers 41, which is a longer list, so both are in there too. Holafly lists 33 countries, Saily 35, Nomad 35 on its unlimited plans and Ubigi 38.
For Holafly, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi I could not confirm a country by country list on the day. Look for both names at checkout. If your route continues to the Netherlands or Luxembourg, the same list question applies.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $15 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days across 38 countries. 25 GB is $29, and the 20 GB monthly plan at $19 renews until you cancel it.
- Nomad, $23 for 10 GB. 20 GB for 30 days is $27, the cheapest one-off 20 GB in the table.
- Airalo, $31 for 10 GB. Eurolink 20 GB for 30 days is $48, and Eurolink has the longest country list.
- Saily, $35.99 for 10 GB. From saily.com, 25 October 2026.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. For light use in France and Belgium, Ubigi's 10 GB at $15 is $7.99 under Ringo Light's 2 weeks, and Nomad's 20 GB at $27 is $8.99 under its 30 days. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
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. I write for Ringo, so weigh that. For France and Belgium it sells the Europe trip across 33 countries, unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $35.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light's France plan if you stay put. If you want the cheapest regional days, Airalo Eurolink 3 days at $11.50.
I would buy Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $22.99. One install carries you over the border by train.
I would buy Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $35.99. Ubigi at $62 if you want a fixed 60 GB.
I would buy Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $15, valid in both countries.
Ringo Light, Airalo Eurolink and Holafly list the UK. I would confirm it at checkout for any other brand.
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 and Belgium 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/europe-esim?currency=USD, Eurolink unlimited in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026; buckets, daily cap and 41 countries from esimdb.com/region/europe/airalo, listing updated 6 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/, dollar prices and 33 countries on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-europe/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: esimdb.com/region/europe/nomad, listing updated 6 October 2026; every price, daily cap and unlimited length re-read on nomadesim.com/europe-esim, 25 October 2026 (20 GB is on sale at $27, regular $37)
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/region/europe/ubigi, listing updated 6 October 2026
- 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.
