Holafly vs Saily: Which Is the Best eSIM Provider in 2025?

• Unlimited data: Holafly specializes in unlimited plans, meaning you won’t run out of data for your chosen validity period. 

• Security features: Saily’s monthly subscription service gets you a bundle of Nord Security products, including NordVPN, Incogni, NordPass and NordLocker. In addition, all plans come with exclusive security features like an ad blocker and more. See the “security features” section to learn more. 

Both Holafly and Saily cover more than 200 destinations in total, spread across individual, regional and global plans. This means you should have no trouble finding your target destination with either service. What’s more, both providers cover 113 countries on their global plans. 

However, the distribution of destinations on regional plans and the types of regional plans available differ somewhat, as I’ll explain in the “differences” section.

I experienced 4G speeds with Holafly and 5G speeds with Saily. However, speed depends less on the eSIM provider and more on the local network partners. Most Holafly and Saily plans support 4G or 5G speeds, but you get high speeds only if the conditions are right. 

For example, if you’re in a well-connected city, you might get 4G or 5G, but if you’re trekking around a mountain, it’s less likely. Similarly, if the network is experiencing congestion, this could cause a drop in speed. 

In terms of user-friendliness, everything from purchasing plans to installing, activating and using them went smoothly with both services. Both apps are intuitive and easy to navigate. I particularly like Holafly’s downloadable installation guide, which you can use if you’re ever stuck without a connection. 

Like other services, both Saily and Holafly offer one-time eSIM installation. This means you can install the eSIM profile once, then continue to buy plans and use them whenever you want. 

I’ve had great experiences with each service’s customer support team. On every occasion, I could speak to an agent within seconds and received friendly, helpful responses.

You can get unlimited data plans with both Saily and Holafly. That said, Saily’s unlimited plans are available only for some locations, like the U.S., the U.K., Japan, the regional European plan and so on. On the other hand, Holafly sells unlimited plans only, with the exception of its Light recurring plan, which you can read about further down. 

Both Saily and Holafly offer regional plans covering whole areas like Europe, Asia, Africa and so on, but Holafly has more types of regional plans. The number of countries covered on each plan also differs, as shown in the table below: 

If an area-specific plan isn’t available, it doesn’t mean countries in that region aren’t covered at all. For example, Saily doesn’t have a Scandinavia plan, but it covers Scandinavian countries under the Europe plan. 

Regional Plan
Europe	35	33
Asia	19 (including 2 countries in Oceania: Australia and New Zealand)	16 (excluding Oceania)
Oceania	See above	12
Africa	34	30
Caribbean	29	18
Balkans	N/A	6
Central America	N/A	6
Latin America	12	18
Middle East	19 (including 5 countries in North Africa: Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Sudan)	13
North America	2	3
Scandinavia	N/A	5
China + Hong Kong + Macau	N/A	3
Eastern Europe	N/A	3
Japan + China	N/A	2
Japan + Korea	N/A	N/A

Overall, Holafly is more expensive than Saily because Saily offers lighter fixed plans in addition to unlimited plans. That said, while Saily’s fixed plans are more budget-friendly, its unlimited plans aren’t much cheaper than Holafly’s. 

Personally, I like the variety that Saily offers. You can get a fixed plan or an unlimited plan, though the unlimited plans aren’t available in all destinations like they are with Holafly. 

Some Saily locations with unlimited plans include the U.S., Japan, Thailand, the U.K. and more. Saily’s unlimited GB plans range from 10 to 30 days, while Holafly’s range from one to 90 days. Here are a few examples of the starting prices in popular locations: 

Check out each of the eSIM providers’ official websites or apps for full pricing information. 

With both services, the heavier plans come with lower prices per GB or per day. For example, if you buy a 20GB Saily U.S. plan at $36.99, it breaks down to around $1.80 per GB. If you get a U.S. Holafly plan lasting 10 days at $36.90, it comes out to $3.69 per day. 

All Saily plans come with three security and privacy tools: a virtual location changer for increased privacy when using the internet, an ad blocker and a web protection feature. The latter helps protect you from malware and phishing attacks. Holafly doesn’t have these kinds of features. 

Saily and Holafly both offer global recurring data plans with automatic renewal (monthly or yearly for Holafly, and monthly for Saily). However, Saily’s subscription service is more feature-rich, increasing its value for money. 

Holafly’s Light Plan offers 25GB at $49.90 per month, or $38.91 per month paid yearly. The Unlimited Plan comes with unlimited data and costs $64.90 per month, or $50.58 per month paid yearly. 

The service has also recently launched the “Always On” plan, which currently comes free with the Light or Unlimited plan. This feature offers 1GB per month that automatically activates when your Unlimited or Light plan ends, ensuring you can stay connected. The Always On plan covers over 70 countries. 

The Saily Ultra plan — a single plan with 30GB of high-speed data per month — goes a step further. Its monthly price of $64.99 includes security products like NordVPN, Incogni, NordPass and NordLocker, in addition to the standard security features I touched on above and a range of other travel perks.