Saily vs Ubigi
It depends on whether you want the cheapest entry or the most device flexibility. Saily, built by Nord Security, sells value-led fixed-data tiers from $1.99 and adds an unlimited fair-use option with a daily 5 GB high-speed allowance. Ubigi, a brand of Transatel within the NTT Group, sells country, regional and global plans from $4.00, with data sharing across phones, tablets, laptops and connected cars. Pick Saily for a low entry price; pick Ubigi to tether across devices. Every figure here is read from a primary or named secondary source, dated 02 Jun 2026.
Saily or Ubigi: which is better?
Neither is better outright; the answer depends on whether you want the lowest entry price or the freedom to share data across devices. Saily, from Nord Security, sells fixed-data tiers from $1.99 (1 GB for seven days, Bulgaria) plus an unlimited fair-use option with about 5 GB of high-speed data a day before throttling to up to 1 Mbps. Ubigi, a Transatel and NTT Group brand, sells country, regional and global plans from $4.00, with unlimited tiers giving 20 GB on seven-day plans or 60 GB on 30-day plans before slowing to around 2 Mbps, and data sharing across devices. Choose Saily for a cheap small bundle or a daily high-speed allowance. Choose Ubigi to tether across phones, tablets, laptops and connected cars on one plan.
Both brands are tracked on 72 Simscanner country pages, both ship iOS and Android apps, and both leave identity checks off by default for travel eSIMs in most markets. Per-brand speed and review scores stay pending; Simscanner names no single overall winner.
Saily and Ubigi snapshot
The same tracked attributes for each brand, at equal visual weight. Every value moves from pending to verified only when read from a primary or named secondary source. Neither brand is ranked above the other here.
Side by side
Every dimension Simscanner tracks for a brand-vs-brand page. Each value carries a source. Values still being verified are shown as pending, never as a guess. The entry-price row shows each brand's lowest sourced single-country plan; full per-country pricing lives on the brand profiles.
| Dimension | SailyBrand A | UbigiBrand B | Source |
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Coverage comparison
How many countries each brand covers, and how each sells data, counted only where a plan listing is verifiable. Brand marketing such as "200+ destinations" is recorded as a self-description, not as Simscanner's count.
Saily describes a catalogue of 200+ destinations, with single-country, regional and global plans plus the premium Ultra plan. Simscanner tracks a Saily plan on 72 published country pages so far, with unlimited fair-use plans recorded across 46 of them.
Ubigi markets data plans in 200+ destinations across five continents, with country, regional or continental, and global options. Simscanner tracks a Ubigi plan on 72 published country pages so far, spanning six of its eight canonical regions (Caribbean pending).
Unlimited and fair use policy
Whether each brand markets unlimited plans, and how each publishes its fair use threshold. Simscanner records the published wording, with a retrieved date, rather than estimating an effective cap.
Saily's unlimited plans are subject to fair use: the high-speed daily allowance is most commonly 5 GB a day (3 GB on some markets), after which speed is reduced to up to 1 Mbps. The Ultra plan runs on a different shape, 30 GB high-speed a month before unlimited at up to 1 Mbps. Most of Saily's catalogue is fixed-data, where the cap is the cap, with no throttle.
Ubigi's unlimited plans carry a fair use allowance that varies by validity: on many plans it is 20 GB high-speed on a seven-day plan and 60 GB on a 30-day plan, after which speed is throttled to about 2 Mbps. The threshold is published per country rather than as one global figure.
Hotspot and data sharing
Each brand's stated tethering allowance, read from its own published wording. Hotspot policy can vary by brand and sometimes by plan.
Saily supports hotspot and tethering, and publishes iOS and Android setup guides for it. No separate daily share cap is stated; on unlimited tiers, shared data draws from the same high-speed daily allowance as the device itself.
Ubigi supports personal hotspot and, on many plans, data sharing across multiple devices, including phones, tablets, Windows 10 and 11 laptops, and connected cars. Several country plans note data sharing explicitly in their listing.
Speed and reliability
Country-level public performance signals for each brand. Speed depends on the local network used in a given country, so this is reported per country rather than as a single brand figure.
Speed signals pending verification
PendingSpeed and reliability for both Saily and Ubigi are reported per country, tied to the local network each plan connects to. Saily plans run on local 4G/5G; Ubigi names carriers per country on several listings, but full network mapping is pending for both brands, so no speed figures are shown here yet. Simscanner does not estimate throughput.
When verified, country-level signals will appear on the relevant country pages and feed the speed category on Rankings.
Reviews and user sentiment
Review signals are shown only with a named source, a review count, and a fetched date. Simscanner never displays a star rating it has not sourced, and never publishes an aggregate rating of its own.
Public review signals for Saily are pending verification. When published, each source will list its own rating, the number of reviews behind it, and the date Simscanner fetched it. No averaged or invented score is shown.
Public review signals for Ubigi are pending verification. When published, each source will list its own rating, the number of reviews behind it, and the date Simscanner fetched it. No averaged or invented score is shown.
Device compatibility and activation
Both brands require an eSIM-compatible, carrier-unlocked device. Ubigi additionally supports Windows laptops and connected cars. Specific supported-device lists are read from each brand's own published wording.
eSIM-compatible device
Both brands need a device that supports eSIM. Saily targets phones and tablets; Ubigi also lists Windows 10 and 11 laptops and connected cars.
Ubigi adds laptops and carsCarrier-unlocked
An eSIM cannot install on a phone locked to a home carrier. This applies to both brands.
Applies to bothActivation flow
Saily installs via its app and activates on arrival within a 30-day window. Ubigi activates by QR code, manual code, or app. Both ship iOS and Android apps; Ubigi adds web management at ubigi.me.
App or QR, both brandsKYC default
Neither brand requires identity checks by default for travel eSIMs in most markets. Saily listings note no ID in nearly all tracked countries (Sri Lanka noted as an exception in a secondary listing); Ubigi states some markets may require national ID or passport before first use or within 15 days.
No ID by default, both brandsBest fit by traveller type
Each verdict is justified by a sourced feature difference, never an invented score. Where the call needs speed or review data, the card stays pending. Simscanner names no single overall winner.
Which brand starts cheaper for a short single-country trip.
Which brand publishes data sharing across phones, laptops and cars.
Which unlimited shape keeps more high speed every day.
Which fair use shape suits one very heavy day of data.
Which brand lists Windows laptops and connected cars.
Which brand performs better on the network in a given country.
Where data is pending
An open ledger of what is sourced and what still needs a primary source. Most plan and policy fields are now verified; entry price and coverage counts are secondary, while speed, review, and overall-score rows remain pending. Each field publishes independently as it is verified on both sides.
How Simscanner compares brands
The same rules apply to both columns. A value publishes only when it is read from a primary source, dated, and re-checked on a schedule. No brand can pay to change a value or its position.
Primary source only
Every value is read from the brand's own published wording or a regulator, never from marketing claims. A named third-party listing is marked Secondary, not Verified.
How we score →Dated and re-checked
Each verified value carries a retrieved date and is re-verified on a schedule, so a stale figure never sits unflagged.
Verification cadence →Equal weight
Both brands use identical tiles, identical rows, and the same pending treatment. Neither gets larger visual space.
Zero paid placements →Verdicts only when verified
A winner is named per use case only when sourced data supports it, with a link to the methodology anchor behind it.
Category anchors →Saily vs Ubigi questions
The questions travellers most often ask when choosing between these two brands.
Is Saily better than Ubigi?
Which has more countries, Saily or Ubigi?
Does Saily or Ubigi allow hotspot tethering?
Is Saily or Ubigi unlimited data really unlimited?
How much do Saily and Ubigi cost?
Who runs Saily and Ubigi?
Does Simscanner pick an overall winner?
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