The short answer
Thailand sits on Orange Polska's list of countries outside the EU where its packs work, so a Polish contract gets there with 10 GB for 15 days at 79 zł (about $20) or 1 GB for 24 hours at 15 zł (about $4). Ringo Light covers a Thai trip with one payment, 2 weeks at $22.99 or 30 days at $32.99, unlimited data at full speed. Up to a fortnight I would pay Orange. Once a trip needs a second Orange pack, I would pay Ringo Light.
Thirty days cost $32.99 once, against about $40 for two Orange packs, with full speed for ferry bookings, maps of Chiang Mai and a laptop on a tether. Past two weeks I expect the saving to grow.
About $20 for two weeks is below Ringo Light, and your Polish number keeps working in Bangkok. The page lists calls at 0.99 zł a minute and texts at 0.50 zł for subscription customers, and the packs need no eSIM slot. I give Orange these points.
Prices read on 1 November 2026: Orange Polska, Ringo Light, European Central Bank 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, 1 November 2026. Orange is one 10 GB pack at 79 zł, valid 15 days, which covers 14 days. Złoty become dollars at the ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026, the latest published, 1 euro = 4.4038 zł = $1.1172, so 1 zł = $0.2537, rounded to the nearest dollar. Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed for the whole 2 weeks.
The Orange page sells no monthly plan, so 30 days is two 10 GB packs back to back, 158 zł. ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026, 1 zł = $0.2537. Ringo Light is one payment for 30 days.
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Orange Polska or Ringo Light, in one paragraph
For Thailand the answer turns on the length of the trip. At two weeks Orange Polska is the cheaper one, about $20 against $22.99, and I think its 10 GB will cover a normal fortnight of maps, messaging and the odd video. At a month the order flips: $32.99 for Ringo Light against about $40 for two packs, and Ringo Light has no gigabyte to count. Orange keeps what a contract is good at, your own number, calls and texts, nothing to install. For a long stay, a digital nomad month in Chiang Mai, or a laptop on a tether, I would buy Ringo Light.
Price: the same trip on both
When I read the Orange Polska roaming page on 1 November 2026, it listed Thailand among the non-EU countries where its packs work. The Pakiet Roamingowy GO 10 GB is 79 zł (about $20), valid for 15 days from activation, so it covers a 14 day trip. The Bezpieczny Roaming pack is 1 GB for 24 hours at 15 zł (about $4). The page prints no monthly plan, so thirty days means two 10 GB packs, 158 zł (about $40).
Orange prices in złoty. I converted them to dollars at the ECB reference rate of 30 October 2026, the latest published, 1 zł = $0.2537. Ringo Light is priced in US dollars, and the checkout shows the amount in złoty before you pay. The Thai trips cost $22.99 for 2 weeks and $32.99 for 30 days, each paid once. Orange is $2.99 cheaper for two weeks, and Ringo Light is $7.01 cheaper for a month.
Data and speed on both
A 10 GB pack is generous for a fortnight of ordinary phone use, though the page leaves open what happens when it runs out, and a month stretches two of them. The 1 GB day pack is tighter. Data on the phone is blocked once the gigabyte is spent, until the pack renews or another is added for 15 zł (about $4). Ringo Light is unlimited data at full speed, with no pack or daily figure to track, and that is why I find a longer stay in Thailand easier to plan on it. Fair use policy, see Terms.
Calls, texts and your own number
I give this row to Orange without argument. Your Polish number stays active, with calls at 0.99 zł a minute and texts at 0.50 zł for subscription customers as the page lists them, so a text from your bank or the doctor at home still arrives. Ringo Light carries data and nothing else. Calls go over apps, and your number stays on your own SIM next to it.
Setup and how you are charged
Both Orange packs are switched on in the Mój Orange app or by text, GO10GB for the 10 GB pack and BR for the day pack. The day pack renews on its own on every day you start using data abroad, and the page says older contracts and prepaid offers must turn it on themselves. Ringo Light arrives by email after payment and installs with one scan of the QR code. I would do it at home on Wi-Fi before the flight and switch the eSIM on for data when you land at Suvarnabhumi or Phuket. The phone must support eSIM, which the Orange packs do not need.
What Ringo Light is, and what it is not
Ringo Light is the data eSIM that Ringo sells to fund the full Ringo, the single plan that works worldwide. I write for Ringo, so you should know where I sit. For Thailand it has three trips, 7 days at $6.99, 2 weeks at $22.99 and 30 days at $32.99, each unlimited data at full speed, paid once with no renewals.
It has no phone number, so it cannot take over your Orange line for calls and texts, and the phone must take an eSIM. Orange is the lower bill for a fortnight and keeps everything in one place. Ringo Light is the lower bill for a month and the one with no ceiling, which is why I lean to it on longer trips.
My comparison of the travel eSIM brands for Thailand is at /blog/best-esim-for-thailand. The card to buy Ringo Light is further up this page, just after the side-by-side table.
Which to pick
- ✓Orange GO 10 GB, for two weeks and a light user. About $20, your own number, nothing to install, and the plan I would choose for a short stay.
- ✓Ringo Light, for a month or more. $32.99 once, unlimited at full speed, below two Orange packs. I would buy this.
- ✓Ringo Light, for a laptop on a tether. No gigabyte to count on a long day of work, which is my reason to choose it.
- ✓Orange, if your phone has no eSIM slot. The packs ride on the contract the handset already has, so I would skip the eSIM.
Pick by trip
I would take Orange, one 10 GB pack, 79 zł, about $20, which is enough for maps and photos. Ringo Light at $22.99 is close behind if you want no limit.
I would buy Ringo Light at $32.99, unlimited at full speed. Two Orange packs run to 158 zł, about $40.
Ringo Light, with the laptop on a tether. I expect ten gigabytes to go quickly on video calls.
I would use the 1 GB day pack: 15 zł, about $4, and your own number.
I would stay on the Orange pack, or pair Ringo Light with your own SIM.
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How we compared, and our sources
Orange Polska, Ringo Light, European Central Bank, Ringo Light
We priced Orange Polska and Ringo Light for Thailand on 1 November 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: Other eSIM brands. Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad and Ubigi sell Thailand data too and sit in the wider table at /blog/best-esim-for-thailand. Here I set only Orange Polska against Ringo Light. Left out: Orange with no pack switched on. The roaming page gives a price per megabyte for Switzerland alone, nothing for Thailand, so I did not price a contract with no pack. Nor does it say what follows once the 10 GB are used, and I will not guess a figure.
- Orange Polska: www.orange.pl/roaming, roaming page, read 1 November 2026: Pakiet Roamingowy GO 10 GB, 10 GB for 15 days at 79 zł; Bezpieczny Roaming 1 GB for 24 hours at 15 zł; Thailand on the non-EU country list; calls 0.99 zł a minute and texts 0.50 zł for subscription customers. The page prints no rate per megabyte for Thailand. The address orange.pl/roaming/cennik was not fetched
- Ringo Light: ringoesim.com/thailand, the catalogue the checkout charges, read the same day
- European Central Bank: www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml, euro reference rates of 30 October 2026, the latest published on 1 November 2026, used for the dollar figures (1 euro = $1.1172 and 4.4038 zł)
- Ringo Light: our own catalogue, the prices the checkout charges on 1 November 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.
