Ubigi ranks #1 of 11 in our esim providers testing. less than half airalo's price per gigabyte and the only genuinely generous throttle in the category..
93/100
cheapest verified plan in the ranking and the only unlimited tier most travellers would never throttle — held back by two confusingly similar europe products.
why people look for an alternative
−'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
stay with Ubigi if cheapest verified 10gb/30-day price in europe and the usa is the thing you care about most — nothing below beats it on that.
#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 Ubigi
Ubigi
Yesim
price
$15 / 10gb
$19.20 / 10gb
free tier
no
no
europe 10gb
$15
$19.20
cost per gb
$1.50
$1.92
unlimited 30d
$62
$67.20
throttle
60gb/plan, then 2mbps
no number published
disclosed
on the plan page
nowhere
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
#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 Ubigi
Ubigi
Jetpac
price
$15 / 10gb
$22 / 10gb
free tier
no
no
europe 10gb
$15
$22
cost per gb
$1.50
$2.20
unlimited 30d
$62
$65.99
throttle
60gb/plan, then 2mbps
3gb/day, then 1mbps
disclosed
on the plan page
on 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
#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 Ubigi
Ubigi
Airalo
price
$15 / 10gb
$31 / 10gb
free tier
no
no
europe 10gb
$15
$31
cost per gb
$1.50
$3.10
unlimited 30d
$62
$71
throttle
60gb/plan, then 2mbps
3gb/day, then 1mbps
disclosed
on the plan page
separate 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
#6 in esim providers · the most generous daily allowance of the capped providers, at the most expensive price per gigabyte.
76/100
verdict5gb 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.
Saily vs Ubigi
Ubigi
Saily
price
$15 / 10gb
$35.99 / 10gb
free tier
no
no
europe 10gb
$15
$35.99
cost per gb
$1.50
$3.60
unlimited 30d
$62
not shown by default
throttle
60gb/plan, then 2mbps
5gb/day, then 1mbps
disclosed
on the plan page
on the pricing page
switch forheavier daily users who want the highest published cap and will pay for it.
pros
+5gb/day before throttling — highest published daily cap here
+fair-use terms stated plainly on the pricing page
+35-country europe bundle, 121-country global option
+discloses its own turkey access limitation
cons
−$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
#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 Ubigi
Ubigi
aloSIM
price
$15 / 10gb
$36 / 10gb
free tier
no
no
europe 10gb
$15
$36
cost per gb
$1.50
$3.60
unlimited 30d
$62
$72.50
throttle
60gb/plan, then 2mbps
3gb/day, then 1mbps
disclosed
on the plan page
on 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
#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 Ubigi
Ubigi
MobiMatter
price
$15 / 10gb
$10.99 / 12gb
free tier
no
no
europe 10gb
$15
12gb tier, $10.99
cost per gb
$1.50
~$0.92
unlimited 30d
$62
not sold
throttle
60gb/plan, then 2mbps
varies by issuer
disclosed
on the plan page
nowhere 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
#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 Ubigi
Ubigi
GigSky
price
$15 / 10gb
unverified
free tier
no
no
europe 10gb
$15
not readable
cost per gb
$1.50
not readable
unlimited 30d
$62
not readable
throttle
60gb/plan, then 2mbps
3.5gb/day eu, 2.5gb/day us
disclosed
on the plan page
inline, 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
#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 Ubigi
Ubigi
Flexiroam
price
$15 / 10gb
$18.40 / 10gb usa
free tier
no
no
europe 10gb
$15
no 30-day plan
cost per gb
$1.50
~$0.88 at 100gb
unlimited 30d
$62
not priced
throttle
60gb/plan, then 2mbps
not published
disclosed
on the plan page
nowhere
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
every tool on this page went through the same test as Ubigi — same tasks, same order, scored the same way. the comparison tables are the figures from that testing, not vendor spec sheets.