The short answer
Nomad is cheaper than Holafly for New Zealand at the two lengths both sell: $11 against $11.90 for 3 days and $25 against $27.50 for a week. Nomad stops at 10 days of unlimited, at $33, so for 15 or 30 days only Holafly sells unlimited. Holafly states no daily cap; Nomad slows you after 2 GB a day. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $25.99 or 30 days at $48.99.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $25.99 or 30 days at $48.99, nothing renews, no app. Holafly asks $51.50 for 15 days and $76.50 for the month; Nomad sells no unlimited past 10 days. No 3-day plan and no buckets.
$11 for 3 days, $25 for a week, 10 days at $33, then 10 GB at $18 and 20 GB at $28 for 30 days, all on Spark. Full speed stops at 2 GB a day. The app is optional.
Days, not gigabytes, on Spark. $11.90 for 3 days, $27.50 for a week, $51.50 for 15 days, $76.50 for 30 days. Sharing limited to 1 GB a day. No buckets.
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 sells no 15-day unlimited, only 10 days at $33, so it has no bar here. Holafly states no daily cap; 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. 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. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days. For a fixed 10 GB, Nomad is the cheaper of the two.
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Holafly vs Nomad in one paragraph
Nomad is cheaper than Holafly for New Zealand at the two lengths both sell: $11 against $11.90 for 3 days and $25 against $27.50 for a week. Nomad also sells buckets, 10 GB at $18 and 20 GB at $28, which Holafly does not. The catch is length. Nomad's unlimited stops at 10 days, at $33, so for 15 days or a month only Holafly sells unlimited, at $51.50 and $76.50. Both ride Spark. Holafly states no daily cap on your own phone; Nomad slows you to 1 Mbps after 2 GB a day. Pick Nomad for a short trip or a bucket. Pick Holafly if you want unlimited days for 15 or 30 days from one of these two, or never want to think about a daily cap. If the trip is two weeks or a month, neither is the cheapest: Ringo Light sells 2 weeks at $25.99 and 30 days at $48.99, unlimited data at full speed.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 25 October 2026, in US dollars. For 3 days of unlimited, $11.90 at Holafly and $11 at Nomad. For a week, $27.50 at Holafly and $25 at Nomad. Nomad sells no 15-day unlimited and no 30-day unlimited, only 10 days at $33, so there is no Nomad price to set against Holafly's $51.50 for 15 days or $76.50 for 30 days, and we do not guess one.
Ringo Light sells two trips for New Zealand: 2 weeks at $25.99 and 30 days at $48.99. The 2 weeks costs $25.51 less than Holafly's 15 days at $51.50, and $7.01 less than Nomad's 10 days at $33, with four more days. It costs $1.51 less than Holafly's week at $27.50 and $0.99 more than Nomad's week at $25. The 30 days costs $27.51 less than Holafly's $76.50. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan: for a few days in Auckland, Nomad at $11 or Holafly at $11.90 is the cheaper buy.
For a fixed amount of data, Nomad is the only one of the three besides us that sells a bucket, and we sell none: 10 GB for 30 days at $18, 20 GB at $28. Holafly sells no buckets. If 10 GB is all you need, Nomad is $7.99 cheaper than Ringo Light's $25.99, and its 20 GB at $28 costs $20.99 less than our month. We would rather you read that here than at checkout.
What unlimited means at each
Nomad's unlimited for New Zealand gives 2 GB a day at full speed, then slows to 1 Mbps for the rest of the day. That is enough for maps and messages and a little video; a long day of streaming will hit it. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits hotspot sharing to 1 GB a day, 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 New Zealand
New Zealand has three networks: Spark, One NZ and 2degrees. Holafly and Nomad both ride Spark, so coverage is the same for the two. Ringo Light rides a local partner network. All of them cover the cities, the towns and the main state highways well.
Between towns, in the national parks and on the alpine passes, there are long stretches with no signal on any network. The road from Te Anau to Milford Sound has none for most of its length. Download offline maps before you leave the motel Wi-Fi, whichever eSIM you buy.
Installation, app and support
Holafly needs its app only to see your data balance. Nomad's app is optional. Ringo Light needs no app; 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.
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 New Zealand it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $25.99 and 30 days at $48.99. 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 $18 is the better buy. If you want 3 days or exactly a week, Nomad at $11 and $25 is cheaper than anything we sell. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light is the cheapest of the three.
The full comparison for New Zealand, with Airalo, Saily and Ubigi priced the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-new-zealand. 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 $18, 20 GB at $28. Neither Holafly nor Ringo Light sells a bucket.
- Nomad, if you want 3 days or a week. $11 for 3 days and $25 for a week of unlimited, against $11.90 and $27.50 at Holafly.
- Holafly, if you want unlimited for 15 or 30 days from these two, or no daily cap. $51.50 for 15 days and $76.50 for 30 days on Spark. Nomad stops at 10 days.
- ✓Ringo Light, if the trip is two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed at $25.99 for 2 weeks or $48.99 for 30 days, cheaper than Holafly at both lengths.
Pick by trip
Nomad unlimited, 3 days, $11, or Holafly at $11.90. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan.
Nomad unlimited, 7 days, $25, or Holafly at $27.50 with no stated daily cap. Ringo Light sells no 7-day plan; its 2 weeks is $25.99.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $25.99, against $51.50 at Holafly for 15 days. Nomad sells no 15-day plan.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $48.99, against $76.50 at Holafly. Nomad 20 GB for $28 if a fixed amount is enough.
Nomad 10 GB for 30 days at $18. 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-new-zealand. This page answers one question, Holafly or Nomad, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option. Left out: Nomad at 15 and 30 days. The full comparison lists no 15-day or 30-day unlimited plan at Nomad, only 10 days at $33, and no 10-day price for Holafly, so those lengths have no Nomad bar and no price comparison between the two.
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-new-zealand/, prices in dollars from its own page, read 25 October 2026
- Nomad: www.nomadesim.com/new-zealand-esim, dollars, read 25 October 2026
- 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.
