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Independent · Per-category · Last reviewed 01 Jun 2026 · Methodology v1

Travel eSIM rankings

Simscanner ranks travel eSIM brands per category, using sourced data measured against published methodology. Phase 1 ships five categories: country coverage, entry price, validity, hotspot policy, and "unlimited" honesty. No "overall best" rank, by design. No paid placements. All five categories below now show a sourced, ranked standing.

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How to read this page

  • Each ranking is per category, never a global "winner".
  • Rankings reflect data as of last_reviewed.
  • Brand names link to neutral brand profiles.
  • Every category links to its definition on how we score.
State legend

Three states a category can be in

Each category band shows its own state pill. All five Phase 1 bands are now ranked and sourced: every brand carries its sourced metric value, drawn from the 72 tracked per-country datasets. The other states are drawn below so the design documents itself.

Preview

Brand list confirmed, data pending

Brand chips render. No ranks, no winners, no rank schema. The band remains a preview until every required field is sourced.

Partial

Comparison visible, ranks hidden

Some brands have verified data, others do not. The category surfaces the comparison without naming a winner. Still no rank schema.

Verified

Top three to five with sources

Each ranked brand carries the sourced metric value, the source URL, and a retrieved date. A single ItemList schema block is emitted for that band.

A category drops from verified back to partial if it has not been refreshed within 60 days. See FAQ Q3 for the full refresh cadence.

Category 1 of 5

Best country coverage

Ranked · sourced

The published country list per plan, read from the brand's own pages, country by country. Ranked by how many of the 72 tracked countries carry a sourced plan; ties listed alphabetically. See how we score country coverage.

Airalo and five others are sourced in all 72 tracked countries. Airalo, Holafly, Nomad, Saily, Ubigi, and aloSIM each cover the full set; HelloRoam follows at 70.

  1. 1 · Airalo · 72 of 72 Visit Airalo ↗
  2. 2 · Holafly · 72 of 72 Visit Holafly ↗
  3. 3 · Nomad · 72 of 72 Visit Nomad ↗
  4. 4 · Saily · 72 of 72 Visit Saily ↗
  5. 5 · Ubigi · 72 of 72 Visit Ubigi ↗
  6. 6 · aloSIM · 72 of 72 Visit aloSIM ↗
  7. 7 · HelloRoam · 70 of 72 Visit HelloRoam ↗
  8. 8 · Jetpac · 66 of 72 Visit Jetpac ↗
  9. 9 · GigSky · 62 of 72 Visit GigSky ↗
  10. 10 · Maya Mobile · 54 of 72 Visit Maya Mobile ↗
Last reviewed 01 Jun 2026 Read the category definition
Category 2 of 5

Lowest entry price

Ranked · sourced

The cheapest single sourced plan each brand sells anywhere in the 72 tracked countries, shown as "from $X" with the country it was found in. Full price tables live on brand profile pages with retrieved dates. See how we score entry price.

Jetpac has the cheapest single sourced plan at $1.00 in Croatia. Saily is next at $1.99 in Bulgaria, then HelloRoam at $2.09 in Iceland.

  1. 1 · Jetpac · from $1.00 (Croatia) Visit Jetpac ↗
  2. 2 · Saily · from $1.99 (Bulgaria) Visit Saily ↗
  3. 3 · HelloRoam · from $2.09 (Iceland) Visit HelloRoam ↗
  4. 4 · Ubigi · from $2.50 (Hong Kong) Visit Ubigi ↗
  5. 5 · Maya Mobile · from $3.33 (Netherlands) Visit Maya Mobile ↗
  6. 6 · aloSIM · from $3.50 (Bulgaria) Visit aloSIM ↗
  7. 7 · Airalo · from $4.00 (Australia) Visit Airalo ↗
  8. 8 · Nomad · from $4.00 (Australia) Visit Nomad ↗
  9. 9 · GigSky · from $4.24 (Hong Kong) Visit GigSky ↗
  10. 10 · Holafly · from $11.70 (Australia) Visit Holafly ↗
Last reviewed 01 Jun 2026 Read the category definition
Per-country view · sourced

Per-country price leadership

Ranked · sourced

How often each brand is the cheapest sourced entry plan in a country, across the 72 tracked markets. This complements the global "lowest entry price" view above: a brand can hold the single lowest plan in one market yet rarely be cheapest locally, or the reverse.

HelloRoam is the cheapest sourced entry in the most markets, 52 of 72. Jetpac is next in 9, then Ubigi in 5.

  1. 1 · HelloRoam · cheapest in 52 of 72 Visit HelloRoam ↗
  2. 2 · Jetpac · cheapest in 9 of 72 Visit Jetpac ↗
  3. 3 · Ubigi · cheapest in 5 of 72 Visit Ubigi ↗
  4. 4 · Saily · cheapest in 4 of 72 Visit Saily ↗
  5. 5 · Airalo · cheapest in 2 of 72 Visit Airalo ↗
  6. 6 · GigSky · cheapest in 1 of 72 Visit GigSky ↗
  7. 7 · Holafly · cheapest in 0 of 72 Visit Holafly ↗
  8. 8 · Nomad · cheapest in 0 of 72 Visit Nomad ↗
  9. 9 · aloSIM · cheapest in 0 of 72 Visit aloSIM ↗
  10. 10 · Maya Mobile · cheapest in 0 of 72 Visit Maya Mobile ↗
Category 3 of 5

Longest single-trip validity

Ranked · sourced

The longest validity window on any single sourced plan, in days, read from the brand's own plan pages. Brands tied at the same window are listed alphabetically. See how we score validity.

Airalo and Nomad lead with a 365-day single plan. Airalo's runs in Chile, Nomad's in the United States; GigSky and Maya Mobile follow at 180 days, and five brands cap a single plan at 30 days. HelloRoam plans run 30 days but start only on activation (install anytime), and it carries a 180-day money-back guarantee - separate from how long the data lasts.

  1. 1 · Airalo · 365 days (Chile) Visit Airalo ↗
  2. 2 · Nomad · 365 days (United States) Visit Nomad ↗
  3. 3 · GigSky · 180 days (Belgium) Visit GigSky ↗
  4. 4 · Maya Mobile · 180 days (Argentina) Visit Maya Mobile ↗
  5. 5 · aloSIM · 30 days Visit aloSIM ↗
  6. 6 · Holafly · 30 days Visit Holafly ↗
  7. 7 · Jetpac · 30 days Visit Jetpac ↗
  8. 8 · Saily · 30 days Visit Saily ↗
  9. 9 · Ubigi · 30 days Visit Ubigi ↗
  10. 10 · HelloRoam · 30 days · activate anytime Visit HelloRoam ↗
Last reviewed 01 Jun 2026 Read the category definition
Category 4 of 5

Hotspot-allowed plans

Ranked · sourced

The brand's stated tethering allowance, quoted from its own pages. This is a pass/allowed check rather than a 1-to-10 order, so brands are listed alphabetically. See how we score hotspot policy.

All ten tracked brands allow hotspot tethering on their sourced plans. Only Holafly states a sharing cap, at about 1 GB per day; the rest publish no stated share cap.

Last reviewed 01 Jun 2026 Read the category definition
Category 5 of 5

"Unlimited" honesty

Ranked · sourced

Whether "unlimited" is marketed, and whether the fair-use cap is published in the same place. Brands are ranked by transparency: a clearly published cap ranks above marketed-unlimited plans with no stated cap. See how we score "unlimited" honesty.

Holafly publishes the clearest fair-use cap, roughly 90 GB a month before throttling. Eight brands state a cap up front; Maya Mobile and HelloRoam market unlimited without publishing a daily cap, though a Simscanner hands-on test of HelloRoam found about 6 GB/day high-speed, the most generous of any tested. This board ranks cap-disclosure transparency only; on value, HelloRoam is separately the featured unlimited-data pick in 70 of 72 country pages on the strength of its tested high-speed allowance, included hotspot, and published no-throttling claim.

  1. 1 · Holafly · ~90 GB/month then 256-1024 kbps Visit Holafly ↗
  2. 2 · Ubigi · 60 GB/month then 2 Mbps Visit Ubigi ↗
  3. 3 · Saily · 5 GB/day then 1 Mbps Visit Saily ↗
  4. 4 · Airalo · 3 GB/day then 1 Mbps Visit Airalo ↗
  5. 5 · Jetpac · 3 GB/day then 1 Mbps Visit Jetpac ↗
  6. 6 · GigSky · 2.5 GB/day then throttled Visit GigSky ↗
  7. 7 · Nomad · 2 GB/day then 512 kbps Visit Nomad ↗
  8. 8 · aloSIM · 2 GB/day then 512 kbps Visit aloSIM ↗
  9. 9 · Maya Mobile · marketed unlimited, no cap stated Visit Maya Mobile ↗
  10. 10 · HelloRoam · marketed unlimited; Simscanner test found ~6 GB/day then ~1 Mbps Visit HelloRoam ↗
Last reviewed 01 Jun 2026 Read the category definition
Methodology version

Methodology version log

Current: v1 · Last change: 28 May 2026. The full version history lives on the methodology page.

Every ranking on this page is calculated against methodology v1. When a ranked measurement is added or revised, the methodology version increments and every affected category band is re-reviewed before publication.

Country level versus global

Country-level rankings live elsewhere

This page ranks brands per category across the whole tracked brand set. For a single country, the per-country ranking (which brand performs best in Japan, in Türkiye, in Brazil) lives on the matching country page. For a region (the eight regional plan families), the regional comparison lives on the matching region page. Per-category global rankings on this page, per-country rankings on country pages, regional comparisons on region pages. None of those views names a single global "best".

Frequently asked

Common questions

Why is there no "best travel eSIM overall"?

A composite score hides trade-offs travellers actually face. A brand strong on country coverage may be weak on hotspot policy. Simscanner publishes per-category rankings, each tied to a defined sourced measurement on how we score. Pick the category that matters for your trip; the relevant rank surfaces the right brand.

What does the "Ranked · sourced" state pill mean?

"Ranked · sourced" means every brand in that category carries a sourced metric value, aggregated from the 72 tracked per-country datasets, and an ItemList schema block is emitted for the band. All five Phase 1 categories are now in this state. If a category cannot be fully sourced it stays in "preview" instead, showing the brand comparison without naming a winner and without ranking schema, until every required field is sourced.

How often is the ranking updated?

The rankings hub is re-reviewed every 30 days, rankings are time-sensitive. Underlying plan rows are re-verified every 90 days. The "Last reviewed" date appears in the hero and on every category band. If a category has not been refreshed within 60 days, it drops from "verified" to "partial" until the next re-review.

Are these rankings paid?

No. No brand pays for ranking position, inclusion, language, or visibility. Brand placement in any category comes only from the sourced measurement defined on how we score. The full neutrality enforcement chain, brand-neutrality QA, schema audit, internal-linking audit, lives at zero paid placements.

Why don't prices appear in the "lowest entry price" rank?

The "Lowest entry price" rank shows relative ordering, not absolute prices. Prices change frequently and depend on plan size, validity, and currency. Per-brand prices live on the brand profile pages with retrieved dates. The rank on this page shows who is currently lowest as of the published "Last reviewed" date.

Structured data on this page: Article FAQPage BreadcrumbList and one ItemList per ranked category. No Product, Offer, AggregateRating, or Review schema is emitted.