The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Switzerland plan and get most of the traffic for this search. For this post I priced all six on the same day: a few days in Zurich, two weeks on the trains between Zermatt, Interlaken and Lucerne, and a month. I also read the fine print on unlimited. Here is where each one wins.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $16.99 or 30 days at $32.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $46 for 15 days and $68 for the month.
10 GB for 30 days at $12 and 25 GB at $24, on Salt and Sunrise with 5G. Its 20 GB at $14 is a monthly plan that renews.
3 days of unlimited at $11 and a week at $25, 2 GB a day at full speed, on Salt and Sunrise. 20 GB for 30 days at $25.
Days, not gigabytes, on Salt, Sunrise and Swisscom, the only brand here that names Swisscom. $27.50 for a week; 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. 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; its longest is 10 days at $33.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited.
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 Switzerland, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Zurich to Lake Geneva and up into the Alps, with the one thing your data does for you at each. All of them are on the rail network, and a live timetable is the thing you will open most.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Switzerland is an expensive country and a train country: most first trips are ten days to two weeks, moving between Zurich, Lucerne, Interlaken and Zermatt with the timetable on your phone. For 15 days of unlimited, Saily asks $45.99, Airalo $46 and Holafly $51.50. Ubigi asks $35 for 30 GB at full speed. For a month, $58 to $76.50. Ringo Light charges $16.99 for 2 weeks and $32.99 for 30 days, nothing renews.
Unlimited can mean very different things, and I look at the cap before the price. 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 or 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 2 weeks or 30 days.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells 3 days of unlimited data at $8.99, and no 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $11. For a week, Ubigi sells 20 GB at full speed for $19, though I would still weigh the 2 weeks on Ringo Light at $16.99, which costs less than any rival's week.
Which network works best in Switzerland, and why EU roaming may not cover it
Switzerland has three networks: Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt. Swisscom is the largest. All three cover the cities, the main rail lines and the big mountain resorts well. Most travel eSIMs ride Salt or Sunrise; Holafly is the one brand here that also names Swisscom. On high hiking trails, away from the lifts and villages, any network can drop out, so download offline maps before you set off.
Switzerland is not in the European Union. The EU rule that lets you roam at home prices does not apply here, so an EU phone plan may charge for data in Switzerland unless your carrier includes it. I would check before crossing the border: it is the most common surprise on a Swiss trip.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi
- Ubigi, $12 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days by far, and 25 GB for 30 days at $24, on Salt and Sunrise with 5G. Its 20 GB at $14 is a monthly plan that renews until you cancel it.
- Nomad, $20.50 for 10 GB. 20 GB for 30 days at $25, on Salt and Sunrise.
- Saily, $22.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $36.99, read on saily.com today.
- Airalo, $23 for 10 GB. Its Pilatus Mobile plan, 20 GB for $36, on Sunrise. The app is needed.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The 2 weeks is unlimited for $16.99 and the 30 days unlimited for $32.99. For 10 GB that lasts a month, Ubigi at $12 is the better buy, and Ubigi and Nomad sell 25 GB and 20 GB for a month at $24 and $25, less than the 30 days on Ringo Light. I would not pay for Ringo Light if a bucket is all you need. Buy it for unlimited.
What Ringo Light is
I should say plainly that I write for Ringo. 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. For Switzerland it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $16.99 and 30 days at $32.99. 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
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99, against $11 at Nomad; its 2 weeks is $16.99 if the trip might run longer.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $16.99, less than any rival charges for one week.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $12.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $32.99. Ubigi at $58 for 60 GB at full speed if you move big files every day.
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 Switzerland 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/switzerland-esim?currency=USD, unlimited and buckets in dollars, and the network, on the site, 22 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 where the page showed dollars, unchanged; the rest is kept as dated here
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-switzerland/, dollar prices from the price table on its own page, 22 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Saily: saily.com/esim-switzerland/, unlimited and buckets in dollars on its own page, 22 October 2026; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/switzerland-esim/, dollar prices and networks on its own page, 22 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Ubigi: cellulardata.ubigi.com/data-plans-and-coverage/ubigi-esim-data-plans/?destination=che, dollar prices on its plan pages, 22 October 2026; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- 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.
