Ubigi vs aloSIM vs Amigo eSIM: Which One Should You Buy in 2026?

Ubigi, aloSIM or Amigo eSIM: Which One Fits Your Trip?

Ubigi, aloSIM and Amigo eSIM fit different trips, not one universal winner. Ubigi listed the cheapest 10GB, 30-day plan and a profile you can reuse on later trips. aloSIM cuts plans to the day and documents what its free number is and what calls cost. Amigo eSIM's UK packages reach 250GB at the lowest price per GB of the three, and its Europe plan fits only if your route stays inside its 44-entry list, six entries of which are French overseas territories.

Amigo eSIM publishes this comparison and is also one of the three services in it. The 14 criteria below were fixed before any price, plan or rating was checked, with France as the reference country and the United Kingdom added alongside it, and every figure comes from a direct read of each provider's own site. The full methodology, including the date the data was collected and how disputed figures were resolved, sits near the end of this article.

Ubigi vs aloSIM vs Amigo eSIM at a Glance

You've probably got three browser tabs open, and each plan card counts something different: different gigabytes, different validity windows. In one case, the page price differs from the checkout price. The table below puts all three providers on one rule, in euros, for the United Kingdom, for France and for each provider's Europe plan.

Five terms are worth defining before you read it:

• Entry package: the cheapest one-off plan with a fixed data pool (unlimited and recurring plans excluded). The cell always shows the actual pool size and validity, since they differ between providers.
• 10GB / 30-day package: the cheapest one-off plan with a pool of at least 10GB and validity of at least 30 days. Amigo has no 10GB tier; its closest match, 12GB in France and Europe and 40GB in the UK, is marked as such rather than treated as the same package.
• Lowest price per GB: for the UK, the lowest price divided by the data pool among a provider's 30-day one-off packages with a fixed pool; unlimited plans are excluded.
• Europe plan: each provider's own regional plan named "Europe," using that provider's own country list. The three lists don't match, and the table names where they differ.
• Unlimited: a plan with a fair-use cap, not a plan without one. This article doesn't use the word without a cap attached to it, published or not.

All prices are shown in euros, exactly as each provider's own site displays them, with no conversions. For some France and Europe packages, aloSIM shows two different euro prices, one on the plan page and a lower one at checkout; the table marks both.

Which currency actually reaches a customer's card is a separate question none of these pages fully settle. Ubigi's FAQ lets a website buyer choose the payment currency, with EUR among the options; aloSIM's terms describe the billing currency as the one the shopper picks; Amigo's terms say prices are "charged in GBP, EUR, or USD", and its pages show EUR by default, with a switcher for USD and GBP.

Not published: not found on the pages listed in the methodology below.

Ubigi

Ubigi is a brand of Transatel, a subsidiary of NTT, and it sells nothing but mobile data. Transatel describes itself as an MVNO enabler running its own core network, with direct access agreements with local carriers, rather than reselling someone else's eSIM platform. Ubigi sells three plan types: one-off, monthly and annual.

Ubigi: pricing and data plans

Ubigi's 10GB, 30-day package costs €11 in the United Kingdom, €10 in France and €15 on Ubigi's 38-country EUROPE plan, the same pool and the same number of days in each case.

Only rows with the same pool and the same number of days are the same package priced twice; the EUROPE plan otherwise costs more for the wider footprint. In the UK, the 50GB, 30-day package works out to €0.64 per gigabyte, the lowest price per GB among Ubigi's UK fixed-pool packages.

Ubigi also sells unlimited France plans, each with a fair-use cap on total data for the whole plan, not a daily reset:

• 1 day, €6, capped at 7GB
• 7 days, €20, capped at 25GB
• 15 days, €25, capped at 30GB
• 30 days, €39, capped at 60GB
• Monthly recurring, €26, capped at 60GB

Past the cap, speed drops to 2 Mbps for the rest of the plan; Ubigi's explanation of its unlimited plans and fair use describes that same throttled speed a second way elsewhere on the same page, as "up to 1000 Kbps (2 Mbps)."

In the UK, Ubigi's unlimited plans cost €5 for 1 day (capped at 7GB), €21 for 7 days (25GB), €32 for 15 days (30GB) and €44 for 30 days (60GB), with the same 2 Mbps after the cap.

Ubigi also sells monthly and annual plans for France: three monthly options up to an unlimited tier at €26 a month, and two annual plans, 5GB or 20GB a month, paid upfront for 12 months. A monthly plan can only be cancelled after three months, and an annual plan can't be cancelled or refunded at all. A first website purchase can only be one-off; recurring plans need an existing Ubigi account.

UbiClub, Ubigi's loyalty programme, credits UbiCoins worth 3% of the amount paid up to $19.99, rising to 8% above $40, but only inside the app; a website purchase earns nothing. Its referral programme gives 50% off a referrer's next plan and 20% off a friend's first purchase, for up to 20 referrals.

Ubigi: coverage and network

Ubigi's destination selector lists 206 countries and territories. Ubigi's main EUROPE plan covers 38 countries and territories, including France and the United Kingdom, but not Turkey or Iceland; both sit instead in a wider, unpriced plan called EUROPE EXTENDED (55 countries and territories).

Ubigi also lists two smaller, unpriced regional plans, SCANDINAVIA & BALTIC (8 countries) and ISLE OF MAN + CHANNEL ISLANDS (3), plus two global plans by name only: WORLD and BEST WORLD. In France, Ubigi lists four partner networks: Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR. Its FAQ names Orange and Free Mobile as its 5G partners, but warns that a device may not switch to 5G automatically and has to be set manually to one of those two networks. In the UK, Ubigi lists two partner networks, EE and Three, and its FAQ lists the UK among its 5G countries with both.

Ubigi: voice, texts and hotspot

Ubigi is a data-only service on three points:

• No phone number, voice calls or SMS. Ubigi's terms state plainly that Transatel does not let you place or receive calls, including to emergency numbers, or send or receive SMS; calls and messages go through apps such as WhatsApp, FaceTime or Skype instead.
• Hotspot is allowed. Plan pages say "data sharing allowed," and the App Store listing says tethering works for multiple devices.
• A daily or separate hotspot cap is not published.

Ubigi: activation, top-up and refunds

Ubigi counts validity from the moment you actually arrive, and you can buy on the website without an account. You can also top up the same profile later.

Buying the plan long before you travel, then testing the QR code early to make sure it works, closes your own refund window before the trip even starts: scanning the code ends the refund rules in Ubigi's terms and conditions, whatever the reason for asking.

Ubigi: support, ratings and limitations

Ubigi's support runs through a web form with 10 request types, from a missing QR code to account deletion, plus a chatbot Ubigi states is available every day. It publishes no support email or phone number. Its site and app come in 18 languages, though that's the interface, not a guarantee of support in that language.

Ubigi has the largest review base of the three: 4.1 out of 5 on Trustpilot from 46,267 reviews. Its app rates higher on the App Store, 4.6, than on Google Play, 3.6.

An annual plan can't be cancelled or refunded at all, and Ubigi states its app and website can't be reached from inside Turkey or the UAE, so a plan must be bought and installed before arrival.

aloSIM

aloSIM is provided by AffinityClick Inc., a company based in Ottawa, Ontario. It buys network access from third-party carriers rather than owning its own network. aloSIM sells one-off plans only, with no subscriptions or automatic top-ups, and its free phone number comes from a sister app, Hushed.

aloSIM: pricing and data plans

aloSIM's cheapest France package costs the same on the page and at checkout. Its 10GB, 30-day package is where the two prices stop matching: €20.00 on the France page against €19.00 in the checkout summary, and €36.00 against €34.00 for the same package on the Europe plan. In the United Kingdom, the page and the checkout summary agree: €3.50 for the cheapest package and €19.00 for the 10GB, 30-day package.

aloSIM doesn't explain the gap between the two figures in France and Europe.

aloSIM's France page and its UK page each list 24 one-off packages in total; six representative tiers appear below, with the page/checkout split shown for the 10GB, 30-day package in France.

In the UK, the 50GB, 30-day package works out to €0.92 per gigabyte, the lowest price per GB among aloSIM's UK 30-day fixed-pool packages.

Its Europe plan has 7 packages in total, all shown below.

aloSIM also sells unlimited plans, in more validities than a fixed-GB plan:

• United Kingdom: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 or 30 days, from €5.00 to €70.00
• France: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 or 30 days, from €5.00 to €65.00
• Europe: 3, 5, 7, 10, 15 or 30 days, from €11.00 to €70.00

A fair-use notice on all three pages caps full-speed data at 3GB a day, then 1 Mbps; the terms of service instead state 512 KBPS. One quirk in the France ladder: the 7-day unlimited plan, €42.00, costs more than the 10-day plan, €32.00.

aloSIM's loyalty programme, aloCASH, returns 5% of every purchase as credit, usable once $1 has accumulated. Refer & Earn gives a new customer $3 off and the referrer $3 in aloCASH, once the referrer has made a qualifying purchase.

aloSIM: coverage and network

aloSIM's destinations list holds 208 entries: 198 single countries or territories plus 10 regional plans.

Its Europe plan lists 35 countries, including the United Kingdom, Turkey and Iceland; Poland is not on the list. In France, aloSIM names Free Mobile and Société Française du Radiotéléphone as its networks, with average speeds given as LTE/5G. In the UK, it lists EE and H3G, tags both 5G and gives average speeds as LTE/5G, though its UK FAQ names EE alone.

aloSIM: voice, texts and hotspot

• aloSIM's data packages are data-only; the plan itself carries no phone number.
• Most plans, not every plan as some of aloSIM's own pages claim, bundle a free number instead, through its sister app Hushed: a US or Canadian VoIP number that works over Wi-Fi or mobile data.
• The free number lasts as long as the data package, up to 30 days, and comes with $3 of pay-as-you-go credit; how aloSIM's free phone number promotion works explains that Hushed bills calls and texts beyond that credit, with international calls between $0.04 and $0.70 a minute.
• aloSIM's terms describe the number as a promotion offered at its own discretion, not available in every country; the list of excluded countries isn't published.
• Hotspot use is allowed and draws from the plan's own data pool. On unlimited plans, tethering is limited to your own devices and immediate travelling party, and a separate daily hotspot cap is not published.

aloSIM: activation, top-up and refunds

aloSIM counts validity from activation, which starts itself the moment your device connects to a network in the plan's country.

An iPhone or iPad on iOS 16.4 or later can start that countdown the moment you install the eSIM, if the device is already in the plan's country and reaches a supported network; aloSIM's own help centre advises waiting to install until you're ready to use the data. Under aloSIM's terms of service on refunds, a full refund can be requested if the eSIM was installed but no plan was ever activated, but acceptance is "at aloSIM's discretion" either way.

aloSIM: support, ratings and limitations

Support runs by email and live chat, both available 24 hours a day. The help centre says the app works in four languages, with others relying on automatic translation.

aloSIM's Trustpilot score is 4.0 out of 5 from 2,352 reviews. Its app rates 4.6 on the App Store and 4.5 on Google Play.

The clearest limitation sits in the refund terms: a plan paid fully or partly with aloCASH is not eligible for any refund. A separate clause lets aloSIM limit or suspend a plan if usage looks like a permanent connection rather than temporary travel. aloSIM publishes no service notice for Turkey or the UAE, the way Ubigi does.

Amigo eSIM

We're Amigo eSIM, a business name of Core Communication Retail Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.

A fuller comparison of us against four other providers is in our five-way comparison of Airalo, Holafly, Saily, Nomad and Amigo.

Amigo eSIM: pricing and data plans

Our cheapest package, for the UK, France or Europe, is 1GB for 7 days at €5. In the UK we also sell larger packages on O2 and Three, from 40GB for 30 days at €11 to 250GB for 30 days at €34, and the 200GB package at €23 works out to about €0.115 per gigabyte, the lowest price per GB of the three providers' UK packages in this comparison (Ubigi's lowest is €0.64, aloSIM's €0.92).

We don't have a 10GB tier of our own: the closest match is 40GB for €11 in the UK and 12GB for €18 in France and Europe, which on the Europe plan works out to about €1.50 per gigabyte: the same rate as Ubigi's 10GB package, and under half of aloSIM's roughly €3.40 to €3.60 per gigabyte for its 10GB package.

Our separate World plan, always labelled "Data Only," runs from 5GB for 14 days at €22 to 20GB for 30 days at €48.

We don't sell an unlimited plan for France or Europe, and we don't run a loyalty, cashback or refer-a-friend programme for customers. The only unlimited tier we do sell, UnlimitedGB, is UK-only at €39 for 30 days, with a Fair Use Policy that allows throttling "at specific times of day and/or in specific locations" and no numeric threshold stated.

Our pages show prices in euros, with a switcher for US dollars and pounds.

Amigo eSIM: coverage and network

We list 186 destinations across our catalogue: 179 individual countries or territories plus 7 regional entries.

Our Europe plan's country list runs to 44 entries, the longest of the three by entry count (Ubigi's runs to 38, aloSIM's to 35), including France, Poland, Iceland and six French overseas territories: Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin. The plan includes the United Kingdom but not Turkey, so it's worth checking if your route crosses into Turkey. Our UK page sells separate O2 packages (125GB, 200GB and 250GB) whose Details window shows coverage "United Kingdom + Europe," with the note that the plan must be activated in the UK first; it shows no country list for the Europe part. Our Three and 1GB UK packages cover the UK only.

In France, our 1GB plan runs on Orange and Free Mobile; the 6GB-to-30GB plans run instead on "Three & their roaming partners," without naming a French network. All our France plans declare a speed "up to 5G," varying by location. In the UK, our 1GB plan runs on Vodafone and Everything Everywhere, our 125GB-to-250GB plans on O2 and its roaming partners at 5G, and our 40GB-and-larger Three plans on Three and its roaming partners, up to 5G.

Amigo eSIM: voice, texts and hotspot

Five places on our own site describe calls differently:

The Terms link the terms of O2, Three and EE, so what a plan allows depends on its operator; if calls matter to your trip, check the operator's terms for the plan you choose against our Terms & Conditions on calls and emergency services.

Our plan pages add that "O2, Three and EE plans come with a UK (+44) number," while our terms state: "You have no right to a number associated with your Plan; it may be withdrawn or updated without notice." Hotspot is listed as "Unlimited"; our FAQ allows tethering "unless otherwise specified in your plan," and our Fair Use Policy lets us throttle it without a stated numeric cap.

Amigo eSIM: activation, top-up and refunds

Installing us is a QR code by email or manual entry with an SM-DP address, and you can top up the same plan in the Amigo app. We don't state when the validity clock itself starts counting, and we consider a refund only within 30 days of purchase, for a "valid reason" our terms never define.

That window counts from the date of purchase, not activation, so buying more than 30 days before you fly can close the door on a refund before the trip starts. Refunds also don't cover an incompatible or locked device, or data left unused after expiry. Our 30 days run longer than Ubigi's 14 business days, though Ubigi's refund right only lasts until the QR code is scanned.

A step-by-step installation guide covers the QR and manual methods.

Amigo eSIM: support, ratings and limitations

Our Contact us page lists an email address, help@amigosim.com, and a message form. We don't publish a phone number or live chat.

Our Trustpilot profile showed 4.4 from 84 reviews, the best score of the three.

Our Fair Use Policy bans business use of the service, and we don't publish a service notice for Turkey, the UAE or China.

Ubigi, aloSIM and Amigo eSIM by Situation: Who Should Buy Which

The nine situations below come straight out of the 14 criteria above, not a separate scorecard. Each row names a first pick with the evidence behind it and a pitfall worth checking before you pay; when two rows both sound like your trip, let the pitfall column decide.

How We Compared These Three eSIM Providers

Every figure in this article rests on 14 criteria fixed before any price or rating was checked. The France and Europe figures were read directly on each provider's own site on 21 September 2026, and the United Kingdom figures on 6 October 2026.

Full methodology, criteria and how conflicting data was resolved: show / hide

Sources

• Ubigi (Transatel), Ubigi Unlimited Data Plans (FAQ), September 12, 2025: https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/help-center/faq/esim-data-plan/ubigi-unlimited-data-plans-2/
• Ubigi (Transatel), Ubigi Terms & Conditions, September 2024: https://www.ubigi.com/conditions/
• aloSIM Support (help center), How Does aloSIM's Free eSIM Phone Number Promotion Work?: https://support.alosim.com/hc/en-us/articles/24039867805197-How-does-aloSIM-s-free-eSIM-phone-number-promotion-work
• AffinityClick Inc. (aloSIM), aloSIM Terms of Service: https://alosim.com/terms-of-service/
• Amigo eSIM, Amigo eSIM Terms & Conditions: https://www.amigosim.com/termsconditions