1 · The short answer
Indonesia is a country of islands, and most trips cross several: Jakarta, Bali, Lombok, Labuan Bajo, Yogyakarta. The travel eSIMs sell one Indonesia plan that covers them all. We priced the six that get most of the traffic on the same day, for a week, two weeks and a month, and looked at what your phone has to do between the airports, the ferries and the volcanoes.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $35.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $16, on Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison with 5G.
10 GB for 30 days at $19 and 20 GB for 45 days at $33, on Telkomsel, which covers the most of the islands.
Days, not gigabytes, no daily cap stated for your own phone, on XL and Telkomsel. $27.50 for a week.
Prices read on 27 September 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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2 · The prices, charted
US dollars, 27 September 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps.
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, so it lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
3 · Side by side
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4 · What to do in Indonesia, and what your phone does for you there
Eight places that a trip across the country might include, from the capital to the Komodo islands, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Signal is good in the cities and on the main roads, and thinner on trails and at sea.
5 · Getting online when you land
Most visitors land at Ngurah Rai in Bali (DPS) or Soekarno-Hatta in Jakarta (CGK). Lombok International (LOP), Komodo Airport in Labuan Bajo (LBJ) and Yogyakarta International, YIA, take domestic flights, and some international ones. Install your eSIM before you fly, switch it on as the plane lands, and it connects to a local network before you reach passport control.
Grab and Gojek, the two ride-hailing apps, work at all of these airports and in Jakarta, Bali, Yogyakarta and most large towns. They need data to book, and to show the pickup point, which at airports is a marked area outside the terminal, not the kerb. Both also deliver food and send motorbike taxis, which is how many locals cross town.
Jakarta is on Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7). Bali, Lombok and Komodo are one hour ahead (UTC+8), so flight times on your booking apps change as you go east.
6 · Which network works on which island
Three operators matter for visitors: Telkomsel, XL Axiata and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, which carries the Indosat and 3 brands. Telkomsel is the biggest and has the widest reach beyond the main towns. XL and Indosat are fast in Jakarta, the south of Bali and the other big cities, and thinner outside them.
Nomad and Saily ride Telkomsel, Holafly lists XL and Telkomsel, and Ubigi rides Indosat. That is the one choice that matters across the islands. If most of your time is in Jakarta, Bali's south coast and Yogyakarta, any of them will do. If you will spend days on Flores, in the Komodo islands, up Mount Rinjani or in the villages around Bromo, a plan on Telkomsel is the safer pick.
Even on Telkomsel, the sea is not covered. Ferries, the Komodo boats and the fast boats to the Gilis and Nusa Penida lose signal between the harbours. Download maps and tickets before you board, and expect data to come back near each island. Mountain trails, crater rims and national park trails have gaps too.
7 · Jakarta, Bali, Lombok, Komodo and Java, one by one
Jakarta is a business week or a stopover: a big city with good 4G and 5G, an MRT, and traffic that makes the ride apps essential. Our Jakarta post covers it in detail.
Bali is where most first trips go, and where people end up working for a month. The south coast, Canggu, Seminyak and Ubud are well covered; our Bali post covers the whole island and our Ubud post the rice terraces and the cultural centre. The north and the east are thinner in places.
Lombok and the Gili islands are a quiet step east, a few hours by fast boat from Bali. Mount Rinjani, Kuta Lombok and Senggigi are in our Lombok post. The Gilis have no cars, so you walk or ride a cart, and many small places take cash only.
Komodo and Labuan Bajo are a short flight from Bali and Jakarta, and the starting point for boats to Komodo, Rinca and Padar. Signal is fine in town and gone on the water; our Komodo post has the detail.
Java is the cultural heart. Yogyakarta, Borobudur and Prambanan are in our Yogyakarta post, and many visitors then go east to Mount Bromo, usually a night in the village below the crater, with a jeep up to the viewpoint before sunrise. Mobile signal at the viewpoint can be patchy, so keep an offline map.
8 · Cards, cash, SIM rules and your phone
Cards and phone payments work in Jakarta's malls, Bali's tourist areas and most hotels. QRIS, the national QR code payment, is on nearly every food stall, but it is tied to Indonesian bank apps, and whether a foreign card or wallet works depends on the app. Carry rupiah for markets, warungs, parking, small temples and the smaller islands, and plan where the next cash machine is.
Bali charges foreign visitors a tourist levy, paid online before or on arrival. Check the current amount and the official website before you pay, because third-party sites copy the page.
Indonesia has a rule that a phone brought in from abroad must have its IMEI registered if you use it with a local SIM card for longer than a short grace period. The rule is about physical Indonesian SIMs, and the details change, so ask the operator at the counter. An eSIM from a travel brand does not need you to visit a shop and register your passport, which is why many visitors choose one.
9 · Which plan fits an Indonesia trip
A few days in Jakarta or a stopover: Airalo and Holafly sell 3 days of unlimited, at $11 and $11.90. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan.
A week in Bali or on Java: the rivals charge $27 at Airalo and $27.50 at Holafly for 7 days of unlimited. Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan, but its 2 weeks of unlimited data costs $22.99, less than either of those weeks. You simply have days left over.
Two weeks across several islands, Bali then Lombok, or Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Bromo: Ringo Light 2 weeks at $22.99, one eSIM for all of it. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days, Saily $48.99 and Holafly $50.50.
A month, or a remote-work stay in Canggu or Ubud: Ringo Light 30 days at $35.99. Airalo asks $69 for a month, Saily $71.99 and Holafly $73.90. Ubigi is closer at $59 for 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps.
10 · If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $16 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, and 25 GB for $28. On Indosat with 5G.
- Nomad, $19 for 10 GB. On Telkomsel, and 20 GB lasts 45 days for $33.
- Airalo, $21 for 10 GB. The biggest name, buckets from $4.50 for 1 GB, 20 GB at $35.
- Saily, $21.99 for 10 GB. On Telkomsel, 20 GB at $35.99. Its listing is from July; saily.com would not load for us.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks is unlimited for $22.99 and our 30 days unlimited for $35.99. If you need 10 GB to last a whole month, Ubigi at $16 is the better buy.
11 · What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Indonesia it sells two trips, both unlimited data: 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $35.99. Nothing renews. Fair use policy, see Terms. The eSIM arrives by email and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
12 · Pick by trip
Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $22.99, less than Airalo ($27) or Holafly ($27.50) charge for 7 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $22.99.
A Telkomsel plan is the safer buy: Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $19, or Ringo Light 2 weeks at $22.99.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $35.99.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $16.
13 · Frequently asked questions
14 · How we compared, and our sources
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Indonesia on 27 September 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: Revolut. It sells Indonesia data plans from 1 GB for 7 days up to 100 GB for 60 days inside its banking app, for Revolut account holders only. Its website shows the plan sizes and a starting price in pounds, but no price per plan in dollars, and no unlimited plan, so it has no bar in the charts. 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: esimdb.com/indonesia/airalo, listing dated 23 September 2026; network from airalo.com/indonesia-esim
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-indonesia/
- Saily: esimdb.com/indonesia/saily, listing dated 2 July 2026; saily.com refused the fetch
- Nomad: esimdb.com/indonesia/nomad, listing dated 20 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/indonesia-esim
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/indonesia-data-plans/indonesia-unlimited-7-days/, and esimdb.com/indonesia/ubigi, 16 September 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 27 September 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.
