The short answer
Holafly sells unlimited for 3, 7, 15 and 30 days, $18.90 to $99.90. Nomad sells no unlimited, only buckets: 10 GB for 30 days at $27, 20 GB at $31, 50 GB at $65, on Claro, where Holafly rides Altice. With no plan in common, we do not call either cheaper. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $44.99 or 30 days at $56.99.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $44.99 or 30 days at $56.99, nothing renews, no app. Holafly asks $62.50 for 15 days and $99.90 for 30; Nomad sells no unlimited. No 3-day or 7-day plan, no buckets.
Days, not gigabytes, on Altice, installed from a QR code with no app: $18.90 for 3 days, $38.50 for a week, $62.50 for 15 days, $99.90 for 30 days. States no daily cap for your own phone; sharing limited to 1 GB a day. No buckets.
Buckets only, on Claro: 10 GB for 30 days at $27, 20 GB at $31, 50 GB at $65. No unlimited plan. App optional.
Prices read on 28 September 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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The prices, charted
US dollars, 28 September 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, unlimited data at full speed. Holafly is 15 days and states no daily cap. Nomad sells no unlimited here, so it has no bar.
US dollars, 28 September 2026. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone. Nomad sells no unlimited, so it has no bar.
US dollars, 28 September 2026. Ringo Light sells no bucket: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. Holafly sells no buckets, so it has no bar. Nomad's 10 GB lasts 30 days.
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Holafly vs Nomad in one paragraph
Holafly and Nomad sell different products in the Dominican Republic. Holafly sells unlimited for 3, 7, 15 and 30 days at $18.90, $38.50, $62.50 and $99.90, with no stated daily cap, no buckets, and no app, on Altice. Nomad sells no unlimited, only buckets: 10 GB for 30 days at $27, 20 GB at $31, 50 GB at $65, on Claro. With no plan in common we do not call either cheaper. Pick Holafly for unlimited days. Pick Nomad for a bucket, or if you want Claro. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light sells $44.99 and $56.99, unlimited data at full speed.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 28 September 2026, in US dollars. Holafly: $18.90 for 3 days, $38.50 for 7, $62.50 for 15, $99.90 for 30, all unlimited. Nomad: 10 GB for 30 days $27, 20 GB $31, 50 GB $65, and no unlimited. Holafly sells no buckets and Nomad no unlimited, so there is no like for like price. We leave that comparison out rather than call either brand cheaper.
Ringo Light sells two trips for the Dominican Republic: 2 weeks at $44.99 and 30 days at $56.99. The 2 weeks costs $17.51 less than Holafly's 15 days, and the 30 days costs $42.91 less than Holafly's month. Ringo Light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan. For a fixed amount of data, Nomad's 10 GB at $27 and 20 GB at $31 are cheaper than our $44.99 and $56.99, and theirs last 30 days where our 2 weeks lasts 2.
What unlimited means at each
Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone in the Dominican Republic and limits hotspot sharing to 1 GB a day. It sells days, not gigabytes. Nomad sells no unlimited for the Dominican Republic, only buckets. 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 the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic has two big networks, Claro and Altice, and a smaller one, Viva. Claro and Altice both cover Santo Domingo, Santiago, Punta Cana, Bávaro and the north coast towns. Signal thins out away from the towns. Holafly's own page names the Cordillera Central, Los Haitises, the Samaná Peninsula and the Sierra de Bahoruco as places where coverage can be weaker. Download offline maps before you drive into the mountains or take a boat, whichever eSIM you buy.
Holafly rides Altice. Nomad rides Claro, the one network here that the other brands in this comparison do not use. Ringo Light rides a local partner network.
Installation, app and support
Holafly needs no app; you install it from a QR code. Nomad's app is optional. Ringo Light needs no app; the eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan. Install it at home on Wi-Fi before you fly and switch it on for data when you land in Punta Cana or Santo Domingo.
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 the Dominican Republic it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $44.99 and 30 days at $56.99. One payment, nothing renews, no app.
What it does not do: no buckets, no 3-day or 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 $27 is the better buy. If you want 3 or 7 days, Holafly is cheaper than anything we sell. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light is cheaper than Holafly.
The full six-brand comparison for the Dominican Republic, with Airalo, Saily and Ubigi priced the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-dominican-republic. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- Holafly, if you want unlimited days. $18.90 for 3, $38.50 for 7, $62.50 for 15, $99.90 for 30. No stated daily cap; sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
- Nomad, if you want a bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $27, 20 GB at $31, 50 GB at $65, on Claro.
- ✓Ringo Light, if the trip is two weeks or a month and you want unlimited. Unlimited data at full speed at $44.99 for 2 weeks or $56.99 for 30 days, cheaper than Holafly's 15 days and month.
Pick by trip
Holafly unlimited, 3 days, $18.90. Nomad sells no unlimited, and ringo light sells no 3-day or 7-day plan.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $27, or 20 GB at $31.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $44.99, against $62.50 at Holafly for 15 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $56.99, against $99.90 at Holafly.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Holafly, Nomad, Ringo Light
We priced Holafly, Nomad and Ringo Light for Dominican Republic on 28 September 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 the Dominican Republic too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-dominican-republic. This page answers one question, Holafly vs Nomad, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option. Left out: A like for like unlimited price. Holafly sells only unlimited days and Nomad sells only buckets, so there is no like for like price and this page does not call either brand cheaper.
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-dominican-republic/, dollar prices and network on its own page, 28 September 2026
- Nomad: esimdb.com/dominican-republic/nomad, listing dated 21 September 2026; network from nomadesim.com/dominican-republic-esim
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 28 September 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.
