Prices checked 16 Oct 2026, 06:08 GMT Live

Cheapest eSIM for Moldova

The cheapest eSIM for Moldova right now is Lempart Flex, 45 GB for 15 Days at $14.99. That is $0.33 per GB.

1349 plans from 57 providers, watched and re-ranked by the real price per gigabyte. Every one is a prepaid travel eSIM for Moldova that you buy online and install before you fly, so it works the moment you land.

3,094 packages tracked
Checked 16 Oct 2026, 06:08 GMT

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RankProviderDataValidityPrice (USD)Price per GBVerdictGet
1 Lempart Flex
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
45 GB 15 Days $14.99 $0.33 Best value Get
2 Yatelo
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
20 GB 30 Days $7.99 $0.40 Great Get
3 SparkRoam
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG5
50 GB 30 Days $19.94 $0.40 Great Get
4 Lempart Flex
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
30 GB 7 Days $9.49 $0.45 Good Get
5 AirPlans
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
18 GB 30 Days $8.22 $0.46 Good Get
6 SparkRoam
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG5
20 GB 30 Days $9.22 $0.46 Good Get
7 Wanderly
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOGWILDCARD
50 GB 30 Days $22.99 $0.46 Good Get
8 AirPlans
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
16 GB 30 Days $7.93 $0.50 Good Get
9 Wanderly
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOGWILDCARD
30 GB 15 Days $14.99 $0.50 Good Get
10 Yatelo
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
10 GB 30 Days $5.09 $0.51 Good Get
11 nadanada 50 GB 30 Days $25.99 $0.52 Okay Get
12 Telekonek
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
50 GB 20 Days $28.00 $0.56 Okay Get
13 Textr 10 GB 30 Days $5.82 $0.58 Okay Get
14 Telekonek
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
50 GB 30 Days $29.00 $0.58 Okay Get
15 MobiMatter
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
50 GB 60 Days $29.49 $0.59 Okay Get
16 MegaEsim
Coupon: SUMMER10
10 GB 30 Days $5.99 $0.60 Okay Get
17 nadanada 20 GB 30 Days $11.99 $0.60 Okay Get
18 eSIMCard
Coupon: eSbljricbt
50 GB 30 Days $30.24 $0.60 Okay Get
19 Textr 20 GB 30 Days $12.12 $0.61 Okay Get
20 AlpineSIM 10 GB 30 Days $6.18 $0.62 Okay Get
21 CocoRoam 50 GB 30 Days $31.30 $0.63 Okay Get
22 AlpineSIM 20 GB 30 Days $12.81 $0.64 Okay Get
23 SimSmash 20 GB 30 Days $12.99 $0.65 Fair Get
24 eSIMCard
Coupon: eSbljricbt
20 GB 15 Days $13.17 $0.66 Fair Get
25 Travel eSIM 20 GB 30 Days $13.28 $0.66 Fair Get
26 ByteSIM 30 GB 10 Days $19.90 $0.66 Fair Get
27 MegaEsim
Coupon: SUMMER10
5 GB 30 Days $3.33 $0.67 Fair Get
28 Tourist eSIM 50 GB 30 Days $33.36 $0.67 Fair Get
29 Connect Me Guru
Coupon: hello-saun
10 GB 30 Days $6.82 $0.68 Fair Get
30 CocoRoam 20 GB 15 Days $13.50 $0.68 Fair Get
31 MobiMatter
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
25 GB 30 Days $16.99 $0.68 Fair Get
32 eSIM4Travel 1 GB 7 Days $0.69 $0.69 Fair Get
33 Connect Me Guru
Coupon: hello-saun
20 GB 30 Days $13.77 $0.69 Fair Get
34 eSIM Hero 10 GB 30 Days $7.00 $0.70 Fair Get
35 ByteSIM 20 GB 7 Days $13.90 $0.70 Fair Get
36 eSIM Hero 20 GB 30 Days $14.00 $0.70 Fair Get
37 Tourist eSIM 30 GB 30 Days $20.90 $0.70 Fair Get
38 ASIMGO
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10
30 GB 30 Days $21.00 $0.70 Fair Get
39 Breeze 50 GB 30 Days $34.99 $0.70 Fair Get
40 SimSmash 10 GB 30 Days $7.29 $0.73 Fair Get
41 ASIMGO
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10
10 GB 5 Days $7.36 $0.74 Fair Get
42 GigaPanda 50 GB 30 Days $36.90 $0.74 Fair Get
43 Travel eSIM 10 GB 30 Days $7.58 $0.76 Fair Get
44 AdventureSIMs
Charged in AUD
Coupon: WATCHDOG
20 GB 30 Days $15.20 $0.76 Fair Get
45 HiRoaming
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG20FIRST
10 GB 30 Days $7.77 $0.78 Fair Get
46 FlyEsim
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
50 GB 30 Days $39.24 $0.78 Fair Get
47 eSIMfly 20 GB 30 Days $15.74 $0.79 Fair Get
48 eSIM4Travel 20 GB 30 Days $15.86 $0.79 Fair Get
49 HiRoaming
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG20FIRST
20 GB 30 Days $16.17 $0.81 Fair Get
50 eSIMfly 10 GB 30 Days $8.23 $0.82 Fair Get
51 AdventureSIMs
Charged in AUD
Coupon: WATCHDOG
10 GB 30 Days $8.29 $0.83 Fair Get
52 eSIModo
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
50 GB 30 Days $43.90 $0.88 Expensive Get
53 Lumbus
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10
10 GB 30 Days $8.99 $0.90 Expensive Get
54 Govora 10 GB 30 Days $8.99 $0.90 Expensive Get
55 Skyalo
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
20 GB 30 Days $17.99 $0.90 Expensive Get
56 Lumbus
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG10
20 GB 30 Days $17.99 $0.90 Expensive Get
57 Govora 20 GB 30 Days $17.99 $0.90 Expensive Get
58 GigaPanda 30 GB 30 Days $26.90 $0.90 Expensive Get
59 FlyEsim
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
50 GB 90 Days $44.85 $0.90 Expensive Get
60 Yesim
Coupon: ESIMWATCHDOG
30 GB 30 Days $28.00 $0.93 Expensive Get

733 of these 1349 plans were checked against the seller's own shop on 16 October 2026. The rest come from the seller's own feed or plan pages and are not yet independently checked.

The Watchdog Pick is chosen automatically: the lowest real price per GB of the 1349 plans in this view. Bulk data pools above 50 GB cannot win it, because their per GB rate only exists if you use data no traveller uses. Providers cannot pay for it, and a commission never changes the ranking. Prices are shown in USD and can change at checkout.

Price per GB counts only data you can use inside the validity, at most 3 GB a day, so a big pool on a short validity cannot buy the top spot. Every provider's best two plans come first, then the rest. A plan marked Unverified price undercuts every other provider here by more than half and waits at the end until we have checked it on the seller's site. How we rank

Unlimited rows show the daily amount at full speed. Some rows also show the speed after that amount. A row with no speed does not mean the plan stays fast, so check the plan on the seller's site.

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Live prices

Cheapest eSIM for Moldova: the numbers

Cheapest per GB
$0.33
Median per GB
$1.38
Plans compared
1349
Providers
57

As of 16 October 2026, 06:08 GMT, the cheapest eSIM for Moldova is Lempart Flex with 45 GB for 15 Days at $14.99. That is $0.33 per GB, the best rate of the 1349 plans we compare from 57 providers. 763 plans include 5G. 532 support top ups. That timestamp is the exact moment of our latest price check, and the table above always shows the live order.

Watchdog verdict

Which is the best eSIM for Moldova?

There is no single best eSIM for Moldova, because the right plan depends on how long you stay and how much data you use. What we can do is rank the 1349 plans on the numbers, as they stand on 16 October 2026:

  • Best value overall Lempart Flex, 45 GB for 15 Days at $14.99. That is $0.33 per GB, the lowest real rate of every Moldova plan we track.
  • Best for a short trip eSIM4Travel, 1 GB for 7 Days at $0.69. The cheapest ticket that still gives you at least 1 GB for a week or less.
  • Best for a long stay Yatelo, 20 GB for 30 Days at $7.99, $0.40 per GB. The best rate among plans that last 30 days or more.
  • Highest daily cap on an unlimited plan Roamix, 365 Days at $2,758.30, full speed up to 10 GB a day. Set that daily cap against the fixed plan above before you pay for the word unlimited.

None of these picks is chosen by a person. Each one is the first row of a sort on live prices, so it changes whenever a provider moves a price, and Lempart Flex did not pay to be named here.

Coverage

Which mobile networks does Moldova have?

Moldcell alone reports 4G coverage of 96.13 percent of the population, and nationally 93.3 percent of mobile connections are broadband with a median mobile download speed of 54.05 Mbps in late 2025.

  • Orange Moldova: Orange is the market leader, was rated Moldova's top mobile network in 2023 testing, and ran its first 5G trial in Chisinau in June 2024.
  • Moldcell: Moldcell launched Moldova's first 5G service in April 2024 and reports 4G population coverage of 96.13 percent.
  • Unite (Moldtelecom): Unite is the mobile brand of state-owned Moldtelecom and is the smallest of the three networks.

The eSIM plans we compare on this page connect to:

Moldcell 4G Orange 5G Orange Moldova 4G Unité 4G

The list above is Moldova's operator market. The badges are the networks our tracked plans actually roam onto, which can be a subset of it, and the same network is sometimes sold to roaming partners under a different brand name. So a guide praising an operator you do not see badged here is describing a local SIM, not the travel eSIMs compared above.

Is 5G available in Moldova?

5G is young here. Moldcell switched on the first 5G in April 2024, Orange followed with trials, and coverage is still limited to pockets. A 2025 multiband auction gave all three operators 5G spectrum with licences running to 2050.

Data guide

How much data do you need in Moldova?

Light use is about 500 MB a day. That covers maps, messages, and some browsing. Normal use with photos, social apps, and short videos runs 1 to 1.5 GB a day. Streaming and hotspot use can eat 2 to 3 GB a day. Here is what each size costs in Moldova right now:

You needCheapest option todayPricePer GB
1 GB or moreeSIM4Travel (1 GB, 7 Days)$0.69$0.69
3 GB or moreYatelo (3 GB, 30 Days)$1.93$0.64
5 GB or moreYatelo (5 GB, 30 Days)$2.72$0.54
10 GB or moreYatelo (10 GB, 30 Days)$5.09$0.51
20 GB or moreYatelo (20 GB, 30 Days)$7.99$0.40
Watchdog check

Are unlimited eSIMs for Moldova really unlimited?

Not always. 552 of the 1349 plans above are sold as unlimited, and most of them carry a daily fair use cap. A further 38 plans are unlimited in a different way: one capped speed for the whole plan, shown next to the word Unlimited in the table. For Moldova the caps we can see published are 0.5 to 10 GB a day: past that the speed drops, often to 1 Mbps or less, until the clock resets. That is fine for messages and maps, slow for video. At $0.33 per GB from Lempart Flex, a fixed plan often works out cheaper than unlimited unless you genuinely burn several GB a day. That is why we rank by price per GB and not by the word on the label.

Here is what each seller on this page actually allows per day before it slows you down. No seller publishes this next to its rivals, which is exactly why it is worth showing.

ProviderFull speed per dayCheapest plan at that capPrice
SimSmash10 GB a day1 Day$7.68
MyTravel eSIM10 GB a day1 Day$9.19
Tourist eSIM10 GB a day1 Day$9.21
Roamix10 GB a day1 Day$9.55
esim010 GB a day1 Day$9.99
Skyalo10 GB a day1 Day$12.30
PikaSim10 GB a day1 Day$13.86
esim05 GB a day1 Day$4.99
SimSmash5 GB a day1 Day$4.99
Roamix5 GB a day1 Day$5.15
Tourist eSIM5 GB a day1 Day$5.35
Skyalo5 GB a day1 Day$6.15

Every seller that publishes a daily allowance is listed on our daily data caps page, with the cheapest plan at each one. The gap between the top and bottom of that table is the whole point. Two plans both sold as unlimited can differ several times over in what you actually get at full speed, and the cheaper one is not always the smaller allowance.

Before you buy

eSIM or a local SIM card at the airport in Moldova?

An eSIM is ready before you land. No queue, no shop, no handing over your passport at a counter for a tourist SIM card. Data for Moldova starts at $0.20 on this page, which is hard for airport kiosks to beat. A local SIM still makes sense if you need a local phone number or plan to stay for months. For a normal trip, the eSIM wins on price and effort.

Setup

Setting up your Moldova eSIM

1

Pick the plan, not the brandThe cheapest rate in Moldova today is $0.33 per GB from Lempart Flex, against a median of $1.38. The QR code arrives by email within minutes of paying.

2

Install before you flyScan the QR code on wifi at home. Installation needs a connection, and the one thing you will not have when you land in Moldova is a working connection.

3

Turn it on when you landEnable the eSIM and turn on data roaming for it, then give it a minute to attach to Moldcell, Orange, Orange Moldova, Unité. Expect 5G where the network reaches, 4G everywhere else.

4

Know what happens when it runs out532 of the 1349 plans here can be topped up, so running out is not the end of the trip. If you would rather over buy than top up, the cheapest plan with at least 5 GB is Yatelo at $2.72.

Local rules

Good to know before you land in Moldova

Moldova is not an EU member, but since 1 January 2026 it is inside the EU roam like home area, so EU and EEA SIMs work here at domestic rates and Moldovan SIMs do the same in the EU. Passport registration is mandatory when buying a local SIM.

Chisinau Airport has Orange, Moldcell and Unite kiosks in the arrivals area. Staff scan your passport and the SIM is usually live within 10 to 15 minutes. Kiosks meet most flights but can be shut for arrivals after about 11pm.

Since January 2026 an EU SIM covers Moldova with no roaming fees, which removes the main reason tourists bought local SIMs. Local prepaid is still very cheap, with starter SIMs from under a dollar in city shops. Coverage does not reliably extend into Transnistria, which runs its own operator.

Questions

Moldova Travel eSIM FAQ

Everything you need to know about using an eSIM in Moldova

What is the cheapest eSIM for Moldova?

Right now the cheapest option ranked by price per GB is Lempart Flex with 45 GB for 15 Days at $14.99. That works out to $0.33 per GB. Prices change often, so the table above is re-sorted at every price check.

Which is the best eSIM for Moldova?

It depends on the trip, so we rank rather than pick a favourite. On today's prices the best value for Moldova is Lempart Flex at $0.33 per GB, the lowest real rate of the 1349 plans we compare. For heavy daily use there are 552 unlimited plans, most with a daily fair use cap, and they only win if you genuinely burn several GB a day. Every pick on this page is the first row of a sort on live prices. No provider can pay to be named best.

Is eSIM available in Moldova?

Yes. We track 1349 prepaid travel eSIM plans from 57 providers that work in Moldova, roaming onto Moldcell, Orange, Orange Moldova, Unité. You need a phone that supports eSIM and is not locked to a carrier; most iPhones from the XS onward and most flagship Android phones from 2019 on qualify.

Which networks will my eSIM connect to in Moldova?

The plans we compare connect to Moldcell, Orange, Orange Moldova, Unité. The exact network depends on the plan you pick. Check the plan details before you buy if one network matters to you.

Do Moldova eSIMs support 5G?

763 of the 1349 plans we track for Moldova include 5G where the local network offers it. The rest run on 4G, which is still fine for maps, calls over apps, and video.

Can I buy a Moldova eSIM online before I travel?

Yes, and you should. Every plan on this page is sold online and delivered by email as a QR code within minutes. Install it on wifi at home, leave the line switched off, and turn on data roaming for it when you land in Moldova. The validity clock on most plans only starts when the eSIM first connects.

Can I top up my Moldova eSIM if I run out?

Yes. 532 of the 1349 plans here support top ups, so you can add data without buying a new eSIM. The rest need a fresh plan once the data ends.

Is an eSIM cheaper than a local SIM card in Moldova?

For a trip of days or weeks, usually yes. Data for Moldova starts at $0.20 for 100 MB on this page, with no queue, no shop and no passport handed over at a counter. A local SIM card can still win if you stay for months or need a local phone number.

Will I still receive bank SMS and OTP codes?

Yes, if you keep your home SIM active. Travel eSIMs are data only. Your phone can hold both at once, so leave your normal SIM on for SMS and use the eSIM for data. Turn off roaming data on the home SIM to avoid charges.

Do these eSIMs include a phone number or calls?

The plans we compare are data only, so there is no local number. Calls work fine over WhatsApp, FaceTime, or any app that uses data. If you need a real local number, a local SIM is the better tool.

Does a Moldova eSIM work on iPhone and Android?

Yes, on any carrier unlocked phone with eSIM support: iPhone XS or newer, Google Pixel 3 or newer, Samsung Galaxy S20 or newer and most recent flagships. The plans are identical on both; only the install steps differ, and both take about a minute on wifi.

How many GB do I need for a week in Moldova?

Around 3 to 5 GB covers a week of maps, messaging, and normal browsing. Heavy video or hotspot use needs 1 to 2 GB per day. Today the cheapest plan with at least 5 GB is Yatelo at $2.72.

Which Moldova eSIM gives the most data per day?

Of the plans sold as unlimited here, SimSmash allows the most at full speed, 10 GB a day from $7.68. The smallest allowance on this page is 500 MB a day, from 9 sellers. Every one of them is advertised as unlimited, and past the daily allowance the speed drops, often to 1 Mbps or less, until the next day. Check the allowance, not the word.

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Methodology

How we rank

Prices last checked on 16 October 2026, 06:08 GMT across 1349 plans. Every plan is ranked by the true cost per gigabyte, not marketing claims. We do not take money for rankings, and providers cannot pay for a higher position. Read the full method on our how we rank page.

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