The short answer
Six travel eSIMs get most of the traffic for this search, and all six sell something for Vanuatu, though three of them only small buckets. I priced all six on the same day, for a few days in Port Vila, two weeks between Efate, Tanna and Santo, and a month, and read the fine print on unlimited. In Vanuatu Ringo Light is the cheapest unlimited, and I say plainly on this page who is cheapest for buckets and short stays.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $45.99 or 30 days at $68.99, nothing renews. Airalo's Oceania plan asks $49 for 15 days and $73.50 for 30 days, with 3 GB a day at full speed.
Its Oceania plan, which covers Vanuatu: 3 days of unlimited at $11.50, 15 days at $49, 30 days at $73.50, and 10 GB for 30 days at $25.50. Its own Vanuatu plan on Digicel costs more: $95 for 15 days.
Its Best World plans, which cover Vanuatu: 30 GB for 15 days at $77 and 60 GB for 30 days at $108, then 2 Mbps. Its own Vanuatu page lists only 1 GB for 7 days at $18.
Days, not gigabytes, from 1 to 20 days: $28.50 for 3 days, $54.90 for a week, $104.50 for 15 days. No 30-day plan for Vanuatu.
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 (Ubigi's Best World figure is from the esimdb listing of 17 September 2026, which could not be re-read). Airalo's Oceania and Vanuatu plans give 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps. Ubigi's Best World 15 days is 30 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. The others sell 15 days; Ringo Light sells 2 weeks.
The 30-day plan at each brand that sells one. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Ubigi's month is 60 GB at full speed, then 2 Mbps. Holafly stops at 20 days, and Airalo's Vanuatu plan at 15.
Holafly sells no buckets. Saily and Nomad stop at 5 GB for Vanuatu. 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 Vanuatu, and what your phone needs for it
Eight places most first trips include, on Efate, Tanna, Espiritu Santo and Ambrym, with the one thing your data does for you at each. The islands are linked by small domestic flights and boats, and signal is good in Port Vila and Luganville and thin away from them.
If you want unlimited: Ringo Light
Most trips to Vanuatu are one or two weeks, split between Efate and one or two outer islands. For about two weeks of unlimited, Airalo's Oceania plan asks $49 for 15 days, Ubigi $77 for 30 GB over 15 days, Airalo's own Vanuatu plan $95 for 15 days and Holafly $104.50 for 15 days. Ringo Light charges $45.99 for 2 weeks, $3.01 less than Airalo's Oceania plan. For a month, Airalo's Oceania plan is $73.50 and Ubigi $108 for 60 GB; Ringo Light is $68.99, $4.51 less than Airalo. For those two lengths, that is the plan I would buy.
Read what unlimited means before you pick. Airalo gives 3 GB a day at full speed on both its plans, then 1 Mbps, which is enough for maps, messages and photos every day. 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 7 days, 2 weeks or 30 days. If you need a lot of data, Airalo's Oceania plan also sells 50 GB for 30 days at $72.
For a short trip, Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan; its 7 days is $27.99. Airalo's Oceania plan sells 3 days of unlimited at $11.50 and a week at $27, which is $0.99 less than Ringo Light's 7 days.
Digicel, Vodafone, and the outer islands
Vanuatu has two mobile networks, Digicel and Vodafone, which used to be TVL. Airalo's Vanuatu plan, Holafly, Nomad and Ubigi's Vanuatu plan all name Digicel. Both networks cover Port Vila, the Efate ring road and Luganville well. Holafly's own page warns that coverage is weaker inland on Tanna and Espiritu Santo, in the Banks Islands and at sea, and that holds for every brand here, because they all ride the same local networks.
Before you fly to an outer island, I would download offline maps, your booking confirmations and your return flight details. On Ambrym and on the ash plain below Mount Yasur, expect long stretches without signal.
If you want a data bucket: Airalo
- Airalo, $25.50 for 10 GB. Its Oceania plan, 30 days, and 20 GB for $49. Smaller sizes too: 5 GB for 7 days at $14.50. Its Vanuatu plan on Digicel costs more: 10 GB for $38.50. The cheapest 10 GB and 20 GB for Vanuatu. The app is needed.
- Ubigi, $39 for 10 GB. Its Best World plan, 30 days. Its own Vanuatu page lists only 1 GB for 7 days at $18.
- Saily, $7.99 for 1 GB. For 7 days, the cheapest plan for a short stay. 3 GB for 30 days at $19.99 and 5 GB at $30.99; nothing larger. Its listing is from May; saily.com would not load for me.
- Nomad, $15 for 1 GB. 1 GB for 7 days, 3 GB for 30 days at $29 and 5 GB at $45, on Digicel. Airalo's Oceania plan sells more data for less.
- ✓Ringo Light, no buckets. The Ringo Light 2 weeks is unlimited for $45.99 and the 30 days unlimited for $68.99. For a fixed amount of data, a bucket from Airalo, Ubigi, Saily or Nomad costs less. Buy Ringo Light for unlimited with no speed cap, the cheapest on the page for 2 weeks and for 30 days.
What Ringo Light is
I write for Ringo, so I should say what Ringo Light is: a data eSIM sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Vanuatu it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed with no speed cap: 7 days at $27.99, 2 weeks at $45.99 and 30 days at $68.99. Nothing renews. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, no app.
In Vanuatu Ringo Light is the cheapest unlimited, and I say so plainly, ahead of Airalo's Oceania plan at $49 for 15 days and $73.50 for 30 days. For a fixed amount of data or a few days, Airalo's buckets and short plans cost less. None of the Ringo Light regional trips covers Vanuatu, so there is no cheaper Ringo Light route in.
The card to buy it is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Pick by trip
Airalo Oceania, 3 days of unlimited at $11.50, or Saily 1 GB for 7 days at $7.99 for maps and messages. Ringo Light sells no 3 days.
Airalo Oceania, 7 days of unlimited at $27, or 5 GB for 7 days at $14.50.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks of unlimited at $45.99, no speed cap. Airalo Oceania, 15 days of unlimited at $49, is next. Ubigi Best World at $77 if you want 30 GB at full speed.
Ringo Light, 30 days of unlimited at $68.99, no speed cap. Airalo Oceania, 30 days of unlimited at $73.50, or 20 GB for $49. Ubigi Best World at $108 for 60 GB at full speed.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks at $45.99 or 30 days at $68.99, the eSIM by email, no speed cap.
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 Vanuatu 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. I compared the brands that get most of the traffic for this search and did not price Maya Mobile on the day.
- Airalo: www.airalo.com/vanuatu-esim?currency=USD, Vanuatu plan and Oceania plan read on the site in dollars, 31 October 2026; buckets keep the esimdb.com/vanuatu/airalo figures updated 28 September 2026 (esimdb answered 403 on 31 October)
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-vanuatu/, dollar prices read on the page, 31 October 2026 (3, 5, 7, 10 and 15 days)
- Saily: esimdb.com/vanuatu/saily, listing dated 16 May 2026; saily.com and esimdb refused the fetch on 31 October 2026, so the figures are not re-read
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/vanuatu-eSIM, dollar prices and network as read 28 September 2026 on nomadesim.com; esimdb.com/vanuatu/nomad, listing dated 17 September 2026, answered 403 on 31 October 2026, so not re-read
- Ubigi: esimdb.com/vanuatu/ubigi, Best World figures from the esimdb listing dated 17 September 2026 (esimdb answered 403 on 31 October 2026); cellulardata.ubigi.com/destinations/vanuatu/ read 31 October 2026 shows Digicel and one Vanuatu plan, 1 GB for 7 days at $18
- 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.
