The short answer
Saily is cheaper than Holafly for India at every length both sell: $38.99 against $39.50 for a week, $59.99 against $63.50 for 15 days and $98.99 against $111.90 for 30 days. Holafly is the only one of the two with a 3-day plan, at $19.90. Holafly states no daily cap; Saily slows you after 3 GB a day. Ringo Light, the third option, is unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $21.99 or 30 days at $36.99, and sells no 3-day or 7-day plan.
Unlimited data at full speed for 2 weeks at $21.99 or 30 days at $36.99, nothing renews, no app. Holafly asks $63.50 and $111.90, Saily $59.99 and $98.99. No 3-day or 7-day plan, no buckets.
$38.99 for a week, $59.99 for 15 days and $98.99 for 30 days of unlimited, 3 GB a day at full speed. 10 GB for 30 days at $23.99, 20 GB at $38.99. Needs its app. It does not name its network.
Days, not gigabytes, on Airtel and Jio, installed from a QR code. $19.90 for 3 days, $39.50 for a week, $63.50 for 15 days. Sharing limited to 1 GB a day.
Prices read on 25 October 2026: Holafly, Saily, SIM rules for tourists 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, 25 October 2026. Ringo Light sells 2 weeks, Holafly and Saily 15 days. Holafly states no daily cap; Saily is 3 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps; Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed.
The 30-day plan at each brand. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed. Saily slows to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day. 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, Saily is the only one of the two that sells it.
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Holafly vs Saily in one paragraph
Saily is cheaper than Holafly at every length both sell: $0.51 on the week, $3.51 on 15 days and $12.91 on the month. Holafly gives you the simpler product: unlimited days with no stated daily cap, installed from a QR code with no app, on Airtel and Jio, and a 3-day plan at $19.90 that Saily does not sell; Saily's shortest unlimited is 5 days at $27.99. Saily gives you more choice, buckets of 10 GB at $23.99 and 20 GB at $38.99 as well as unlimited, but its unlimited slows to 1 Mbps after 3 GB a day, you need its app, and it does not name its network. Pick Saily for a bucket or the lower price. Pick Holafly if you stream all evening and never want to think about a daily cap. If the trip is two weeks or a month and you want unlimited, neither is the cheapest: Ringo Light sells 2 weeks at $21.99 and 30 days at $36.99, unlimited data at full speed.
Price: the same trip at each
Priced on 25 October 2026, in US dollars. For 3 days of unlimited, Holafly asks $19.90 and Saily sells no 3-day plan. For a week, $39.50 at Holafly and $38.99 at Saily. For 15 days, $63.50 at Holafly and $59.99 at Saily. For 30 days, $111.90 at Holafly and $98.99 at Saily. Saily wins every row they share, and the gap grows with the length.
Ringo Light sells two trips for India: 2 weeks at $21.99 and 30 days at $36.99. The 2 weeks costs $41.51 less than Holafly's 15 days and $38.00 less than Saily's. It also costs $17.51 less than Holafly's 7 days and $17.00 less than Saily's. The 30 days costs $74.91 less than Holafly's $111.90 and $62.00 less than Saily's $98.99. Ringo Light sells no 3-day plan: our 2 weeks costs $2.09 more than Holafly's 3 days at $19.90.
For a fixed amount of data, Saily is the only one of the three that sells it: 10 GB for 30 days at $23.99, 20 GB at $38.99. Holafly sells no buckets. Ringo Light sells no buckets either. Ubigi's 10 GB at $15 and Nomad's at $21 are under Saily, in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-india.
What unlimited means at each
Saily's unlimited for India gives 3 GB a day at full speed, then slows to 1 Mbps for the rest of the day. That is enough for maps, messages and an hour or two of video; a long evening of streaming in HD will hit it. Holafly states no daily cap for your own phone and limits hotspot sharing to 1 GB a day. 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 India
India has four mobile networks: Jio, Airtel, Vi and the state-run BSNL. Jio and Airtel are the two largest and run 5G in the big cities. Holafly is the one brand here that names both Jio and Airtel. Saily does not name its network on its listing. Ringo Light rides a local partner network. For Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Mumbai and Goa, all of them work. In the hills and on the Kerala backwaters, coverage thins on every network.
A travel eSIM also skips India's SIM paperwork. A local SIM means showing your passport and visa at a counter and waiting for it to be activated. An eSIM bought before you fly is installed at home and works when you land.
Installation, app and support
Saily needs its app: you buy, install and top up inside it. Holafly needs no app; it sends a QR code you scan in your phone's settings. 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.
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 India it sells two trips, both unlimited data at full speed: 2 weeks at $21.99 and 30 days at $36.99. 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 or 20 GB, Saily is the only one of the three that sells it. If you want 3 days, Holafly at $19.90 is cheaper than anything we sell. For two weeks or a month of unlimited, Ringo Light is the cheapest of the three.
The full six-brand comparison for India, with Airalo, Nomad and Ubigi priced the same day, is at /blog/best-esim-for-india. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- Saily, if you want a bucket. 10 GB for 30 days at $23.99, 20 GB at $38.99. Neither Holafly nor Ringo Light sells a bucket.
- Holafly, if you want 3 days. $19.90 for 3 days of unlimited. Saily and Ringo Light sell no 3-day plan.
- Holafly, if you refuse a daily cap and want no app. No stated daily cap, QR code install, Airtel and Jio. You pay $63.50 for 15 days against $59.99 at Saily, and $111.90 for a month against $98.99.
- ✓Ringo Light, if the trip is a week, two weeks or a month. Unlimited data at full speed at $21.99 for 2 weeks or $36.99 for 30 days, cheaper than both at 15 days and at a month, and cheaper than either brand's 7 days.
Pick by trip
Holafly unlimited, 3 days, $19.90. Saily sells no 3-day plan, and Ringo Light sells none either.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $21.99, less than Saily's 7 days at $38.99 or Holafly's at $39.50, with a week of days left over.
Ringo Light unlimited, 2 weeks, $21.99, against $59.99 at Saily and $63.50 at Holafly for 15 days.
Ringo Light unlimited, 30 days, $36.99, against $98.99 at Saily and $111.90 at Holafly.
Saily 10 GB for 30 days at $23.99, or 20 GB at $38.99. Holafly and Ringo Light sell no buckets.
Frequently asked questions
How we compared, and our sources
Holafly, Saily, SIM rules for tourists, Ringo Light
We priced Holafly, Saily and Ringo Light for India 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, Nomad and Ubigi. They sell India too and are priced on the same day in the full comparison at /blog/best-esim-for-india. This page answers one question, Holafly or Saily, so it keeps to those two and the cheaper third option.
- Holafly: esim.holafly.com/esim-india/, in dollars on the site, 25 October 2026
- Saily: saily.com/esim-india/, prices in dollars on saily.com, read 25 October 2026
- SIM rules for tourists: www.indembassybern.gov.in/page/introduction-of-sim-cards-for-the-foreign-tourists/, Embassy of India, Bern
- 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.
