The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Hungary plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I priced all six on the same day, for a long weekend in Budapest, two weeks out to Lake Balaton and Eger, and a month, and I read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $11 and 50 GB for 30 days at $34, on Yettel with 5G.
20 GB for 30 days at $20 and 3 days of unlimited at $11, on One and Yettel.
Days, not gigabytes, on Yettel and Vodafone, no daily cap stated for your own phone. $27.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 11 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, 11 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 unlimited plan at each brand. Nomad and Ubigi sell no 30-day unlimited in Hungary; Ubigi sells 50 GB for 30 days at $34.
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 do in Hungary, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Budapest out to the Danube Bend, Lake Balaton, Eger, Pecs and the Great Plain, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Telekom, Yettel and One cover all of them.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Most people give Hungary a long weekend in Budapest, and the ones who stay longer head out to Lake Balaton, Eger and Pecs. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $48, Saily $48.99 and Holafly $51.50. For a month, $69, $71.99 and $76.50. Ubigi sells 30 GB at full speed for 15 days at $36, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light charges $14.99 for 2 weeks and $26.99 for 30 days, nothing renews. On those rows it is the plan I would buy.
Before you pick, I would read what unlimited means. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 5 GB a day, Nomad 2 GB. Ubigi gives a fixed amount at full speed, 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, Ringo Light sells 3 days of unlimited data at $8.99, and no 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11 and a week at $25, and Ubigi a week with 20 GB at full speed for $24. Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $14.99 still costs less than any of them charge for a week, so I would skip the short plans.
Which network works best in Hungary
Hungary has three networks: Magyar Telekom, Yettel, which was called Telenor until 2022, and One, which was Vodafone Hungary until 2024. Several brands still list it as Vodafone. All three cover Budapest, the lake and the main towns well, with 5G in the cities. Telekom has the widest rural coverage, and none of the rivals here names it; they ride Yettel and Vodafone. For the eight places below, I would not choose by network, because any of them works.
Hungary is in the EU. If your home plan is from an EU country, roaming there is usually included at home prices, and you may not need a travel eSIM at all. I would check that first.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $11 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB here, on Yettel with 5G, installed by QR code. It sells no 20 GB; its 50 GB for 30 days at $34 is the most data for the money.
- Nomad, $16 for 10 GB. And the cheapest 20 GB at $20, on Vodafone and Yettel.
- Saily, $18.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $31.99. Its listing is dated 4 October; saily.com refused my fetch.
- Airalo, $19 for 10 GB. Its Szia! plan, 20 GB for $32, buckets from $4 for 1 GB.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $14.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $26.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Ubigi at $11 is cheaper, and for 20 GB, Nomad at $20 is $6.99 cheaper than Ringo Light. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM I write for, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Hungary it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $8.99, 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.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table. I would buy it for two weeks or a month, and skip it for a bucket.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99, against $11 at Nomad; its 2 weeks is $14.99 if the trip might run longer. This is my pick for a short stay.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $14.99, less than any rival charges for one week.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $11.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $26.99.
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 Hungary on 11 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/hungary-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 29 October 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/hungary/airalo, listing dated 26 October 2026; the site names Vodafone and one more network, Yettel kept from 28 September; re-read 11 November 2026 where the page showed dollars, unchanged; the rest is kept as dated here
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-hungary/, prices in dollars on the site, 29 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Saily: esimdb.com/hungary/saily, listing dated 4 October 2026; saily.com refused the fetch on 29 October 2026; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/hungary-esim, dollar prices and the daily cap as read on the esimdb listing dated 20 September 2026; on 29 October 2026 nomadesim.com did not show dollar prices to a normal request, so they were not re-read; networks from the page; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/hungary/, 10 GB and network on the site, 29 October 2026; other plans from esimdb.com/hungary/ubigi, listing dated 28 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 where the page showed dollars, unchanged; the rest is kept as dated here
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 11 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.
