The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell one plan for most of the world and get most of the traffic for this search. I priced five of the six global plans on the same day for the charts (Saily sells no 30-day plan and no unlimited on its Global page, so its buckets are in the table only), for a month of 10 GB, a month of unlimited, and a year of travel. I counted the countries each one covers and read the fine print. Below is where each one wins, and I say so when it is not Ringo.
133 countries, unlimited data at full speed for $49.99 a month. A month of 10 GB costs $57 at Airalo and $62 at Nomad; Holafly's one-off Global month is $161.50. Only this plan earns €5 of Ringo credit, once, toward the first bill of the full Ringo when it launches.
Best World, 178 destinations: 10 GB for 30 days at $39. Its World plan also sells 20 GB a month for $44, renewing, with a three-month minimum. Both beat Ringo Light's $49.99.
Its monthly plans, not the Global eSIM: 25 GB a month for $49.90 or unlimited for $64.90, 160+ destinations, cancel anytime. The one-off Global eSIM is $161.50 for 30 days.
Global-EX, 98 countries: 20 GB that lasts 365 days for $59. Airalo sells 20 GB for 365 days at $66 in 168 destinations.
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. Saily has no bar: its Global page sells no 30-day plan. Each brand's 30-day 10 GB, or the nearest it sells: Airalo's 10 GB lasts 180 days, Holafly sells no buckets so its bar is the 25 GB monthly plan. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for $49.99 a month.
The 30-day unlimited plan at each brand. Holafly's bar is its monthly unlimited plan; its one-off Global eSIM is $161.50 for 30 days. Ubigi's 60 GB, then 2 Mbps; Airalo's 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps. Ours is unlimited data at full speed. Nomad sells no global unlimited.
Twelve months with 10 GB each month: ours is 12 months of unlimited at $49.99; each rival is its 30-day 10 GB bought 12 times (Airalo's 10 GB for 180 days, Holafly's 25 GB monthly plan). Paid up front, Ubigi's year of 20 GB a month is $360 and Holafly's year of 25 GB a month $482.90. If you need little data over a year, Nomad Global-EX (20 GB for 365 days, $59) or Airalo (20 GB for 365 days, $66) beats all of these.
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Eight trips the same eSIM covers
Eight places on six continents, from Paris to Sydney, with the one thing your data does for you at each. All eight are in countries Ringo Light Global covers, so the same eSIM works at every one.
If you are abroad most months: a subscription, and which one
A global eSIM bought trip by trip suits someone who flies once or twice a year. If you are abroad most months, for work, family or a life split between countries, I think rebuying a plan before every flight gets old: you pick the plan again, install again, and data you did not use expires. A subscription stays installed, renews on its own and never runs out between trips.
Three of these brands sell one. Ubigi's World plan gives 20 GB a month for $44, with a three-month minimum. Holafly's monthly plans give 25 GB for $49.90 or unlimited for $64.90, cancel anytime. Ringo Light Global gives unlimited data at full speed for $49.99 a month in 133 countries. For a fixed 20 GB or 25 GB a month, Ubigi and Holafly cost less than Ringo Light does. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light Global does differently: it is unlimited data at full speed; it has no minimum term; and it is the only one that earns the €5 Pioneer credit toward the full Ringo. Every month costs $49.99, whatever you use.
Against the one-off global plans, Ringo Light Global is cheaper for a month. Airalo's nearest 10 GB costs $57 and lasts 180 days, Nomad's 10 GB for 30 days costs $62, and Holafly's one-off Global eSIM is $161.50 for 30 days of unlimited. That gap is why I would pick it over those three.
Which countries a global eSIM covers
Global plans cover between 98 and 201 countries, and the lists differ in the places that matter to a real itinerary. Ringo Light Global covers 133: the United States, Canada and Mexico, all 27 EU countries plus the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Turkey, Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
It does not cover Nepal, the Maldives, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Namibia, Botswana, Fiji, French Polynesia, Mongolia, Ukraine, Russia, Monaco or Andorra. Airalo's Discover list names Monaco, Andorra, Ukraine, Mongolia, Fiji, French Polynesia, the Seychelles and Botswana, and Ubigi's World plan lists 201 destinations. Ringo Light Global names Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Malawi, which Airalo's list does not. I would check every country on your year before you pay, whichever brand you choose.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi, Nomad or Airalo
- Ubigi, $39 for 10 GB. Best World, 178 destinations, 30 days: the cheapest month of global data I found. 1 GB for 30 days at $9.
- Nomad, $59 for 20 GB for a year. Global-EX, 98 countries: the cheapest way to hold 20 GB for 365 days. Its 123-country Global plan sells 10 GB for 30 days at $62.
- Airalo, $8.50 for 1 GB. Discover, 168 destinations: small buckets from 1 GB for 7 days, and 20 GB for 365 days at $66.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. It is unlimited data at full speed for $49.99 a month, and it renews. For one month of 10 GB, Ubigi is cheaper. For a year of light use, Nomad and Airalo are far cheaper. Buy Ringo Light Global if you are abroad most months and want unlimited data, not for a bucket. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light Global 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. Ringo Light Global is one plan for 133 countries, billed monthly: $49.99 a month for unlimited data at full speed, no throttling. It renews until you cancel. It is the only Ringo Light plan that renews; trips to one country or region do not renew.
It is also the only Ringo Light plan that earns the Pioneer credit: €5 of Ringo account credit, once per customer, applied to the first bill of the full Ringo when it launches. I would not count it as a discount. It does not make Ringo Light cheaper this month, and it is a one-time €5 toward a product that is still being built.
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
A one-off plan: Nomad Global-EX, 20 GB for 365 days at $59, or Airalo Discover, 5 GB for 60 days at $35. I would not buy a subscription for this.
Ubigi Best World, 10 GB for 30 days at $39. My pick for a single month.
Ringo Light Global, unlimited data at full speed for $49.99 a month in 133 countries, and the only plan that earns the €5 Pioneer credit. I would buy it if you are away most of the year.
Holafly's monthly unlimited plan at $64.90, with unlimited hotspot, cancel anytime.
None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have, and I know of no other route to it.
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 the world 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. I compared the brands I priced that get most of the traffic for a global eSIM and did not price Maya Mobile's global plan on the day.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/discover-esim?currency=USD, Unlimited days, 168 destinations and the 3 GB daily cap read on the site in dollars, 10 November 2026; buckets (Discover and Discover+) from the esimdb.com Global listing dated 6 October 2026, unchanged since 22 October. A year of the $57 10 GB bought 12 times is $684
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-global/, Global prices and the 142-country list in dollars, 25 October 2026; monthly plans in dollars from esim.holafly.com/plans the same day. A year of the $49.90 monthly plan is $598.80; re-read 10 November 2026 where the page showed dollars, unchanged; the rest is kept from 25 October
- Saily: saily.com/esim-global/, Global buckets in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026: 1 GB 7 days $8.99, 2 GB 15 days $16.49, 5 GB 60 days $33.99, 10 GB 180 days $56.99, 20 GB 365 days $66.99, 50 GB 365 days $129.99. No unlimited plan on the page, and no 30-day plan, so no bar; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/global-eSIM, Global and Global-EX (nomadesim.com/global-ex-eSIM) dollar prices from the page data, 10 November 2026; the page shows euros. A year of the $62 10 GB bought 12 times is $744
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi-esim-data-plans/, World and Best World read on the site in dollars, 25 October 2026. A year of the 30-day 10 GB bought 12 times is $468; not readable on 10 November 2026, figures kept from 25 October
- 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.
