The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Kenya plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Nairobi, two weeks on safari and the coast, and a month, and I read the fine print on unlimited. Kenya is not a cheap country for data, and only five of the six sell anything unlimited there. Here is where each one wins, and what I would buy.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $60.99 or 30 days at $93.99, nothing renews. Nomad asks $47 for 15 days, Holafly $66.50 for 15 days and $128.90 for 30 days, Ubigi $88 for 30 GB and $99 for 60 GB.
60 GB at full speed for 30 days at $99, then 2 Mbps, on Safaricom, Kenya's largest network. $5.01 more than Ringo Light's 30 days.
Unlimited for 3 days at $15, a week at $29 and 15 days at $47; 10 GB for 30 days at $37 and 20 GB for 45 days at $59, on Airtel. The page states no daily allowance.
Days, not gigabytes, on Airtel: 3 days at $19.90, a week at $37.50, 15 days at $66.50, 30 days at $128.90. No daily cap stated for your own phone; 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. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, the others 15 days. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad's 15 days is unlimited at $47, $13.99 under ours; its page states no daily allowance. Saily sells no unlimited plan for Kenya; airalo.com shows none, and its esimdb listing starts at $96 for 15 days.
The 30-day plan at each brand that sells one. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps, and costs $5.01 more than ours. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
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 Kenya, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from the parks of the Rift Valley and the south to the Indian Ocean coast, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Nairobi, Mombasa and the coast towns have good 4G; the parks between them often do not.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Most Kenya trips run ten days to two weeks: a few nights in the Maasai Mara or Amboseli, then the coast at Diani or Lamu. Five of the six brands I priced sell unlimited data for Kenya, and Airalo's is on its esimdb listing, not on airalo.com. For 15 days, Nomad asks $47, Holafly $66.50, Ubigi $88 for 30 GB at full speed and Airalo $96 (3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps). Ringo Light charges $60.99 for 2 weeks and $93.99 for 30 days, nothing renews. Nomad is $13.99 under Ringo Light for two weeks, and its page states no daily allowance. Saily sells buckets only.
For a month Ringo Light is the lowest. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited. Ubigi sells 60 GB at full speed for 30 days at $99, then 2 Mbps, and Holafly's 30 days is $128.90. Ringo Light's 30 days costs $93.99, $5.01 less than Ubigi, and I count that the better deal because it is unlimited at full speed.
I would read what unlimited means before you pick. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Nomad's page states no daily allowance. Ubigi gives 30 GB for 15 days or 60 GB for the month, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks or 30 days.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $15 and Holafly at $19.90. Ringo Light's 7 days at $17.99 costs less than Holafly's 3 days, and Nomad's 3 days at $15 is the cheaper short trip. For a week, Nomad is $29 and Holafly $37.50, both more than Ringo Light's $17.99, so for a week I would buy Ringo Light and for 3 days Nomad.
Which network works best in Kenya
Kenya has three mobile networks: Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya. Safaricom is by far the largest and reaches furthest, into the small towns and many of the parks. Airtel covers the cities and main roads well and thins out sooner in the country. Airalo and Ubigi ride Safaricom, Holafly and Nomad Airtel, and Saily does not name its network. For Nairobi, Mombasa and the coast, either works. On safari, signal on every network comes and goes: some camps in the Mara have a good bar, some drives have none, so I would download maps before you leave town.
Local SIMs, registration and M-Pesa
Every Kenyan SIM has to be registered to its owner before it works. A visitor shows a passport at a Safaricom or Airtel counter, at the airport in Nairobi or in a shop in town, and waits for the line to be set up. A travel eSIM installs at home before you fly, needs no counter, and connects when you land at Jomo Kenyatta or Moi International. For a short visit I would skip the counter.
A local Safaricom line also carries M-Pesa, the mobile money much of Kenya pays with, from matatus to market stalls. A travel data eSIM does not include M-Pesa, and I would not expect one to. Cards work in hotels, lodges, malls and larger restaurants; carry some Kenyan shillings for the rest.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad
- Nomad, $37 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB, for 30 days, and 20 GB for 45 days at $59, on Airtel.
- Ubigi, $42 for 10 GB. For 30 days on Safaricom. It also sells 10 GB for a week at $39.
- Saily, $47.99 for 10 GB. For 30 days. Its esimdb listing is dated 5 October 2026; saily.com refused the fetch, so check the price at checkout.
- Airalo, $48 for 10 GB. For 30 days on Safaricom, as airalo.com showed it today. esimdb, in a listing dated 27 October 2026, also lists a second Airalo line for Kenya, called Safarilink, with 10 GB at $35.50, which is $1.50 under Nomad, and unlimited days (3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps); airalo.com did not show it, so the chart leaves it out. Check the Airalo app before you buy.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The 2 weeks is unlimited for $60.99 and the 30 days unlimited for $93.99. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad, Ubigi, Saily and Airalo are all cheaper in Kenya, Nomad by $23.99 on 10 GB. 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 check my picks against the rival rows. For Kenya it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $17.99, 2 weeks at $60.99 and 30 days at $93.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
For a month in Kenya, Ringo Light's 30 days is the lowest unlimited price I found: Ubigi sells 60 GB for $99, $5.01 more. For two weeks, Nomad's 15 days at $47 is $13.99 under Ringo Light, and Ringo Light is the lowest of the rest.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $15, or Holafly at $19.90. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Nomad unlimited, 15 days, $47, is the cheapest. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $60.99, costs $13.99 more and is unlimited data at full speed. Holafly 15 days at $66.50 if you will stream every evening.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $37.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $93.99, $5.01 under Ubigi's 60 GB at $99 on Safaricom.
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 Kenya 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/kenya-esim?currency=USD, nine packages in dollars on the site, read 11 November 2026, unchanged; esimdb.com/kenya/airalo, page dated 27 October 2026, also lists Safarilink and Discover lines (unlimited days, 10 GB at $35.50) the site did not show; esimdb not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-kenya/, read on the site in dollars, 11 November 2026, unchanged
- Saily: esimdb.com/kenya/saily, esimdb listing dated 5 October 2026, prices unchanged from the earlier read; saily.com refuses the fetch; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/kenya-esim, read on nomadesim.com in dollars, 11 November 2026: unlimited 3 days $15, 7 days $29, 15 days $47 (new), 10 GB $37 and 20 GB for 45 days $59 unchanged; network as read there on 29 October 2026
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/kenya/ubigi, esimdb listing dated 29 October 2026, prices unchanged; esimdb not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here; cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/kenya, read 11 November 2026, lists only 1 GB for 7 days at US$9; network as read there on 29 October 2026
- 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.
