The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Malta plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I priced all six on the same day, for a long weekend in Valletta, two weeks between the beaches of Malta and Gozo, and a month of remote work in Sliema, and I read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where I think each one wins.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $14.99 or 30 days at $26.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $49 for 15 days and $69 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $12 on Epic, GO and Melita, and 50 GB for 30 days at $39.
3 days of unlimited at $11 and 20 GB for 30 days at $20, on GO and Epic.
Days, not gigabytes, on Epic, GO and Melita. $27.50 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
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. 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. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Nomad stops at 10 days; Ubigi sells no 30-day unlimited in Malta, only 50 GB for 30 days at $39.
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 Malta, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Valletta and Mdina down to the south coast and across to Comino and Gozo, with the one thing your data does for you at each. Epic, GO and Melita cover all of them, with weaker signal only in the caves and out at sea.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Malta is a week or two for most people, split between Valletta, the beaches and a few days on Gozo, and a month for the remote workers in Sliema and St Julian's. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $49, Saily $48.99 and Holafly $51.50. For a month, $69, $71.99 and $76.50. Ubigi asks $29 for 30 GB at full speed for 15 days and sells no month of unlimited. Ringo Light charges $5.99 for 7 days, $14.99 for 2 weeks and $26.99 for 30 days, nothing renews, and for any of the three I would buy it.
I read what unlimited means at each brand before I pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 5 GB a day, Nomad 2 GB. Ubigi gives 30 GB for 15 days, 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 the whole trip.
Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan, but its 7 days at $5.99 costs less than Nomad's 3 days of unlimited at $11. For a week, Ringo Light's 7 days at $5.99 costs less than any rival's 7 days: Ubigi asks $24 for 20 GB at full speed, Nomad $25.
Which network works best in Malta
Malta has three networks: Epic, GO and Melita. The islands are small and all three cover Valletta, Sliema, St Julian's, Mdina and the towns of Gozo well. Signal gets weaker at the foot of the cliffs, inside the sea caves and on some boat trips around Comino and Gozo, whichever brand you buy. Holafly and Ubigi list all three networks, Nomad names GO and Epic, and Airalo's page does not name its networks, so I keep the Epic I read in September. I would not rely on one network name either way.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $12 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, on Epic, GO and Melita, installed by QR code, no app needed. It sells no 20 GB plan for Malta; the next step is 50 GB for $39.
- Nomad, $16 for 10 GB. And the cheapest 20 GB, $20 for 30 days, on GO and Epic.
- Saily, $19.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $27.99. Its listing is dated 5 October; saily.com refuses the fetch.
- Airalo, $20 for 10 GB. Its Maltafone plan, 20 GB for $28.
- ✓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 $12 is $14.99 cheaper than the 30 days, and Nomad sells 20 GB for $20, $6.99 under it. Ringo Light is for unlimited, not for a bucket, and I would say so before 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 Malta it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $5.99, 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 not go looking for a bucket here.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11. Ringo Light sells no 3 days; its 2 weeks is $14.99 if the trip might run longer.
My pick is Ringo Light unlimited, 7 days at $5.99 or 2 weeks at $14.99, less than any rival charges for one week.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $12.
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 Malta 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. 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/malta-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 29 October 2026; daily cap and buckets from esimdb.com/malta/airalo (Maltafone plans), listing dated 26 October 2026; the site does not name the networks, Epic kept from 28 September
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-malta/, prices in dollars on the site, 29 October 2026
- Saily: esimdb.com/malta/saily, listing dated 5 October 2026; saily.com refused the fetch on 29 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/malta-esim, dollar prices and daily cap as read on the esimdb.com/malta/nomad 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 nomadesim.com/malta-esim
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/malta/, 10 GB and networks on the site, 29 October 2026; other plans from esimdb.com/malta/ubigi, listing dated 29 October 2026
- 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.
