The short answer
Six travel eSIMs get most of the traffic for this search, and five of them sell a Maldives plan. I priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Malé, a week or two at a resort or on a local island, and a month, and I read the fine print on unlimited. Unlimited is dear in the Maldives for everyone, and I say plainly who is cheapest for what.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $113.99 or 30 days at $188.99, nothing renews. Holafly asks $131.90 for 15 days and $202.90 for 30 days.
3 days at $33.90, a week at $55.50, 15 days at $131.90 and 30 days at $202.90, on Dhiraagu. No daily cap stated for your own phone; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
20 GB for 30 days at $40 on Dhiraagu, or $45 with a +960 number, calls and texts. No unlimited plan for the Maldives.
1 GB for 7 days at $17, 3 GB at $25, 5 GB at $35 and 10 GB at $55 for 30 days, and 20 GB for 10 days at $45, on Dhiraagu.
Prices read on 29 October 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, 29 October 2026. Only Holafly and Ringo Light sell unlimited data for the Maldives. Holafly sells 15 days, not 14. Airalo, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi sell buckets only.
The 30-day plan. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day.
Airalo's only Maldives size is 20 GB. Nomad also sells 20 GB for 10 days at $45. Saily sells only 1 GB for 7 days, Ubigi only 3 GB for 15 days, and 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 the Maldives, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Malé and the airport islands to the atolls of the far north and south, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Coverage is good on inhabited islands and resorts and thinner on the water between them.
If you want unlimited: Ringo Light is cheaper here
Only two of these brands sell unlimited data for the Maldives: Holafly and Ringo Light. Airalo, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi sell buckets only. Holafly charges $33.90 for 3 days, $55.50 for a week, $131.90 for 15 days and $202.90 for 30 days. Ringo Light charges $71.99 for 7 days, $113.99 for 2 weeks and $188.99 for 30 days, nothing renews. Ringo Light is cheaper for the two longer lengths: by $17.91 against Holafly's 15 days and by $13.91 for a month. For 3 or 7 days I would pick Holafly, whose week at $55.50 is $16.49 under Ringo Light's $71.99.
I read what unlimited means at each brand before I pick. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone, limits sharing to 1 GB a day, and says that in rare cases a network may slow you for up to a day under fair use. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 7 days, 2 weeks or 30 days.
For a short trip I would not choose Ringo Light, which sells no 3-day plan and whose 7 days costs $71.99. Holafly sells 3 days of unlimited at $33.90 and a week at $55.50, $16.49 less than Ringo Light's 7 days.
Dhiraagu, the resorts and the water between atolls
The Maldives has two mobile networks, Dhiraagu and Ooredoo. Airalo, Holafly and Nomad all name Dhiraagu, Ubigi names Ooredoo, and Saily does not name its network. Coverage is good in Malé, on inhabited islands and at most resorts. It gets thinner on small remote islands and on the boat or seaplane between atolls, as Holafly's own page says. I would download offline maps before the boat.
Most resorts include Wi-Fi, so many visitors need mobile data for the transfer, excursions, local islands and the beach rather than for the villa. That is why a bucket is often enough here, and why I think the cheapest answer for a resort week is usually not unlimited.
If you want a data bucket: Airalo, Nomad, Saily or Ubigi
- Airalo, $40 for 20 GB. Its only Maldives plan: 20 GB for 30 days on Dhiraagu, or $45 with a +960 number, calls and texts. The cheapest way to get a lot of data here.
- Nomad, $55 for 10 GB. 30 days on Dhiraagu. Also 20 GB for 10 days at $45, and small packs from 1 GB for 7 days at $17 to 5 GB for 30 days at $35.
- Saily, $14.99 for 1 GB. Its only Maldives plan, 7 days. Enough for maps and messages if your resort has Wi-Fi.
- Ubigi, $40 for 3 GB. Its only Maldives plan, 15 days on Ooredoo. Nomad sells 3 GB for 30 days at $25.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $113.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $188.99. For a fixed amount of data, Airalo, Nomad, Saily and Ubigi are all far cheaper in the Maldives. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM from Ringo, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For the Maldives it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $71.99, 2 weeks at $113.99 and 30 days at $188.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In the Maldives unlimited is dear for everyone. Ringo Light is $17.91 cheaper than Holafly's 15 days and $13.91 cheaper for a month, though I think Airalo's 20 GB at $40 is enough for most resort weeks. No Ringo Light regional trip and not the Global plan covers the Maldives, so there is no cheaper Ringo Light route in. I would buy Ringo Light if you want unlimited with no speed cap.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Saily, 1 GB for 7 days at $14.99. Holafly, 3 days of unlimited at $33.90, if you will use more. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
My pick is Airalo, 20 GB for 30 days at $40, enough for the transfer, excursions and the beach. Holafly, a week of unlimited at $55.50, if you want no limit.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $113.99, $17.91 under Holafly's 15 days at $131.90. Nomad, 20 GB for 10 days at $45, for a shorter stay.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $188.99. Holafly's 30 days is $202.90.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks at $113.99 or 30 days at $188.99, the eSIM by email.
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 Maldives on 29 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. I compared the brands that get most of the traffic for this search and did not price Maya Mobile on the day.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/maldives-esim?currency=USD, the $40 plan in dollars on the site, 29 October 2026; the $45 plan with a +960 number from esimdb.com/maldives/airalo, read 29 October 2026 (no listing date shown)
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-maldives/, dollar prices from the page's price table, 29 October 2026
- Saily: esimdb.com/maldives/saily, listing read 29 October 2026, no listing date shown, one 1 GB plan; saily.com refuses the fetch
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/maldives-eSIM, the page now shows euros only; dollar prices from esimdb.com/maldives/nomad, read 29 October 2026 (no listing date shown), the same as on 28 September; network Dhiraagu from the site, 29 October 2026
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/maldives/, one plan, 3 GB for 15 days, network Ooredoo, on the site, 29 October 2026; $40 from esimdb.com/maldives/ubigi, read 29 October 2026 (no listing date shown)
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 29 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.
