The best eSIM for the Philippines in 2026. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for the Philippines, priced on the same day: two weeks unlimited for $18.99, a month for $29.99.
Prices read on 28 September 2026. Six travel eSIMs sell a Philippines plan and get most of the traffic for this search. We priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Manila, two weeks of island hopping from Cebu to Palawan, and a month of remote work, and read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Ringo Light: Cheapest unlimited for two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $18.99 or 30 days at $29.99, one payment each, nothing renews. Airalo asks $48 for 15 days and $71 for the month.
Ubigi: Cheapest 10 GB bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $16 on Smart and DITO. Ubigi sells no unlimited plan for the Philippines.
Nomad: Cheapest 20 GB. 20 GB for 45 days at $27 and 10 GB for 30 days at $17, on Globe. Its unlimited stops at 10 days.
Airalo: Cheapest 3 days, on Smart. Unlimited for 3 days at $11.50 on its Alpas Mobile plan, 3 GB a day at full speed, and buckets from $4 for 1 GB.
Model: Airalo Buckets or unlimited days; Holafly Unlimited days only; Saily Buckets or unlimited days; Nomad Buckets or unlimited days; Ubigi Buckets only; Ringo Light Unlimited trips: 2 weeks or 30 days.
Unlimited, 3 days: Airalo $11.50; Holafly $11.90; Saily No 3-day plan; Nomad No 3-day plan; Ubigi No unlimited; Ringo Light No 3-day plan.
Unlimited, 7 days: Airalo $27; Holafly $27.50; Saily No 7-day plan; 5 days $18.99; Nomad No 7-day plan; 5 days $18; Ubigi No unlimited; Ringo Light No 7-day plan; 2 weeks $18.99.
Unlimited, 15 days: Airalo $48; Holafly $50.50; Saily $48.99; Nomad No 15-day plan; 10 days $33; Ubigi No unlimited; Ringo Light 2 weeks $18.99.
Unlimited, 30 days: Airalo $71; Holafly $73.90; Saily $71.99; Nomad No 30-day unlimited; Ubigi No unlimited; Ringo Light $29.99.
10 GB, 30 days: Airalo $19; Holafly No buckets; Saily $18.99; Nomad $17; Ubigi $16; Ringo Light No buckets; 2 weeks starts with 10 GB, $18.99.
20 GB, 30 days: Airalo $30; Holafly No buckets; Saily $29.99; Nomad 20 GB for 45 days, $27; Ubigi No 20 GB plan; 25 GB $29; Ringo Light No buckets; 30 days starts with 20 GB, $29.99.
Full speed on unlimited: Airalo 3 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Holafly No daily cap stated; sharing 1 GB a day; Saily 5 GB a day, then 1 Mbps; Nomad 2 GB a day, then slower; Ubigi No unlimited; Ringo Light No speed cap; starts with 10 or 20 GB, adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
Networks: Airalo Smart; Holafly Globe; Saily Not named by Saily; Nomad Globe; Ubigi Smart, DITO; Ringo Light Local partner network.
Renews?: Airalo No; Holafly No; Saily No; Nomad No; Ubigi No; Ringo Light No, one payment; the trip ends when it ends.
App needed: Airalo Yes; Holafly No, QR code; Saily Yes; Nomad Yes; Ubigi Optional; Ringo Light No, the eSIM arrives by email.
The Philippines is seven thousand islands, and most first trips last two weeks or more, hopping between Manila, Cebu, Bohol and Palawan. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $48, Saily $48.99 and Holafly $50.50. For a month, $71, $71.99 and $73.90. Nomad stops at 10 days for $33, and Ubigi sells no unlimited plan here. Ringo Light charges $18.99 for 2 weeks and $29.99 for 30 days, one payment each, nothing renews.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 5 GB a day, then 1 Mbps, and Nomad 2 GB. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits sharing to 1 GB a day. Ringo Light has no speed cap: the 2 weeks starts with 10 GB and the 30 days with 20 GB, and when you have used 80% we add 10 GB once and charge the $18.99 top-up. A heavy two weeks with us costs $37.98, still under every rival's 15 days; a heavy month costs $48.98, against $71 at Airalo.
For a short stay, Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Airalo sells 3 days of unlimited at $11.50, and Nomad 5 days at $18.
The Philippines has three networks: Globe, Smart and DITO, the newest and smallest. Globe and Smart both cover Manila, Cebu and the main tourist towns. Signal thins out on the boats between islands, in the lagoons of El Nido and Coron, and in the mountains around Banaue, whichever network you ride. Airalo and Ubigi use Smart, Holafly and Nomad use Globe, and Saily does not say. On an island-hopping trip, save your bookings and maps offline before each boat.
Ubigi, $16 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, on Smart and DITO, and 25 GB for $29.
Nomad, $17 for 10 GB. And the cheapest 20 GB at $27, valid 45 days, on Globe.
Saily, $18.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $29.99. Its listing is from July; saily.com would not load for us.
Airalo, $19 for 10 GB. Its Alpas Mobile plan, 20 GB for $30, buckets from $4 for 1 GB.
Ringo Light, no buckets. Our 2 weeks starts with 10 GB for $18.99 and our 30 days with 20 GB for $29.99, both unlimited. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Ubigi at $16 and Nomad at $17 are cheaper, and Nomad sells 20 GB for $27. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
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 the Philippines it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $18.99, starting with 10 GB, and 30 days at $29.99, starting with 20 GB. Each adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged at $18.99. One payment, nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
The card to buy it is just below this article.
A few days in Manila. Airalo unlimited, 3 days, $11.50. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Two weeks from Cebu and Bohol to Palawan. Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $18.99, less than any rival charges for a week of unlimited.
Two weeks, light use, budget first. Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $16.
A month of remote work in Cebu or Siargao. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $29.99, starting with 20 GB and adding 10 GB once for $18.99. Nomad 20 GB for 45 days at $27 if you know you will use little.
You need your own number to keep ringing. None of these travel plans does that. The full Ringo, which Ringo Light funds, ports the number you have.
What to do in the Philippines, and what your phone needs for it. Eight places most first trips include, from Manila and the northern mountains to the Visayas and Palawan, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The cities have good 4G and 5G; on the boats and in the lagoons, plan for no signal.
Intramuros and Manila Cathedral, Manila. The walled Spanish city at the heart of Manila, with the cathedral on Plaza Roma, Fort Santiago and San Agustin Church. Walk it in the morning or late afternoon, out of the midday heat. Grab runs in Manila. Book the car in the app so the fare is fixed before the traffic starts.
The Banaue Rice Terraces, Ifugao, northern Luzon. Terraces carved into the mountains by the Ifugao people over centuries, reached by an overnight bus from Manila. Walk on to Batad for the terraces on the UNESCO list. Signal is weak on the trails to Batad. Download the area in your maps app and carry cash; there are few cash machines.
Mayon Volcano, Albay, near Legazpi. An active volcano with a near perfect cone, seen best from the Cagsawa Ruins and the rice fields around Legazpi. Clearest early in the morning. Check the PHIVOLCS alert level online before you plan any hike on its slopes.
White Beach, Boracay. Four kilometres of white sand on the west side of a small island, reached by a short boat from Caticlan. Sailboats go out at sunset. Keep your hotel booking on your phone: the port asks for it before you board.
The Chocolate Hills, Carmen, Bohol. More than a thousand grassy mounds that turn brown in the dry season, seen from the viewing deck at Carmen. Pair it with the tarsiers and the Loboc River on a day around Bohol. Most visitors hire a driver or a scooter from Tagbilaran or Panglao. Save the route offline before you ride inland.
Kawasan Falls, Badian, Cebu. Turquoise pools under a series of falls in the jungle of southern Cebu, where the canyoneering trips from Alegria end. Arrive early, before the day tours. Put your phone in a dry bag. The bus down from Cebu City takes about three hours; track it in your maps app.
Bacuit Bay, El Nido, Palawan. Limestone islands, lagoons and small beaches, seen on the island hopping tours that leave El Nido town each morning. Kayak into the lagoons when the tide allows. There is little or no signal in the lagoons. Save your tour booking and pickup point before the boat leaves.
Kayangan Lake, Coron, Palawan. A short, steep climb on Coron Island to a viewpoint over the lagoon and on to a clear lake between limestone cliffs. Coron is also known for diving on sunken wartime wrecks. The ferry between El Nido and Coron takes several hours. Book it online and keep the ticket offline.
We priced Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad, Ubigi and Ringo Light for Philippines on 28 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: Maya Mobile, we could not read its own prices for this country on the day, so it stays out rather than being guessed.
Source for Airalo: https://www.airalo.com/philippines-esim?currency=USD (unlimited in dollars on the site; buckets and daily cap from esimdb.com/philippines/airalo, 28 September 2026).
Source for Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/esim-philippines/.
Source for Saily: https://esimdb.com/philippines/saily (listing dated 2 July 2026; saily.com refused the fetch).
Source for Nomad: https://esimdb.com/philippines/nomad (listing dated 20 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/philippines-esim, which served euro prices).
Source for Ubigi: https://esimdb.com/philippines/ubigi (listing dated 17 September 2026; networks from cellulardata.ubigi.com).
For two weeks or a month of unlimited data, Ringo Light: $18.99 for 2 weeks and $29.99 for 30 days on 28 September 2026, against $48 for 15 days and $71 for 30 days at Airalo. For 3 days, Airalo at $11.50. For a 10 GB bucket that lasts 30 days, Ubigi at $16. For 20 GB, Nomad at $27.
Airalo rides Smart, Holafly and Nomad ride Globe, and Ubigi lists Smart and DITO. Saily does not name its network on its listing. Globe and Smart both cover Manila, Cebu and the main tourist islands.
Every brand has a limit somewhere. Airalo slows you after 3 GB a day, Saily after 5 GB, Nomad after 2 GB. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Ringo Light has no speed cap: it starts with 10 or 20 GB and adds 10 GB once at 80%, charged.
A local Globe, Smart or DITO SIM bought at the airport must be registered with your passport under the SIM Registration Act of 2022, and you queue for it after a long flight. A travel eSIM is bought online before you fly and works the moment you land.
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