The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell one plan for several Middle East countries. I priced all six regional plans on the same day, for a Dubai stopover, two weeks between Jordan and the Gulf, and a month, and I read which countries each plan really covers. The lists differ more than the prices. Here is where I would buy each one.
Unlimited data at full speed in 12 countries, one eSIM: 2 weeks at $45.99 or 30 days at $62.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $79 for 15 days and $99 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $25 and 20 GB at $45 across 10 countries, on stc, du, Zain, Ooredoo and others. No unlimited plan for the region.
Menalink covers 13 countries including Israel and Palestine. 3 days of unlimited at $24, 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps.
11 countries from Armenia and Azerbaijan to Egypt and the UAE, days not gigabytes. $42.90 for a week; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 10 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
Regional plans, US dollars, 10 November 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, the others 15 days. Ubigi's 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited plan for the region.
The 30-day regional plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps.
Holafly sells no buckets; Saily's 10 GB regional price was not listed on the day. 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 Middle East, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips to the region include, from Dubai to Petra and Istanbul, with the one thing your data does for you at each. All eight are in countries Ringo Light covers.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Unlimited data costs more in the Middle East than almost anywhere else, and the regional plans show it. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo's Menalink asks $79, Holafly $84.50 and Ubigi $88 for 30 GB at full speed. For a month, $99 at Airalo, $149 at Ubigi and $161.50 at Holafly. Saily and Nomad sell no unlimited regional plan at all. Ringo Light charges $45.99 for 2 weeks and $62.99 for 30 days, and nothing renews. That is the gap I would look at first.
The Ringo Light 2 weeks at $45.99 costs less than Ubigi's 7 days at $49, and only $4.99 more than Airalo's 7 days at $41 or $3.09 more than Holafly's at $42.90.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives 20 GB for the week, 30 GB for 15 days and 60 GB for the month, 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. That is the line I read first.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan, so for a Dubai stopover I would buy elsewhere. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $24 and Holafly at $25.50.
Which countries each plan really covers
A Middle East plan is only as good as its country list, and no two brands draw the region the same way. Ringo Light covers 12: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia. It does not cover Israel.
Airalo's Menalink covers 13 including Israel and Palestine, but not Turkey. Holafly's 11 run from Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia and Azerbaijan to Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and the UAE, and leave out Bahrain, Kuwait and North Africa. Nomad's MENA plan covers 10, with Morocco and Tunisia but without Oman or Turkey. Ubigi's Best Middle East plan covers 9 and leaves out the UAE and Egypt, so it does not suit a Dubai trip. Saily lists 19 countries, but I could not read the names on the day.
I pick the list first, then the price. Istanbul and Dubai on one trip: Ringo Light or Holafly. Jerusalem with Amman: Airalo, Holafly or Nomad. Marrakech, Cairo and Dubai: Ringo Light, Airalo or Nomad.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad or Airalo
- Nomad, $25 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB and the cheapest 20 GB at $45, both for 30 days across 10 countries.
- Airalo, $30 for 10 GB. Menalink 10 GB for 30 days; 20 GB for $47.50, buckets from $6.50 for 1 GB.
- Ubigi, $39 for 10 GB. Its Best Middle East plan, 9 countries with Turkey and Iraq but without the UAE.
- Saily, buckets only. Its Middle East and North Africa plan listed 1, 2 and 3 GB on the day; its 10 GB and 20 GB prices were not listed, and saily.com refused the fetch.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The 2 weeks is unlimited for $45.99 and the 30 days unlimited for $62.99. For a fixed 10 GB, Nomad and Airalo are cheaper; for 20 GB over a month, Nomad at $45 and Airalo at $47.50 are cheaper too. I would buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket, and 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 weigh that. For the Middle East it sells one eSIM for 12 countries and two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $45.99 and 30 days at $62.99. 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.
Pick by trip
Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $24. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
I would buy Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $45.99, less than any rival charges for 15 days.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $25, if its 10 countries match your route.
I would buy Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $62.99.
Airalo, Holafly or Nomad. Ringo Light does not cover Israel.
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 Middle East on 10 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/middle-east-and-north-africa-esim?currency=USD, Menalink unlimited in dollars on the site, 10 November 2026; buckets from esimdb.com/region/middle-east/airalo, listing dated 6 October 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-middle-east/, prices in dollars and the 11-country list on the site, 10 November 2026
- Saily: findyouresim.com/providers/saily/middle-east/, listing updated 28 September 2026; only its 1, 2 and 3 GB regional plans were listed; saily.com and esimdb refused the fetch
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/mena-eSIM, prices and networks in dollars from the page's own data on nomadesim.com, read 10 November 2026; the 10-country list was last read 28 September 2026
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/best-middle-east-data-plans/, Best Middle East plan pages on the site, in dollars, 28 September 2026; the same prices re-checked on esimdb.com/region/middle-east/ubigi, listing dated 6 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 10 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.
