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Travel eSIM vs carrier roaming

A straight side-by-side using numbers you provide — your roaming rate and your actual data need. No invented prices.

1 Run the comparison

Enter your own numbers. We don’t know your carrier’s roaming rate or your exact data need — so this tool only compares what you type in. Nothing is invented for you.

Trips
How many trips to compare
Data per trip (GB)
From the Data Estimator or your own number
Your roaming rate (USD / GB)
Check your carrier’s international roaming price
Estimated eSIM cost (USD / trip)
Use the Plan Comparator as a guide

Comparison over 1 trip

10 GBtotal data needed

$100.00roaming cost

$20.00estimated eSIM cost

−$80.00eSIM is cheaper

Roaming$100.00

Travel eSIM (your estimate)$20.00

That’s about a 80% saving on data compared with your carrier’s roaming rate. Actual eSIM prices are confirmed on our server at checkout.

Roaming caveats: roaming is usually charged per MB/KB and can bill per use even when you do little — your “per GB” assumption above may under-count. eSIM costs are an estimate; the real price is always the server-confirmed checkout total.

2 How to read it

The comparison is only as good as the numbers you enter. If you know your carrier’s The comparison is only as good as the numbers you enter. If you know your carrier’s roaming price per GB (or per MB), put the true figure in — most roaming is billed per MB roaming price per GB (or per MB), put the true figure in — most roaming is billed per MB even on “daily passes”, so err on the higher side. even on “daily passes”, so err on the higher side.

Use the Data Estimator for a realistic data need, then check the Plan Comparator for the real eSIM price for your destination.