Cheapest eSIM for every country

Ukraine, at $0.23 per GB on the cheapest plan of a normal trip size. The most expensive we price is Sao Tome and Principe at $37.05. The gap between them is more than 161 times for the same gigabyte, which is why it is worth checking your destination before you assume a price.

Across the 213 countries we price, the median is $0.83 per GB, and 118 of them come in under a dollar. What you pay depends far more on where you are going than on which provider you pick, which is why every page here starts with the country rather than the brand.

Three things drive it: whether roaming into the country is regulated, how competitive the local wholesale market is, and how the country gets its international capacity. Europe is cheap because roaming inside it is regulated and competition is heavy. Africa is expensive because there is no continent wide roaming framework and every country is a separate deal. Island nations are expensive because their bandwidth arrives by submarine cable or satellite.

No, and this is the most common confusion in eSIM comparisons. Published mobile data prices are usually local contract rates for residents. Our figures are what a visitor actually pays for a travel eSIM, computed from live provider catalogues. The two can differ by a factor of ten in the same country.

236,973 plans from 61 providers across 215 countries. Every one is ranked by real price per GB, rankings cannot be bought, and the timestamp on each page is the moment of the price check behind it.

One country, buy that country's own plan: it is nearly always the lowest rate. Three or more countries on one trip, price a regional plan, which in most regions works out cheaper as well as simpler. Two countries is the genuine coin toss, so compare both.

Yes, buy and install at home on wifi. Installing an eSIM needs a working internet connection, which is the one thing you do not have when you land. Activation itself can wait until you arrive.

No. These are data only, and your phone runs both lines at once. Keep your home SIM on for calls, SMS and bank codes, switch its roaming data off so it cannot charge you, and set the eSIM as the data line.