The short answer
Holafly and Nomad are different products in Singapore. Holafly sells unlimited days only: $11.90 for 3 days, $27.50 for a week, $50.50 for 15 days and $73.90 for 30 days. Nomad leads with buckets, 10 GB at $14 and 20 GB at $21, and sells unlimited only as 5 days at $18 or 10 days at $27. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $17.99 or 30 days at $29.99.
Unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $17.99, 30 days at $29.99. No app, nothing renews. Holafly asks $50.50 for 15 days and $73.90 for 30, and Nomad sells no unlimited past 10 days. No 7-day plan, no buckets.
Holafly sells days, not gigabytes, on Singtel, and you install from a QR code. $11.90 for 3 days, $27.50 for a week, $50.50 for 15 days and $73.90 for 30. Sharing is limited to 1 GB a day. No buckets.
10 GB for 30 days at $14 and 20 GB at $21, on StarHub and Singtel. Unlimited only as 5 days at $18 or 10 days at $27, at 2 GB a day and then slowed. Nothing at 15 or 30 days.
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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US dollars, 28 September 2026. The rivals sell 15 days, Ringo Light 2 weeks. 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. Nomad has no 15-day unlimited figure in the full comparison, so it has no bar here.
The 30-day unlimited plan at each brand that sells one. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Nomad has no 30-day unlimited figure in the full comparison, so it has no bar here.
Holafly sells no 10 GB bucket, so it has no bar here. Ringo Light sells no bucket either: its 2 weeks is unlimited and lasts 2 weeks, not 30 days.
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Holafly vs Nomad in one paragraph
Holafly and Nomad rarely meet on a like for like length, so a straight price comparison does not work. Holafly sells unlimited days only, from 3 days to 30, with no stated daily cap. Nomad sells buckets and just two unlimited plans, 5 days at $18 and 10 days at $27, at 2 GB a day. Nomad's 10 days at $27 even costs less than Holafly's 7 at $27.50, so a ten-day trip is the one place Nomad's unlimited makes sense.
For unlimited, Ringo Light is the cheapest of the three at every length it sells.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 28 September 2026, in US dollars. Holafly asks $11.90 for 3 days of unlimited, $27.50 for 7, $50.50 for 15 and $73.90 for 30. Nomad sells none of those lengths. It has 5 days at $18 and 10 days at $27.
Ringo Light sells 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $17.99 and 30 days at $29.99, all unlimited data at full speed. The 2 weeks costs less than Holafly's 15 days at $50.50, less than its 7 days at $27.50, and less than Nomad's 5 days at $18. The 30 days costs less than half of Holafly's $73.90. Three days at $8.99 is under Holafly's $11.90.
Only Nomad sells buckets: 10 GB for 30 days at $14 and 20 GB at $21. Holafly and Ringo Light sell none. Nomad's 10 GB sits $3.99 under Ringo Light's 2 weeks at $17.99, and its 20 GB sits $8.99 under Ringo Light's 30 days at $29.99. If a bucket is what you need, buy Nomad. 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 sharing to 1 GB a day. Nomad gives you 2 GB a day and then slows you. A day of heavy video will hit the Nomad cap sooner. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 3 days, 2 weeks or 30 days. Fair use policy, see Terms.
Networks and coverage in Singapore
Singapore has four mobile networks: Singtel, StarHub, M1 and Simba. The island is small and dense, and all four cover the city, the MRT underground and Changi well. Signal can drop inside thick buildings and on outlying islands such as Pulau Ubin.
Holafly uses Singtel, Nomad uses StarHub and Singtel, and Ringo Light rides a local partner network.
Plenty of visitors cross the Causeway to Johor Bahru or carry on into Malaysia. A Singapore plan, ours included, stops at the border. For a trip that continues, look at a regional plan; the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-singapore says which brands sell one.
Installation and app
Holafly needs no app: it sends a QR code you scan in your phone's settings. Nomad treats its app as optional. Ringo Light needs none either, as the eSIM arrives by email in seconds and installs in one scan, with support by email. Whichever you pick, install it at home before you fly and switch on data when you land.
The cheaper third option: Ringo Light
Ringo Light is our own data eSIM. For Singapore it sells three trips, all unlimited data at full speed: 3 days at $8.99, 2 weeks at $17.99 and 30 days at $29.99. One payment, nothing renews, no app.
What it does not do: no buckets, no 7-day plan, no phone number. It is data only, so calls go over apps that use data. For a fixed bucket, Nomad's 10 GB at $14 beats our 2 weeks at $17.99 by $3.99.
The full comparison for Singapore, with Airalo, Saily and Ubigi priced on the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-singapore. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- ✓Ringo Light, if you want unlimited for 3 days, two weeks or a month. $8.99 for 3 days, $17.99 for 2 weeks or $29.99 for 30 days, all unlimited data at full speed and each below Holafly's price at 3, 15 and 30 days.
- Holafly, if you stream a lot, never want to think about a daily cap and prefer no app. Days, not gigabytes, on Singtel, installed by QR code. $11.90 for 3 days up to $73.90 for 30, with sharing capped at 1 GB a day and no buckets.
- Nomad, if you want a bucket, or a short unlimited of 5 or 10 days. Buckets of 10 GB at $14 and 20 GB at $21 on StarHub and Singtel, plus unlimited for 5 days at $18 or 10 days at $27, at 2 GB a day. Nothing for 15 or 30 days.
Pick by trip
Ringo Light unlimited, 3 days, $8.99, where Holafly asks $11.90 and Nomad has no 3-day plan. Its 2 weeks is $17.99 if you might stay on.
Ringo Light, 2 weeks, $17.99, against $50.50 for 15 days at Holafly. Nomad sells no unlimited that long.
Ringo Light, 30 days, $29.99, against $73.90 at Holafly. Nomad sells nothing that long.
Nomad, 10 GB for 30 days at $14. Holafly and Ringo Light sell no bucket.
None of these plans gives you a phone number. They are data only, and calls go over apps that use data.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Holafly, Nomad, Ringo Light
We priced Holafly, Nomad and Ringo Light for Singapore 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 Singapore too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-singapore. This page answers one question, Holafly or Nomad, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option. Left out: Nomad unlimited past 10 days. The full comparison shows no 15-day or 30-day unlimited at Nomad, so those lengths are not compared here.
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-singapore/, dollar price table and network on its own page, 28 September 2026
- Nomad: esimdb.com/singapore/nomad, listing dated 20 September 2026; networks from getnomad.app, which served euro prices
- 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.
