Saily travel eSIM
Overview
What is Saily?
Saily is a travel eSIM run by Nord Security, the company behind NordVPN, launched in 2023. It sells prepaid data plans across single-country, regional, and global options in 200+ destinations, with hotspot supported and no identity check needed in nearly every market Simscanner tracks. Some plans are marketed as unlimited under a fair use policy: a daily high-speed cap (commonly 5GB) before the connection is throttled. Simscanner records each fact from a primary source; verified country and region counts stay pending.
Preview state. Plan figures are read from Saily and the esimdb aggregator (retrieved 02 Jun 2026). Category positions appear only after Saily's data clears independent verification.
What Saily is
Saily is a travel eSIM created by Nord Security, the company behind NordVPN, and first launched in November 2023. It sells prepaid mobile data plans across per-country, regional, and global options, plus a premium tier called Ultra, that travellers install on an eSIM-capable phone to get online abroad without a physical SIM. Plans are bought and managed through Saily's app and website, and an existing eSIM can be topped up in-app rather than replaced.
Across the 72 country pages Simscanner has published, Saily's plans typically start at $3.99 for 1GB over 7 days and run on local 4G/5G networks; per-plan prices reach as high as $109.99 for the largest long-validity bundles. Plan figures here are read from Saily's own pages and the esimdb aggregator (retrieved 02 Jun 2026), so they carry secondary confidence until re-verified against the brand source.
This page describes what Saily offers and how Simscanner tracks it. It is a factual record, not a recommendation: Simscanner does not sell eSIMs and does not name a best brand. Verified Simscanner country and region counts, network mapping, and review signals read as pending until each is confirmed against a primary source.
Countries tracked
This section will list every Simscanner-published country where Saily has been independently verified, each card linking to that country's full ranking. Verified country presence is pending, so no count or per-country claim is shown yet.
Coverage data pending
PendingSaily's verified presence is read country by country from the brand's own plan pages and re-checked at least every 90 days. Until at least one country listing is verified, Simscanner does not publish a country count or a per-country presence claim for Saily.
In the meantime, you can open any published country page to see which brands are currently compared there.
Regions tracked
Simscanner tracks eight canonical regions. A region shows as covered only once Saily's regional plan for it is independently verified. In preview, every region reads as pending.
Coverage
How clearly a brand publishes the country list for each plan , and how Simscanner checks it.
Coverage transparency measures whether a brand publishes, on its own plan pages, the exact list of countries each plan includes , so a traveller can confirm a destination is covered before relying on it. Simscanner reads that published list directly from the brand source and re-verifies it on a schedule, rather than repeating marketing claims about how many countries are "supported".
For Saily, the published country list per plan is being verified against the brand's plan pages. Until that check is complete, Simscanner does not assert a coverage figure. For how breadth is weighed across brands, see which eSIM has the best coverage.
Country list published per plan
Whether each plan names its included countries on the brand's own page.
PendingRe-verification cadence
Coverage is re-checked at least every 90 days once verified.
PendingLocal network transparency
Which local carrier a brand connects to in each country shapes real-world speed and reliability. Simscanner maps this country by country from sourced data , never from assumption.
Network mapping pending
PendingLocal-network mappings for Saily are confirmed on each country page, not asserted at the brand level. Simscanner publishes which network a brand uses in a country only when that mapping is sourced and verified for that specific country.
Unlimited and fair use policy
Whether a brand markets "unlimited" plans, and whether it publishes a fair use policy (FUP) threshold, is one of Simscanner's tracked categories. Thresholds are only ever shown as a sourced quote , never estimated.
Saily unlimited & FUP
Sourced (secondary)Yes, Saily markets unlimited plans, but they run under a fair use policy rather than truly uncapped speed. Across the 46 tracked countries where Simscanner records an unlimited Saily plan, the high-speed allowance is most often 5GB per day (3GB per day in some markets); once that daily cap is reached, the connection is throttled to up to 1 Mbps for the rest of the day, then resets. Saily's premium Ultra plan works the same way at a monthly scale: 30GB high-speed per month, then unlimited at up to 1 Mbps.
"30GB high-speed per month then unlimited at up to 1 Mbps." Saily Ultra, support.saily.com, retrieved 02 Jun 2026. Per-country unlimited plans on tracked pages list a 5GB/day (or 3GB/day) high-speed cap before the same throttle.
Source: What is Saily Ultra (saily.com) · per-country caps via esimdb. Background reading: are "unlimited" eSIMs really unlimited? and what is FUP on an unlimited eSIM? · Category definition: how we score unlimited & FUP →
Hotspot tethering
Hotspot (tethering) support varies by brand and sometimes by plan. Simscanner states a brand's policy only from its own published wording, with the date retrieved.
Yes, Saily supports hotspot tethering. The brand publishes step-by-step setup guides for sharing a Saily eSIM connection over a personal hotspot on both iOS and Android, so a laptop, tablet, or a travel companion's phone can use the same plan. Because hotspot rules can differ by plan and occasionally change, Simscanner states the policy from Saily's own support pages with a retrieved date, rather than inferring it.
Across tracked country pages, the vast majority of Saily plans show hotspot as allowed; any per-country exception is recorded on that country's page. For how this category is weighed, see hotspot with a travel eSIM.
Hotspot allowed?
Yes - Saily publishes iOS and Android hotspot setup guides.
SupportedSource & retrieved date
support.saily.com hotspot guide, retrieved 02 Jun 2026.
VerifiedDevice compatibility & activation
The general requirements that apply to any travel eSIM. Brand- or model-specific details are only listed once sourced.
Like all eSIMs, a Saily plan needs a device that is both eSIM-capable and carrier-unlocked. Saily's own guide describes installing the eSIM through its app, enabling data roaming, and a plan that activates on arrival within a 30-day window from purchase. If you run low, you can top up or add data to the existing eSIM in-app rather than buying a new one. These are Saily's documented mechanics, not claims about specific phone models.
Simscanner does not publish a supported-device list it has not sourced. A model-by-model compatibility list will appear here only once verified against Saily's own documentation.
Requires an eSIM-capable, unlocked device
A general requirement for every travel eSIM.
GeneralInstall & activate in-app or by QR
Standard activation flow for app-based eSIMs.
GeneralModel-specific compatibility
Supported-device specifics are listed only when sourced.
PendingSpeed & reliability signals
Performance depends on the local network a brand rides on in each country, so Simscanner reports it country by country from public performance data , not as a single brand-wide figure.
Speed data pending
PendingBecause a brand's real-world speed reflects the local carrier it connects to, Simscanner does not publish a global speed score for Saily. Sourced speed and reliability signals appear on the relevant country pages once verified for that destination.
Reviews & user sentiment
A summary of signal, not an editorial verdict. Simscanner never invents ratings and never republishes a number without a primary source.
Independent review signals for Saily are pending. Simscanner does not republish App Store, Play Store, or third-party ratings without a primary source. When sourced, each rating is shown with its review count and the date it was fetched , never as a Simscanner score, and never emitted as rating schema.
Where Saily data is pending
An honest ledger of every field still under verification. Saily is not penalised for pending data , it simply isn't ranked on a field until that field is independently sourced.
Compared with peers
Saily sits against three of its closest peers, Airalo, Holafly, and Nomad, across the categories Simscanner tracks. Each verified head-to-head publishes once both Saily and the peer clear the data gate. Until then, the comparison reads pending, with no score implied.
Airalo
Profile planned. Head-to-head comparison publishes once both brand profiles reach the data gate.
Open profile → Peer profileHolafly
Profile planned. Head-to-head comparison publishes once both brand profiles reach the data gate.
Open profile → Peer profileNomad
Profile planned. Head-to-head comparison publishes once both brand profiles reach the data gate.
Open profile → Peer profileHelloRoam
Profile planned. Head-to-head comparison publishes once both brand profiles reach the data gate.
Open profile →Head-to-head pages publish on the data gate
Coming soonA dedicated Saily-vs-peer page publishes once both brand profiles reach verified status. The verified-state comparison turns each peer column above into a sourced, country-by-country breakdown, never on price, and never on a paid arrangement.
How Simscanner profiles Saily
Every category is defined publicly and scored from primary sources. A brand reaches verified only when each required field is sourced , and is re-checked on a schedule.
Coverage breadth
The published country list per plan, read from the brand's own pages.
how-we-score#country-coverage →Unlimited & FUP honesty
Whether "unlimited" is marketed, and whether a FUP threshold is published.
how-we-score#unlimited-fup →Hotspot policy
The brand's stated tethering allowance, quoted with a retrieved date.
how-we-score#hotspot-policy →The brand's official URL appears once, above, with rel="nofollow noopener". Simscanner did not receive payment from Saily, and Saily did not review this page before publication.