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Saily alternatives

10 tools we tested head to head against Saily, ranked — and what each one actually does differently.

last reviewed 27 jul 2026 · from our best 11 esim providers ·list curated by Onur Ozcanxin

first — what you'd be leaving

Saily ranks #6 of 11 in our esim providers testing. the most generous daily allowance of the capped providers, at the most expensive price per gigabyte..

76/100

5gb a day is the most anyone here allows before throttling, and it's stated right on the pricing page — you just pay the category's highest fixed-gb rate for the privilege.

why people look for an alternative
  • $3.60/gb — joint most expensive in the ranking
  • carrier partners described only as 'the best local networks'
  • unlimited tier defaults to a 15-day view, not 30
  • unused plans auto-activate 30 days after purchase

stay with Saily if 5gb/day before throttling — highest published daily cap here is the thing you care about most — nothing below beats it on that.

the short version
best alternativeUbigialmost any trip — it wins on price and on what 'unlimited' means, which rarely happens together.93/100
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  1. 1

    Ubigi

    #1 in esim providers · less than half airalo's price per gigabyte and the only genuinely generous throttle in the category.

    93/100

    verdictcheapest verified plan in the ranking and the only unlimited tier most travellers would never throttle — held back by two confusingly similar europe products.

    Ubigi vs Saily
     SailyUbigi
    price$35.99 / 10gb$15 / 10gb
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99$15
    cost per gb$3.60$1.50
    unlimited 30dnot shown by default$62
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbps60gb/plan, then 2mbps
    disclosedon the pricing pageon the plan page

    switch foralmost any trip — it wins on price and on what 'unlimited' means, which rarely happens together.

    pros
    • +cheapest verified 10gb/30-day price in europe and the usa
    • +60gb full-speed allowance per plan, then 2mbps — most generous here
    • +names its carrier partners country by country
    • +data sharing permitted and in-app top-up without wifi
    cons
    • 'europe' and 'europe extended' are easily confused at $15 versus $35
    • usa plans exclude alaska
    • 200+ destinations claimed but the cheap europe tier covers ~34 countries
  2. 2

    Nomad

    #2 in esim providers · prints its throttle on every plan card before you pay — and it's the strictest throttle here.

    89/100

    verdictthe best disclosure practice in the category by a distance, attached to the tightest daily cap and no monthly unlimited option at all.

    Nomad vs Saily
     SailyNomad
    price$35.99 / 10gb$23 / 10gb
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99$23
    cost per gb$3.60$2.30
    unlimited 30dnot shown by defaultnot sold
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbps2gb/day, then 1mbps
    disclosedon the pricing pageon every plan card

    switch fortravellers who want to know exactly what they're buying and will stay on metered plans.

    pros
    • +throttle terms printed on every plan card before purchase
    • +hotspot support stated explicitly per plan
    • +publishes its own cost-per-gb figure
    • +names t-mobile and at&t for us coverage
    cons
    • 2gb/day is the strictest published cap here
    • no 30-day unlimited plan for europe or the usa
    • all plans non-refundable once purchased
    • unused plans auto-activate 60 days after purchase
  3. 3

    Yesim

    #3 in esim providers · second-cheapest per gigabyte with named carriers — and no published limit on the unlimited plan it sells.

    84/100

    verdictexcellent value on fixed-gb plans and unusually open about its carriers — then joins holafly in refusing to say what its unlimited tier actually allows.

    Yesim vs Saily
     SailyYesim
    price$35.99 / 10gb$19.20 / 10gb
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99$19.20
    cost per gb$3.60$1.92
    unlimited 30dnot shown by default$67.20
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbpsno number published
    disclosedon the pricing pagenowhere

    switch formetered plans on a budget, from a vendor that will at least tell you whose network you're on.

    pros
    • +$1.92/gb — second cheapest verified here
    • +names its carrier partners in both regions
    • +usa plans carry a 180-day activation window
    • +cheapest usa fixed-gb plan of the conventional providers at $16.80
    cons
    • no numeric throttle published for its unlimited plan
    • advertised prices are discounts from higher list rates
    • usa hotspot support varies by operator
    • unused europe balance expires at plan end
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  4. 4

    Jetpac

    #4 in esim providers · keeps whatsapp and maps working after the throttle bites — behind prices that are permanently 'on sale'.

    81/100

    verdictgenuinely thoughtful about what happens after you hit the limit, and impossible to know what it really charges, because every price is a markdown from an invented one.

    Jetpac vs Saily
     SailyJetpac
    price$35.99 / 10gb$22 / 10gb
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99$22
    cost per gb$3.60$2.20
    unlimited 30dnot shown by default$65.99
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbps3gb/day, then 1mbps
    disclosedon the pricing pageon the product page

    switch fortravellers who mostly need messaging and navigation and would rather not think about the cap.

    pros
    • +throttle terms stated inline on the product page
    • +essential apps keep working after throttling
    • +unlimited tethering with no stated restriction
    • +eSIM stays valid 3 months from purchase if unused
    cons
    • every price is a markdown from an inflated list figure
    • europe unlimited claims a 56% discount off $150
    • carrier partners not named
    • coverage beyond the eu and usa not confirmed
  5. 5

    Airalo

    #5 in esim providers · the biggest catalogue in the category, at double ubigi's price, with the throttle filed somewhere you won't look.

    79/100

    verdictthe market leader on reach and the default recommendation everywhere — and on the two things this ranking measures, price and disclosure, it is beaten by vendors a tenth its size.

    Airalo vs Saily
     SailyAiralo
    price$35.99 / 10gb$31 / 10gb
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99$31
    cost per gb$3.60$3.10
    unlimited 30dnot shown by default$71
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbps3gb/day, then 1mbps
    disclosedon the pricing pageseparate help article

    switch fortrips to places the smaller vendors don't cover, where catalogue breadth is worth the premium.

    pros
    • +200+ locations, the widest catalogue here
    • +42-country europe regional plan
    • +usa 10gb at $22.50 is competitively priced
    • +app in 53 languages with multiple currencies
    cons
    • $3.10/gb in europe — more than double ubigi
    • throttle policy lives in an unlinked help article
    • fixed-gb packages hidden behind a non-default tab
    • europe carrier partners not broken out
  6. 6

    aloSIM

    #7 in esim providers · clear terms, a bundled phone number, and pricing that pushes you hard toward the unlimited tier.

    74/100

    verdictdoes the disclosure properly and includes a phone number nobody else bundles — then prices its fixed-gb plans so high that unlimited becomes the only sensible choice.

    aloSIM vs Saily
     SailyaloSIM
    price$35.99 / 10gb$36 / 10gb
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99$36
    cost per gb$3.60$3.60
    unlimited 30dnot shown by default$72.50
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbps3gb/day, then 1mbps
    disclosedon the pricing pageon the plan page

    switch forpeople who want a phone number included and don't mind paying above the odds for data.

    pros
    • +identical, clearly stated throttle terms in both regions
    • +complimentary phone number included with plans
    • +t-mobile named as the us carrier
    • +top-up available on all plans
    cons
    • $3.60/gb — joint most expensive here
    • fixed-gb pricing steers you to the unlimited tier
    • unlimited costs more in europe than the usa for no stated reason
    • europe carriers unnamed
  7. 7

    MobiMatter

    #8 in esim providers · the cheapest numbers on this page, because it isn't one provider — it's a shop full of them.

    70/100

    verdictunbeatable headline prices and no unified terms behind them — you're buying from nextlink or bouygues or sparks, and mobimatter is the counter, not the carrier.

    MobiMatter vs Saily
     SailyMobiMatter
    price$35.99 / 10gb$10.99 / 12gb
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.9912gb tier, $10.99
    cost per gb$3.60~$0.92
    unlimited 30dnot shown by defaultnot sold
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbpsvaries by issuer
    disclosedon the pricing pagenowhere central

    switch forbargain hunters willing to read each individual plan's terms before buying.

    pros
    • +cheapest verified prices in the ranking
    • +usa 10gb/30 days for $9.99
    • +hotspot explicitly supported
    • +190+ countries via many underlying issuers
    cons
    • no unified fair-use policy — terms vary by plan
    • no exact 10gb/30-day europe plan on the grid
    • homepage promotion didn't match the plan listing
    • underlying issuer terms not shown on the plan pages
  8. 8

    GigSky

    #9 in esim providers · publishes its throttle inline, twice, with two different numbers.

    64/100

    verdictthe only vendor here whose own two pages disagree about how much data you get before being throttled — and the prices aren't readable without running its javascript.

    GigSky vs Saily
     SailyGigSky
    price$35.99 / 10gbunverified
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99not readable
    cost per gb$3.60not readable
    unlimited 30dnot shown by defaultnot readable
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbps3.5gb/day eu, 2.5gb/day us
    disclosedon the pricing pageinline, but contradictory

    switch forvisa cardholders who may qualify for its free data benefit.

    pros
    • +throttle disclosed inline on the landing pages, not buried
    • +free unlimited data benefit for eligible visa cardholders
    • +claims automatic connection to the fastest available network
    cons
    • europe and usa pages state different daily caps with no explanation
    • plan prices unreadable without javascript
    • carrier partners not named
    • top-up and expiry terms not stated on the pages checked
  9. 9

    Flexiroam

    #10 in esim providers · steep discounts at high volume, and no thirty-day europe plan to compare with anyone.

    58/100

    verdictgenuinely cheap at 100gb and structurally impossible to compare at the volume most people buy — and it publishes no fair-use terms we could find.

    Flexiroam vs Saily
     SailyFlexiroam
    price$35.99 / 10gb$18.40 / 10gb usa
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99no 30-day plan
    cost per gb$3.60~$0.88 at 100gb
    unlimited 30dnot shown by defaultnot priced
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbpsnot published
    disclosedon the pricing pagenowhere

    switch forlong-stay travellers buying data in bulk, where its per-gigabyte rate collapses.

    pros
    • +around $0.88/gb on its 100gb europe tier
    • +usa 10gb/30 days at $18.40 is mid-field
    • +individual european countries sold separately
    cons
    • no 30-day europe plan — europe stops at 15 days
    • unlimited plans listed with no visible price
    • no fair-use or throttle terms found
    • carrier partners, hotspot and top-up all unstated
  10. 10

    Holafly

    #11 in esim providers · sells nothing but unlimited plans and will not tell you, anywhere, what unlimited means.

    55/100

    verdictthe simplest product here and the least accountable — its entire range is defined by a limit it declines to publish in any form.

    Holafly vs Saily
     SailyHolafly
    price$35.99 / 10gb$73.90 / 30 days
    free tiernono
    europe 10gb$35.99not sold
    cost per gb$3.60n/a — unlimited only
    unlimited 30dnot shown by default$73.90
    throttle5gb/day, then 1mbpsno number published
    disclosedon the pricing pageburied in terms, no figure

    switch forshort trips where you want one price and no thinking, and won't push the connection hard.

    pros
    • +one price per trip length, no data arithmetic
    • +'always on' supplies 1gb of backup data after a plan ends
    • +validity starts on activation at your destination
    • +14-day right of withdrawal on unactivated esims
    cons
    • no fair-use threshold published anywhere on its site
    • most expensive 30-day plan in the ranking
    • no fixed-gb option for light users
    • prices only visible through an interactive date picker

how these were compared

every tool on this page went through the same test as Saily — same tasks, same order, scored the same way. the comparison tables are the figures from that testing, not vendor spec sheets.

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