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NXTL eSIM vs Stellar eSIM

Both sell in 176 of the same markets. Everything below is computed from their live catalogues, so the figures move as their prices do.

The verdict

Too close to call on the figures we hold.

Neither publishes a per-gigabyte figure in enough of the markets they share for a like-for-like verdict, so the table below is the whole of what we can say.

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Rows won 2 – 8
Markets cheaper 0 – 0
Tied rows 1
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25% off AFFMAVEN
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15% off ESIMTWEAKS

The numbers

Head to head

Green marks the better figure on each row. Where they match, neither is marked. Nothing here is weighted or scored: these are the published figures side by side.

Measure NXTL eSIM Stellar eSIM
Markets covered 181 197
Plans tracked 456 18,030
Cheapest plan CA$17.06 CA$0.81
Lowest per GB — CA$0.16
Average per GB unlimited plans excluded — CA$2.83
Plans with 5G 61% 79%
Hotspot allowed 100% 0%
Top-up supported 100% 98%
Unlimited plans 0 644
Longest validity 0 days 365 days
Price accuracy measured from our own click stream 100.0% 100.0%

Average per GB is computed only over plans where a per-gigabyte figure is derivable, so a catalogue full of unlimited plans is not flattered by counting zeroes. Price accuracy is measured from our own outbound clicks rather than taken from either provider: 1 sampled click for NXTL eSIM and 14 sampled clicks for Stellar eSIM. A perfect score from a hundred clicks is a weaker claim than one from four hundred, so the counts travel with it, and a provider nobody has clicked through yet has no score at all rather than a flattering default.

Like for like

Where they overlap

The comparison that means something: the same market, both providers, cheapest gigabyte each. An average across different countries is not a like-for-like number.

30 of 176 shared markets
Ireland — CA$0.37 no figure United Kingdom — CA$0.28 no figure China — CA$0.37 no figure Slovenia — CA$0.43 no figure Italy — CA$0.27 no figure Liechtenstein — CA$0.36 no figure Netherlands — CA$0.34 no figure Bulgaria — CA$0.43 no figure Cyprus — CA$0.43 no figure Iceland — CA$0.36 no figure Greece — CA$0.31 no figure Germany — CA$0.27 no figure Estonia — CA$0.43 no figure Finland — CA$0.33 no figure Latvia — CA$0.43 no figure Slovakia — CA$0.43 no figure Spain — CA$0.31 no figure Belgium — CA$0.37 no figure Croatia — CA$0.34 no figure Portugal — CA$0.31 no figure Switzerland — CA$0.31 no figure Denmark — CA$0.33 no figure Czechia — CA$0.33 no figure Sweden — CA$0.33 no figure Romania — CA$0.34 no figure Lithuania — CA$0.43 no figure Hungary — CA$0.37 no figure Luxembourg — CA$0.43 no figure Norway — CA$0.27 no figure Austria — CA$0.34 no figure

Showing the 30 largest of the 176 markets they share. Each row is the cheapest honest gigabyte each provider sells in that country; where either publishes no per-gigabyte figure the row shows no gap rather than a winner.

Which to pick

When each one is the right buy

Every reason below is drawn from a figure in the table above, so none of them outlives the fact behind it.

Pick NXTL eSIM if
  • You need to tether, allowed on 100% of their plans and on none of Stellar eSIM\x27s
  • You are going to one of the 5 markets Stellar eSIM does not reach
Pick Stellar eSIM if
  • You want the lowest entry price: their cheapest plan is CA$0.81 against CA$17.06
  • You would consider an unlimited plan, which NXTL eSIM does not sell at all
  • You need a validity window longer than 0 days
  • You are going to one of the 21 markets NXTL eSIM does not reach
  • You would rather choose from a deep catalogue than a short one

Or neither of them

This page compares two providers because you asked for two. Stellar eSIM is the 3 cheapest of the 62 catalogues we read, and on plenty of trips the right answer is a third provider entirely. The destination page for wherever you are going ranks every provider selling there on the same figures used above.

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We earn a commission on some outbound links. Which provider comes out ahead on any row above is computed from their published prices, not from what either pays us, and no payout figure is available to the code that ranks plans.

Go deeper

Read the full reviews

Each review covers the catalogue, the host networks, price accuracy and what buying is actually like.

NXTL eSIM 456 plans across 181 markets Read → Stellar eSIM 18,030 plans across 197 markets Read →

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