The short answer
Six travel eSIMs sell a Taiwan plan and get most of the traffic for this search. I went through all six on the same day, for a long weekend in Taipei, two weeks around the island on the high speed rail and the east coast line, and a month, and I read what each brand means by unlimited. My conclusions follow, plan by plan.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $31.99, nothing renews. Ubigi asks $39 for 15 days and Airalo $49. For a month Ringo Light's $48.99 is unlimited, one cent under Ubigi's $49 for 60 GB at full speed.
10 GB for 30 days at $14, and 60 GB at full speed for 30 days at $49, then 2 Mbps, on Far EasTone and Taiwan Mobile.
3 days of unlimited at $12 on Chunghwa Telecom, and 20 GB for 30 days at $26.
Days, not gigabytes, with no daily cap stated for your own phone. $27.90 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 stops at 10 days for $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 Taiwan, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, from Taipei and the northeast coast to the east coast gorges, the central mountains and the south, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The cities and the rail lines have good 4G and 5G; in the mountains, plan for gaps.
If you want unlimited for two weeks or a month: Ringo Light
Most first trips to Taiwan last one to two weeks: Taipei, then the high speed rail down the west coast or the train along the east coast to Hualien. For 15 days of unlimited, Airalo asks $49, Saily $48.99 and Holafly $50.50. I put Ubigi next to it: 30 GB at full speed for 15 days at $39, while Nomad stops at 10 days for $33. Ringo Light charges $31.99 for 2 weeks, nothing renews.
The small print is where I spend most time. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Saily gives 5 GB a day and Nomad 2 GB, both then 1 Mbps. Ubigi gives a fixed amount at full speed, 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 month, I count Ringo Light's $48.99 as one cent under Ubigi's $49. Ubigi gives 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps; Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the 30 days.
For a short stay, Ringo Light is not my answer: it sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. Nomad sells 3 days of unlimited at $12, and Ubigi 7 days with 20 GB at full speed for $22.
Which network works best in Taiwan
Taiwan has three networks since the 2023 mergers: Chunghwa Telecom, the largest, Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone. In what I read, all three cover Taipei, the west coast cities and the high speed rail line well, with 5G in the cities. Signal is weaker in the mountains: deep in Taroko Gorge, on the trails at Alishan and on the high roads across the Central Range, whichever network you ride. Airalo uses Taiwan Mobile, Nomad Chunghwa for its unlimited plans, and Ubigi Far EasTone and Taiwan Mobile. Holafly and Saily do not name theirs. For Taipei, Tainan and Kaohsiung, any of them works.
If you want a data bucket: Ubigi or Nomad
- Ubigi, $14 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, on Far EasTone and Taiwan Mobile. Its 20 GB at $16 is a monthly plan that renews until you stop it; 25 GB as a single payment is $28.
- Nomad, $16 for 10 GB. And the cheapest one-off 20 GB at $26, on Chunghwa Telecom and Taiwan Mobile.
- Airalo, $19 for 10 GB. Its Xie Xie plan on Taiwan Mobile, 20 GB for $29.
- Saily, $19.99 for 10 GB. 20 GB at $30.99. Its listing is dated 5 October 2026; saily.com would not load when I tried it.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. Its 2 weeks is unlimited for $31.99 and its 30 days unlimited for $48.99, both unlimited. For a fixed amount of data, Ubigi, Nomad, Airalo and Saily are all cheaper in Taiwan. Buy Ringo Light for two weeks of unlimited, not for a bucket.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is the data eSIM from the company I write for, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Taiwan it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 2 weeks at $31.99 and 30 days at $48.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Taiwan the 2 weeks is the cheapest two weeks of unlimited of the six, by my count. The 30 days is unlimited for $48.99, one cent under Ubigi's 60 GB month.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $12. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $31.99, less than any rival charges for two weeks. Ubigi 15 days at $39 for 30 GB at full speed if you will stream every evening.
Ubigi 10 GB for 30 days at $14.
Ubigi 30 days at $49, with 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $48.99.
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 Taiwan 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/taiwan-esim?currency=USD, unlimited in dollars on the site, 29 October 2026; buckets and daily cap from esimdb.com/taiwan/airalo, listing dated 27 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-taiwan/, prices in dollars on the site, 29 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 on its own site, same prices
- Saily: esimdb.com/taiwan/saily, listing dated 5 October 2026; saily.com refused the fetch on 29 October 2026; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Nomad: esimdb.com/taiwan/nomad, prices in dollars as read on the esimdb listing dated 21 September 2026; on 29 October 2026 nomadesim.com did not show dollar prices to a normal request, so they were not re-read; the daily cap is from the esimdb listing dated 27 October 2026; not readable on 11 November 2026, figures kept as dated here
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/taiwan/ubigi, listing dated 27 October 2026; network on cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/taiwan/, 29 October 2026; re-read 11 November 2026 where the page showed dollars, unchanged; the rest is 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.
