The eSIM blog

In Samoa, the cheapest listed data costs $0.57 per GB from ESIM.DOG 🐶, while FlyEsim.me charges $46.22, a gap that makes provider choice decisive.

Afghanistan’s cheapest listed eSIM data costs $0.43 per GB, while the most expensive costs $34.99, and more than 500 plans are beaten by a better option from the same provider.

A 26-provider comparison finds a 96.6x price gap in Zimbabwe, with more than half of listed plans beaten by a better option from the same provider.

In DR Congo, Ubigi charges $49.00 per GB while eSIMCard and thirr.com charge $0.56, and 743 of 1,044 plans are beaten by a better option from the same provider.

Roamify’s cheapest Zimbabwe plan costs $74.01 per GB, far above its $0.04 per GB best-country price and nearly six times more than the next-priciest provider in Zimbabwe.

In Angola, nextSIM charges $138.37 per GB, while eSIM2Me charges $1.45, and 74 of 171 plans are dominated by a better same-provider option.

In Papua New Guinea, SIMzip charges $58.90 per GB, while ESIM.DOG 🐶 and Tripuck eSIM charge $0.57. The catalog shows a wide field of alternatives, plus 379 of 589 plans are dominated by a better option from the same provider.

Tripuck eSIM charges $59.67 per GB for its cheapest South Sudan plan, despite pricing data at $0.04 per GB in the United Kingdom and $0.43 per GB from a rival in South Sudan.

In Vanuatu, SimOptions charges $60.90 per GB, compared with $0.57 from ESIM.DOG 🐶 and Tripuck eSIM, while 292 of 481 plans are beaten by a better option from the same provider.

In Bhutan, nextSIM charges $161.61 per GB while eSIM2Me charges $1.45, a gap that makes provider comparison essential before buying data.

Curaçao travelers face a huge pricing gap for the same amount of data, and the catalog shows that overpaying is often avoidable with a same-provider plan check.

Russia data from Roamify costs $0.04 per GB, while Greenland data from RedEx eSIM costs $971.54 per GB, a gap large enough to make country and provider comparisons essential.

A traveler buying data in Equatorial Guinea can pay $1.45 per GB from eSIM2Me or $199.90 from Roafly, with four other providers between them.

Tripuck eSIM charges $0.08 per GB in Sint Maarten, while eSIMania charges $12.15. The gap is not just a two-provider anomaly: the 38-provider market runs from eight cents to $12.15 per GB, and 383 of 637 plans are dominated by a better same-provider option.

A Nauru eSIM from Telekonek costs 113.1 times more per gigabyte than Tripuck eSIM’s plan, and the country’s 35-provider market shows how sharply prices can diverge.

A Russia eSIM can cost $0.04 per GB from Roamify or $5.85 from eSIMania, while 660 of 991 plans are beaten by a better option from the same provider.

A Zimbabwe eSIM from eSimfly costs $140.03 per GB, making it the catalog’s most extreme provider-specific country markup in this lead’s comparison.

Orange Travel charges $0.22 per GB in Monaco, while eSIMania charges $30.04, and 378 of 500 Monaco plans are dominated by a better option from the same provider.

Every discounted Airalo plan in the catalog carries the same markdown, making the promotion look like a standardized pricing convention rather than a set of individual deals.

Across the catalog, plans near 20GB have the lowest average cost per gigabyte, while very small and very large plans cost substantially more. Travelers should compare the effective rate at the tier they actually need instead of assuming the smallest or largest bundle is the best deal.

Airalo’s cheapest Lebanon plan costs $19.00 per GB, far above the provider’s median price per GB across every other country it covers.

More than two-thirds of the catalog is dominated by a better same-provider plan, while Airalo’s discounted plans use one flat 15% promotion.

A concise look at country level prices and coverage using today’s data set to help plan data needs.

A concise note on how country-level price variation and regional patterns relate to overall eSIM pricing.

A concise travel note highlighting how country coverage interacts with per-GB pricing, using today’s data.

A concise look at per-GB pricing extremes and the breadth of country coverage in today’s eSIM market.

A practical look at how coverage breadth and price per GB interact, focusing on strategies for travelers using current data.

A concise look at the landscape of eSIM data pricing and country coverage, focusing on breadth of plans and the extremes in price.

A look at how the current data set combines country coverage with per-GB pricing, highlighting notable outliers.

A look at how per-GB prices vary by country and provider, with emphasis on the largest spread and notable outliers.

A concise look at country-level price variation and regional patterns, using the current data set.

A concise look at how the breadth of country coverage interacts with per-GB costs when traveling, highlighting regional patterns and notable outliers.

Exploring how country-level pricing varies in the current data set and pointing readers to the leaderboard page for quick comparison.

A look at the spread between country coverage and per-GB pricing across providers, using current data.

An examination of per-provider average prices across regions to identify who offers the most cost-effective options on average.

A concise look at how country coverage interacts with per-GB pricing, using the current data.

A concise look at Cyprus unlimited plan and how per-GB and country coverage vary across markets.

This post looks at the spread between the cheapest per-GB options and the world’s widest country coverage within the same provider, using available data.

A look at the range of eSIM pricing across countries, highlighting the cheapest and most expensive per-GB options.