Saily Alternatives: Six Travel eSIMs Compared Against Saily

The best Saily alternative depends on why Saily is not working for you. If you want the widest choice of plans, Airalo lists 200+ locations. If your data use is hard to predict, Yesim's Pay & Fly eSIM charges per gigabyte and keeps unused balance for your next trip. If you want unlimited data without a subscription, Maya Mobile says every one of its plans is unlimited across 165+ countries. If you want unlimited data plus a number that can receive texts, Holafly's subscription plans include one. And if you would rather buy in a browser with a long refund window, Holiday.com gives 6 months to cancel an unused eSIM.

Every coverage figure, price and policy below was read on the provider's own website on 7 November 2026, quoted in the currency the site showed us. Prices change often and differ by country and currency, so check the plan for your exact trip before you buy. Aurevia Escapes may earn a commission if you buy through the links on this page, at no extra cost to you; it does not change what we report. If you are not sure what an eSIM is, start with what an eSIM is and how it works.

What you are comparing against: Saily in brief

Saily is Nord Security's travel eSIM. Its site lists data plans for 200+ destinations, a Europe plan covering 35 countries from EUR 4.49 and a Global plan covering 121 countries from EUR 7.99. A typical single-country page, France, listed 1 GB for 7 days at EUR 3.49 up to 20 GB for 30 days at EUR 20.49, plus unlimited plans of 5 to 30 days. Standard plans are data-only, with a separate US phone number product; the app adds an ad blocker, web protection and a virtual-location setting; and a full refund is available within 30 days only if the eSIM was never installed or the plan never activated. There is also Saily Ultra, a subscription with lounge passes and Nord Security apps. Our full Saily review covers all of it.

So the usual reasons to look elsewhere are: wanting pay-as-you-go instead of fixed plans, wanting unlimited data on every plan, wanting a number for texts, wanting a longer refund window, or simply wanting to compare before paying.

Saily alternatives at a glance

Airalo: the widest marketplace

Airalo is the most direct like-for-like swap. Its site lists local, regional and global coverage for 200+ locations and flexible packages including unlimited data options, bought and topped up in its app. In practice Airalo and Saily sell the same kind of product - a metered or day-based data plan on one installed eSIM - so the difference is in plan choice and price for your particular country, not in how the product works.

Choose Airalo over Saily if you want to see more plan sizes for a destination or are travelling somewhere Saily's plan list is thin. Stay with Saily if the built-in ad blocker and web protection matter to you; Airalo's homepage does not list equivalent features. Our Airalo review goes deeper.

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Airalo

Local, regional and global eSIM data for 200+ locations, by Airalo's own count. Compare the plan for your country with Saily's before you buy.

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Yesim: pay as you go (Saily vs Yesim)

Yesim is the alternative for people who do not know how much data they will use. Its Pay & Fly eSIM covers 170+ countries from EUR 0.92 per GB and, in Yesim's words, lets you keep unused balance for the next trip. It also sells a Global Plus Package (146 countries, from EUR 2.72 per GB) and an Unlim Day Pass (83 countries, from EUR 2.48 a day). Yesim's published refund policy allows refunds within 30 days of purchase for unused data plans and top-ups, and states that prepaid plans are data-only with no phone number.

Saily vs Yesim, in one line: Saily sells you a fixed plan for each trip with security settings built in; Yesim lets you pay for the gigabytes you actually use and carry the rest forward. If you travel often in short bursts, that carry-over is the feature that matters. Our Yesim review and Airalo vs Yesim cover the plan formats in detail.

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Yesim

Pay & Fly data from EUR 0.92/GB with unused balance kept, plus an unlimited day pass in 83 countries (Yesim's site, 7 November 2026).

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Maya Mobile: unlimited on every plan (Saily vs Maya)

Maya Mobile takes the opposite approach to metered plans. Its site says one eSIM covers 165+ countries, that every plan includes unlimited data, and that you choose a 3-day, 7-day, 14-day or 30-day plan with prices from US$9.99 and no subscription. Its homepage title quotes USD 1.67 a day. Maya calls it 'truly unlimited data'; as with any unlimited plan, read the fair-use and speed terms for your destination before you rely on it for heavy use such as video calls all day or tethering a laptop.

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Saily vs Maya: Saily also sells unlimited plans, but country by country and alongside fixed-gigabyte ones, so you choose per trip. Maya is simpler if you always want unlimited and cross several countries, because one plan covers the whole list. Saily is the better fit if you use little data and would rather pay EUR 3.49 for a gigabyte than for a week of unlimited. Our guide to what 'unlimited' means on a travel eSIM explains the speed limits that sit behind most unlimited plans.

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Maya Mobile

One eSIM for 165+ countries with unlimited data on 3, 7, 14 or 30-day plans and no subscription, according to Maya's site.

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Holafly: unlimited data with a number for texts

Holafly is built around unlimited data. Its site offers trip eSIMs for 200+ destinations and, separately, subscription plans for 160 destinations whose renewal you can cancel at any time: a 25 GB plan with hotspot, an Unlimited plan with hotspot and a local phone number for inbound SMS, and an Unlimited+ plan that adds services such as 24/7 doctor chat. The inbound-SMS number is the notable difference from Saily, whose standard plans are data-only. Holafly says approved refunds reach your original payment account in 3 to 5 business days.

Choose Holafly over Saily if you are away for long stretches, want unlimited data on a renewing plan and need a number that can receive a text. Stay with Saily for short trips with light use, where a small fixed plan costs less than any unlimited one.

Holiday.com: browser checkout and a long refund window

Holiday.com presents itself as coming from the family behind ExpressVPN, which makes it the closest match to Saily's security-brand pitch. It covers 150+ destinations with country, regional and global plans, and you buy in a web browser rather than through an app store; the eSIM is installed once and topped up for the next trip. Its refund policy is the most generous we read: a full refund, no reason needed, within 6 months (180 days) of buying directly from Holiday.com if the eSIM has not been used. You also have a year from purchase to start using a plan. See our Holiday.com review.

GigSky: worth a look for cruises

GigSky lists data packages for over 200 countries, regions and cruises, including unlimited plans of up to 7 days with hotspot sharing on the plans its homepage shows. Its FAQ includes questions on fair use, hotspot use, refunds if an eSIM never works and whether a phone number is included, so read those answers for your plan. Cruise packages are the reason to look at it; Maya Mobile also lists coverage on 20+ major cruise lines, so compare the two if you are sailing.

Which Saily alternative fits your reason for switching

• You want the most plan choice for one destination: Airalo.
• Your data use is unpredictable, or you travel often and want leftover data to carry over: Yesim Pay & Fly.
• You always want unlimited data and are crossing several countries: Maya Mobile.
• You need a number that can receive texts, or you are away for months: Holafly's subscription plans.
• You want to buy in a browser and keep a long refund window open: Holiday.com.
• You are on a cruise: compare GigSky's cruise packages with Maya Mobile's cruise coverage.
• You want security settings built into the eSIM app: that is Saily's own selling point, so compare Saily's plan first.

Before you switch from Saily: three checks

• Your phone must be eSIM-capable and not carrier-locked. This applies to every provider here, and it is the most common reason an eSIM will not install.
• You can keep the Saily eSIM installed alongside a new one; most phones hold several eSIM profiles and use one for data at a time. Delete a profile only when you are sure you no longer need it, because a deleted eSIM usually cannot be reinstalled.
• If you bought a Saily plan you will not use, Saily's full refund applies only within 30 days and only if the eSIM was not installed and the plan not activated, so request it before you install anything.

One honest caveat about every eSIM on this page: none of them owns the mobile masts. In each country your phone connects to a local partner network, so signal quality in a particular town depends on that partner, not on the brand you paid. Recent user reports for your specific destination are a better guide than any brand's overall rating. For a single European trip, the best eSIM for Europe narrows the choice, and our country eSIM guides cover the most-visited destinations. The wider field is in the best travel eSIMs.

Sources

• Saily: saily.com homepage, France plan page and Ultra plan page; Saily help centre article 'What is Saily's refund policy?' (support.saily.com), all read 7 November 2026.
• Airalo: airalo.com homepage, read 7 November 2026.
• Yesim: yesim.app homepage and its refund-policy and data-only statements, read 7 November 2026.
• Maya Mobile: maya.net homepage, read 7 November 2026.
• Holafly: esim.holafly.com homepage and plans section, read 7 November 2026.
• Holiday.com: holiday.com homepage and refund policy, read 7 November 2026.
• GigSky: gigsky.com homepage and FAQ list, read 7 November 2026.