By Richard Jasinski·Updated 3 November 2026
aloSIM and Saily, set out the same way from each company's own website and review listings, read on 20 October 2026. No score and no winner.
On their own published facts, aloSIM is best for light users through to remote workers who hotspot; Saily is best for tourists, business travellers and frequent travellers. On price: each card shows the company's own prices as its website showed them; prices are not set side by side, because plans are sold on different bases (per gigabyte, per day, unlimited). On reliability: no network test is shown; each card gives the support each company publishes. No score and no winner: choose by what your trip needs.
The same facts for each company, from its own website, in the same order. Where a company publishes nothing on a row, the card says so.
Every line links back to the page it was read from, read on 20 October 2026.
aloSIM: Yes, called Unlimited plans, priced per length: Thailand 3 days US$11.50, 5 days US$19.00, 7 days US$27.00, 10 days US$35.00, 15 days US$39.00, 30 days US$49.00 (US$1.63/day) (as read on 20 October 2026). Saily: Yes.
aloSIM: Allowed on Unlimited plans: you may share with your own devices and 'Devices belonging to other members of your travelling party, whether by way of mobile hotspot', but not with other people or devices run unattended at a fixed location. Saily: Allowed. The destination pages say hotspot is 'Unlimited access with no restrictions' (UK, Thailand, US, France, Canada, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Europe, Global).
aloSIM: Yes: every plan includes a free international phone number from Hushed for calls and texts ('Free calling & texting'; 'Pick your own travel number: Supported'). Saily: Yes, as an add-on. A US phone number (+1) costs US$1.99 a month and a call and text plan starts from US$0.99 (as read on 20 October 2026).
aloSIM: '30-day refund guarantee': full refund if the phone is not eSIM-compatible or you cannot connect. Contact live chat or email [email protected] with the original receipt. Saily: Non-subscription plans: full refund if the eSIM is not installed, or installed but the plan not activated (and no Extras used). An activated plan may get a full or partial refund at Saily's discretion if more than 99% of data is unused.
aloSIM: 24-hour live chat (online and in the app) and email monitored around the clock. Saily: 24/7 chat support in the app, plus email.
aloSIM: Top up any time in the app; the eSIM is 'yours to keep' and reused on later trips to the same destination. Saily: Plans are prepaid and do not renew unless auto top-up is on ('Our regular plans are pay as you go').
aloSIM: A Standard Plan expires at the earlier of all data used or the end of the activation period. Saily: Plans have a 180-day activation period: 'If you do not activate it yourself within 180 calendar days, we will automatically activate it for you'.
aloSIM: Trustpilot 4 out of 5 from 2,560 reviews (newest review 20 October 2026); the App Store 4.6 out of 5 from 1,353 reviews (newest review 19 October 2026); Google Play 4.5 out of 5 from 3,417 reviews (read 20 October 2026). Saily: Trustpilot 4.7 out of 5 from 32,500 reviews (newest review 20 October 2026); the App Store 4.7 out of 5 from 13,437 reviews (newest review 15 October 2026); Google Play 4.6 out of 5 from 99,172 reviews (read 20 October 2026). Each platform is shown on its own, never added together.
aloSIM: None found on its own website when it was read. Saily: The privacy policy gives Saily Inc.'s principal business address as 330 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
No. Uncompromised Travel is a publication and does not sell eSIMs. Buy from each company's own website or app.
Both companies' websites, app listings and Trustpilot pages were read on 20 October 2026. Prices and terms change, so check them before you buy.
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Richard Jasinski · Uncompromised Travel · written from Valencia · first published 3 November 2026 · updated 3 November 2026
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