Widely compared with Airalo, Holafly, Nomad, Roamless, OpenPhone, and RingCentral

Widely's travel eSIM is pay as you go, not a prepaid country pack. For businesses, Widely is also an office phone system.

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Travel eSIM comparisons also have a page for each destination, because the answer changes by country — for example, Widely vs Airalo for Israel, Widely vs Airalo for Japan and Widely vs Saily for Türkiye. For other destinations, see live data rates.

Best Airalo alternatives

People searching for an Airalo alternative usually want travel data without a pack that expires. Widely is a persistent PAYG eSIM inside a communications app — not a prepaid country-pack shop. Occasional one-trip packs from Airalo or Saily may still cost less.

PAYG eSIM without packages

Want a reusable global eSIM billed as you go? Roamless is the closest data-only alternative; Widely adds calls and numbers in the same app. We also compare Widely with Holafly and Nomad.

OpenPhone alternative for mobile teams

OpenPhone rebranded as Quo. Widely is for teams that want the office number on staff mobiles, with pay-as-you-go calls rather than a bundled US minute pool.

RingCentral alternative for your office

Widely can be your cloud PBX when the owner and participating users have Plus: AI receptionists and phone menus, queues, a shared number and office caller ID on mobiles. RingCentral offers more depth for large organisations that need a full UCaaS suite. Aircall and CloudTalk are often compared for call centres.

Receive SIM calls in an app

People call your existing mobile SIM. Widely rings on every device after you forward that line. Where a shared public forwarding number exists there is no Widely setup or number fee, on every tier, and it does not require an eSIM.

Office number from mobile

A local or office DID so callers dial locally while staff answer in the app, with that number as outbound caller ID. Numbers stay pay as you go on every plan.

Airalo, Saily, Holafly, Nomad, Roamless, OpenPhone, Quo, RingCentral, Dialpad, Aircall, and CloudTalk are used for identification only. Widely is not affiliated with those companies.

Numbers, calls, messages, data, and extra channel capacity stay pay as you go on every plan. A plan does not include a phone number, minutes, messages, data, or wallet credit.