The short answer
A trip from New York to Toronto, or Seattle to Vancouver, crosses one border and needs one eSIM. I priced the regional North America plans of six brands on the same day, and I read how each one limits unlimited. For two weeks or a month across both countries I would buy Ringo Light. For a single week, a rival is cheaper.
Unlimited data at full speed, one eSIM for the USA and Canada: 2 weeks at $37.99 or 30 days at $55.99, nothing renews. Airalo asks $60.50 for 15 days and $97.50 for the month, Holafly $62.90 and $99.90.
10 GB for 30 days at $32 and 20 GB at $35, valid in both countries, on AT&T and Verizon in the USA.
7 days at $30 with 5 GB a day at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Its North America plan covers exactly these two countries.
3 days of unlimited at $18.50, days not gigabytes, no app. Sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 31 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.
See the full price index for every country.
The prices, charted
US dollars, 31 October 2026, regional plans that cover both countries. Nomad's longest unlimited plan is 10 days. Ubigi's unlimited is 7 days and covers only the USA and Canada. Saily sells no unlimited plan.
The 30-day plan at each brand that sells one. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Nomad, Ubigi and Saily sell no month of unlimited for the region.
Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. Ubigi's 30-day 10 GB is on its 25-country Americas plan.
Side by side
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Get Ringo Light for the USA and Canada, from $19.99.
Installed once, next to your own SIM. Your eSIM arrives by email in seconds.
- 7 days $19.99
- 2 weeks $37.99
- 30 days $55.99
We sell data eSIMs for now to fund the full Ringo service. Ringo is self funded. Every plan bought here pays for the build of one plan that works everywhere.
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What to do in the USA and Canada, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that first trips to the USA and Canada often include, with the one thing your phone does for you at each. The cities have good signal on every network. The canyons and the mountain lakes do not, so plan those days offline.
One plan for both countries: Ringo Light
I would not buy two eSIMs for a trip that crosses the border once. One regional eSIM is one install, one scan, and no switching on the bridge or at the airport. Ringo Light's North America plan costs $37.99 for 2 weeks and $55.99 for 30 days, unlimited data at full speed, and nothing renews. Airalo asks $60.50 for 15 days and $97.50 for the month. Holafly asks $62.90 and $99.90.
I also added up Ringo Light's own country plans. The USA's 2 weeks is $17.99 and Canada's is $32.99 on their own pages, $50.98 together, against $37.99 for the North America trip that covers both. For a month, the USA is $22.99 and Canada $57.99, $80.98 together, against $55.99.
There is one case where two plans win. If you spend nearly all your time in the USA and one day in Canada, the USA plan at $17.99 is the cheapest unlimited in this post. I would only do that if the Canada part is a day trip and you can live without data there.
Which plans cover both countries
For the USA and Canada, I checked each brand against what the North America page says. Ringo Light, Airalo, Holafly, Saily and Nomad all cover both countries on one eSIM. Ubigi's North America plan covers the USA and Canada and nothing else, which suits this trip exactly.
Networks differ. Airalo and Ubigi name T-Mobile in the USA, and Nomad names AT&T and Verizon. In Canada, Airalo names Bell, Telus and SaskTel, Nomad names Bell and Telus, and Ubigi names five networks. Holafly and Saily do not name theirs. Every one covers the cities and main highways, and every one has gaps in the Rockies and in the national parks. I would download offline maps before those days.
If you want a data bucket: Nomad
- Nomad, $32 for 10 GB. The cheapest 10 GB for 30 days, and 20 GB for only $35, valid in the USA and Canada.
- Airalo, $37 for 10 GB. 20 GB for $49 over 30 days.
- Saily, $43.99 for 10 GB. No 20 GB on its listing, dated 6 October. I could not load saily.com.
- Ubigi, $16 for 10 GB over 7 days. The cheapest short bucket for the two countries. For 30 days it asks $48 for 10 GB on its Americas plan.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. For a month that fits in 20 GB, Nomad at $35 is far cheaper than Ringo Light's $55.99. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited, not for a bucket. I would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What Ringo Light is
Ringo Light is Ringo's own data eSIM, and I write for Ringo, so weigh that. It is sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan with your own number ported onto it. For the USA and Canada it sells one eSIM, which also covers Mexico, and two trips, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $37.99 and 30 days at $55.99. 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 or Holafly unlimited, 3 days, $18.50. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Ubigi, 7 days at $30, 5 GB a day at full speed. Airalo's 7 days is $37.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $37.99. That is $22.51 under Airalo's 15 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $55.99, against $97.50 at Airalo.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $32, or 20 GB at $35.
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 USA and Canada on 31 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/north-america-esim?currency=USD, Americanmex unlimited in dollars on the site, 31 October 2026; buckets and the 3 GB a day cap from esimdb.com/region/north-america/airalo, listing dated 27 October 2026; networks as read on 28 September 2026
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-north-america/, North America plan in dollars on the site, 31 October 2026
- Saily: esimdb.com/region/north-america/saily, listing dated 6 October 2026; saily.com refused the fetch
- Nomad: esimdb.com/region/north-america/nomad, listing dated 27 October 2026; networks as read on 28 September 2026
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/region/north-america/ubigi, unlimited plan and Americas 10 GB from the esimdb listing dated 27 October 2026 (the 8-day page on cellulardata.ubigi.com returned 404 on 31 October 2026); North America 10 GB for 7 days at $16 and networks on cellulardata.ubigi.com, 31 October 2026
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 31 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.
