Saily

https://preview.redd.it/fnd9pwfd2yug1.jpeg?width=1260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47a921011811a2fd585524fe88e0b1fe461cd29a It is unlimited, it’s not an unlimited high speed plan. Your complaint is that 5GB of high speed isn’t enough - it sounds like you bought the wrong plan. There are a few providers are unclear with how much high speed data they provide, Saily is not one of them.

Saily is very clear on the high speed data allotment in their unlimited plans. This is like saying “I won’t use Saily again because I went through the 50GB plan I bought before the end of my trip”.

*“Holafly is moving beyond being a travel data solution to becoming the world’s first truly international mobile operator. Roaming is finished. The future of telecom is borderless, effortless, and built on software, not outdated plastic SIMs,” says CEO Pablo Gomez.* Hyperbole much? Saily & Gigsky have monthly plans already and Airalo has a yearly global plan with a phone number. Unless you’re using more than 25GB a month multiple countries a subscription plan doesn’t make sense. The differentiator is a monthly plan *with* a phone number. While I think this is a very niche service - I’m a big fan of how competition drives innovation up and prices down.

There is no “best” eSIM provider. Saily and Holafly are are both good - as are many others. Support isn’t great for any travel eSIM company. If you don’t know what you’re doing then you’re not going to have a good experience going through support for any of them. Best advice, if it doesn’t work just buy a different one and ask for a refund from the first company. If the second one doesn’t work then you’re doing something wrong. In the US (as with all countries) local providers like T-Mobile are much better than any travel eSIM in terms of latency. A differentiator for the US (and UK among others) is that local providers are very easy to get and also often cheaper than travel eSIMs. T-Mobile prepaid is a little pricier than other options such add Tello and US Mobile.

I’ve never had this issue with Saily or any other provider. It’s also a difference of 58%. What OS are you using? Phone data calculation might not be accurate. Issues like this are usually user error.

Neither. The US has a very competitive mobile market with easy signup and prices better than travel eSIMs. Suggest to go with a US MNVO like Tello or US Mobile. If you’d prefer the simplicity of a travel eSIM both Saily and Airalo will perform equally well.

Most Travel eSIM operators offer a regional EU plan. Airalo, Alo, Nomad, JetPac, Sparks, Saily all offer what you’re after. Prices vary, service is good on all. Sparks and JetPac should have the best pricing. I saw JetPac has a deal for 30GB for $20ish bucks.

Yeah, you need to install multiple eSIMs and switch them on and off for each location and update the mobile data SIM. For most of us in this sub, I don’t think that’s worth paying more for - I’m more concerned with latency, speed and a frictionless app experience. Saily isn’t better than any of the others, I would argue that their app is supper annoying in that you can’t rename or remove an eSIM from the app after you’re purchased it - you’re stuck looking at it forever… Roamless is they’re cheaper and arguably offer *better* functionality - you just add money and don’t have to worry about buying data for whatever country you’re in, it happens automatically at whatever the per GB rate is for that country. In the US and Europe the price is $2.45 per GB, so 10GB of data would cost $24.50. That’s not what I’d call a “good” price, but it’s within $5-10 of most and from my testing Roamless offers very good service. If you stick with Airalo, Alo, BNE, Gigsky, JetPac, Nomad, Roamless, Saily, Sparks and a couple others often mentioned in here you’ll be fine - just don’t go for the cheapest one you find.

Like I said, the app steers you too adding to your existing eSIM - you need to go out of your way to add a new one. ICCID is just the technical ID for your eSIMs. When I bought the Ultra plan I incorrectly add it to an existing eSIM because that is the default. Are you claiming you didn't see the option in my screenshot or that you accidentally chose the wrong option? The indication prior to purchase is the choice of new or existing eSIM. The indication after purchase is seeing it (or not) on your selected eSIM and its associated plans (see attached). https://preview.redd.it/nr7bbcxokojg1.jpeg?width=2376&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6518451a85dbf58ef369ead6ca73060a43c8d01f

I have the opposite problem, I keep adding to scouting eSIMs when I want to buy a new one. By default, from the home page Saily adds data to an existing eSIM - there’s an “Add Data” button on the page. The only way (that I know of) to create a new eSIM is to click on the eSIM at the top and tap “+ Add new eSIM” and even then it asks you if you want to get a new eSIM or “add data for an existing SIM”. Are you saying you made a mistake or that the app is broken because you *correctly* clicked on add to existing eSIM? Those are two very different issues. I buy eSIM’s all the time, not sure that there should be a warning about buying more when one eSIM when that’s a feature and not a bug. Saily app is also very clear as to the packages available on your eSIM and whether or not the eSIM is installed. https://preview.redd.it/hgjzrt0dwnjg1.jpeg?width=1260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9179eb8cad0321fe5f1eb1b7de056845b233741a

I agree higher price does not necessarily equal better performance - but brand name vs no name usually does. I’ve noticed Saily and Airalo significantly improve this year. I’m not looking at “local providers”, I’m comparing travel eSIMs.

Yes, generally all eSIMs let you top up. For sure Airalo and Saily do.

Not sure what eSIMs you use but I tend to stick with the more popular ones which also let you create as many as you need - Airalo, Alo, Saily, BNE SIM. I do have a single eSIMs per account solution (Roamless) but that’s the exception rather than the rule.

Our advice is to use Lyca in the UK. If you want use something different, Airalo, Alo, Roamless, JetPac, Sparks, BNE, Saily, Nomad are all other options that work in the UK. Yesim is not recommended because the only people that ever recommend it are spammers.

You’re correct regarding their pricing vs local, but Saily definitely has prices on their website: https://saily.com/esim-united-kingdom/ Do you need to start a monthly contract with Lebara like you do with Lyca? We get way too many posts about people not realizing they’ve signed up for a monthly contract and have no way of signing in to cancel once they’ve left the country…

The “problem” with Saily (and BNESIM which works similarly) is that they offer BOTH single eSIM and multi-eSIM solutions. Other providers offer one or the other - eliminating the possibility of any mistake. For me, I like having the choice but I prefer multi SIM over single SIM as you can manage eSIMs for other people. They specifically warn you if you “accidentally” clock on New eSIM - see attached - but they don’t if you click on Add to Existing. https://preview.redd.it/aopozzq10qjg1.jpeg?width=1260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=889b4d8c8459f3059d852990b75f7ed68d28afee

If you buy Saily or Airalo or many others they will work in China without a vpn.

Yes, above all the local provider is better in terms of quality and service. But some people don’t want to fill out a form or subscribe to a contract they have to cancel to save a few bucks - I get that too - but sadly $30 for 10GB of Canadian data *is* relatively competitive in Canada 😂 If you go with a Airalo or Saily as a baseline, you know you’re going to get decent service. You can then use that as a comparable for local prices and no name prices and make the your decision. Ideally all travel eSIM providers would stated their breakout locations for each country. Simply stating “you may notice an alternative IP address” is not good enough.

**Brazil (Pricing in $USD unless stated)** **Airalo** 2 GB/15 Days $7.50 2 GB/15 Days $7.50 3 GB/30 Days $10.00 3 GB/30 Days $10.00 5 GB/30 Days $14.00 5 GB/30 Days $14.00 10 GB/30 Days $25.00 10 GB/30 Days $25.00 20 GB/30 Days $38.00 20 GB/30 Days $38.00 **Nomad** 3 GB/30 Days $10.00 5 GB/30 Days $14.00 10 GB/30 Days $24.00 20 GB/30 Days $37.00 **Jetpac** 5 GB / 30 Days $14.00 10 GB / 30 Days $24.99 15 GB / 30 Days $29.99 **Saily** 3 GB/30 Days $9.99 5 GB/30 Days $13.99 10 GB/30 Days $24.99 20 GB/30 Days $39.99 **Sparks** 1 GB/60 Days $3.60 2 GB/60 Days $6.00 3 GB/60 Days $8.50 5 GB/60 Days $13.20 10 GB/60 Days $25.20 15 GB/60 Days $37.60 (Prices are for comparison purposes and not a recommendation)

u/esims_bot Europe You can get one European eSIM that supports both UK & France (see below). Saily, Nomad & Airalo allow you to manage all the eSIM’s from one account (although you can’t name the eSIMs with Saily).

Never said they are always best anywhere in the world and I did state that if they use the same backend then service will be similar. I’m just saying at worst, they offer the same service but in many places they do offer better service. Even if routing is involved they might still use a better backend or have a better SLA - but for sure if you see there is no routing it’s better. Airalo and presumably Saily have a team of people that manage their network and don’t simply rely on their backend provider. Again, not saying in every case the service is better - just saying they have the scale and resources to provide better service. For someone who isn’t travelling all the time and doesn’t have the local connections - you’re more likely than not going to get better service from a known provider than no-name Joe’s eSIMs that are simply a white label at a cost of a few dollars more.

My bad, I’m getting my posts confused 😂 Obviously you can spend your money on whatever service you want and avoid any services you feel a way about - but there is **absolutely** a difference in service quality and I’ve tested it (https://www.reddit.com/r/TravelSIMs/s/d4Ib4WiojV). Some random reseller may use Plus or whoever and yes - if the big providers are using them too then the service will be the same - but they don’t necessarily use the same backend service. Airalo for example is big enough to make their own deals with local providers - in Canada they use Telus and the latency is as good a local providers as data exits in Canada, in Czech Republic they have a deal with O2 and data exits there. They have a bunch of these agreements and that makes the service quality a lot better than a random company that routes North American traffic via Europe. Saily is also phenomenal in Canada. Does that make it work the price? At the same price it’s a no brainer, if more expensive then I can’t answer that - to each their own - but 100% there’s a difference.

So by core network you mean the backend to handle management and control of the mobile service — issuing eSIMs, billing, authentication, routing, etc. - not *specifically* an internet backbone… although I believe they have direct connectivity to some major operators. In summary, I think they would be considered a tier 2 operator since they don’t run their own networks and just piggy back off others but they do enable others to to use their white label mnvo service. With that all said, in Canada I’ve found Airalo, Roamless and Saily to have 30-60% *less* latency than Ubigi.

Is your eSIM flag as recommended or popular on eSIM db 🤔 Obviously you’d want people to believe it isn’t true, but you generally get what you pay for and there’s a massive difference between the big guys and small guys. The main thing being support and the other being latency. I’ve yet to see a smaller player with sub 100ms latency in Canada like I see with Airalo, Roamless & Saily.

Are any of the “top” providers? On recent trips for myself and what I’ve setup for friends I’ve used Airalo, Alo, BNE, Gigsky (for cruises), Roamless, Saily & Tello (not a travel eSIM by great choice for the US if you want a phone number). I’ve used Nomad and it’s good too, but it’s just more of the same and since I don’t have any credit with them I don’t see a benefit over Alo or Airalo. I’d also use JetPac and Sparks if I was going to the EU. One of my considerations is that I manage eSIMs for family and friends. Airalo, Alo, Nomad have very clean UIs and they make it easy to manage and retire old eSIMs. The problem with JetPac and Roamless is that I can’t purchase multiple eSIMs. I like BNE and their non-expiring data and good deals - but when I was in the US their exit node was in EU and it had higher latency than the rest - but it’s fine for kids that are just happy to have data :) Saily is good service, has a US exit node and I just moved my dad over to them from Airalo. For some reason he’d always lose signal on Airalo until he started actively using his phone, this doesn’t happen with Saily - but Saily has a really weird UI where they don’t let you delete or archive old eSIMs so I’ve got a bunch of eSIMs on my account that I don’t use. It does seem you can *reuse* them if the app notices they’ve been uninstalled, but I have one eSIMs that was removed that still shows as install so it’s kinda annoying. Another negative with Saily is that eSIMs will automatically be activated within 30 days of purchase. In the end, even a cheap GlobalYo eSIM will work - just at a higher latency and a cringy UI.

Odd that your exit node was different than mine. I was pleasantly surprised at how well Saily worked in the US as they were average in Canada.

You don’t buy it with iOS - you need an app like Airalo or Saily and it will automatically install. Alternatively you can buy it online (on another device) and scan the QR code with your phone to add it.

I had good experiences with jj eSIM and ubiqi. Right now on a trip and using Saily but having some issues with internet randomly cutting out even with full reception. Happens multiple times per day but briefly toggling flight mode fixes it.

Damn. I went to Japan last year and used Ubigi and had no issues whatsoever. And then I was just there a couple weeks ago again and Ubigi did not work at all and was extremely difficult to deal with (I basically have just conceded I am eating the $20 I spent...) I used to recommend Ubigi because of last year's experience, but now would not. That said, I did wind up using Saily this time in the end, which I've used in other places as well in the past year or so. Have not had any issues with them so far.

Your data month on your phone starts on 8th April so 5 days ago, but assuming your Saily plan was 1 month it looked to start 7 days ago? That would explain the difference... Are you not using WiFi ever...? Your usage is extremely high compared to an average user. Additionally if you do really need such a large amount of data, local eSIMs with 100s of GB are available from networks like Vodafone PT or Lyca PT for under €10-20.

An eSIM is just a virtual version of a SIM card. There are a lot of travel eSIM companies that are data only. Like the heavily advertised Airalo or Saily. If you get a real local plan on an eSIM, eg in the UK for shorter term visitors you can get them on networks like Lebara, Giffgaff, Lyca or Spusu, you will get a normal phone number.

Both these providers are reputable, mainstream options who charge very standard prices, there will be nothing wrong functionally with either.

It's just their marketing tactics ultimately. The mainstream marketing generally works particularly in Western markets, most people will know Airalo, Saily and Holafly. At least Airalo and Saily provide a reasonable quality product, unlike Holafly. Yes, they are expensive Vs equally as functional completion, however they are competing/marketing to those who would otherwise just pay even more excessive roaming fees. Trip has deals but it's marketing tactics are borderline scam tier and it is ultimately just a marketplace itself with a lot of different products. Their product also has to be price competitive because no one will pay the pricing of the big names for an eSIM there. There are a lot of smaller sellers around online, or even big companies like Vodafone Travel or Orange which can be most competitive depending on use case.

Most of the regulars on this sub don't use Saily for the precise reasons in your first sentence. /u/mrskeptical00 sent me a Saily eSIM some time ago that I tried in the UK and Netherlands. All I can really tell you is that it was fast and usable. In the UK it routed via the Netherlands, and only was able to use EE, and in the Netherlands it routed via the UK, KPN was the preferred network. I didn't have masses of spare data to run speed tests, nor do I suspect most users would either.

There are global eSIMs, like Roamless, Airalo Discover, Mobimatter Sparks Global or DENT, but these charge more than getting separate regional or country-specific eSIMs. There are also eSIMs like Saily and GoMoWorld that are the same eSIM but you buy data on the same eSIM card but the package is per-country. But why do you require one eSIM for both? The whole point of eSIMs is you can load multiple up, and switch in seconds. The best value option is going to be one eSIM for New Zealand, plus a Europe/EU one for Belgium and Germany.

Saily is extremely expensive by UK standards. Eg Lycamobile £12.50 "Unlimited" (450GB fair use) with 35GB EU Roaming for Ireland. Or £7.50 for 75GB with 12GB EU roaming. I have not used Saily Ultra's lounge passes but I suspect these are the usual "LoungeKey" type passes issues by banks etc. It is notorious for lounges being full/restricting access to such passes.

Unlikely to be any problems other than it being overpriced for Spain.

> Also seeing Saily, Nomad, Holafly, GigSky mentioned a lot You see these 4 (plus Airalo) because they have the biggest affiliate marketing programmes, and pay a lot of bloggers/influencers to list them. They are all reputable (to some degree - Holafly is borderline...) but expensive for what they are.

Roamless or esim.sm global Using a regional + separate eSIM from Oman might well be cheaper. Whole point of eSIMs is easy of switching them... Some products like Saily, Ubigi and GoMoWorld whilst they are separate "plans" they all run on the same eSIM so you don't have to install another one.

Whilst the differences are large in orders of magnitude, in the context of the cost of an international trip they are very small. Many people simply don't care to research further in that context. In most cases, particularly for those from North America, even the most expensive eSIM providers also seem very reasonable compared to local mobile costs and in particular roaming costs so again many people don't think to research further. 44 CAD seems great Vs 10-15 CAD per day, and many people's 100+ CAD monthly phone bills. I totally agree I would never pay or suggest such prices but many people don't know better. There is also the factor that suppliers like Airalo and Saily have consistent, polished websites, vs that of Trip or smaller providers, even if equally as functional. Many people will go for that alone.

Silly to use a travel option especially expensive one like Saily in London. Looks of UK options like Lebara or Lyca which will give a local number and local calls, at lower prices. Just make sure to turn off any renewal and only activate the eSIM whilst in the UK.

Saily is a big name eSIM provider that will probably work fine in the majority of countries. Personally I research ahead of trips by country and pick an eSIM that way, as this gives better value and performance. Yes, it is more effort than just having a preferred supplier but this is the better way to do it for me.

Given this post is about Morocco, I'm talking about Morocco, but in general for almost every country I've found a provider I would go for if spending my own money, ahead of Airalo or Saily.

I was referring to your wording about "known" providers, I'd much sooner suggest Jetpac or Mobimatter Sparks over Airalo or Saily who overpriced, not meaningfully better (likely worse) but known. For the UK specifically though there is very little reason not to go for a proper local option like Lycamobile, VOXI, Vodafone, Three, iD or Giffgaff anyway (all of which also work in the Republic of Ireland). I'd be happy to do testing beyond that for the UK (and Europe more widely when I go) with travel eSIMs however just like in the US with options like Tello or US Mobile, I generally don't see the need for visitors to go for a "travel" provider.

RedTeaGo is pretty reputable but there's no point going for them due to uncompetitive pricing for the UK. I'm surprised by the phrasing of your comment given it suggests towards overpriced providers who advertise heavily like Airalo or Saily who aren't meaningfully better than more competitive options. It's better to say to go to a reputable options that are known to work...

eSIMs with built-in VPN don't actually exist; it’s just marketing speak for getting an eSIM that operates via a third-party server (often located abroad). Only Saily and Ubigi offer something that comes close to the real deal (but isn't quite it either). In China, WhatsApp should work fine with an international travel eSIM. It only fails if the eSIM is Chinese. Some Chinese eSIMs route secondarily through Hong Kong or Singapore, but that can occasionally run into issues. That might also be the problem here, since trip often resells from Chinese vendors

Holafly uses CMLink (China Mobile Wholesale) in Asia for most destinations. So do a lot of budget providers, where you pay only a fifth or less of what Holafly charges. Performance isn't the best either. Ubigi is pretty solid in my experience, especially in that region because they have an egress in South Korea (with local ip assigned, also in Japan). Most Asia plans route over Singapore or Hong Kong. On a budget I would recommend Jambosim: they use Webbing when I tested it, with routing over several Asian points. It was exactly the same service as Saily and Airalo Asialink, but very cheap. The user experience with Saily and Airalo is better, however, but for just data Jambosim is fine. I also like Eskimo, but it breaks out over Singapore. Speeds are very good however. I would avoid HK breakout because several services can be blocked (LLMs, social media).

If you are from the US then Ubigi has a feature to select home ip (but your billing country needs to be us) And Saily has a virtual location option.

Good in Spain (don’t know in Portugal). Default ip routing is via uk. But there are better options for less.

Holafly cuts you off completely in most cases, but it depends on whose data they are reselling (can be Orange, Drei or China Mobile). Real Unlimited data doesn't exist on roaming plans, but Saily is at least transparent. Also look at Firsty, thatight be cheaper

Saily uses Webbing. So does Voye Global, and Voye Global does list its networks on the website. No guarantees, but in my experience Saily simply has the same networks as other Webbing resellers. Often with its own layer and IP exit, though.

Ubigi is actually very good in Europe. They are French of origin. The only disadvantage is that Montenegro is not included in the standard Europe package, so you immediately have to opt for the more expensive Europe Extended plan. Saily is also great! Only they are more expensive, and because of Montenegro you have to choose a Global plan straight away. I am not a fan of Holafly; they are very expensive and not transparent. Here, too, you are forced to go with a global plan because of Montenegro, which will cost you nearly USD 10 a day. Some cheap options are JamboSim (Europe, 42 countries including Montenegro), eSIM4Travel Best Europe 41 countries, and RedteaGO Europe Plus. If you want to go with a premium brand, I think Ubigi Europe Extended is the best choice. However, Extended is more expensive, and you will end up paying more than necessary in Italy, Greece, and Spain just because of Montenegro. If It would be my trip I would doubt between RedteaGO and Ubigi, and probably go with RedteaGO because of the price. But Ubigi can be slightly more solid in terms of network (used them in 3 of the 4 countries you name). Just make sure Montenegro is covered or buy separate Europe and Montenegro plans.

The well-known brands (like Airalo) are indeed perfectly fine. But buy before arrival, since some providers comply with the ban on selling to people inside the UAE itself. For the UAE, I think you have 2 choices: * the best eSIM is from a local provider, but it comes with censorship, blocks on VoIP, etc. And they are expensive. DU hands out a 24 free plan on arrival. But upgrading is expensive. * Airalo, Voye, Saily are fine. But slightly higher latency because of routing via Western Europe. Avoid the budget options. They often route via East or Southeast Asia. Or the eSIMs via Poland, like GlobaleSIM, can also be poor in my experience (in Dubai at least).

Did you ask Saily about it? I don't think they would do this intentional. Saily might use a rounding in sessions, but that’s pretty common with roaming. Rounding is often to 100KB. Not sure how Saily does this. Smartphones often hide a significant amount of data usage under 'System Services.' This includes things like iCloud or Google Photos syncing, OS updates, and location services. On Android, this usage is often tucked away at the bottom of the data list, separate from your regular apps, which can lead to a discrepancy between what you see in your app list and what the provider actually tracks.

Ubigi has a smart ip feature for this situation. If you are from the US and register the States as your home country when creating an account, you can switch between regional (default) and home ip (us) with a Ubigi plan. When you select your home country they use transatel servers in the US for your outbreak. The smart ip function is less extensive then what Saily offers, however they don’t use ip ranges from an vpn provider but from en genuine mvno (transatel). So it’s more robust

Generally ok. Often 5G with fine speeds but not the best compared to others. Really liked them in Australia and Korea, disliked in the Middle East and Indonesia. They do often route traffic via Hong Kong, and although they have a build in VPN (that’s not active by default), I find that a somewhat weird give the privacy and security focus they have.

Was there 2 weeks ago, Ubigi has local routing and was really good. Saily also pretty solid.

Currently on my 9th day out of 21 in Japan and been using Saily. Seemed the cheapest from my research.

Used Saily for 3 weeks, cheap and no problems whatsoever

Yeah it was Truphone - but it didn't work for 6 days even though I kept repeating the same steps each day, I doubt it was just the IMSI swap issue. It's not about the money, it's about the principle of selling a service that doesn't work and having so many ads everywhere.

There you go. Their bots will tell you otherwise though. Make sure to post a review on TrustPilot. Let other people know. You sure won't get your money back but at least help other people make good decisions.

For my needs, I have Roamless and Firsty installed and I just use one of them for any short trip. However, for trips over 3 days, I usually get a prepaid plan from Airalo, Red Bull mobile or Saily. Keep in mind, for Airalo you have to install a new esim for each new data plan you purchase. The rest just have one esim and you just get a plan that you need. However, Roamless is pay as you go and you only pay for data used unless you purchase their fixed packages for 30 days

If it would be Saily, your phone wouldn't be showing that data was consumed

I replied to you in r/Saily. This issue is with your phone background data usage and not with Saily esim. ​Steps to Stop the Data Drain ​Enable Low Data Mode: Navigate to Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options and toggle on Low Data Mode to immediately restrict system background traffic. ​Disable iPhone Analytics: Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements and turn off Share iPhone Analytics. ​Restrict Automatic Downloads: Go to Settings > App Store and disable Automatic Downloads and App Downloads over cellular connections. ​Delete Apple Translate: Remove the native Apple Translate app, or restrict its background cellular access, as it is a known trigger for this specific data leak. ​Reset Cellular Statistics: Go to Settings > Cellular > Reset Statistics to monitor if these changes successfully stop the drain going forward.

Saily only uses T-Mobile and AT&T. Airalo uses T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon.

Disable any backup sync including iCloud, software and app updates and refreshes. Looks like you are being throttled as you probably already used up your daily data allowance. I usually recommend to stay away from unlimited plans due to data throttle after certain amount used and fair use policies of many wireless carriers. Check your data usage for the day

If you just need 2-3 GB for 30 days, I would go with a pay as you go provider like Roamless for $1.95 per GB and you can use your phone as hotspot. If you need 2-3 GB per day, I would look into Saily regional unlimited has 5 GB per day for $73 for 30 days or Ultra UK +33 plans 30 GB per month $40. Also Firsty 30 Days 5 GB per day for €60 or Firsty 50 GB for 30 days €49

I'm not sure what you mean by preferred partnerd, but Roamless, Saily and Firsty IMHO experience will automatically switch to the best carrier if you have your phone set to automatic network selection. Airalo does the same, but I only used it in Asia

Any major travel esim provider like Airalo, Roamless and many other have multiple supported carriers in majority of the countries. You can check their websites for the info on specific countries supported carriers. However, many will not post that info online and you will need to contact their customer service for that info. For example Saily and Firsty use multiple supported carriers, but do not publicly list them.

I'm not familiar with guac, but both Saily and Airalo are solid options for Denmark. Airalo also has Czech Republic O2 esim that works anywhere in the EU and UK which gives you $10 GB for $16 USD plus some minutes and texts. That has been my go to option for the EU and UK in the past 2 years.

Have you contacted Saily? I had used various travel esim and never had any discrepancy. Saily users also never reported anything like this in this or Saily subreddit

Not really. Airalo has an option to have a USA phone number for calls and text messages which Saily doesn't offer.

How much data do you need? For casual use and pay for what you use, I would recommend Roamless, BNE or Unisim. For large data amounts orange or Vodafone. Also there are many major Esim players that offer Europe for very cheap prices like Airalo, Nomad, jetpack and saily. Many of these companies have promotions and referral codes available. Check pinned posts in this subreddit.

That's from their app. No need to buy anything in order to set up an account https://preview.redd.it/hfil1qoqp4ph1.png?width=1439&format=png&auto=webp&s=4d42587a285cb0074f5e33470f5159bb5ac06ae6

That's a lot of data for a week. I would look into local esim options. If you want to stick with a travel esim many have 20 GB for about $30 US like Roamless, Firsty, Airalo and Saily. Roamless and Airalo also have 50 GB option for about $39 US

Both companies are solid. I used Airalo Asia esim 4x in the past year in Japan, China and Vietnam without any issues even after they switched providers

Regarding Saily referrals. It's actually at least $5 depending on a plan you purchase and can be combined with 15% discount codes

I make my life simple. I use travel esim providers that worked for me in the past. They aren't the cheapest. Roamless, Airalo, Firsty and Saily( this is a new one for me)

Saily will work just fine. I would get a local esim if you are there for a month. However, if you want to stay connected the moment you arrive, I recommend Airalo Czech Republic O2 esim. It's $16 for 10 GB for 30 days and comes with a Czech number with some minutes and credits for SMS. It's easily reloadable by using Czech Republic O2 website or app. Do not get regular Airalo Czech esim, that one is more expensive and doesn't come with a phone number. Airalo Czech Republic O2 esim is a local O2 esim that is resold by Airalo. It also will work anywhere in the EU and UK

The ones I use do not have such restrictions. To name a few: Roamless, Airalo, Saily, Red Bull mobile, Nomad and Firsty

Unless you are in a very rural area, a travel esim that uses any of the 3 major providers will work well for you. Roamless is pay per use and works on T-Mobile and AT&T, Airalo now works on T-Mobile and Verizon and has a plan that includes local minutes and SMS. Not sure about Saily as I never tried them yet as they only use Google or Apple ID login. Both use local IP. If you want to have very rural coverage, go with Airalo. If you only need data as needed, go with Roamless pay as you go.

Vegas has a very good cellular coverage from all 3 major providers in the USA. Tello will work just fine. I'm not a big fan of Holafly. You also mentioned Saily and it will also work just fine. If you do not need much data and want something as pay as you go, looking into Roamless or esim.sm

I second Airalo Czech Republic O2 Esim if you need to make and receive calls using an EU phone number. For data only, you have lost of providers like Airalo, jetpac, Nomad, Saily, Roamless and many more. BTW, Roamless lets you make outgoing calls using it's app at pretty reasonable rates.

Both Saily and Airalo are solid options for Europe. However, I would recommend to stay away from unlimited plans especially with Airalo. If you just traveling within EU, Airalo has a Czech Republic O2 esim that works anywhere in the EU and comes with 10 GB of data and credit for calls for $16.

Yeah, unfortunately 2 of the worst we tried there. Ubigi was pretty much unusable, which was strange. The best we tried were BNE, GoMoWorld and Alosim

Hmmm I know a couple of people that used it fine in Switzerland. Did you turn data roaming on? Sorry if it's a silly question.

Saily is reasonable. I have used it twice. Look around for a coupon. It requires WiFi to activate it.

Yes, your Japan plan will keep running, but it simply won’t work in Korea. You will have to purchase, download and install another eSIM for Korea. Next time, if there is any chance you will be visiting multiple locations in a short time, you can use either a regional plan from Airalo, or a Saily eSIM. Saily make use of the same eSIM profile in all destinations. You just buy plans as needed. But, with all that said, once a

Ubigi uses the same eSIM profile in all destinations, like Saily and many others. So, when you buy your first ever Ubigi plan and install the eSIM, do NOT delete the eSIM after your first trip with it. You can then buy multiple plans which will use the same eSIM; Japan, France etc. Last time I checked Ubigi allows re-installing the same eSIK up to 5 times. Handy if you have an active plan and want to switch it to another device.

Unless you need a USA phone number, for calling taxis, hotels etc, you can easily get by with the likes of Saily, Ubigi, Airalo, Roamless etc etc. Or, for a few extra steps you can sign up for Tello, a local MVNO that comes with a local number and costs less than a travel eSIM. No real catch, other than remembering to cancel when you leave or it will auto renew. No, you don't need to be USA resident nor provide formal ID. It could also be useful before you get there for making calls to the USA via wifi calling.

Saily and Ubigi both make use of a single eSIM profile for all destinations, just buy plans per country/region as required. Whereas Airalo will require you to download and install a separate eSIM per destination.

Of course that’s the problem. At this time Ubigi only supports one eSIM per account. You would need to open another Ubigi account with another email. However, you can either hotspot one device to the other or delete the eSIM for one device then using the same Ubigi account install the same eSIM via the app on the other device. Another option for multiple device use is Saily which allows the management of more than one eSIM from the same Saily account.

Saily and Ubigi allow swapping eSIMs between devices. Ubigi only does 1 per account whereas Saily allows multiple eSIMs and plans in the same account. Very handy for families etc.

No, the eSIM just sits there until you load another plan. The Ubigi app is even zero-rated, meaning, if you end up in a surprise location that’s covered by Ubigi and you don’t have a plan, you simply toggle the Ubigi eSIM on and buy a plan via the app. You do not need to first look for another internet connection. With Saily, you need another connection to buy a plan, but then you just attach it to any existing Saily eSIM you might already have. You can have multiple Saily eSIMs in the same account, to be used on various devices.

Yes, you will want to use a travel eSIM, if your phone supports it. What phone do you have? Chances are you’re already using an eSIM from your home provider, who will otherwise charge you a small fortune for roaming. The only difference is an eSIM is embedded in your device, you just download the credentials instead of inserting a little plastic chip. The average eSIM capable device can store up to 20 eSIM profiles and most can run 2 at the same time, or 1 eSIM and your physical SIM. One of the best options for Europe is Ubigi, because they are from France and so have secured some of the best local rates. You start by downloading the app, then you select and purchase a plan. In Europe there is little difference in the price between regional and single country, so you can just get a regional. However, with Ubigi you only need to download and install one eSIM profile for all their destinations. So you can also start with only your firsr country. So after you buy your first plan you will be invited to install the eSIM, directly via the app, no QR involved. But they will email a QR anyway. And don’t worry about running out of data with Ubigi. You can still use their app and eSIM and to buy another plan, even if your current plan is empty or expired. Another great option for Europe is Saily. One eSIM for all their destinations. Just download the Saily app, buy your first plan and install the eSIM once.

How much are you out of pocket? When, not if, I have problems with any esim company I just cut my losses and move on to the next one, until I find one that just works. 2 that have yet to waste my time, and money are Saily and Ubigi. As much as I have my principles, life is too short to spend it fighting with esim providers over a few bucks. I have a few esims installed, so I can’t really use the ‘you left me high and dry’ excuse.

First install Roamless and load about $10. This credit never expires and can be used in all their destinations, as a fall back. Next buy the appropriate plan and install an eSIM from Saily. Like Roamless, this same eSIM can be used in all destinations after buying a plan. Saily seem to have some of the best rates in Africa, so this would be my primary connection. You can also install a free esim from BetterRoaming, also as a fall back. Just turn it on in any of their destinations and you will then be sent a link to buy a plan in what they call a zero-rated operation. In other words, you don’t need an active plan to buy one. Ubigi is another option. Their app is also zero-rated, so like BetterRoaming, running out of data is a non-issue. I have all of the above installed. Same eSIM, all destinations. The same cannot be said for Airalo.

Saily is on top of my list, but so is Ubigi. Like Saily, Ubigi also makes use of the same single eSIM in all destinations. Also, the Ubigi app is zero-rated, meaning even if you run out of data you can still use the app via the eSIM to buy a new plan. Ubigi(Transatel) is owned by Japanese corporation NTT and they run their own 901 network. But with both providers it may be cheaper to buy individual country plans.

Have a look at Saily or Ubigi, both use a single eSIM profile in all destinations. The Ubigi app is even zero rated when the eSIM is on and connected to a partner network. This means that even if you don’t have an active plan when you find yourself in a surprise location you can still use it to buy a plan. I have also used Airalo, Esimatic, KeepGo, RoamLess and BetterRoaming. With the exception of Airalo, all of the above also make use of a single eSIM.

I’ve narrowed it down to Saily, Airalo, Ubigi, Esimatic, KeepGo and Roamless, depending on where I’m going. But, Africa is a very tough nut to crack. For example, if going to Namibia, the only option right now is a local sim from MTC. The other issue is registering local sims in many African countries, and while local prices are cheaper than travel eSIMs, if you’re only going for a few weeks, getting a travel eSIM might be more worth your while. Yes, you can get regional plans for large parts of Africa, but some countries are a lot more expensive than others which pushes the overal price up. So, you may be best served getting plans per country but with a provider that only uses one eSIM profile. Except for Airalo, all the others mentioned above make use of the same eSIM in all destinations. Unlimited? Forget it. Put that idea out of your head. There is no such thing.

Also Saily. One eSIM, just buy plans for countries/regions as needed.

I’m talking about travel eSIMs like Saily, Airalo etc. They cannot be installed in the UAE, but they can be used in the UAE, on either e& or Du. But yes, if you want a plan directly from either local network with local number, that can only be done in the UAE.

When something is zero-rated it means you don't need a plan. This is generally only possible when you run your own network. Ubigi(Transatel) and BetterRoaming(1Global) both run their own networks. They then cover the cost of data to connect to their own apps/websites. For re-sellers like Airalo or Saily it would be very difficult for them to zero-rate their apps.

Just use Saily, Ubigi or Roamless. One eSIM for all destinations. Done.

Have a look at Ubigi or Saily. One eSIM for all locations, just buy plans as needed. All of these ‘unlimited’ providers have a FUP, usually around 1Mbps after a certain cap.

Nothing at all, at least when it’s made easy. Spain, South Africa, easy. UAE, not worth it, even for the free sim/esim with 10GB handed out at the airport. Trust me, I tried. For that ID free Saily does the job, before you even get to the terminal. Got my first cell phone in 1996 and have travelled to 40 countries since, so I’ve got lots of t-shirts.

Saily is also a favourite of mine. Both Ubigi and Saily make use of the same single eSIM profile in all their destinations.

It depends on where you live and where you travel. In my case I live in Belgium, but I can use my home plan throughout the EU, Norway and the UK for no extra roaming. Same goes for any other local EU provider. But for Switzerland and any other non-EU country travel eSIMs come in handy. For that I've narrowed it down to a very short list. I'm tired of looking. My top 2 are now Saily and Ubigi. Both are already installed and make use of the same eSIM profile in all destinations, unlike Airalo and many others. Yes, some esims are very cheap, but that doesn't mean they'll work well, if at all. There is a thing called network priority, especially when roaming; In a nutshell, the more you pay, the faster your connection. Other fallbacks are Roamless with their non-expiring credit and BetterRoaming which lets you install an eSIM for free then sends you a link to buy a plan on their website in your destination without needing to look for another connection. It's what's called a zero-rated operation. The Ubigi app is also zero-rated. As long as you have the app and eSIM installed and are connected to a partner network you can buy a plan. So running out of data is a non-issue with Ubigi. When I visit South Africa, I make use of local sims/esims as I used to live there, so I know exactly how they work. Because yes, local is almost always cheaper than travel sim prices and in some countries by a lot.

2 of my favourites are Saily and Ubigi. One eSIM, all destinations. Just buy plans as needed. The Ubigi app is even zero-rated when connected via the Ubigi esim. In other words, even if you’re completely out of data you can still use the app to buy more.

A better option instead of Global from Airalo is Ubigi, Saily or Roamless. These providers make use of the same eSIM profile in all their destinations. You can then buy individual country plans as needed which will be a whole lot cheaper than a global plan.

Saily, then you can manage both esims in the same account. Also look at Ubigi. With both companies you can reuse the same esim in all destinations.

Saily, Ubigi, Esimatic, KeepGo, Roamless, Yesim. All use the same eSIM profile in all destinations and allow hotspotting. Just buy plans as needed. In many cases buying per country instead if region can be cheaper.

I got ~700Mbps from Ubigi in Spain on 5G, which is included at no extra charge. Ubigi supply their own eSIM and run their own 901 network. You only need one eSIM for all destinations. Not the cheapest, but they are a European favourite. From the makers of NordVPN, Saily is another one that only requires 1 eSIM for all destinations. Both Saily and Ubigi offer ‘unlimited’, but they seem clear enough about their FUP. When it comes to fixed

In that case you will have to look for a local Kenyan provider that offers eSIM, which will also come with a local number, something that might be useful if staying for over a month. Start with Safaricom and Airtel. When it comes to travel eSIMs, my personal short list is, in no particular order: Saily, Ubigi, Airalo, Esimatic, RoamLess, KeepGo, BetterRoaming and Yesim. With the exception of Airalo, all of the above make use of the same eSIM profile in all destinations. RoamLess even has a VoIP service for making calls to any phone anywhere in the world, like Skype used to do. There is absolutely zero difference in performance between eSIM and regular SIM. It all comes down to the provider who issued the sim and/or the local network they operate on. An eSIM will not give you better coverage in the countryside over a regular SIM.

The Ubigi app is zero rated, meaning, even if you run out of data, you can still use the app to buy more. Both Ubigi and Saily use the same eSIM in all destinations, so don’t delete them when you leave Spain.

Ones that do freely allow it; Ubigi, Roamless, KeepGo and Saily, at least those are the ones I've done it with, so far. And Holafly 'unlimited'? It is not, far from it. Got throttled to 150Kbps after 5GB on the 1st day. So yes, sim swapping is something I expect, just like with a physical sim. If you as a provider don't let me switch phones, you don't get my money. It's that simple.

While Airalo requires a separate eSIM profile for all countries/regionas, Saily, Ubigi, Roamless, KeepGo, Esimatic and BetterRoaming all use the same eSIM in all destinations. Just buy the required plan for each.

Yes. Just install the Saily app, buy the required plan, follow the instructions to install the eSIM profile. Saily is one of my favourites, for pricing and user friendlyness, but there are about another 20k options out there, with tons more on the way. But I’ve stopped lookinng for new providers and just stick with what I know works well. Also Airalo, Ubigi, Roamless, Esimatic, KeepGo, BetterRoaming and Yesim, depending on who offers the best deal where I’m going.

Saily, BetterRoaming, Esimatic, KeepGo, Yesim and Ubigi all use the same eSIM profile in all destinations, you then just buy plans per country/region. The Ubigi app is even zero rated and BetterRoaming lets you buy a plan via the web even if you don’t have an active plan. You just need to be connected to a partner network.

Saily, Ubigi and Airalo have reasonable plans for Spain, and while convenient, nothing beats local prices. I think Spain has some of the cheapest local prices in Europe.

Saily and Airalo both allow the management of multiple eSIMs and plans in the same account. No, Ubigi does not. Will need a separate account and email for each device.

Saily, Airalo and Ubig also have some good short term deals for the US.

Ubigi or Saily might be an option. Neither come with a phone number, but they both use the same eSIM profile anywhere else in the world that they operate, which is almost everywhere. While the UK is no longer EU, so operators between both are no longer required to offer 'free' roaming, some may still offer such, but there are no guarantees.

One eSIM for all locations includes Ubigi and BetterRoaming who both have zero rated apps, meaning if you are connected to a partner network you can still buy a plan for the required location without needing another internet connection. Then you have Saily, from the makers of NordVPN. Saily isn't zero-rated, yet. They say they're working on that. But like Ubigi and BR, Saily also makes use of only one single eSIM profile. Whats more, all 3 providers above allow you to easily switch/replace an eSIM. For text and the odd real phone call I just use Tello, worldwide. Tello's parent company KeepCalling is another option for pre-paid phone calls. Roamless, Drimsim and KeepGo are maybe other emergency options, but only for very short, quick uses. I currently have 14 eSIM profiles in my iPhone 12 mini (max 20)

I'm curious, why avoid MVNO's like Tello? I spend a lot of time in Europe and Africa where I avoid the actual networks. They seem to care less and less about the little people and in turn apepar to be concentrating more on business / wholesale. They've spent enough money setting up their networks, they want their money back, which isn't going to come from $5 subs. Basically, an MVNO doesn't have the humongous cost of securing spectrum licenses, then setting up and maintaining a radio network. This saving is then passed on to the user which often includes much better customer support. This also applies to Airalo, Ubigi, Saily etc. They are also MVNOs, but ones that don't offer voice. But when it comes to performance, I generally notice no difference between an MNO and an MVNO. One thing you can do is check to see what type of network an MVNO may operate; Tier-1, 2, 3 etc

I've done my eSIM research, and the choices are seemingly endless. But, I have narrowed it down to 3: Ubigi, Airalo and Saily. With that said, it still depends on where you're going. For example, Saily is best in places like Africa and the Middle East, but Ubigi has some of the best rates for Europe. If you go the travel eSIM route, you will need to get a plan for each country, or a regional plan. With Saily and Ubigi you can re-use the same eSIM profile anywhere else they offer service in. Airalo requires you to download and install a separate eSIM profile for every country/region. But when it comes to local prices in Europe, nothing can beat them. So, if you can wait until you get to your first country, look for a local sim from Lycamobile. And, you can then keep using that sim in any other EU country for no extra charge. Just install the app and top up with credit card, PayPal, Google or Apple. The catch? You may not be able to use all the data, or they throttle you. I have Lycamobile from Spain; \~150Mbs in Spain, 5Mbps in the rest of the EU. But that's a non-issue, for me. I can still use the whole bundle.

Have a look at Saily and Ubigi. Saily even allows you to manage multiple eSIMs in the same account, and both prividers make use of the same eSIM in all locations. The Ubigi app is even zero-rated, meaning if you run out of data you can still use it to buy another plan.

Depends on how much data is needed. First look at Roamless, 1 eSIM, 1 balance, all destinations. Then there is Saily and Ubigi. 1 eSIM, just buy plans per country/region as needed.

What you might want to consider when travelling between multiple countries is having to download and install a separate eSIM profile for every destinations. This is what Airalo does. Yes, they have regional plans but these are far from cheap. So what you want to do is consider something like Saily, Ubigi, Esimatic, BetterRoaming, RoamLess or KeepGo. All of those require you to install only 1 eSIM which you then reuse in all destinations. You just buy plans per country. Some providers might be cheap in say Spain, yet one of the others is cheapest in Greece. I have all of those installed and just toggle between the eSIMs as required.

If you also need to make calls: [https://bouygues-telecom.simoptions.com](https://bouygues-telecom.simoptions.com) or [https://roamless.com](https://roamless.com) For data only, and only 1 eSIM profile for all destinations; Saily, Ubigi, KeepGo, Esimatic, Yesim or BetterRoaming.

Just an important note: I didn’t choose Roamless because I wanted to imply that they were the best of the best or because I wanted to endorse them, it was mainly because they support the same network as Saily (SoftBank) in addition to NTT docomo, whereas Ubigi only supports NTT docomo, which Saily doesn’t support at all. Personally, I’d actually recommend Ubigi more due to the Japanese IP address.

Hi! Thank you for your quick reply. 1. “Sending data vouchers is unique” .. But why do you think this has not been done yet? Like what’s the use case for this feature? You wanna buy data for a friend? I can just send them money or the QR code of the eSIM/let them scan the QR code of my phone to get the eSIM I got for them. Same for family/kids, I can just manage their eSIMs in my app (managing multiple eSIMs is supported by Saily and others, so nothing unique). I just don’t see many people “switching” to Umi because they can buy vouchers for others but maybe I’m wrong. 2. “Data sharing” .. yea that can be really useful, especially if it works with plans I’ve already bought. Since it isn’t available (yet), I can’t really comment on it of course but yes, would be a nice feature for sure. 3. “VIP Clubs” .. So influencers can give you a code to unlock some cheaper plans? Well, discount codes by influencers are relatively common. The “private portal” within the app might sound interesting but I’m not sure why influencers should use this instead of other platforms offering much more features in this regard. 4. “We created a custom eSIM” .. as mentioned before, “Connect” or “Plus Poland” as the eSIM issuer I’ve seen before, Telna IP addresses (France IP here in Europe), “globaldata” as the APN.. I’m just curious how exactly it is a “custom” eSIM that you’ve created? I’ve seen this with so many eSIM providers. Like I said, Saily for example does the networking themselves, Ubigi does everything themselves. I’m just curious what it is that makes your eSIM “custom”. I know that this doesn’t really affect the product, I’m just a tech guy who is interested in this topic. 5. “We’re a small team”, “more exciting things coming up”, etc. ... and I really hope you succeed and get somewhere with this new product. I really do. It’s just that right now, and that’s what people can only really review right now, you offer eSIMs like everyone else. Yea I can send vouchers to others but as mentioned above, I don’t really see this as the big hit. The rest of the features - right now - is not really unique or would make me want to switch, especially with this marketing which is basically full of promises about features in the future. But… I don’t want to sound too negative, positive I see are the networks you use. Lots of 5G on some really good networks worldwide and you publicly share the networks you use, which I really like.. maybe that’s something you should mention more in your marketing, especially in a sub-Reddit like this one. Also the pricing is relatively good, especially with the “expandable” validity. I wish you guys all the best, please just improve on the marketing, don’t fill it up with future promises too much and try to think from the perspective of a potential customer who gets tons of ads from Airalo, Saily, etc., make sure they really see a benefit of going with Umi instead of other choices.

I just came home from Japan after 3 weeks. I tested a few eSIMs, what you should definitely look out for are the networks. The best experience I had was with NTT docomo, second best was SoftBank. au (KDDI) was the worst, which is what Jetpac and some of the really cheap ones are using. The best experience I had was with Ubigi, their 30 day unlimited plan offers you 60GB of high speed data using the NTT network with 5G, and it gives you a Japanese IP. Second best was Roamless, they use NTT and SoftBank, both with 5G but are very expensive if you want to use a lot of data. No matter what eSIM you end up with, make sure it uses 5G, especially in areas like Tokyo it helps a lot. Also, avoid anything that’s using 1GLOBAL, which includes Saily (which is a 1GLOBAL reseller). They are really solid in other countries but in Japan.. horrible, sadly

For a month duration go for a 30 day global esim with Airalo, Mobimatter or Saily. You shouldn't have any problems.

eSIM will be less than t-mobile almost any of them. Airalo, saily or mobimatter any of the big companies.

eSim and tether any other devices to your phone to leverage the connection when needed. I do that on all my travels, including multiple to Japan and has worked flawlessly. I've used Saily for esim FWIW......highly recommended.

Your own screenshot shows that your phone has been using a lot of cellular data. You have 18 GB under System Services and another 5 GB from Instagram alone. Unless those statistics are from a previous period that would suggest the data was actually consumed by your phone. Not actively using your phone doesn’t necessarily mean it wasn’t using data. iOS and apps can transfer large amounts of data in the background. If you didn’t have Low Data Mode enabled iOS or an app could have downloaded something large in the background. At this point the evidence you’ve shown seems to point to the phone actually using the data rather than Saily simply taking it from your balance.

Fair enough. I’ve used Saily before with no issues but when traveling I always have a Plan B in case something goes wrong. At this point I think it’s time to use yours. Also, I’d recommend resetting your cellular data statistics every time you top up so you can track exactly what each package uses.

So between 11.04:42 and 11.05:01, it tells you you have used up 4.7GB (not sure how to read the logs properly)? While technically fully possible, practically this seems highly implausible because it would equate to an average throughput of roughly 2 Gbps. Especially within something like a train or bus, which generally tends to have well-insulated windows, which in turn cause worse reception.

First time I used Ubigi, second time Saily (as I got a promotion) Both are easy to use. Just check as some providers might not allow hotspot (but if you don't need this, no problem) I usually install BEFORE leaving my home country, and change the data sim as soon as I land.

If you're looking for an esim that has no connection ot peformance issues at all, then you'll never find one. They can all fail at any time for any reason or have variable performance. The major esims like HolaFly, Airalo, Ubigi, Saily, etc. are basically the same. The only difference is going to be pricing, upload / download limits, etc.

I have used saily and airalo both without issues. I just pick whatever is a better deal

I'm currently having an ok time on ubigi, but had the weirdest outage last night in an intersection in shibuya. Walked over to the other side of the street and it started working again 🤷‍♂️ also kid and wife had less hassle getting their saily eSIM working at arrivals but idk. Pixel pro 11 for anyone wondering 

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Thanks. I am frustrated with companies who demand you make an account/sign in/login just to get basic information.

Sorry to sound dumb, but I cannot find any ‘get support’ or ‘ask us’ link on their site or app. Not willing to setup an account until I know this is what I need.

eSIMs have become a bit of a “cult”, for want of a better word. I have a trip to Czechia later this month, have already downloaded an eSIM from a local network, Kaktus, a sub brand of T-Mobile Czech Republic, which will activate once I land in Prague, going on my previous experience. I always buy local SIM cards or eSIMs, much better value than Saily, Airalo etc and give you a local number too.

I'm in the DR now using Roamless and it works well. I have used Saily here and it also works well. This is for data only.

my friend just told me the same thing, when she arrived malaysia she cannot use and cannot get connected

We did well last year with Saily in the western med. Only country we had no coverage in was Morocco so I just roamed that day on my home sim. Crazy how many people I saw wandering aimless or panicking about not being able to reach their email etc when it could have been fixed by a one day roaming charge. We actually did the annual pkg so we could use whatever data we didn't use for our winter vacation to Mexico.

You can pay in Australian dollars, rather than only US dollars. Which due to the conversion rate to your local currency makes it a lot cheaper in some markets, also airlo and Saily, seem to only focus on ridiculous priced unlimited plans which a lot of people don’t need When I was in Japan, I got 20 gigs of data and went for about 18 GB in two weeks, which was using Maps, TikTok, YouTube, WhatsApp et cetera

It should be empty. It’s data only. Did you enter your own number in it? You can leave your normal eSIM enabled but with the roaming option disabled. WiFi calling can work through the Saily data (or WiFi if you’re connected). If iMessage has been deactivated you’ll need to enable it again for your number in settings under messages and set the send new messages from back to your number. This will force SMS to be sent during activation however which may trigger roaming chargers if you’re abroad.

What does “number didn’t transfer correctly” mean? While Saily offers numbers they don’t do porting so it wouldn’t be your normal number. Setting your number on the Saily line will break iMessage for sure.

The thing is services like Airalo and Saily can be 4x as expensive as a random provider from Trip.com or Ubigi. I get that they can demand higher pricing, but not that much. Just a quick example for a Europe eSim for 30 days and 10GB costs 44 CAD, while vendors on Trip.com have rates in the $12 CAD range. Ubigi sits in the middle but is still under $20. The price difference is huge.

Saily worked great for our trip as well.

We were a group of three, all of us made an e-sim with Saily, we didn't had any problems, it worked very well.

We used Saily (eSim via App) and Swisscom. Both worked perfectly fine.

I used Saily, I think it's slightly cheaper than airalo. It was good and very reliable.

I used Saily last month and had a good experience. If you use "allisoninjapan" you can get a discount. I activated on the plane before takeoff. I had to restart the phone after landing to reconfigure. I would recommend setting up wifi calling before you leave.

I’ve used Saily my last two Europ trips. Romania and South of France. App is super easy and had great coverage. Ever tried Airalo.

If it helps, I used it in Korea and Japan and got solid download speeds around 100-200 mbps Of course, the first time I got those slow speeds was because I didn't realize I had the whole VPN thing on Saily's app cuz that throttled my shit down to like 5-20

Breeze is fine, it is backed by a major eSIM supplier. But it seems like it only supports connection to one network (o2). EscapeSIMs Germany plans are both cheaper and support connecting to 3 networks. Otherwise, the "default" options like Saily, Airalo, Nomad should all be fine.

Most services like Saily, etc. are DATA ONLY, NO PHONE NUMBER INCLUDED. There are exceptions like specific plans from Airalo or a Roamless number.

Oof. Especially when comparing Australia to other providers (10GB 30 days): - Nomad £8.78 - Airalo £11.90 - Saily £12.00 - Ubigi £13.50 - BetterRoaming £13.85 And Lebara (at 7 days more but 2GB less): £25, with the non-discount price being £33. Not competitive at all is what I would say.

No, most likely not. It is actually rare that these travel eSIMs use the IP of the country they are used in. The 4G/LTE Japan eSIM I mentioned is actually a rare exception because it uses the Japanese-based MVNO IIJmio. With Saily, you can choose the country IP out of a range they have (good feature but their SIMs are also more expensive). IP locations for travel eSIMs depend on the destination country and the supplier behind it (in your case CMHK). Common IP locations are Poland, Hong Kong, UK, Singapore and less commonly France, Belgium, USA. Airalo even says this for their Japan product: https://preview.redd.it/w1zwx27e8cxf1.png?width=502&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e955e75e393df12b6d68c65ae80cd9d6c7b8c5c

Airalo and Saily are both fine but imo overpriced.. almost $100 for 50GB... I'd personally go with the cheaper options and just use VPN if needed but I totally understand if that doesn't work for you. Btw, I just checked and Nomad also routes via Hong Kong. The Jetpac help person couldn't help me with that but I'm pretty sure it routes through Singapore (it should use APN "globaldata" and IMSI 26), so no restrictions.

Hello! I recommend getting a fixed GB amount instead of anything "unlimited". For European plans you have many options, including (price low to high): EscapeSIM (Aussie company), Jetpac, MobiMatter (Sparks plans), Nomad, RedteaGO, esim.sm, BNEsim, Saily, Airalo. However, I would advise you to only buy the esim as few days before you leave since many have activation deadlines (sometimes only 30 days).

I used Redteago’s Europe unlimited plan in France and Germany and it worked well. I activated it before leaving, and it connected automatically once I landed. It was also convenient when moving between countries, since I didn’t have to worry about switching SIMs. Btw, I found it includes 10GB of high-speed data per day and is more cost-effective than both Airalo and Saily.

No, I added another GB as in the post and went on my day. I've been far to busy, you know, vacationing, to fight them over ~$10. That being said, I'm warning others about the experience and I won't use them again. Fool me once...

The issue isn't that data is being used. The issue is that the Saily app is reporting nearly double the data usage that the phone is recording *for that SIM*, and that's after I made changes to my data usage and used WI-FI to reduce action on that SIM. 

> Your data month on your phone starts on 8th April so 5 days ago, but assuming your Saily plan was 1 month it looked to start 7 days ago? That would explain the difference... How does that explain the difference? The "month" on Saily started when it was installed. That's why it has a different "month" date from T-Mobile.  So the 8th-13th is 5 days, which is what I was saying about the data usage not lining up. > Are you not using WiFi ever...? Did you not read my post? I had high speed data in Europe that logged over 200Mbps down, while Wi-Fi was spotty at the hotels and required constant juggling with various access points around the cities. At home my plan is unlimited data, so I never worry about it and only use Wi-Fi at my home. Of course I didn't use Wi-Fi often in Europe until I found out the T-Mobile plan was limited. *Then* I started jumping through all the hoops.  > Additionally if you do really need such a large amount of data, local eSIMs with 100s of GB are available from networks like Vodafone PT or Lyca PT for under €10-20 I know that, I used Vodafone last time. I did some basic math that said if it took me ~7 days to use 5GB then I should use less than that in ~6 days when I'm metering it and using Wi-Fi frequently.  The issue isn't that I used data - the issue is that the amount I used more accurately aligns with what the phone says vs what Saily says. 

I used a normal and ultra account in Japan and Saily was absolutely useless

Hey! As you have already discussed - in the Saily app you can either top up an existing eSIM or get a new one when purchasing a plan. We usually recommend topping up since it skips the installation step. That said, based on the points raised here, it’s clear we can do a better job making the eSIM status and Ultra plan activation more obvious in the app. We’ll be reviewing this flow with the team. As for [ATSAKAKAPE](https://www.reddit.com/user/ATSAKAKAPE/) specific case, it’s hard to comment on the exact cause without looking into the details. If you’re open to it, could you DM us your email or support ticket ID? Our engineering team will review what happened, and we’d also like to make it right for the trouble this caused.

Ah that makes sense, I just manage myself so it makes things simple, sounds like based on the screenshots they just need to update their design and make things a little more cohesive

Just from a user perspective, that kind of makes sense, why would you want to add another eSIM when you already have an active one on your device, but they should add another button down there so it’s like “Add Data, NEW PLAN, My Plans” would make it all better

**Asia (Pricing in $USD unless stated)** **Airalo** 2 GB/15 Days $9.50 3 GB/30 Days $13.00 5 GB/30 Days $20.00 10 GB/30 Days $37.00 **Nomad** 3 GB/30 Days $13.00 5 GB/30 Days $17.00 10 GB/30 Days $20.00 20 GB/45 Days $30.00 **Jetpac** 5GB/ 30 Days $15.00 10GB/ 30 Days $19.99 15GB/ 30 Days $29.99 30GB/ 30 Days $39.99 **Saily** 3 GB/30 Days $12.49 5 GB/30 Days $19.49 10 GB/30 Days $35.99 (Prices are for comparison purposes and not a recommendation)

**United_states (Pricing in $USD unless stated)** **Airalo** 2 GB/15 Days $7.00 2 GB/15 Days $12.50 3 GB/30 Days $9.00 3 GB/30 Days $16.00 5 GB/30 Days $14.00 5 GB/30 Days $22.50 10 GB/30 Days $23.00 10 GB/30 Days $34.50 20 GB/30 Days $37.00 **Nomad** 3 GB/30 Days $9.00 5 GB/30 Days $13.00 10 GB/30 Days $15.00 20 GB/30 Days $18.00 50 GB/30 Days $27.00 **Jetpac** 5 GB / 30 Days $12.99 10 GB / 30 Days $15.99 15 GB / 30 Days $19.99 20 GB / 30 Days $35.00 30 GB / 30 Days $29.99 40 GB / 30 Days $34.99 Unlimited / 10 Days $33.99 **Saily** 3 GB/30 Days $8.99 5 GB/30 Days $13.99 10 GB/30 Days $22.99 20 GB/30 Days $36.99 **Sparks** 1 GB/60 Days $4.40 2 GB/60 Days $5.40 3 GB/60 Days $6.20 5 GB/60 Days $8.00 10 GB/60 Days $12.40 15 GB/60 Days $18.20 30 GB/90 Days $35.90 (Prices are for comparison purposes and not a recommendation)

In albania currently and had originally used holafly unlimited which has been great for just my phone but ive been hotspotting alot and holafly just straight up stopped working for only the hotspot. Data still works on my phone. I ended up getting a saily one as well that i switch to when hotspotting

Good. Roaming on Cricket doesn’t matter because Cricket doesn’t have native roaming. It only needs to be on if you bought and want to use Cricket’s international day passes. If you didn’t purchase those, Cricket won’t charge you for roaming nor will it work over cellular in Europe Turn on WiFi calling before your trip. Don’t stress about the E911 address. Just put your main residence. This will allow you to make and receive phone calls and SMS in Europe As for an eSIM, who are you going with? I like Ubigi but Saily is good for individual countries

Ubigi is the winner. Comes it at half the price of Airalo and Saily. DM me and we can talk more

Coverage and speed will depend on the local operator network. And in most cases, Ohayu eSIM, Airalo, Holafly, and other providers will connect you to the same networks (NTT Docomo Japan or SoftBank Japan). So my advice would be to check the prices and choose what fits you best. I quickly compared the price per 3GB here, and Ohayu, Ubigi, Saily, and Esimplus have the best price here. https://preview.redd.it/5gaf9cd8lqjf1.png?width=1008&format=png&auto=webp&s=3888a4d8895306d9c2e051b8a5fb476fba6b12a2

I am not sure why you would want 30GB or 100GB unless you plan to work outside and plan to attend a lot of video calls or meetings. However, I have summarized some common esim providers and their costs, if it helps: https://preview.redd.it/k83vxomwplef1.png?width=1662&format=png&auto=webp&s=f3595b2d97b61654f175ad89b2f1519a3e309796 In summary, go for Unoroam, if you want flexibility in number of days and cheapest option. Airalo and Saily provides options only for 30 days as you mentioned which is a bummer. Holafly, as I understand has only unlimited pack, if thats what you want for 30 days. Hope this helps for your travel.

Maybe you have better luck than me but I couldn't get Airalo to work on an esim adapter or natively at all in Japan. I did use Saily on both here no problem. Roamless also works here on both but is not a great value.

Ymmv but I used both and could never get Airalo to work. Ubigi was fine and their option to show a US IP even when I was in JP also worked. Other than that I used Nomad and Saily without problems.

Saily seems to best when you look at coverage + prices. The network and eSIMs from Saily are provided as a white label by the company 1GLOBAL [https://www.1global.com/telco-as-a-service](https://www.1global.com/telco-as-a-service) If you're anyways leaning towards Saily, check their plans directly: If you're travelling for business: [https://www.1global.com/enterprise](https://www.1global.com/enterprise) If you're travelling privately: [https://www.betterroaming.com/](https://www.betterroaming.com/) Since they also offer 5G coverage in the UK, this actually might be a nice choice. Airalo is also a nice choice and are quite competitive, but can't guarantee you a 5G always see [https://www.airalo.com/help/using-managing-esims/ZSEEHBT5HW6F/can-i-use-5g-with-my-esim/2JRSS0KBKZZB?srsltid=AfmBOopkaZwks\_\_L3Vt7HcU2xwUhW5JzPHpuyEENDD2t\_gVTn\_1TPI4v](https://www.airalo.com/help/using-managing-esims/ZSEEHBT5HW6F/can-i-use-5g-with-my-esim/2JRSS0KBKZZB?srsltid=AfmBOopkaZwks__L3Vt7HcU2xwUhW5JzPHpuyEENDD2t_gVTn_1TPI4v)

I’m used Saily and it was good. Not sure if Airalo is better though.

There are two types of players in market - burner esim: need to buy a new esim every time you travel and uninstall it once the trip ends or the esim expires on its own! (airalo, holalfy etc) - reusable esim OR one esim: keep topping up same esim with different countries. No need to reinstall an esim again, ever! (Jetpac, saily, roamless etc)

Recommend to check out Tello and Jetpac for US! Both have local routing vs europe routing for both Saily and Airalo

I looked up pricing of my go-to esims! Comparing 3gb and 5gb 3gb - airalo - $21 - Jetpac - $19 - Nomad - $32 - Saily - $21 5gb - Airalo - $32.5 - Jetpac - $30 - Nomad - $49 - Saily - $34

I had Saily in my phone and for comparison installed Airalo on my wife's. During our trip to Vietnam I had internet mayby 5% of the time, while my wife's phone was constantly connected. Dumpun Saily for Airalo

I had Saily in my phone and for comparison installed Airalo on my wife's. During our trip to Vietnam I had internet mayby 5% of the time, while my wife's phone was constantly connected. Dumpun Saily for Airalo

Funny enough I tried using saily for my trip abroadb)google pixel 7 pro) and while it was supposed to activate when I arrived in country, it never did. Instead, the subscription never went past "inactive" ststus. I looked at me esim choices on my phone and none other than my sim card was available. I contacted customer support online and they were arrogant at best, downright rude at worst (depending on how you want to read their communications). I asked for a refund and received it. I then went to a saily competitor and there.was no issue. Plug and play. I'm using that esim now to write this comment. 

Just used it last month. Worked without any issues.

I had an issue and they were way more responsive than GlobalYo in my case. Sorted me out within 15 mins

You can check plans through a comparison website like [https://www.thebestesims.com/esim-north-america/](https://www.thebestesims.com/esim-north-america/) . That covers both US and Mexico. Airalo, Saily and Nomad all allow tethering and are reputable providers.

iMessage uses mobile internet/wifi to sends it messages as long as it stays connected to your apple ID, so it should work when you buy an esim with just data (and leave your original physical sim card in your iphone). You are not limited to Airalo or 1GB, but use a comparison website like [https://www.thebestesims.com/esim-aruba/](https://www.thebestesims.com/esim-aruba/) or [esimdb.com](http://esimdb.com) to find more providers with different amounts of data and prices. It seems Saily has one of the better deals for 3GB and is quite cheaper than Airalo in this case. Good luck!

I think both Saily and Nomad are reputable providers, just as i.e. Airalo. They all use the same network (Zain) to offer their services, so the experience should be similar. I often use a comparison website like [https://www.thebestesims.com/esim-saudi-arabia/](https://www.thebestesims.com/esim-saudi-arabia/) to check for the best price because I think thats the only difference you're going to get for SA. Good luck!

I searched the websites for Holafly, Airalo, and Saily, but I could not find that information.

Just to be 100% sure, with having the eSIM activated, did you check that 'Data Roaming' is enabled? I had some issues with Nomad and Airalo initially, which was fixed by enabling the setting for both. Otherwise, yeah, those speeds are definitely not usable at all!

I’ve tried several eSIM providers. I initially started using Olafly and liked it, but I later discovered that costs vary depending on the country you’re visiting. For example, in Colombia, I found Saily to be cheaper, while in Mexico, I use Cosmofon.ai I will now test Staff Traveler on my next trip

Why would anyone use these guys? They are way too expensive. As an example, they charge 7,45 per GB for the Philippines, I can buy 10GB (30days) from Jetpac for $22. Saily has the same 10GB for $17.99. Even the expensive Gogsky has that pack for $27.99. Why would anyone pay roamless $74? Staff traveler sells their global eSIM, 10GB for $38.

Just used Saily it for Thailand , China and Bali and everything was great. They say that it works at costa rica as well. no issues with speed or connection . i used a code to get 10$ off making it kind of cheap for the unlimited gb package. The code i used was DIMITR7555

Just used Saily it for Thailand , China and Bali and a bit back in greece and everything was great. no issues with speed or connection . i used a code to get 10$ off making it kind of cheap for the unlimited gb package. The code i used was DIMITR7555

Just used Saily it for Thailand , China and Bali and everything was great. no issues with speed or connection . i used a code to get 10$ off making it kind of cheap for the unlimited gb package. The code i used was DIMITR7555

Airalo , Saily worked for me in Italy and Poland this summer. Saily unlimited Europe plan for 12 days will cost you 42 while airalo 15 days - 49$. Sure, you can use coupon codes and it will be less.

Saily worked fine for me in August (3 days in Milano) fast internet, simple in use (15% discount using coupon sahrzad15)

Thank you! I did look up different providers (Holafly, yessim, Saily, Nomads and others) and the only thing is most of their plans don’t include the countries I’m visiting in their regional plan (ex: an Europe plan doesn’t include the non-EU countries), whereas Airalo and MobiMatter have an existing plan. Can you share which providers you had in mind?

The exact thing happened to me this past week. Got Saily unlimited 7 days eSIM for Switzerland. Arrived in Zermatt and Google Maps just never worked. All my set up are correct and I spent most of my day walking in the mountains not using my phone much, and didn’t even watch any social media videos. It’s impossible that I’ve reached my daily data limit. This is greatly disappointing and will never use Saily again.

Airalo and Saily ride on brand value and charge high for those same packages which many like ZetSIM, Superalink give at a very low price. I used ZetSIM unlimited packs with 2GB per day and FUP of 512kbps after 2GB is done. I first took it for France and then did a top up for Spain. For me, the best part was their customer care, when I had to top up.

I'm currently in China, and Nomad was the cheapest by far. The internet access was similar with the other 4 eSIMs i used here (Airalo, Saily, 1 from BUNQ and 1 from Revolut). I didn't buy the unlimited plan, since that one was capped at 3GB per day (with all the providers), so i just kept buying the 50GB plan. And nomad was best for that! Referral code: NVEGZOCENPPA for 7USD off

Well normally you just turn on flight mode...if that doesn't fix a thing then it's a Saily fault....and let them fix it.

I used Saily and had no issues with it the entire 5 months I was there

A good thing about Japan is that they have a local operator, i believe, their name is KDDI, that offers quite good unlimited plans, also with hotspot (this thing comes with limitations, though). So look for those eSIM providers that use them under the hood, Airalo, Saily, Awinst Connect, whatever, compare their packages and select the one that fits best to your trip length.

Here headed to Kyoto now, had 0 issues with Saily during our 4 days in Tokyo and 2 days in Kawaguchiko. PM if you have any questions!

I've been using saily, it's been a good service, no issues

I’ve done 5 Japan trips in 3 years and have used holafly, GigSky, Airalo, Saily without issue

Airalo worked for me until it didn't (stopped working half way through the trip, spent an hour troubleshooting, couldn't fix). They refunded luckily. Switched to Sailey for remainder and it was good

Ubigi is owned by NTT Docomo's parent so I figured it was pretty safe bet. I also like that it still has access to its portal even when out of data so you can refill it. My wife used Saily and it worked fine too. If you are going with someone I find it nice to diversify so if one has problems the other person's is still working. Ubigi uses NTT Docomo plus KDDI.

My friends and I all used Saily when we went this past May and had no problems at all.

Saily is the best I've used. Easiest.

Saily worked well for me.

I used Saily and it worked fine

I used Saily on my most recent trip and had no issues

Saily woked perfect this summer arround Japan

I used Saily when I went last year and service was good the entire time. For reference I went to Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Hakone. But honestly any of the big e-sim companies will likely work just fine

**Just pick one.** Airalo, Saily, Ubigi, Holafly, whatever. It doesn't matter. They're the *same thing*. People seem to think these apps are mobile providers in their own right. *They're not*, they're **resellers**. So whichever you pick, the actual network you're going to connect to and the actual coverage you get is going to be the same. Their prices and plans may differ *a little*, but not enough to spend time researching every single one and being "completely lost" afterwards. If what you care about is staying connected, then it does NOT matter which *global* app you choose to buy your eSIM from. It's like asking whether you should buy your new PS5 from eBay or Amazon. It doesn't matter. Because it's the same product.

Hello, yes I did. Been trying to turn it on and off multiple times with no effect on the connection

For large plan / big data in Indonesia it’s cheaper to buy local eSIM. Roaming travel eSIM is cheap for less than 10GB plan. And I think most unlimited always have FUP so it’s not pure “no limit.” Holafly and Saily has limit 5GB per day for their unlimited plan. Whereas Telkomsel (local eSIM) can have 83GB, 150GB, and 200GB. You can do tethering. 200GB / 30 days = 6.7 GB per day (more than Saily and Holafly)

Exactly thatvis my point

I appreciate your response both here and there. These settings are all setup the right way, and either way any particular service will be listed with its usage in the data usage dashboard on my device and i can provide proofs. Sadly this remains an issue i cannot say is resolved.

To be honest it is very frustrating as well, i have never had this happen to me before with any provider.

https://preview.redd.it/k2518l0svimh1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5e7e97be0b9b8228d8319a68754cc1dc8464ef2 The data dump they sent shows 4.7 gb being dumped within seconds, no app can do that this way, but this is the top usage within the whole period

Yess i truly understand all of this, it is my area of work. What i am trying to tell u that this behaviour was only triggered by an update to the plan, i already had more than 1 gb of data and it was not drained, the drain only happened when i added a new plan. It is very clearly a trigger response, not a ln unlucky accident

Yeah i have orange just doen the road should have done that .. The daily limit is 5gb Resets 24 hours However thats not the isdue its something else techs trying to help to no avail

I used Saily with no problem. That being said I wouldn't be too worried about running out. I did 8 months of european travel without any data, just using free wifi. If worst comes to worst you can find a burger king or mcdonalds that every city center is pepper bombed with and use the free wifi for a minute to get more data. Also download Organic Maps if you're worried about navagation. Every feature works completely offline including transit and walking directions, and theres no paywalls.

I initially purchased Holafly but experienced issues then purchased a Saily one which was so much better

You can go for Jetpac, it's cheaper than airalo & saily and the connectivity is also great

It’s Data only. You keep your existing US line on, turn Data roaming off, and enable the Saily ESIM as your data line. In iMessage settings just make sure your normal number is still set as ‘start conversations’ from, and ‘you can be reached at….’

Take an EU region plan, but make sure it has UK in it (not all do) If you're price sensitive go with Pelesim or Sparks (also good connection to be honest) If you like premium (not sure what it means in this space) go with HolaFly or Saily. Personally I had a lot of issues with Airalo in the past.

Alright. It seems it’s working now. Should I see this in the corner? This seems like I have two cell services and I don’t remember seeing this on other travels https://preview.redd.it/2um02hdjvfjh1.jpeg?width=502&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19f6246abc2df0210564fd03281be0a48bdd4d98

Ok… so their help chat told me to add my phone number in there. Which is just very confusing. Thanks for the help.

There wasn’t any number in the line when I activated it. It was just empty. I’ll see if I can contact support. Maybe they can reset it?

Being ang Airhub user since last 3 years, I am frequent.international users... I have used airalo, holafly and Saily and trust they all are very costly and very limited plans. One of my friend recommended me to try Airhub as they must affordable data plans and voice plans for international travel. I tried Airhub on my friend recommendation as he is frequent traveler also. Trust me it becomes money saving for me and there is voice plan available. When ever I viist dubai for few hours and back same days I used Airhub 3usd/ day /gb plan while I have paid 20usd for Saily, Airalo and Holafly. For the same plan earlier. It can be challenging for anyone to install esim at first and that's case for all esim provider. In last 3 years I have got all my support related issues resolved 99.9% of the time by Airhub. I also have recommended this esim to some of my business colleges and they all are using the Airhub esim. When initially they so many negative reviews about Airhub on reddit, I do want to name but I know all the competitors of Airhub bht yes most of the reviews about Airhub us fake on Reddit planned by their competitors whi are not able to match their price and variety and multiple options avat for travellers.

I had a horrible experience with Saily. I got it for Namibia. It didn't work when I landed. I chatted with customer service and they said it only worked in covered areas. Then they sent me a map with the coverage. It was literally 5 orange dots in Windhoek... covering maybe 1% of just Windhoek. I couldn't believe how ridiculous it was. https://preview.redd.it/pokr44mmk1ih1.png?width=1179&format=png&auto=webp&s=675cf23866bdbac0a1290c334682bd69377ec2cb

I’m going with the Orange eSim for everything except Kosovo, then in Kosovo I’ll do a little bit of data with Sailly

I go to Japan for work every couple of months, and honestly you should just assume none of the Japan eSIMs do voice/SMS reception — when I looked into it, there's a lot of legal red tape and that stuff is basically limited to residents. I've been using Saily lately and I like that the app lets you track your data usage. It was reliable everywhere incl. rural + shinkansen. If TikTok's your thing, you can just keep an eye on your usage and top up as you go — not a bad way to handle it. Install it before you fly; a Japan plan won't start until you land at Haneda, so no wasted days.

I used jjesim on last years trip. We went to the are end of nowhere and still got signal, which surprised me. I paid for 10gb for the 2 weeks we were there and barely used it. I Ised WiFi in hotels mainly. In my group one tried to use ubigi but failed, not sure if it was a skill issue or esim issue, but he was able to get jjesim working fine with a bit of help. The other 2 in the group used saily, they had no problems as far as I know. As they had used them before elsewhere.  My advice would be, if you are travelling the world regularly use one of the popular apps, but if only travelling to Japan pick a local esim.

Saily - they got package deals too. You can set it up before crossing the border, enable eSIM and it picks up automatically

Saily worked great for me. Initial 2GB I had gotten free with NordVPN. Then I paid and extended. Travelled to Tokyo Kyoto Osaka Mishima

We used both ubigi and saily. Same as back home with two carriers since so many areas have mixed signal strength here and in Japan.

Anything but Ubigi. It works good until you have issues and then there’s zero customer support. I had to buy a new plan with Saily which worked great.

Just be aware unlimited data plans throttle your speed to 1 mbps after the first X gigabytes per day. In most cases it is after 2-3GB but some eSIM companies like Saily offer 5GB per day before throttling.

For that many countries over 30 days you want a regional Europe plan, not individual country ones. Saily is decent for that route tbh. Ubigi works but their pricing gets weird on longer plans imo. One thing tho... do you care about privacy/KYC? Most of these want an account + email. I ended up using Cypher eSIM last trip because i didn't want to deal with registration, just paid with crypto and got the QR code. But if thats not a concern Saily should work fine for you two.

I use Saily regularly in Europe. Same big company as NordVPN. Works perfectly.

Had great experience with Saily in Europe and Mediterranean

I had a similar experience in Flores, Indonesia. Saily stopped working and would no longer connect. After 3 days of troubleshooting, I asked for a refund. First they offered credits, after i pushed back they gave me cash refund for unused time. Connection issues prior to this were not an issue and i found the app interface very user friendly, compared to Holafly which i now use.

Saily worked well until it stopped providing internet, then they made me spend endless hours troubleshooting and having to send screnshots to prove I had no internet connection. I switched on my home sim and that worked fine, as well as the wifi, so it was not my phone issue. Three days of time wasted with chatbots and endless operators asking me to do the same things I finally cracked and said enough. But rather than refund me my up front data purchase they offered a credit towards another esim package. I will never use Saily again after this.

For convenience and cheaper than roaming, Airalo or Saily. For really cheap, smaller vendors, varies with the country/region I have used https://mobimatter.com/ several times to find good options.

Lucky Mobile, a Bell subsidiary (major Canadian network), has a portal dedicated for visitors. [https://www.luckymobile.ca/tourist-esim](https://www.luckymobile.ca/tourist-esim) Canada network access only, eSIM, no US/Mexico 25 CAD - 20 GB, Calls+Text - 30days 34 CAD - 55 GB, Calls+Text - 30days remember to unsubscribe at the end of month. Select Alberta for lower taxes. (listed price in uncivilized Can/US generally are pre-tax, taxes are added at checkout). \---- Lucky Mobile seems to be the only Canadian service provider providing a dedicated portal for visitors to Canada for remote pre-arrival activation. All other prepaid, low costs plans from the Canadian service providers listed below seem to make it very difficult for visitors for remote, pre-arrival, online activation, such as requiring Canadian address; Canadian credit cards; in-app eSIM delivery only (Public Mobile), but the app is only accessible via the Canadian app store.... lots of hoops to jump through with no guarantee of success. Once landed in Canada, all the options are basically open to you when you can easily get SIM cards in stores, some are located in the public areas of the airport. Rogers/Fido/Chatr located at Toronto Pearson [T1](https://www.torontopearson.com/en/while-you-are-here/toronto-airport-services/fido-t1) / [T3](https://www.torontopearson.com/en/while-you-are-here/toronto-airport-services/chatr-mobile-t3) Intl Arrivals. Tourist eSIMs providers (Saily, Holafly... ) are generally more expensive than Canadian providers, You may want to consider getting these Tourist eSIMs only for the first 2 or 3 days, enough for your arrival, and then purchase from a Canadian provider after you land in Canada and have time to go to a store. \--- With regards to network and coverage access, basically, once outside of major urban areas, all the Canadian networks more or less share their infrastructure and roam on each other, without extra fees for the user, in most cases, its essentially one big network, network/coverage is more or less the same. Therefore, if you check their coverage maps, its essentially the same map. Bell and Telus share their tower infrastructure. Main brands - sub-brands, coverage maps. Bell - Virgin Plus, Lucky Mobile, PC Mobile [https://www.bell.ca/Business/Mobility/Our\_network\_coverage](https://www.bell.ca/Business/Mobility/Our_network_coverage) Telus - Koodo, Public Mobile [https://www.telus.com/en/mobility/network/coverage-map](https://www.telus.com/en/mobility/network/coverage-map) Rogers - Fido, Chatr Mobile. [https://www.rogers.com/mobility/network-coverage-map](https://www.rogers.com/mobility/network-coverage-map) Freedom Mobile / Fizz / Videotron [https://www.videotron.com/en/mobile/mobile-network-coverage](https://www.videotron.com/en/mobile/mobile-network-coverage) \---- Canada mobile towers map, filtered by service provider. [https://www.ertyu.org/steven\_nikkel/cancellsites.html](https://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html)

Saily is super slow for me - at least in Southeast Asia and Europe. Definitely will not be repurchasing again

Seems like everybody was able to make it work.I can not get Saily to work. Their online support is only for the app, so I tried to do something they recommended and go back, and the chat is gone. I have been in Europe for a week and can not get it going. I have a Moto G Stylus 2025. I need to get some kind of service when I am in Europe.

Yes this is how I know it does not work

No I bought unlimited data for europe for 15 days and yes it is installed but it does not work

Yes and no it does not work

Probably you should check Airalo, Nomad, Maya and Saily. All of them should work fine in US

Honestly the big names (Airalo, Holafly, Saily) are where most people start, but they've gotten pricey — Holafly's "unlimited" plans especially, and Airalo/Saily add up per GB on a longer trip. The one I keep coming back to is [journeyesims.com](http://journeyesims.com) — same coverage as the big names (200+ countries) but the plans come out cheaper for the same data. Setup's just as easy: pick a plan, tap activate, online when you land, and you keep your normal number. My advice regardless of what you pick: price-check 2-3 providers for your exact destination before buying. The spread between them is way bigger than people expect.

I use Airhub and Nomad. Always turned out to be cheaper than airalo, holafly, saily, etc. Tested in: Egypt, Turkey, Vietnam.

From the airport in Fiumicino, Italy, 142 down 42 up. Bought the 1 month 5gb plan, worked well all over Rome, Amalfi Coast, Florence. Worked well on trains and ferries too.

I’m in uk right now with Saily . It’s been great but I’ve always used wifi when available and it’s readily available on public transport and accomodation . Haven’t used lounge pass and won’t as we have access bu another means .

Thanks. I think I used the wrong term. By "local," I simply meant an eSim that serves just one country, in our case, France. We will purchase and install the eSim while at home, before we travel, per the great recommendations on this sub. But yeah, my question remains: what more do you actually get by purchasing Airalo or Saily rather than Nadanada or Ubigi or another less expensive alternative?

Used Saily for a trip to Greece. No problems. Connectivity even on ferries in the middle of the Aegean. Can't speak for speed being faster or slower, but nothing notably slower than home (NYC).

Um I haven't used a single gig and I'm throttled in dfw trying to get it work and it barely loads can't use messenger to send but can receive this sucks

Try eSIM Agora, it works well and is more affordable than Saily.

Honestly, not had a bad experience with Saily for short term eSIMs. Nomad is another one potentially to look at. I've seen Airalo mentioned before, but never had experience with them.

I just use Airalo. You get credit the more you use which is nice. Prices always ok and connection works everywhere I've been. Tried Saily but it didn't work.

I came from switzerland for a quick business trip between HK and Shenzhen and I had no idea what to do about the SIM situation (everybody is saying the opposite on Reddit lol). So I tried Saily and it just worked even crossing into mainland china. I googled around for a bit and « Gizmodo » (from the tech site) is the best coupon you can get on the web. It’s 15% off on all Saily plans. no too bad, it makes is cheaper than most alternatives.

Consider Saily. It works really good in Japan

I agree actually, if you use it for simple scrolling or navigation, you not able to feel it. And having ad block is definitely useful in some countries.

Turns out they sent an email in error that data was finishing. In fact the counter was working correctly.  It counts down not up 🤣

I've done a lot of research into eSIMs and a few things I would say is that duration isn't a big factor in cost - take Airalo USA plans for example - 5GB for 7 days is the same price as 5GB for 15 days and almost the same as 5GB for 30 days. The main thing is the amount of data (you may as well get the longer plan). In terms of reliability all eSIM providers are doing really is sending you a bit of code that grants you access to a mobile carriers network so they should all be as reliable as each other in that respect but there are two things to consider in my opinion: 1. Latency - many of the cheaper eSIM providers route through Hong Kong or Israel (not sure why those two but there you go) and this can introduce delays in data delivery if your in a distant country. If you can choose a provider who uses a routing/breakout IP in the country you're travelling to then you get zero latency. 2. Network - In the US most eSIM providers will use T-mobile or Verizon which is fine IMO but if you want to check which networks work best you can look at opensignal reports. I haven't used eSIM.io but I have found providers that will do 10GB for 30days for $10-$14 that use a US IP and T-mobile. The first time I used an eSIM I used Airalo and it worked fine but having used other much cheaper providers and found they work fine I for one wouldn't pay the fees the likes of Airalo or Saily are charging - you are essentially paying almost double what you need to for the same data and just wasting money 

I used Saily E-sim in Thailand everything was perfect. I found this code and saved 5$

Hi! Yes - you can still make calls if your carrier supports Wi-Fi Calling over cellular data. With Saily, you’d keep your regular US number for calls and texts through your T-Mobile line. The Saily eSIM would just provide the data connection. A few important things to keep in mind: * Your T-Mobile SIM should stay turned on for Wi-Fi Calling to work. * In your iPhone settings, make sure Wi-Fi Calling is enabled for your T-Mobile line before your trip. * When using Saily for data, your iPhone may show “Wi-Fi Calling” or “T-Mobile using Cellular Data,” which means calls are being routed through your T-Mobile number over the data connection. * Calls to US numbers are usually handled according to your T-Mobile plan, but any charges for calling international numbers, including London numbers, would depend on T-Mobile’s rates and policy. So in short: yes, you can keep your same US number, and Saily can be used for data while your T-Mobile line handles calls via Wi-Fi Calling.

Saily is a solid choice and the prices are usually good comparing to other esims. Highly recommend.

I use Saily pretty extensively in different countries and have not had that experience.

While using Lebara or Lyca, would I be able to call USA numbers without a fee for the caller or receiver? I thought Saily was the budget option.

Tried Saily recently and it did exactly what I needed no complaints worth the price.

Used Saily in Europe and it held up great no throttling at all felt secure with the NordVPN backup.

eSIM Dog was a smart pick over Saily for this one. Fewer variables to worry about and the pricing difference leaves a little extra in your pocket for the actual trip.

eSIM Dog was a smart pick over Saily for this one. Fewer variables to worry about and the pricing difference leaves a little extra in your pocket for the actual trip.

I used Saily recently and it worked well for my trip. Speeds were consistent enough for messaging and browsing, and setup was simple.

My experience with Saily was positive. I had no major issues, and it handled maps and basic data use reliably.

I used Saily recently and it worked well for my trip. Speeds were consistent enough for messaging and browsing, and setup was simple.

Had a great experience with Saily recently. The mixed reviews did not match my reality at all, worked reliably everywhere I needed it.

Same here. But there are some 5g and other cellular bands that the US/CA pixel does not support. As I understand this is a software lock that Google employs this ensure your phone works on the correct bands in your home market, but there seems to be more than that, especially if iPhones seem to work perfectly well In global networks. I now have more questions than answers but at least I'm more informed. I still think that Saily and any esim provider should advise users of limitations on certain devices. The worst rub for me was that Saily basically said they can't do anything about it because I used data. But how could I have known the poor performance without using data? Very scummy practices and I will never use them again regardless of how their network works.

Wow you basically mirrored my trip. Very strange how we experienced totally different things on the same service. Are you on iPhone? Or Android? Were all on Pixels

Ok it must be Saily then. I'll use another service next time thank you.

With a 2 week trip all over Japan, I can say that either Saily or Japan has an atrocious 5g experience compared to Canada. On 5g it was very slow and intermittent. Dropping to 2g/LTE very often, even in downtown Tokyo. Sometimes data didn't work for hours and I'd get a batch of texts and emails when I arrived back at hotel wifi. Since we used this to track our family members as we traveled, it was almost useless and gps updates on Google maps were rarely updated on less than 20-30 minutes. We all had various current Google Pixel devices. Not sure if this is just Saily or Japan network, but I suspect Saily as I've heard that Japan is cutting edge for 5g. We will not be using Saily next time. It feels like a compete rip off paying for 20gb or unlimited when you can't even hit 5gb over 2 weeks due to poor performance.

OK good to know. Did you do the "#\*#\*4636\*#\*#" trick to change your cellular radio to LTE only? I went down a rabbit hole with this and found that you can change your cellular radio bands with this secret key sequence in the phone app. Just dial #\*#\*4636\*#\*# on the phone app and a hidden menu will show up with many advanced settings. Choose "Phone Information" allow you to select the band type for each SIM on your phone. I wish I had known about this before I went to Japan. Saily should really be more clear about radio issues. I mean they know what device I had when the esim is provisioned. This should prompt an email regarding possible issues. Not sure which of the bands listed would be optimal for Japan. Mine is currently set to NR/LTE/GSM/WCDMA in NA. LTE ONLY is an option and I suspect this might work well.

Airalo global and the saily sims both worked really well for us. I used the airalo global as it is one of the very few regional Sims that includes Belize.

We're traveling from Mexico to Panama. Wife has saily, I have airalo. Both generally working well, both less so when you get rural but overall both pretty good. We went with both for reliability but airalo covers Belize on their global SIM. Belize only Sims are really expensive so their global SIM is great value if traveling through

Just came back from 14 days in Japan. Used Saily on a Canadian pixel 8 and had no problems at all. Connected to Japan's network instantly after getting off the plane at Haneda, had 5G for most of the trip aside, never less than LTE in underground train stations. Even worked perfectly fine up at Takaragawa Onsen and Takayama. We did Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto as well. Not invalidating your experience with Saily, just giving another data point for others. Maybe it's a specific pixel model?

Compared Saily directly against Holafly before committing and the price difference for the same coverage was hard to ignore. Ended up saving a decent amount without giving anything up in terms of quality.

Looked at a few options side by side before booking and Saily kept coming out ahead on value per GB. Once I actually ran the numbers the decision was pretty straightforward.

Ran the numbers against Holafly before booking and Saily came out noticeably cheaper for the same coverage area. Saved a decent amount without feeling like I compromised on anything.

Speed inconsistency with any eSIM usually comes down to the destination and local carrier more than the provider itself. In well covered areas Saily performed really well for me.

Been on trips where my eSIM let me down at the worst possible moment. Saily was not that. Stayed connected reliably the entire time without a single drop in usability.

Compared Saily against a few others before booking and the value per GB was hard to beat. Ended up being the obvious choice once I ran the numbers.

Speeds held up way better than the mixed reviews had me prepared for. Think a lot of the negative experiences come down to destination rather than the product itself.

My experience with Saily was genuinely positive. Whatever mixed reviews are floating around did not reflect what I actually found, it held up reliably everywhere I used it.

Used Saily on my last trip and speeds were consistently solid. No regrets at all, would book again without hesitating.

I used it last year in Japan fine and I’m currently in Japan again and we have no issues with Saily. Speed wise been mostly 5G and odd spots LTE. Otherwise it serves our purpose.

My family and I just returned from 20 days in Japan. 3 of us on Saily with no issues.

I used [Saily](https://saily.tpx.lt/2rNbgGW3) and it’s reliable.

A friend of mine used Saily during a US trip recently and said it was mostly solid. Maps, Uber, Instagram all worked fine. Only time it struggled was inside airports or really crowded places.

I tried Saily in Europe last year and it worked but it definitely wasn’t the fastest. Totally usable for navigation and messaging though. If you’re expecting hotspot level speeds you might be disappointed.

I used Saily on a trip to Japan a couple months ago. Setup was super easy and it connected right away. Speeds were fine for maps and browsing but I did notice it slowed down a bit in crowded areas like train stations.

Have used UBIGI for a long time and recently Saily - both worked seamlessly. The app interface is definitely more pleasant on Saily. Easy to use and straightforward, also provides extra nordvpn products. These days i tend to open the Saily app first over others. Have referral codes for both if you’d like!

Just get a local eSim, it will be far cheaper than the likes of Airalo, Holafly, Saily, etc. For the UK: **1p Mobile** is a good option. £10 ($13 USD) for 50GB of data. It includes free EU roaming so you could actually use it in Germany & The Netherlands too. Depends how long you are planning on spending in each country.

I got my esim seperately in Korea and Japan. For Korea I went chingumobile cause I would need a local number. And I got Saily for Japan cause I was there for only two days

The unlimited data pitch from Holafly is tempting but you have to ask yourself if it is worth the gamble. For a solo trip where you have no backup that is a real risk. Saily does not offer unlimited but their coverage in the US is very reliable and the support actually responds like real people when you need them.

Save yourself the headache and just get a local Bali eSIM. Go with Telkomsel. Here is the deal: if you buy a global eSIM (like Saily or Airalo), you’re getting a data-only plan. That is a rookie mistake for Bali. You need a local Indonesian (+62) number to properly use Gojek and Grab. Without a local number, registering or communicating with drivers for ride-hailing is a nightmare. Why Local > Global: - Reliability: Cafe Wi-Fi in Bali is notoriously hit-or-miss. Don’t be the person stuck at a table for 2 hours just because the connection dropped while you were trying to book a ride. - Time is Money: You’ve already dropped thousands on flights and hotels. Don’t penny-pinch over a $15 eSIM. On holiday, your time is your most valuable currency—don't waste it hunting for free Wi-Fi. - Cost: Local SIMs are significantly cheaper than those "traveler" global apps. I got mine from [Balitel](https://www.balitel.com). They are way cheaper than the kiosks at the airport. They have direct passport registration access to Telkomsel. I was a bit sketched out about sending my passport details online at first, but since they have a direct link for the mandatory IMEI registration, it was seamless and felt secure. TL;DR: Buy a local Telkomsel eSIM before you land

ubigi or saily are great for switching between those three countries. if you need to make local calls, orange holiday is your best bet. don't forget to turn on data roaming for the esim only to stay connected.

Can recommend Saily. Used it both times I was in Thailand and have no complains. Price is good, works in small islands as well.

I used Saily when I was in Thailand recently and it was good, no issues with loading.

I used to use Airalo quite a lot until I started to need to reach out to customer support pretty often and change something in my settings. I looked into other providers after that and tried Saily. So far I used it a few times already and had no problem with it.

Thank you for reviewing and resolving this. I appreciate the support.

UPDATE: Resolved. Saily reviewed my case and credited my account to cover the unintended usage. I appreciate them taking the time to investigate and address it.

Thank you for the clarification — and I understand the distinction you're making. In my case, I had been consistently using the same Saily eSIM for over a year. My normal workflow was simply adding data plans to that existing eSIM, including Ultra previously. The Ultra plan I purchased before was provisioned to the same installed eSIM and worked immediately without requiring a separate installation. This time, however, the Ultra plan was associated with a different ICCID, which is also indicated in the screenshots. There was no clear indication during or after purchase that it had been provisioned to a separate eSIM profile or required manual installation. Because of this, my device continued using the only installed Saily eSIM at the time, which was the Global plan, and it was fully depleted unintentionally. Support later provided the correct ICCID, and once I installed that specific eSIM, the Ultra plan began working immediately. From a user perspective, the concern is not about purchasing the wrong plan, but that the newly purchased plan was not provisioned to the existing active eSIM as previous plans had been, and there was no clear activation prompt or warning that data consumption would continue from the older plan. I'm mainly trying to understand whether this provisioning behavior is expected, or if there are cases where plans are not attached to the existing eSIM automatically, as clearer plan-to-eSIM binding visibility would help prevent unintended depletion of long-validity plans.

Saily didn’t cause me problems around Europe and using it again for another trip and hoping it will be good again

I’m using saily on this trip and somehow im going through data ten times faster than normal, wish I had used Airalo like last year

I always thought that by buying eSIMs from resellers (like Holafly, Saily, etc), you were paying a premium for better support and peace of mind when compared to local SIMs. Guess I was wrong. They could just take the L and give your data back, but doing this is just negative publicity for them really.

I have recently used Saily and Airalo. Used in Spain, Portugal, Belgium and the UK. Saily used in the UK and Switzerland. I was using a Samsung 25. Only bought data and used Whatsapp for calls etc. Overall, Airalo connected quicker and had more data stability. Saily for me not so much. Highly suggest what it's worth getting Nord VPN especially if you are using a hotel or cafe WIFI. Saily of course is owned by Nord lol 😆. Enjoy your trip

Thank you for the reply. I was considering one for Caribbean and one for Latin America, but it looks like Global plans aren't that much more for Airalo. I am also trying to determine how much data we might use at each port of call. I know that 7 days isn't quite long enough since our Montego Bay, Jamaica stop and Puerto Limon, Costa Rica stop are more than 7 days apart*.* I can focus on global 15 day plans. That seems to break down as: **Airalo** Global (138 Countries) 2GB (15 Days) $16.50 **AloSIM** Global (148 Countries) 2GB (15 Days) $18.00 **Nomad** doesn't have a 15 day plan. **Saily** Global 2GB (15 Days) $16.49

Worked fine on our iphones, but my son had nothing but trouble on android.

Phone wise you should be OK. Someone else might have a suggestion on how to deal with Metro PCS. But as far as I can tell, you can't use your Metro PCS service (roaming) in Australia :( You can buy Telstra eSIMs by installing the "My Telstra" app. BUT you can only purchase and load an Australian eSIM once you have gone through immigration/passport control in Australia. (The airport will have WiFi so you should still be able to get it done before you leave the airport) See here for Telstra's offerings: [https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/prepaid-esim-plans](https://www.telstra.com.au/mobile-phones/prepaid-mobiles/prepaid-esim-plans) If you are anxious and need a backup, you could use an eSIM app like Airalo or Saily to have something ready before you take off, but I (as an Australian) do not recommend using them as your primary option. (Plus, very few of these international "eSIM apps" support phone calls and text messages, they only do data)

Decide if you want to set everything up before flying: pick Saily, Airalo, or Jetpac, aim for 10-20 GB for the first month, and see how far it goes. You typically need a UK address or in-country presence for full activation on local prepaid eSIMs, but resellers like eSIMCards or eSIM.net offer. Visitor-Friendly Alternatives Resellers bypass this by offering instant QR codes without login or UK details: eSIMCards.co.uk: Prepaid EE/Vodafone PAYG eSIMs for visitors/students, activate anywhere with WiFi. 1 2 eSIM.net: O2/Three/EE eSIMs with voice/data/ SMS, no account needed upfront. 3 4 Holafly/SimLocal: Travel-focused on EE/Three networks, QR immediate after purchase. 5 6 I always find Vodafone is always a reliable operation

"Thanks everyone! Leaning toward Saily (T-Mobile/AT&T) and Airalo (T-Mobile)—both get solid Orlando park reviews with fast 5G (126Mbps at Disney) and easy hotspot for maps/WhatsApp.� Saily users rave about reliable coverage in Florida crowds, cheap top-ups, and seamless QR setup from Ireland; Airalo's praised for quick activation and no drops at Universal/CityWalk. �� Yes, parks have great WiFi, but taking extra care for backups."

I bought Saily for my recent trip to China. It was a HUGE disappointment because the connection was so slow and almost dead with VPN. I ended up using international data from my US cellular provider, and plan to do the same for future trips.

You will usually spend way more for a "global esim" I can get 50gb of data for 30 days (no throttling) in the UK for $20usd Saily and Airalo all will cost $50+ at least. I use esim.dog but there are a ton of cheap esim providers. Just get one for each location you are travelling to. Flash it when you land, mine all usually activate in 10 minutes or so

I would like to get a roaming esim with if possible a phone number with a roaming steering and not limited (roaming agreements from a traditional operator such as vodafone, kpn, movistar, windtre, tim, O2, T-mobile and etc) here is my exact need I tried to clarify :) but I would like to avoid a travel esim service such as airalo, gomoworld, saily, holafly etc where there is not necessarily a phone number and the networks to which can connect are very limited because the agreements do not depend on a "traditional" operator but rather on a wholesale

I mean if you look at Airalo's offerings, all of their "higher quality" products are just their partnerships with local providers so those are local provider eSIMs, just sold through Airalo. Airalo's pricing is also just entirely uncompetitive with ... just buying an eSIM from Fizz or Public Mobile. Saily is a bit special I agree, they have definitely improved over time, but only really in North America. Their offerings in Asia and Europe are fairly uncompetitive compared to all of the no-name providers, especially on the price front. I wanted to address this part in more detail: > I’m not looking at “local providers”, I’m comparing travel eSIMs. I do not believe that across the entire globe, there is any single eSIM company that is on average better then buying the cheapest option. For certain markets, sure, but not across the entire globe. You might be right that Airalo has the best product for Canada right now unless you want to go directly through a local carrier, but you will also find that their product in Japan kinda sucks: it's a roaming product limited to LTE and insanely overpriced at that. I think it's far better to split the globe up into a few markets, and then make individual determinations for those markets. Europe? Go with whatever is cheapest, this market is possibly the best possible one for traveler. North America? Honestly there are 3 countries in North America just buy from a local provider in one of them, it's cheaper and better (as you've shown statistically this will be the case given how most of them route through Europe or god forbid Asia). East/SE Asia? This is a complex market: lots of local products, but coverage varies heavily between carriers. On average a product from 3HK will be fine though, and usually those are the cheapest options anyway. India? Good fucking luck. You might as well give up and route through Singapore (+100ms), the only realistic choice. This one is tricky because not all eSIM providers will tell you where their breakout is, and some eSIMs will route through Europe for god knows why. Middle East? Sacrifice 150ms routing through Europe or pay exorbitant costs for local eSIMs on arrival. Your choice! (Technically theoretically Singapore is a much better breakout point, but there don't seem to be many if any products that do this, I have no idea why). Australia, NZ? You either sacrifice ~150ms again routing through Singapore or you buy from a local provider, which is much less expensive then the Middle East at least :) What I've found is for most of the world, your choices are between a suboptimal product from a roaming eSIM provider or a nicer but harder to find local product from a local provider. Price wise, usually local providers are much cheaper for larger data plans wherein roaming eSIMs are cheaper for less data. There are _very few_ products you can buy on an eSIM store that are local products, and there isn't any single eSIM provider that has more of them on average compared to any other. So that only really leads to one type of superiority between different providers: their internet breakout points. Even your data shows that quality is highly correlated with where the internet breakout location is. If you must, favor providers that give this information to you on the product page! Most of them wont, but some will show up on esimdb, if you click "details". What is clear however, is that you can't rely on a single eSIM seller to be better then others. I think that even if there were a better carrier _on average_, telling people they should buy from them is probably not the most helpful advice. What people care about isn't whether "on average" a given provider is better or not, but rather whether the product they bought is a good product. Anyways thanks for attending my ted talk.

This is probably PEBKAC, they didn’t refund you because they resell a product from Truphone. The second you bought the SIM, they spent $some to purchase the SIM from Truphone. They almost certainly have other customers in Turkey right now that are happily using their product right now so they have no reason to believe it’s their fault and not your fault. There were some other negative reviews about them here recently but those seem to be due to some poor internet routing issues, the SIMs worked they were just really slow (in Japan apparently).

I have 6 Airalo eSIM on the go, mostly Global 365 due to convenience and travel. They just work. My son has the same on Saily, same it works.

I’m doing the same kind of research right now for a West Coast trip. Took me a while to even find the partner networks on Nomad’s website, that tiny button doesn’t even look like a button. Here’s what I found so far, comparing 3 GB plans: Nomad: AT&T, Verizon - $9 Airalo: T-Mobile, Verizon, U.S. Cellular - $8.50 Ohayu: T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T - $9.79 Holafly: AT&T - $3.90/day Saily: local networks not listed - $8.99 It’s hard to trust just TrustPilot reviews. I’m starting to think having more partner networks matters more than the price, but some of them, like U.S. Cellular, barely cover anything outside a few states. Still trying to decide if I want “unlimited” or just decent 5G that doesn’t die the second you leave downtown

Saily is also a good option and the prices are similar if not better ir you find a good discount. Their sub has one I believe.

I tried most of the eSIM providers in the US due to a lot of work trips The big brands (Saily, Airalo, Holafly) and the small brands (Redteago, Pingwe, Alwaysmobile, Nesa) couldn't see any difference in speed/ activation. Just higher pricing for the branded eSIMs - will defiantly go for cheaper option

I normally use Saily. I have used to globally Asia, USA, Europe.. it has great connectivity and seems to be the cheapest option 9/10. If anyones interested I would recommend this ReviewedByFred review; [Saily Review](https://reviewedbyfred.com/2025/10/20/saily-esim-review-2025/)

I used it all over asia on country specific esims for the past year works great, much cheaper than airalo, saily etc for sure, not sure if cheaper than trip.com

I have just used Saily for my trip to Turkey and Greece. Very easy to set up and no issues with connectivity.

I'm happy with Saily! Never had issues and reasonably priced

For 14 days across Indonesia, Thailand, China, and Hong Kong with 1–3GB/day usage, you’ll want a **regional Asia eSIM** with generous data and solid roaming agreements. Holafly’s £39 unlimited plan sounds tempting, but keep in mind they often throttle speeds after a soft cap—even if they don’t advertise it clearly. If you’re looking for alternatives: * **Saily** and **Asialink** offer regional plans with better transparency on speed caps. * **Jetpac Asia-Pacific** has been getting good reviews for consistent speeds across borders. * **Airalo** and **Ubigi** are solid but can get pricey if you need high daily usage. That said, I always keep **Flexiroam** active as a backup. It’s been a lifesaver when my main eSIM hits a dead zone or throttles unexpectedly. Plus, it’s super easy to top up on the go and works seamlessly across all four countries you’re visiting.

Heading to Japan for a 10-day student exchange in Saitama with a Tokyo day trip? You won’t need massive data, but you’ll want **reliable coverage** and **fast speeds** for maps, messaging, and translation apps. A **limited plan with 3–5GB total** should be more than enough if you’re mostly on Wi-Fi at school or your host’s place. If you’ll be out and about streaming or uploading, go for **7–10GB** to stay stress-free. Top picks for Japan eSIMs: * **Ubigi** – great speeds and easy setup * **Japan Wireless** – solid coverage and local support * **Saily** – flexible plans, but check for fair usage limits That said, I always keep **Flexiroam** active as a backup. It’s been super reliable across Japan’s transit zones and lets you switch countries without swapping SIMs—perfect if you’re flying in from India and want instant connectivity on arrival ✈️📶

I usually go with Saily. It works great in Europe for sure and the prices are quite good. You can also find some good deals on their sub, so it becomes cheaper than others.

Holafly it's just unlimited, make sure that you actually need that much data, because why overpay? I usually use Saily, in your case the most logical would be to take Europe plan and forget about it when going through different countries. It will work in all of them.

Thank you, I'm thinking of doing saily esim. Looked at their plan and seem quite affordable too

Fair -- my comment was related to purchasing the data only plan. I've tried both, airalo many more times though and in my experience it seems installation experience, network quality and reliability are mostly on par between the two

New to reddit, so plz be nice! I am an avid traveler, and i travel fairly frequently. I learnt about these Travel eSIMs about an year back, and since then, I have tried - Airalo, Saily, Jetpac, Nomad and Holafly. I have travelled to Europe (very frequent), US, Canada, Brazil, UAE, Turkey, India, China, South Korea, Japan (very frequent), Thailand (very frequent), Indonesia (Very frequent), Malaysia, Vietnam, and Australia! My preference order is 1) Jetpac 2) Airalo 3) Nomad **Key reasons** **1) Pricing** \-> Jetpac is best -> Nomad is second -> Airalo has worst **2) Coverage** \-> Airalo has highest countries availability, so once i had to go to Laos, and Airalo had it, and others didnt! Same for African and middle Am countries **3) Features** \-> Jetpac offers the following features which other dont a) Free whatsapp chat, Google maps, and ride hailing apps (Uber/Grab) b) Free lounge access if flights delayed by >1 hr c) Landline and Non/Whatsapp Calling facility - i could dial my hotel and a restaurant to check for reservation availability, and both didnt have whatsapp **4) Network speed and availability of multiple networks** \- Only Jetpac and Airalo offer multiple networks in single location - for e.g. in UK, Jetpac offers EE, O2 and Vodafone, so i can switch to the best network when i want. Same for Airalo in Japan for example. **5) Pack options -** Jetpac again has most flexible options - e.g. a 10 gb for 7 days, while Airalo and Saily are least flexible. **6) Unlimited pack's throttling -** I only used Unlimited packs from Holafly and Jetpac. Holafly's Fair Usage Policy is not clear. I didn't get throttled because i am not a heavy data user **7) Customer service -** All of them are good here, but again I found refunds at Jetpac very smooth. **8) Other small things -** Hotspot capability (holafly offers only 500Mb on Hotspot) Based on all the above, i have gravitated towards Jetpac mostly

Saily Europe plan - highly recommend. I always go with Saily every time I travel and it never disappointed me.

never been disappointed with Saily. Their prices are quite good as well.

I would go for eSIM just because it's easier. And get regional plan, this way you won't need to change the cards in each country. I usually go for Saily. I know it works well in Japan and Vietnam, not sure about other countries as I never been there myself.

If it's your first time, go with Saily. Their coverage across Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey is consistent, and the support is faster. Airalo is cheaper but often needs manual APN setup, and the signal can drop around Sinai or Petra. The extra cost buys peace of mind.

I’ve done a few similar multi-country trips across Europe, and honestly the hardest part is balancing speed, coverage, and hotspot capability. You’re right about Holafly, they don’t allow tethering on most plans, so that’s out if your mum’s working remotely. Ubigi is pretty solid for hotspot use and has decent coverage across the UK, France, Germany, and Norway. Saily’s “extra security” pitch is mostly marketing talk; it’s still just standard data encryption via your network, so it won’t add much beyond what a normal SIM gives you. If you both need steady data for work, I’d skip “unlimited” plans that throttle after a few GB. A 15-20 GB plan each should easily handle emails, video calls, and hotspotting a laptop for light use over six weeks. Personally, I grab an eSIM before flying, activate it on arrival, and it saves all the airport SIM hassle. Just make sure your phone’s unlocked and supports the eSIM bands for Europe, and you’ll be good to go. Hope that helps, and have a great trip with your mum — sounds like an amazing mix of work and wander.

I tried Holafly last summer in Italy and France, it worked fine at first, but the “unlimited” part was a bit fuzzy. Once I hit the fair-use cap, maps loaded slowly and videos were basically out. My friend used Saily and had steadier speeds since they’re clear about the 5GB/day limit. If you don’t mind tracking your usage, Saily’s the safer pick. I’ve also used SimCorner on shorter trips when I didn’t need daily unlimited data, and it was super reliable for general travel use.

I’ve had the same worry when sending family to India. The ones that worked best for us were Saily, Airalo, Nomad, Ubigi, and more recently I’ve tried Terminal eSIM. All of them give decent data packages, but I’d recommend installing before the trip while on Wi-Fi and testing it quickly so you’re not stuck abroad with setup issues.

I can recommend Saily, always works for me and has ad block in it. Helps with all the ads.

Saily lists the individual countries and also has a Europe option, but it doesn't say which countries are included in the Europe option. Same with Holafly.

Hi there! As of **July 2025**, Turkey’s telecom regulator (BTK) has blocked access to the apps and websites of major international eSIM providers—including Holafly, Airalo, Saily, Nomad, and others Linked In Travel Trends and News TechRadar. **However**, if you **purchase and install your eSIM** ***before*** **arriving**, it **will continue working normally** during your stay for example Holafly or TechRadar. Travelers who manage to do this report seamless data access—once activated pre‐arrival, the eSIM functions as expected TechRadar Focus on Travel News - ftnnews.com. If you haven’t, your best bet now may be buying a **local physical SIM** upon landing or using a **local eSIM from Turkish carriers**.

On a second thought, you said that you will use Roamic. That might work for the time being. The current ban concerns the following eight foreign esims: Saily Airalo Holafly Nomad Instabridge Mobimatter Alosim BNESIM

Airalo is reliable in Japan, but if you want cheaper options that are still reliable, then the following all offer a 1GB eSIM valid for 7 days for these prices: esim4travel $2.18 Instabridge $2.50 Roamless $3.95 Saily $3.99 Nomad $4 Ubigi $4 Alosim $4.50 Airalo $4.50 I think all of them except esim4travel have smartphone apps, which make it easy to top up data if you run out. I'm sure you'll want more than 1GB, and the competitiveness of the providers will change as you buy bigger plans, but in general, Airalo is not usually the cheapest. It does have reliable service though.

I love using unlimited high speed data while traveling cause I need to watch the stock😅 I have used these three brands and they all worked pretty decent. Saily is the cheapest, it supports 5gb/ day high speed data, 35 destinations Airalo supports 3gb high speed data /day, 42 destinations ByteSIM supports 500mb high speed/day, 57 destinations Holafly is the most expensive one and only supported 4G so I didn’t choose. I hate when unlimited data throttled to a slow speed 😅 is there any real unlimited high speed data eSIM

Welcome to Japan! Sakura Mobile offers eSims with unlimited data. Mobal is another good option with several fixed data options to choose from. Other eSim providers include Saily, HolaFly, and Airalo, but these are much more expensive and offer less data when compared to the local options. So do check out Sakura Mobile and Mobal and see which one is a better fit for you Safe travels!

Completely depends on the specific SIM you buy. There is no general answer to that question. Both Saily and Airalo just re-sell packages from different networks and it is the rules of that network that apply. If a sim is EU only and has no roaming when you go to Switzerland it just won't work.

Saily is great and honestly 3GB is more than enough for two weeks, unless you will be on zoom calls for 8 hours a day. I got 5GB for 2 weeks in indonesia and I only used 3, and the last few days I was on instagram all the time. Look at your phone's data usage from the settings so you know what your baseline use is

https://preview.redd.it/59vb3xhryj3f1.jpeg?width=738&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c0c8ee77e83d77f92ad17b00a24b419e5fd4531 I always compare the cheapest data plans on every app I have access to. The one on my screenshot is really worth it. Airalo, GoMo World, and Saily are only recommended if there’s no other option. In my opinion, those three are too expensive.

Mobimatter is the cheapest one with build in vpn. Very good one, in the past i have used airalo, saily and holafly. mobimatter is by far the cheapest

Personally, I prefer Saily because they use a single eSIM vendor, whereas Airalo resells eSIMs from multiple providers. No service is immune from problems, but a setup where there are more parties involved / more complicated systems involved is, in my mind, more prone to problems and more difficult to resolve.

Your understanding is basically correct, but a few notes: - steps 3-5 vary with the eSIM provider. For example, Saily doesn’t have a separate “activation” step; your plan auto-activates when you arrive in a supported location, and you can have multiple plans on a single eSIM - don’t turn off your primary line, as that will automatically un-enroll your number from iMessage. Just turn off Data Roaming on that line. Verizon and AT&T only charge you if you make/receive a call, *send* an SMS (green bubble that isn’t RCS), or use data. Receiving an SMS is free. - once you are in Japan, your US phone will show you a “carrier selection” menu on your primary eSIM. Turn it to manual (automatic off) and try the different networks you see until that line goes “No Service” (it will search for a while after you make a choice). Once that happens, a moment later it will switch to “VzW over Cellular Data”, which is like WiFi calling, but using your secondary eSIM for the data instead of WiFi. In this setup, you can make/ receive calls and SMS for free. BUT, any calls to a Japan phone number will be charged as if you called Japan while in the US. There is also a possibility that if you call emergency services, you will get US 911 instead of help in Japan. - before you return to the US, turn automatic network selection back on. If you don’t, the phone will figure it out on its own, but it takes longer. - when you are back in the US, you can either turn off your secondary eSIM or delete it. Some providers require you to buy a new eSIM for every trip. I use Saily, which gives me an eSIM that I just keep reusing (adding plans as I need them). I don’t know what Airalo does.

Just did 3 weeks in the UK (London + Northumberland) and used RedteaGO. Their unlimited data plan is only $0.7/day ,super reliable and way better value than Airalo or Saily. Never had signal issues, even in the countryside. Highly recommend for longer stays!

Saily and Airalo both had problems in Japan. In Thailand I just used a local company, so I don't know how it is there.

In Thailand last year and last month I used a dtac eSIM, and it's worked fine for me. They joined up with True and have a pretty comprehensive network across the country. They also have a WIDE range of package options. In Japan (last year) I used Ubigi. Had good connections and speed. Airalo and Saily both had issues, likely because of their chosen partner(s).

Saily is very hit and miss. When things don't work and refund is requested, they refuse quite rudely. They are a waste of time and money. Due to their arrogance, I've cancelled my Nord VPN subscription.

Yes, they can be activated upon landing, but, defending on where in the world you live and also the policy of each network, you may not be able to receive a physical SIM card a few days before your trip. If you have an UNLOCKED eSIM compatible phone, download an eSIM when you get here. Any eSIM or Physical SIM card from the UK will only work in the EU if you buy a roaming package, which is a consequence of the UK leaving the EU due to the Brexit. You may well save money by buying two separate physical SIM cards or eSIMs, one in the UK and another in the EU. Another reasonable option is a European regional eSIM from the likes of Airalo, Holafly and Saily, which work all in 30 - 40 counties, including the UK.

If you turn off your primary line, no one will be able to contact you at all. Yes, it would work in Europe, as long as you had roaming switched on and the relevant roaming pass from your home network. Specialist travel eSIMs are data only, they do not come with a number. And no, travel eSIMs do not use your primary number. As you will be in Europe for three months, buy either a physical SIM card or an eSIM of the country you will be in the most during the three months. If you will be in one of the 27 member countries of the European Union, you can a buy a physical SIM card or an eSIM fin one of the 27 member countries and it will roam as a matter of course in the other 26 EU member countries. As you do seem confused about travel eSIMs and roaming, I suggest you watch some YouTube videos on travel eSIMs - search "travel esims" or "Airalo", "Holafly", "Saily" to name but three brands of travel eSIMs, all of which do not include a cellphone number.

I realize this is a 5 month old post. I recently used a Saily 7gb eSIM in Morocco with no problems.

Trip in China from 21th February 2025 to 16th March. I do not recommand Saily for China at all. - The esim isn't China mainland. It's Hong Kong. This detail makes impossible some action like creating a Wechat account, which is a NECESSITY in China. - Very slow, and sometimes no network at all. If you go to little cities like I did (Neijiang in my case) I struggled a lot to have some network. It happened that I couldn't take a Didi (Uber-like app in China), and spent more than 5 reals minutes to pay for some food . - Very expensive for China. You can find a lot cheaper and better quality. Don't trust the posts on r/saily about it. I saw that Alipay propose some esim plans for China. Next time i go there I will definitly check them.

Saily was painfully slow for me in the UK. Could not get a refund. Overall would never use Saily again. Airalo worked great in UK and France.

Same with me. Never activated. Customer support did not responsd either. I ended up getting Airalo instead which is now working fine. Such a hassle.

Agreed! Its a scam unfortunately. I have had daily connection problems and they just keep giving me the same advice every day with No solution. They have 24h Customer Sevice Who I guess are trained to make it feel like youre getting help without actually getting any. Dont use Saily, at least in Bali!

I had almost the same experience with all the points you mentioned. I tried it for India in different regions, also in big cities, and I regretted the purchase in the end. I paid a lot of money for bad quality, lost nerves, head ache and bad mood. In the end I just bought the esim Saily, and it had also not always the best connection but at least it was cheap and the installation and all the buying process worked without any problems. But Holafly I would never ever recommend to anybody - it's the worst human service and technical support which I have ever seen

I bought Saily yesterday and it worked for one hour. Then it stopped and hasn’t worked since. I’m in California. It says it’s working but here is no internet access. It’s a Truphone eSIM on the GLOBAL1 Network.

Worked fine in UK. The 5GB+2GB free was enough for me. You can get 3$ off from each data plan with this promo code: MATEUS8474

same here for me in China. Bought 30 Gb! When arriving in China, eSim never activated. I tried for hours until it dawned on me that it is indeed a scam. Before I bought the eSim I carefully researched the internet for eSims working in China and Saily came out on the top of the recommendation. Amazing how elaborate this scam actually is. 

We're heading off early 2025 for 3 weeks, so I've been doing my research. For Europe, Saily has no eSIMS between 10 GB & 50 GB, so I'm leaning towards Nomad with their 20 GB plan. I should add Nomad's Help Desk is brilliant and answered my queries about country coverage on Island Dependencies for some nations. Airalo was the exact opposite, and they appear to rely on FAQs, an Online Help Center & Blog for their idea of support, and after 15 minutes I could see no option to ask a human being, so gave up ! I'm afraid Jetpack, I haven't looked at.

Well, got back from 3 weeks in China. The Saily eSim I bought was almost worthless. I simply didn't get internet half the time, no idea why. I had no idea where it was coming from when I did get it, except hotel or other wifi. It took two hours with Saily chat to figure out why it wasn't working, then finally got it going, in Beijing, but after it still didn't work much of the time. I gave up on it.

It's really difficult to answer what you might need since "normal" use varies so much from person to person. I'm probably below average around 3GB/month these days, and there are also people hitting 50GB/month and more. Most are probably somewhere in between. Best indication is to get your actual usage numbers from your carrier or your phone for the last couple months. Then maybe add some margin for traveling since you may spend more time away from WiFi, depending. Also you don't have to buy all the data upfront, you can just start with less and buy more while you're there if needed. But also the price per GB gets lower with bigger packages of course, so having a reasonable ballpark of your normal use gives you a good starting point. I've used data only eSIMs from esim4travel.com (quite cheap, not the highest performance but great value for the price), Saily which is kinda in the middle though I didn't find it enough of a step up from the cheaper ones, and Airalo which is most expensive (still reasonable though, _much_ cheaper than the $10/GB I would pay on the Google Fi flexible plan I'm on) but also most reliable and best performance so far, so worth the extra cost imho. It may depend on where you're traveling also of course. You can buy these before you leave, for your target destination, and activate when you arrive (which starts the clock for their validity period). There are sites also comparing tons of these offerings like esimdb.com.

I've tried a Saily eSIM for data in the US a month or 2 ago (3GB/30 days). It did work mostly ok but I found the service quality somewhat disappointing for the money. Traffic was routed through the UK, in other words to a web site it would appear I was there. Not that big a deal, other cheap(er) eSIM providers do this too and I have a VPN to fix the location issue anyway for things where it matters. Occasionally there were buffering issues with streaming music (audio only, no video) which isn't a very high bar to clear, this is really not acceptable to me unless the service is _really_ cheap (and there are definitely cheaper ones than Saily). OP, I presume the 1GB came with a validity period of 7 days or something like that? I think pretty much all the different ones I've tested only "activate" upon first connection which is when the clock till expiry should start, and it sounds like you never successfully got it connected, so on that basis I think you have a point that it _shouldn't_ be expired yet. But I guess the system did see the SIM connect on the network even if it didn't otherwise work.. we can only guess at that. Sounds like sorry service, sorry you went through that. On the plus side, 1GB shouldn't have hurt your wallet too bad anyway..

I am seeing Diri but hard to set up, Cosmofon looks good, I have used Saily in the US and prices in Mexico seem very good but haven't tried it. Anyone try Saily down there? I have a "chip" from Oxxo and use it with another phone then bluetooth it, super cheap but a pain to carry 2 phones. Cosmofon and Saily seem to be a much easier option.

Worked fine for me in Barbados in September but moved to Bangladesh and it is as slow as hell. My corporate SIM on same network is quick. Then the packages, they used to have like 10Gb packages  now it is only 1Gb. I would go back to Airalo if it wasn't for the telecom co relationships between each other. They stated it works on network A, but it doesn't, what a waste. Oversubscribed 

I have personally used Saily, and it was fine ! Probably user error, but you will probably be an idiot and call everyone who has successfully used Saily a bot ! The problem with stupid people is that you don’t realise you are stupid, so you blame everyone and anything for your ineptitude ! Stay away from eSIMs if you can’t get them to work !

I am currently using it while I am India. I had a day layover in Doha and I bought an eSIM for Qatar also and it worked great there also. I bought it while I was in US and activated both while in US. As soon as I got into Doha it activated automatically. I turned it off when I left Doha and enable the India one and it got detected and it is working beautifully. I am happy so far. I think the key is to make sure that it is activated before you take off. This was my first eSIM so I was afraid about it functionally, but surprised. When I am in WiFi by data is preserved on eSIM.

I had good luck with them. Got a free trail 5gb two weeks it worked perfectly. The key was you had to activate before arrival in the country of use.

Hmmm ... It appears that Saily is touch an go. Works for some, doesn't work for others. Thankfully there are other eSIM companies that work. If I'm gonna use Saily, I would buy a global plan. The danger though is that it would work in the US, and then stop working at my travel location.