The short answer
Nomad is cheaper than Holafly for Canada on both unlimited lengths they share: $18 against $19.90 for 3 days and $30 against $36.50 for a week. Holafly states no daily cap; Nomad gives 2 GB a day at full speed, then slower. Holafly sells no buckets; Nomad sells 10 GB at $17. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $32.99 or 30 days at $57.99, and sells no 3-day or 7-day plan.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $32.99 or 30 days at $57.99, nothing renews, no app. Holafly asks $50.50 for 15 days and $95.90 for 30. Nomad stops at 10 days for $35. No 3-day or 7-day plan, no buckets.
$18 for 3 days and $30 for a week of unlimited, 2 GB a day at full speed, on Rogers and Freedom Mobile. 10 days $35. 10 GB at $17, 20 GB at $31, both sale prices. App optional.
Days, not gigabytes, on Bell and Telus, installed from a QR code. $19.90 for 3 days, $36.50 for a week, $50.50 for 15 days, $95.90 for a month. Sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Holafly, Nomad 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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US dollars, 25 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, Holafly 15 days. Nomad has no 15-day plan (it stops at 10 days for $35), so it has no bar here. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone; Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited, so it has no bar here. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone.
Holafly sells no buckets, so it has no bar here. Nomad's $17 is a sale price, regular $23. Ringo Light sells no bucket: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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Holafly vs Nomad in one paragraph
Nomad is cheaper than Holafly for unlimited at both lengths the two share: $18 against $19.90 for 3 days, $1.90 less, and $30 against $36.50 for a week, $6.50 less. Holafly gives you the simpler product: unlimited days with no stated daily cap, installed from a QR code with no app, on Bell and Telus, and it sells 15 days at $50.50 and 30 days at $95.90, which Nomad does not (Nomad stops at 10 days for $35). Nomad gives 2 GB a day at full speed, then slower, on Rogers and Freedom Mobile, and sells buckets, 10 GB for 30 days at $17 and 20 GB at $31, both sale prices, regular $23 and $39. Pick Nomad for 3 days, a week or a bucket. Pick Holafly if you want a long unlimited stay with no daily cap and no app. If the trip is two weeks or a month and you want unlimited, Ringo Light sells 2 weeks at $32.99 and 30 days at $57.99, unlimited data at full speed.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 25 October 2026, in US dollars, from each brand's own site. For 3 days of unlimited, Holafly asks $19.90 and Nomad $18. For a week, $36.50 at Holafly and $30 at Nomad. Nomad wins both rows. Holafly sells 15 days at $50.50 and 30 days at $95.90; Nomad sells 10 days at $35 and no 15-day or 30-day unlimited, so we do not compare those lengths. Mobile data costs more in Canada than in Europe or Asia, and both price lists show it.
Ringo Light sells two trips for Canada: 2 weeks at $32.99 and 30 days at $57.99. The 2 weeks costs $17.51 less than Holafly's 15 days at $50.50, and $2.01 less than Nomad's 10 days at $35, which is four days shorter. The 30 days costs $37.91 less than Holafly's $95.90; Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan and no 7-day plan; for 3 days, Nomad at $18 is the cheapest of the three, and for a week, Nomad at $30 beats our 2 weeks at $32.99 by $2.99, though our 2 weeks lasts twice as long.
For a fixed amount of data, Nomad is the only one of the three that sells it: 10 GB for 30 days at $17 and 20 GB at $31, both sale prices. Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no buckets either. If 10 GB is all you need, Nomad is $15.99 cheaper than Ringo Light's $32.99, and we would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What unlimited means at each
Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits hotspot sharing to 1 GB a day. Nomad gives 2 GB a day at full speed, then slower, which is enough for maps, messages and some video; a long evening of streaming in HD will hit it. So Holafly is the one to pick between the two if you refuse any cap on your own screen. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks or 30 days. Fair use policy, see Terms.
Networks and coverage in Canada
Canada has three national networks, Bell, Rogers and Telus, and Bell and Telus share much of theirs. Freedom Mobile covers the big cities of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, Videotron is strongest in Quebec, and SaskTel in Saskatchewan. Holafly rides Bell and Telus. Nomad rides Rogers and Freedom Mobile. Ringo Light rides a local partner network. Any of the three works in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Calgary and Vancouver.
Outside the towns, coverage ends fast. The Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper has long stretches with no signal on any network, and so do the back roads of the national parks and the north. Whatever you buy, download offline maps before you drive into the mountains. For the brand that names five networks and switches between them, see Ubigi in the full comparison.
Installation and app
Holafly needs no app; it sends a QR code you scan in your phone's settings. Nomad's app is optional. Ringo Light needs no app either; the eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, and support is by email. Whichever you pick, install it at home before you fly and switch it on for data when you land at Toronto Pearson, Montreal or Vancouver.
The cheaper third option: Ringo Light
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM, sold to fund the full Ringo, one plan that works everywhere with your own number ported onto it. For Canada it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $32.99 and 30 days at $57.99. One payment, nothing renews, no app.
What it does not do: no buckets, no 3-day plan, no 7-day plan, no phone number, data only. Calls go over apps that use data. If you want 10 GB for a month, Nomad at $17 is the better buy. If you want 3 days, Nomad at $18 or Holafly at $19.90. If you want a week, Nomad at $30 is $2.99 cheaper than our 2 weeks at $32.99. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light is cheaper than Holafly at both lengths.
The full comparison for Canada, with Airalo, Saily and Ubigi priced the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-canada. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- Nomad, if you want a bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $17 and 20 GB at $31, both sale prices. Holafly and Ringo Light sell no bucket.
- Nomad, if the trip is 3 days or a week. $18 for 3 days and $30 for 7 days of unlimited, 2 GB a day at full speed. Holafly is $19.90 and $36.50, and Ringo Light sells neither length.
- Holafly, if you refuse a daily cap and want no app. No stated daily cap, QR code install, Bell and Telus, with 15 days at $50.50 and 30 days at $95.90 that Nomad does not sell.
- ✓Ringo Light, if the trip is two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed at $32.99 or $57.99, cheaper than Holafly at each of those lengths.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $18. Holafly is $19.90. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan.
Nomad unlimited, 7 days, $30. Holafly is $36.50. Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan; its 2 weeks is $32.99 and lasts twice as long.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $32.99, against $50.50 at Holafly for 15 days and $35 at Nomad for 10 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $57.99, against $95.90 at Holafly. Nomad sells no 30-day unlimited. Holafly if you must have no daily cap from a brand other than us.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $17, a sale price. Holafly and Ringo Light sell no buckets.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Holafly, Nomad, Ringo Light
We priced Holafly, Nomad and Ringo Light for Canada on 25 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: Airalo, Saily and Ubigi. They sell Canada too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-canada. This page answers one question, Holafly or Nomad, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option. Left out: Holafly and Nomad at 10, 15 and 30 days. The Canada comparison lists no Holafly 10-day price and no Nomad 15-day or 30-day unlimited (Nomad stops at 10 days for $35), so we compare only the 3-day and 7-day lengths both sell and call neither cheaper where one figure is missing.
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-canada/, dollar price table and networks on its own page, 25 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/canada-esim/, dollar prices and networks on its own page, 25 October 2026; 10 GB and 20 GB are sale prices, regular $23 and $39
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 25 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.
