Why Trust Us?
Our commitment to transparency, integrity and our promise to you
Travel ESIM Expert: Your guide to staying online overseas
Editorial integrity is our priority. With expert and honest content, a clear scoring system, and a careful selection of affiliate links, we provide only the most transparent and honest service.
Editorial Integrity: Our commitment to the truth
Here at Travel ESIM Expert, each article is written professionally, we are 100% impartial in everything we write and our content is written to the fullest extent of our expertise. We will never let commercial relationships influence our rankings or content. To financially support our team, we use affiliate links with partners such as Saily, Holafly, etc, to products and services, which can generate a commission for clicks and purchases made through them. This commission does NOT incur any additional cost to you, either through our service or the amount you pay.
In depth analysis, real opinions: Not just marketing, we use these products
Our experts are fully invested in travel and communication, we’ve lived it for years. When a product falls short, we’re not afraid to say so.
Our commitment to accuracy goes beyond reviews. Our team also contributes to academic and institutional research in the travel space. For example, Estefanía Jesurun recently authored a university reviewed article published by Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas on digital inequality and education in Colombia (Spanish) and featured on their University podcast on the same topic.
We put in significant resource into exhaustive testing to ensure that all of our content are informative, complete, detailed and where possible quantitative. A great example? Our recent Fastest eSIM for travel page which we recently released which contained 150+ speed test results from 22 providers across 10 countries.
It’s imperative that our users have a positive experience after using our site. For that reason, we will not add any eSIM providers that we have not personally tested to our eSIM price comparison tables. If your eSIM doesn’t work when you need it most, that reflects horribly on us.
Why you can trust us
59 Providers personally tested 455 Total verified speed tests run 20 Countries tested
- We test each product personally.
- Our feedback and comments are entirely our own, we are not influenced by any third parties.
- We test extensively and back it up with data (speed tests, screenshots and more).
- We keep our content updated and our information accurate.
- We are a truly multi-national team coming from, living in and traveling to many different countries. As a result, we have genuinely used these products for years.
- We have an extensive background in writing, editing, strategizing and working on content creation in the UK, France, USA and South America with a combined experience of over 15 years.
- More on why you can trust us
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We’ve been around the block too
- We often talk about the countries we’ve traveled to in our content. Here’s the proof.
Santa Marta, Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia
New York, USA
Houston, USA
UK
Portugal
UAE
Maldives
Thailand
Singapore
Bali, Indonesia
Vietnam
Malaysia
Our rating system: Clarity and confidence
We use a simple five star system in which each product is evaluated in detail, with similar criteria and a rating between 1 to 5. A 5 star review is our top mark.
How we test
We test every eSIM using the Speedtest by Ookla app at our testing location.
- Minimum 3 tests per provider
- Tests run at varied times (morning, afternoon, evening)
- Top speed test score taken if all tests are within a 15% range
- Results recorded with screenshots for verification
Devices we test on: iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro, iPad M2 (for tethering)
Scoring criteria:
| Criteria | Weight |
|---|---|
| Speed | 25% |
| Signal | 25% |
| Prices | 25% |
| Other (app experience, customer support, perks, etc.) | 25% |
Transparency and Updates
We are up to date with the latest in Travel eSIMs. Here you will always find information that is current, fresh, and legal. For our price comparison, we receive plan details directly from eSIM providers via API, updated daily. We make every effort to ensure that information such as prices are accurate, but please ensure that you also check pricing on eSIM provider websites as well. To see our most up-to-date pricing analysis, check out our cheapest eSIM ranking.