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BambooSIM vs Travelsim Asia

Both sell in 100 of the same markets. Everything below is computed from their live catalogues, so the figures move as their prices do.

The verdict

BambooSIM, on price and on reach.

BambooSIM is cheaper in 28 of the 29 shared markets this table can decide, on average by 8.5 times. Of the 10 rows below where both publish a figure, they take 7, Travelsim Asia takes 3, and 0 are level.

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Rows won 7 – 3
Markets cheaper 28 – 1
Tied rows 0
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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 BambooSIM Travelsim Asia
Markets covered 137 122
Plans tracked 1,486 475
Cheapest plan £3.74 £1.51
Lowest per GB £0.08 £0.24
Average per GB unlimited plans excluded £1.28 £2.59
Plans with 5G 99% 97%
Hotspot allowed 100% 0%
Top-up supported 0% 100%
Unlimited plans 242 0
Longest validity 90 days 180 days
Price accuracy measured from our own click stream 100.0% Not measured yet

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: 2 sampled clicks for BambooSIM and 0 sampled clicks for Travelsim Asia. 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.

Same size, both providers

What each actually charges

Aggregates tell you about a catalogue. These are real plans at matching allowances, the same validity window and the same breadth of coverage, which is what you would actually be choosing between.

3 GB 30 days · 1 country £4.53 £1.51 per GB Buy → £4.15 £1.38 per GB Buy → 8% cheaper
5 GB 30 days · 1 country £6.80 £1.36 per GB Buy → £5.97 £1.20 per GB Buy → 12% cheaper
20 GB 30 days · 1 country £15.88 £0.79 per GB Buy → £13.61 £0.68 per GB Buy → 14% cheaper
50 GB 30 days · 1 country £29.49 £0.59 per GB Buy → £26.47 £0.53 per GB Buy → 10% cheaper

Each row pairs plans with the same allowance, the same validity window and the same number of countries, so neither side is penalised for covering more. The Buy links go to each provider's cheapest live plan rather than to the plan on that row: we only link to a plan we can track, and their own checkout is always authoritative.

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.

28/29

BambooSIM is cheaper in 28 of the 29 markets listed here that both of them price. Across those markets the dearer of the two costs 8.5 times as much per gigabyte on average.

30 of 100 shared markets

Showing the 30 largest of the 100 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 BambooSIM if
  • Your destination is one of the 28 shared markets they are cheaper in
  • Price per gigabyte is what you are optimising for: £1.28 typical against £2.59
  • You want the cheapest gigabyte on the page: £0.08 against £0.24
  • You need to tether, allowed on 100% of their plans and on none of Travelsim Asia\x27s
  • You would consider an unlimited plan, which Travelsim Asia does not sell at all
  • You are going to one of the 37 markets Travelsim Asia does not reach
  • You would rather choose from a deep catalogue than a short one
Pick Travelsim Asia if
  • Your destination is the 1 shared market they are cheaper in
  • You want the lowest entry price: their cheapest plan is £1.51 against £3.74
  • Topping up matters, because none of BambooSIM's plans support it
  • You need a validity window longer than 90 days
  • You are going to one of the 22 markets BambooSIM does not reach

Or neither of them

This page compares two providers because you asked for two. Travelsim Asia is the 15 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.

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.

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