The short answer
A trip that takes in Miami and Cancun, or San Diego and Tijuana, or a road trip down to Mexico City, needs data in both countries. I priced the regional North America plans on the same day and checked which ones include Mexico. For two weeks or a month I would buy Ringo Light. For three days or a fixed bucket, a rival is cheaper.
Unlimited data at full speed, one eSIM for the USA and Mexico: 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 and AT&T in Mexico.
7 days at $30 with 5 GB a day at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Its North America plan leaves out Mexico, so it does not suit this trip.
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.
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The prices, charted
US dollars, 31 October 2026. Nomad's longest unlimited plan is 10 days. Ubigi's unlimited is 7 days and covers only the USA and Canada, not Mexico. 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 Americas plan, which is the one with Mexico.
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What to do in the USA and Mexico, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places that first trips to the USA and Mexico often include, with the one thing your phone does for you at each. The cities have good signal. The canyon rim, the ruins and the beaches are patchier, so I would save maps and tickets offline.
One plan for both countries: Ringo Light
The border between the USA and Mexico is where a country eSIM stops working and you hunt for wifi. A regional plan has no such moment. 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 added up Ringo Light's country plans from their own pages. The USA's 2 weeks is $17.99 and Mexico's is $42.99, $60.98 together, against $37.99 for the North America trip that covers both. For a month, the USA is $22.99 and Mexico $57.99, $80.98 together, against $55.99.
The sum is strange here, and I want you to see why. Mexico on its own costs more than the whole regional plan, because the regional plan is priced for three countries. If Mexico is part of the trip, I would buy the regional one and not look at the country page.
Which plans cover both countries
This is the pair where the coverage question matters most. Ringo Light, Airalo, Holafly, Saily and Nomad cover the USA and Mexico on one eSIM. Ubigi does not: its North America plan is the USA and Canada only, and Mexico is on its separate 25-country Americas plan. I would not buy the Ubigi North America plan for a Mexico trip.
Networks differ. Nomad names AT&T and Verizon in the USA and AT&T in Mexico. Airalo names T-Mobile in the USA and does not name its Mexican network. Holafly and Saily name none. Mexico's widest network is Telcel, and the cities and main highways are covered. The gaps are the desert roads, the canyon rim and the jungle between ruins, so I would download offline maps for 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 Mexico.
- Airalo, $37 for 10 GB. Its Americanmex plan, 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, $48 for 10 GB over 30 days. The Americas plan, which is the one that includes Mexico. Its $16 for 10 GB over 7 days leaves Mexico out.
- ✓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
I write for Ringo, so weigh what follows. Ringo Light is the data eSIM Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, one plan with your own number ported onto it. For the USA and Mexico it sells one eSIM that also covers Canada, 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 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.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $37.99, against $60.50 at Airalo for 15 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $55.99, against $97.50 at Airalo.
Airalo, 7 days of unlimited at $37. Ubigi's $30 week would leave you without data in Mexico.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $32, or 20 GB at $35, on AT&T in both countries.
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 Mexico 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.
