The short answer
The reader is someone in Germany with a Vodafone contract, going to Thailand. Vodafone has had Thailand on EasyTravel since 22 July 2026, at €7.99 (about $9) a day or €21.99 (about $25) a week, read on 31 October 2026. I compared that with five travel eSIM brands and Ringo Light, priced on 25 October 2026. For a long weekend I would roam, and for a week, two weeks or a month I would buy Ringo Light, $6.99, $22.99 or $32.99.
Unlimited data at full speed, 7 days for $6.99, 2 weeks for $22.99 or 30 days for $32.99, paid once, nothing renews. Airalo and Ubigi ask $49 for a month. A single week costs $27.50 at Holafly and $20.99 at Saily.
10 GB for 30 days costs $10, and 50 GB for 10 days costs $15, on True, AIS and dtac. Its unlimited stops at 10 days, at $15.
1 GB from $4, 5 GB from $7, and 20 GB for 30 days at $18, on AIS and True with 5G. Unlimited costs $9.50 for 3 days and $21 for a week, a cent over Saily's $20.99.
It runs on True and dtac and states no daily cap for your own phone. A week costs $27.50, and sharing is limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Vodafone, 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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US dollars, 25 October 2026.
The 30-day unlimited plan at each brand. Nomad sells unlimited only up to 10 days. Ubigi states its month as 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The bucket most people buy for a two-week holiday. 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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What to see in Thailand, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from the temples of Bangkok to the north and the islands of the south, with the one thing your data does for you at each. AIS, True and dtac cover all of them with 4G, and 5G in the cities.
Roam with Vodafone, or buy an eSIM
I read Vodafone's EasyTravel page on 31 October 2026. It lists Thailand, and Vodafone's article says it was added on 22 July 2026. EasyTravel Tag is €7.99 (about $9) for each calendar day you call, text or use data there. EasyTravel Woche is €21.99 (about $25) for seven days. Two weeks is €43.98 (about $49), and a month is €103.94 (about $116), since the page shows no monthly pass for Thailand.
Vodafone's two weeks in Thailand is €43.98, about $49, and Ringo Light's is $22.99. For a month it is €103.94, about $116, against $32.99. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed, paid once. Next to the rival eSIMs, its month is the cheapest by $16: Saily asks $48.99, Airalo and Ubigi $49 and Holafly $73.90.
The short trips are closer, and I say so plainly. For a week, Ringo Light asks $6.99 for 7 days, Saily $20.99 and Airalo $21. A single Vodafone Woche is about $25, so even the week is cheaper on an eSIM. For 3 days, Airalo's unlimited costs $9.50, which is more than Ringo Light's 7 days at $6.99. If you only want a long weekend in Bangkok and your own number, one or two Tag days are just as easy.
Vodafone wins the things a contract does best. Your own number keeps ringing, with up to 500 minutes and 500 texts a day included, to Germany or within Thailand. Your home data volume comes along, for example 135 GB a month on Vodafone Mobil XL, and there is nothing to install. For a fortnight of islands, or a month, I would still buy Ringo Light.
Networks in Thailand, and what changes for a visitor from Germany
The brands in the table ride the Thai networks like this. Airalo and Saily use AIS and True, Ubigi also AIS and True, Holafly True and dtac, and Nomad True, AIS and dtac. Ringo Light uses a local partner network. I did not find a network named for Vodafone's EasyTravel, so I do not say which one your phone would join.
EasyTravel works differently from an eSIM. A Tag starts by itself the first time the phone calls, texts or uses data in Thailand, and it ends at midnight German time or when you re-enter Germany. A Woche is booked a day ahead in MeinVodafone or by sending Easy7 to 70127. It needs a Vodafone contract but not an eSIM slot. Vodafone says unlimited tariffs do not get unlimited data abroad, and the page names no speed.
There is also WorldTravel, €4.99 a month (about $6) for 2 GB, on a 12-month term of €59.88 (about $67). I would not buy it for a single holiday.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad, Saily or Airalo
- Nomad, $10 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days. Its 50 GB for 10 days at $15 is the biggest bucket under $20 in the table. It uses True, AIS and dtac.
- Saily, $10.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB costs $19.99, on AIS and True. It offers a full refund inside 30 days if you never install it.
- Ubigi, $11 for 10 GB. 25 GB costs $24.90, on AIS and True with 5G. You need its app for top-ups.
- Airalo, $11 for 10 GB for 30 days. 20 GB costs $18, and small buckets start at $4 for 1 GB, on AIS and True with 5G.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. It sells unlimited, 2 weeks at $22.99, which is more than twice what Nomad charges for 10 GB over 30 days. For a bucket, I would buy Nomad, Saily or Ubigi. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not as a bucket.
What Ringo Light is
I write for Ringo, so weigh my view with that in mind. Ringo Light is its own data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Thailand it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 7 days at $6.99, 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $32.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email and installs in one scan, with no app.
The eSIM sits next to your Vodafone SIM, so your number keeps working for calls and texts if you leave roaming on for those. EasyTravel includes up to 500 minutes and 500 texts a day. A day on which you call or text counts as a Tag day at €7.99, so I would save those for the days that need them. I would install the eSIM at home on Wi-Fi and switch it on for data when you land at Suvarnabhumi.
The card to buy Ringo Light is further up the page, after the table.
Pick by trip
I would use one or two EasyTravel Tag days at €7.99 (about $9) and keep my number, or Airalo unlimited for 3 days at $9.50.
Ringo Light unlimited for 7 days at $6.99, against Saily at $20.99 or Airalo at $21. A Vodafone Woche is €21.99, about $25.
Ringo Light at $22.99, unlimited at full speed for the maps. Two Woche passes come to €43.98, about $49.
Ringo Light at $32.99, with the laptop on a tether. Vodafone would run to €103.94, about $116.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $10, or Saily at $10.99.
Keep your Vodafone SIM for calls and texts and add Ringo Light for the data. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
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How we compared, and our sources
Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi, Vodafone, Ringo Light, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Thailand 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/thailand-esim, unlimited plans read on the site in dollars, 25 October 2026; buckets from the esimdb listing dated 4 October 2026 (https://esimdb.com/thailand/airalo)
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-thailand/, read on the site in dollars, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-thailand/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/thailand-esim, dollar prices from the page data, read 25 October 2026; unlimited up to 10 days only
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/thailand/ubigi, listing dated 4 October 2026 (still the latest on 25 October); cellulardata.ubigi.com shows euro prices and one plan only
- Vodafone: www.vodafone.de/de/mobilfunk/ausland-und-roaming/easytravel, EasyTravel page, read 31 October 2026: Tag €7.99, Woche €21.99, 500 minutes and 500 texts a day, home data volume, Thailand in the country list, and the Vodafone article on the 22 July 2026 addition; the WorldTravel page at vodafone.de/de/mobilfunk/ausland-und-roaming/worldtravel for €4.99 a month and the 12-month term. The addresses vodafone.de/privat/hilfe-support/roaming.html and vodafone.de/privat/mobilfunk/roaming.html returned not found on the same day
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/thailand, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- European Central Bank: www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml, euro reference rates of 30 October 2026, the latest published on 31 October 2026, used for the dollar figures (1 euro = $1.1172)
- 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.
