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Is Nomad eSIM Worth It in 2026? Plans, Prices, Networks, Free Trial and the Score
Nomad eSIM is worth it for fixed-data plans in markets where it names its networks: 79 of 100 on our rubric, third of seven providers, with Japan 10 GB at $16 on sale, Europe 10 GB at $23 across 35 countries, 43,814 Trustpilot reviews at 4.3, and the highest global median download speed among the travel eSIM brands Ookla measured in Q2 2026. It is not the pick for long trips on an unlimited plan, where a 2 GB daily allowance and a no-refund rule count against it, nor for routes through Turkey, the UAE, India or China unless the right plan is bought and installed before departure. What follows is the plan-by-plan evidence: what it costs, which operators it uses, how the trial and Nomad Pass work, where it does not fit, and what each score would take to move.
Verified 28 September 2026 · plan pages and price list of 10 September 2026; networks as confirmed by the company on 17 September; help-centre terms as the company supplied them; Trustpilot read 24 September
How it was scored
Price (20): the sum of each provider's 10 GB, 30-day price for Europe, Japan and the USA. Plan choice (20): fixed and unlimited options, regional and global bundles, destinations covered. Unlimited terms (15): whether the full-speed allowance and reduced speed are published, and hotspot policy. Network transparency (15): whether the plan page names the underlying operator in Japan, Spain, the USA and Kenya. Review evidence (15): Trustpilot score weighted by review volume. Security and ownership (15): audited security, jurisdiction, parent company. The same six criteria and weights scored all seven providers on the main comparison. Nomad eSIM is a paid partner of this site; its score was set the same way as the other six, and its security score was revised on 28 September 2026 when its parent company's attestations were verified at source, as recorded below and on the main comparison.The score: 79 of 100, and where each point went
Nomad eSIM scores 15 of 20 for price, 17 of 20 for plan choice, 9 of 15 for unlimited terms, 14 of 15 for network transparency, 12 of 15 for review evidence and 12 of 15 for security and ownership. The shortfall sits mainly in unlimited terms, where a 2 GB daily allowance is below the best in the category; security is three short of the maximum, one of them the scope gap against Airalo's product-level attestation, since the audited attestations cover the parent company's platform rather than the product itself. Price, plan choice and networks are strong; review evidence sits mid-table. The table says where each point went and what would move it; the criteria are public and identical for all seven providers, so a change in the product changes the score at the next revision and nothing else does.
| Criterion | Score | Where the points went | What would move it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | 15 of 20 | Third of seven. Japan 10 GB at $16 on sale is the lowest Japan price on the comparison; Europe at $23 trails Ubigi ($15) and Yesim ($19.20); the USA at $25 is the highest of the six fixed-data sellers. Three-market total $64, against Ubigi $45.50 and Yesim $55.20. | A lower USA price, above all |
| Plan choice | 17 of 20 | Every size from 1 GB to unlimited, with country, regional and global plans. The gap to Airalo's 20 is list length: the 35-country Europe plan quoted here leaves out Turkey and the Faroe Islands (a separate 36-country plan adds Turkey), Africa at 11 countries plus standalone country plans, Global at 123 destinations against Airalo's 160. | Longer Africa and Global lists; one Europe plan covering the whole list |
| Unlimited terms | 9 of 15 | The allowance, reduced speed and hotspot rule are all published, which earns most of the points. The daily 2 GB is the smallest among the top four (Ubigi 60 GB per 30-day plan, Saily 3 GB a day in Europe, Airalo 3 GB a day), and the reduced speed is a range, "about 1 to 2 Mbps", outside five markets. | A larger daily allowance; one stated reduced speed on every plan |
| Network transparency | 14 of 15 | Operators named in all four test markets and in every other market checked. The point withheld is the USA fixed plan, which names two possible operators, "AT&T or Verizon", rather than the one you get. Only Ubigi scores 15. | One named operator on each USA plan |
| Review evidence | 12 of 15 | 4.3 on Trustpilot from 43,814 reviews, 72 per cent five-star, read 24 September 2026. Holafly (15) and Saily (14) score higher on this criterion; Airalo and Ubigi score 11. | A higher Trustpilot score, sustained |
| Security and ownership | 12 of 15 | A named parent, LotusFlare Inc, in a clear US jurisdiction earns the ownership points. The parent's SOC 2 Type II attestation and ISO 27001 compliance (KirkpatrickPrice, 2023) and its ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certification (A-LIGN, 2025), verified at source on 28 September 2026, earn most of the security points; they are scoped to LotusFlare's platform rather than to the Nomad eSIM product, which is the point withheld against Airalo's product-level SOC 2. Airalo and Saily score 13. | An attestation scoped to the Nomad eSIM product itself |
Revision, 28 September 2026. Nomad eSIM's security and ownership score rose from 7 to 12 of 15 after its parent company's attestations were verified at source, taking its total from 74 to 79 and its place from fourth to third of seven. The criterion weighs the parent company, so the evidence counts; the product itself is not named in the audit scope, which is why it sits below Airalo's product-level SOC 2. No other score changed.
Who Nomad eSIM suits, by trip type
Nomad eSIM suits a traveller going to a market where it names its network, or on a route inside one of its regional lists (Europe, North America, Africa, Global), on a fixed-data plan; less so the traveller who wants three weeks of unlimited data or a route its lists do not reach, where Airalo's longer lists win. The distinction is the shape of the plan, not the brand: the fixed plans are priced and documented well, the unlimited plans are a 2 GB daily budget with a slow tail, and the regional lists are shorter than Airalo's. Sorted by trip:
| Trip | Nomad eSIM plan | Why, or why not |
|---|---|---|
| One country you know: Japan, the USA, the UK, Spain, Italy, France | Fixed 5 GB or 10 GB single-country plan | The operator is named on the plan page, and where the trial is eligible (the USA, Japan and the UK among these) it tests the phone first. Japan 10 GB at $16 on sale is the lowest Japan price on the comparison. |
| Several European countries | Europe 10 GB, $23 (35 countries); the 36-country plan for Turkey | One plan across the UK, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland as well as the EU, at $23: below Airalo ($31), Saily ($35.99) and aloSIM ($36), above Ubigi ($15) and Yesim ($19.20). For a route that takes in Turkey, the Canary Islands or Northern Cyprus, the 36-country plan covers them (priced on the plan page) and drops Gibraltar and San Marino. |
| Europe several times a year, or light data | Nomad Pass, $3 per 30 days | 1 GB each cycle on the same eSIM and 15 per cent off eligible Europe add-ons; compare the recurring fee plus add-on prices with a one-off prepaid plan before choosing. |
| A weekend, light use | 1 GB for 7 days ($4 Japan, $5 USA, $5.50 Europe), or the free trial | Maps, messages and email fit in 1 GB over a few days; the trial covers 3 days in an eligible destination at $0. |
| A working trip with a laptop on the hotspot | Europe 50 GB ($35 sale, list $48); USA 50 GB ($41 sale, list $60) or 75 GB over 180 days ($89) | Fixed data has no daily ceiling; an unlimited plan shared with a laptop is a 2 GB budget per day. |
| Three weeks or more on unlimited data | Not the fit | On the price list of 10 September the longest unlimited plans run 10 days in Europe, 20 in the USA and 21 in Japan, at 2 GB a day then 1 Mbps, with no refund. Ubigi (60 GB per 30-day plan) and Airalo (3 GB a day) are the better shapes; see the alternatives below. |
| Through Turkey, the UAE, India or China | Single-country plan, bought and installed before departure | A Nomad eSIM cannot be bought or installed on those networks; for Turkey, the 36-country Europe plan or a Turkey plan, not the 35-country plan quoted here. |
| Safari in Kenya or Tanzania | Tanzania 5 GB $13 or 10 GB $19 on Airtel; Kenya 5 GB $23 or 10 GB $37 on Airtel | The budget option; for the deepest rural coverage in Kenya, Safaricom via Airalo or Ubigi. The trial is not available in either country. |
| Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe or Rwanda | Standalone country plans: Namibia on TN Mobile (1 GB, 7 days), Botswana on Orange (1 to 10 GB), Zimbabwe on Econet (1 to 5 GB), Rwanda on Airtel (1 to 20 GB) | Outside the 11-country Africa plan, so a circuit through several of them means one eSIM per country. Airalo's regional plan covers Botswana and Rwanda on one eSIM, but Namibia and Zimbabwe were not on its list as read on 24 September, so those two need a single-country plan from either brand. Priced on the plan pages. |
What Nomad eSIM costs
Europe 10 GB for 30 days is $23 across 35 countries, Japan 10 GB $16 on sale (list $18), USA 10 GB $25, Global 10 GB $62 across 123 destinations, and the 1 GB, 7-day plans run $4 to $12 depending on the family. All prices are USD from Nomad eSIM's plan pages and its price list of 10 September 2026; sale prices expire without notice, so budget on the list price where one is shown. The 3 GB sizes sit between the 1 GB and 5 GB columns (Europe $12, Japan $7, USA $10, Global $25, Africa $20) and the larger sizes run to 50 GB in Europe ($35 sale, list $48), Japan ($35) and the USA ($41 sale, list $60), with 75 GB over 180 days ($89) and 100 GB over 365 days ($120) in the USA family only. The Europe family is the benchmark on this site: Nomad eSIM Europe plans, 10 GB for $23.
| Plan family | 1 GB | 5 GB | 10 GB | 20 GB | Unlimited from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe (35 countries) | $5.50 (7 days) | $17.50 | $23 (30 days) | $27 sale (list $37) | 5 days $19; 10 days $34 |
| Japan | $4 (7 days) | $10 | $16 sale (list $18) | $23 sale (list $26) | 3 days $11; 7 days $25; 14 days $41; 21 days $49 |
| USA | $5 (7 days) | $16 | $25 | $36 sale (list $38) | 3 days $11; 5 days $16; 7 days $23; 10 days $32; 15 days $44; 20 days $52 |
| North America (USA, Canada, Mexico) | $6 (7 days) | $21 | $32 | $35 sale (list $62) | 5 days $27; 10 days $45 |
| Global (123 destinations) | $12 (7 days) | $40 | $62 | $103 | None listed |
| Africa (11 countries) | $11 (7 days) | $28 | $45 | None listed | None listed |
| Kenya (Airtel) | $10 | $23 | $37 | $59 (45 days) | None listed |
| Tanzania (Airtel) | $6 | $13 | $19 | $29 (45 days) | None listed |
| South Africa (Vodacom) | $4 | $11 | $18 | $29 | 5 days $19; 10 days $37 |
Nomad eSIM sells two Europe plans: the 35-country plan quoted here (Gibraltar and San Marino in; Turkey out) and a 36-country plan that adds Turkey, the Canary Islands and Northern Cyprus and drops Gibraltar and San Marino, priced separately on the plan page. Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Rwanda are outside the 11-country Africa plan but sold as standalone plans: Namibia on TN Mobile (1 GB for 7 days), Botswana on Orange (1 to 10 GB), Zimbabwe on Econet (1 to 5 GB) and Rwanda on Airtel (1 to 20 GB), priced on their plan pages.
Which networks Nomad eSIM uses, and how to pick one manually
Nomad eSIM names its operator on every plan page checked, which is why it scores 14 of 15 here; the operator, not the brand, decides coverage on the ground. The list below is as confirmed by the company on 17 September 2026 and shown on its plan pages. Automatic selection is the default; where coverage is weak or unstable, the company documents Nomad eSIM's guide to selecting a network manually in the phone's settings, and that only helps if you know which names to choose between, which is the point of publishing them. On a regional plan the eSIM connects to a supported network in each included country by itself, so manual selection is the troubleshooting step, not the routine. The one ambiguity is the USA fixed plan, which reads "AT&T or Verizon": the network field on the plan you select settles it before purchase.
| Market | Network Nomad eSIM uses |
|---|---|
| Japan | KDDI au and SoftBank |
| United Kingdom | Three (Hutchison), O2 and Vodafone |
| Spain | Movistar and Orange |
| Italy | Iliad and Vodafone |
| France | Free Mobile and Orange |
| USA | AT&T or Verizon on fixed-data plans; T-Mobile on unlimited plans (check the network field on the plan you select) |
| Kenya and Tanzania | Airtel, 4G where available |
| South Africa | Vodacom |
Fixed data or unlimited: the 2 GB rule and the refund position
Unlimited plans give 2 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps for the rest of that day on the Europe, UK, France, Italy and USA plans and about 1 to 2 Mbps elsewhere; fixed-data plans have no daily ceiling and can be refunded, unlimited plans cannot. The allowance resets every 24 hours from activation rather than at midnight, and a hotspot draws on the same 2 GB, so a laptop on the connection empties the day's allowance in a couple of hours of video calls (Nomad eSIM's unlimited-plan terms). At 1 Mbps, messages, simple pages and maps work and video calls drop to low quality, which is how Airalo describes the same speed in its fair-use policy. The smaller allowance, against Airalo's 3 GB a day and Ubigi's 60 GB per plan, is why the unlimited plans score 9 of 15, and why for heavy use this review points at the 20 GB and 50 GB fixed plans instead: Europe 50 GB is $35 on sale (list $48), a shade above the 10-day unlimited plan at $34, with no daily reset to think about.
The refund position, from Nomad eSIM's refund policy: fixed-data plans can be refunded within 30 days of purchase provided the eSIM is still installed on the phone. Excluded are unlimited plans, Nomad Pass, UK voice plans, the Thailand 10-day 50 GB plan and any purchase made with a discount code once the eSIM is installed or activated; removing the eSIM ends the claim. Read plainly, an unused fixed-data plan bought for the wrong dates is the easy case; the unlimited exclusion is the part to note before buying unlimited.
The free trial and Nomad Pass, terms in full
The trial is 1 GB for 3 days at $0 with no card, for eligible new users, redeemed in the Nomad eSIM app in an eligible destination; Nomad Pass is a $3 subscription every 30 days that refreshes 1 GB on the same eSIM for Europe regulars. The company markets the trial across 76 destinations; it is redeemed in the destination you are in, not as one allowance across all of them. Eligible destinations include the USA, Japan, the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Canada, Mexico and Egypt; Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa are not eligible. Hotspot works on the trial, which makes it a free compatibility test: a phone that installs it, connects and tethers is ready for a paid eSIM from any provider, and that removes the commonest cause of a refund request before money moves. None of the other six providers on the main comparison offers one. Claim the free 1 GB Nomad eSIM trial.
Nomad Pass, in full: $3 per 30 days, renewing automatically until cancelled; 1 GB refreshed on the same eSIM each cycle; 15 per cent off eligible Europe data add-ons; cancels without a fee; Europe-only; for registered users; non-refundable. It is not a 10 GB plan and not a lifetime fee. It suits repeat European travellers and light-data users on a single trip; compare the recurring fee plus add-on prices with a one-off prepaid plan before choosing.
Setup: install before you fly, the 60-day window, add-ons, no extensions
Buy and install on home Wi-Fi, because a plan activates on its first connection to a supported network or automatically 60 days after purchase, whichever comes first. That second clause is the one that catches early planners: a plan bought in June for a September trip activates itself in August. Check the deadline against your dates, and if plans change, contact support promptly; neither an extension nor a refund is promised. Validity cannot be extended, but an eligible add-on bought before or after expiry activates when the plan ends and keeps the same eSIM in service; leftover data does not roll over (Nomad eSIM's validity and add-on terms). The install itself is the standard QR or in-app flow covered in how to install an eSIM step by step; label the profile, leave it off until landing, then switch data roaming on for that line only. Turkey, the UAE, India and China are the markets where the order matters most: a Nomad eSIM cannot be bought or installed once you are on their networks, and a plan installed beforehand can be topped up in-country, according to the company.
Where Nomad eSIM does not fit
Four gaps: the buy-before-you-land markets, the Africa list, the regular Global plan's 123 destinations, and the scope of the audit. Turkey is outside the 35-country Europe plan quoted here; Nomad eSIM's 36-country plan adds it, with the Canary Islands and Northern Cyprus, and drops Gibraltar and San Marino, so an Istanbul leg means choosing that plan (or Airalo's or Saily's Europe plan) and installing it before the flight. The Africa plan covers eleven countries (Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia) and skips Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Rwanda, which Nomad eSIM sells as standalone country plans on TN Mobile, Orange, Econet and Airtel; a southern-Africa circuit through several of them means one eSIM per country; Airalo's regional plan covers Botswana and Rwanda on one eSIM, though Namibia and Zimbabwe were not on its list as read on 24 September and need single-country plans from either brand. The regular Global plan reaches 123 destinations, which is that plan's coverage and not the brand's catalogue of 200 or more; check the plan's own list (Global-EX, a separate product, is not assessed here). And the audit sits one level up: Nomad eSIM publishes no audit of its own; its parent, LotusFlare Inc, holds a SOC 2 Type II attestation and ISO 27001 compliance (KirkpatrickPrice, August 2023) and ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certification (A-LIGN, April 2025), both scoped to its telecom platform rather than to the Nomad product; the company also states that its payment infrastructure is PCI DSS compliant. Nomad eSIM's own security page states that it uses GSMA-approved protocols (Nomad eSIM on security), the industry standard; the parent-level evidence earns 12 of 15, and the product-level gap is the point withheld.
Speed: Ookla's Q2 2026 results at global level
Ookla's "Travel eSIM Performance" analysis of Android Speedtest data across more than 50 travel eSIM brands and about 190 destinations in Q2 2026 placed Nomad eSIM first for median download at 80.26 Mbps, with 1GLOBAL at 80.21, Ubigi at 75.89, Holafly at 56.87 and Airalo at 30.11. The figures are as published in Nomad eSIM's release of 7 September 2026; Ookla's own article is Travel eSIM Performance. They are global medians, not per-country results: the network you land on, the plan and the device set the speed you get. Speed is not a scored criterion on this rubric this year and will be reviewed at the next revision; it is reported here because the result is notable, not because it moved the score.
Support and loyalty
Support is by live chat and email around the clock, with no published response time. According to the company, Weekly Wins are check-ins that earn points and discounts, Nomad Points are earned on eligible purchases and redeemed against plans, and Nomad Membership is free, with automatic tiers. None of the three was assessed for this review or carries weight in the score, which rests on the plans, the terms and the evidence above.
Three planning rules
Buy the fixed plan unless the trip is short and heavy. Fixed data has no daily ceiling and a 30-day refund window while the eSIM is installed; unlimited is a 2 GB-a-day budget with no refund, so the fixed plan is the safer purchase for anyone who works on the road. Check three things before paying: the plan's country list, the network field, and the 60-day activation deadline. Each is on the plan page, and each answers a different way a purchase goes wrong: the wrong country, the wrong operator, a plan that activated before the trip. Run the trial first in an eligible destination. It costs nothing, tests the phone and the hotspot, and turns a refund question into a non-event; the reason it matters is that the refund exclusions above leave little room once a plan is in use.
What changed in 2026
Five things: the Ookla result, the September price observations, the free trial, Nomad Pass, and the security score revision of 28 September 2026. Ookla's Q2 2026 analysis put Nomad eSIM first for global median download among the brands it measured, as above. The price observations behind this review (Nomad eSIM's price list of 10 September and the other providers' plan pages in the first week of September) put Japan 10 GB at $16 on sale, the lowest Japan price on the comparison, and Europe at $23, below Airalo, Saily and aloSIM but above Ubigi and Yesim; the USA at $25 is the highest of the six fixed-data sellers, which is the shape of the 15-point price score. The free 1 GB trial, which no other provider on the comparison offers, and Nomad Pass are both live. The security and ownership score was revised from 7 to 12 of 15 on 28 September 2026, after the parent company's SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 attestations were verified at source, taking the total from 74 to 79 and the position from fourth to third of seven; the full note sits under the score table above. The head-to-head with the runner-up on breadth is Nomad vs Airalo 2026.
Alternatives to compare
Ubigi on price, Airalo on breadth and a product-level audit, Saily for Turkey inside its main Europe plan and a larger daily allowance, Yesim for a virtual number, Holafly only if unlimited is the brief. Matched 10 GB, 30-day prices in USD from each provider's plan pages, read in the first week of September 2026; scores from the main comparison. None of these links is paid.
| Provider | Score /100 | Europe 10 GB | Japan 10 GB | USA 10 GB | Compare when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubigi | 89 | $15 | $16.50 | $14 | Price is the whole question; 60 GB at full speed on unlimited plans |
| Airalo | 81 | $31 (41 countries) | $25 | $22.50 | Many borders, thin coverage; 3 GB a day on unlimited; product-level SOC 2 audit |
 Nomad eSIMPartner | 79 | $23 (35 countries) | $16 sale (list $18) | $25 | Fixed plans in a named-network market or inside its regional lists; free trial; Nomad Pass |
| Saily | 77 | $35.99 (35 countries) | $17.99 | $22.99 | Turkey on the Europe plan; unlimited at 3 GB a day in Europe and 5 GB in Japan and the USA |
| Yesim | 71 | $19.20 | $19.20 | $16.80 | A virtual number matters; Europe below $20 |
| Holafly | 66 | Unlimited only: 15 days $50.50 | Unlimited only | Unlimited only | Unlimited is the brief and hotspot use is light (1 GB a day) |
Nomad eSIM: nine questions
Is Nomad eSIM legit?
Yes. Nomad eSIM is a consumer brand of LotusFlare Inc of Santa Clara, California, holds 4.3 on Trustpilot from 43,814 reviews with 72 per cent five-star (read 24 September 2026) and an iOS app rating of 4.8, and resells data on operators it names on each plan page, such as KDDI au and SoftBank in Japan. The caveat is scope rather than legitimacy: the audited attestations (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 27701) sit with its parent company and cover LotusFlare's platform rather than the Nomad eSIM product, which is why it scores 12 of 15 on security against Airalo's 13 for a product-level audit.
Who owns Nomad eSIM?
LotusFlare Inc, a company based in Santa Clara, California. Nomad eSIM does not run a mobile network of its own; like every travel eSIM brand it buys capacity from local operators and names them on its plan pages, and for coverage on the ground those operators matter more than the parent company.
How much does Nomad eSIM cost?
In USD from its price list of 10 September 2026: Europe 10 GB for 30 days $23 across 35 countries (a 36-country plan that adds Turkey is priced separately on the plan page), Japan 10 GB $16 on sale (list $18), USA 10 GB $25, North America 10 GB $32, Global 10 GB $62 across 123 destinations, Africa 10 GB $45 across 11 countries. Small plans start at $4 for 1 GB over 7 days in Japan; unlimited plans start at $11 for 3 days in Japan and the USA. Sale prices change without notice.
Is Nomad's unlimited plan really unlimited?
Data keeps flowing for the whole validity period, but full speed is limited to the plan's daily fair-use allowance and the line slows after it. Nomad eSIM's unlimited plans give 2 GB a day at full speed, then 1 Mbps for the rest of that day on the Europe, UK, France, Italy and USA plans and about 1 to 2 Mbps on other plans. The allowance resets every 24 hours from activation, a hotspot draws on the same 2 GB, and unlimited plans are excluded from refunds. For heavy use a 20 GB or 50 GB fixed plan is the better shape.
Does Nomad eSIM support hotspot?
Yes. Tethering works on fixed-data plans without a separate allowance, on unlimited plans within the 2 GB daily full-speed allowance, and on the free 1 GB trial, which makes the trial a useful test of a laptop-on-hotspot setup before buying a full plan.
Is the Nomad eSIM free trial really free?
Yes: 1 GB for 3 days at $0, with no card, for eligible new users, redeemed in the Nomad eSIM app in an eligible destination. The USA, Japan, the UK, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Canada, Mexico and Egypt are eligible; Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa are not. Hotspot works on it. No other provider on our seven-provider comparison offers a trial.
What is Nomad Pass?
A $3 Europe subscription, renewed every 30 days, aimed at repeat European travellers and light-data users. Each cycle refreshes 1 GB on the same eSIM and takes 15 per cent off eligible Europe data add-ons. It cancels without a fee, is Europe-only, is for registered users and is non-refundable. It is not a 10 GB plan and not a lifetime fee; compare the recurring fee plus add-on prices with a one-off prepaid plan before choosing.
Can I get a refund from Nomad eSIM?
On fixed-data plans, yes, within 30 days of purchase provided the eSIM is still installed on the phone. Unlimited plans, Nomad Pass, UK voice plans, the Thailand 10-day 50 GB plan and discount-code purchases once installed or activated are excluded, and removing the eSIM ends the claim. A used plan is the hard case; an unused plan bought for the wrong dates is the easy one.
Which network does Nomad eSIM use in the USA, Japan and the UK?
USA: AT&T or Verizon on fixed-data plans and T-Mobile on unlimited plans, so check the network field on the plan you select. Japan: KDDI au and SoftBank. UK: Three (Hutchison), O2 and Vodafone. These are as confirmed by the company on 17 September 2026 and shown on its plan pages; automatic selection is the default and manual selection is supported where coverage is weak.
Where to buy
For a fixed-data plan in a market where the network is named, or to test the phone first at no cost.
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