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globalyo vs Textr eSIM

Both sell in 147 of the same markets. Everything below is computed from their live catalogues, so the figures move as their prices do.

The verdict

globalyo, on price and on reach.

globalyo is cheaper in 30 of the 30 shared markets this table can decide, on average by 2.3 times. Of the 11 rows below where both publish a figure, they take 7, Textr eSIM takes 1, and 3 are level.

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Rows won 7 – 1
Markets cheaper 30 – 0
Tied rows 3
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We hold no verified code for either of these providers. One appears here only once a person has checked it and recorded the date.

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 globalyo Textr eSIM
Markets covered 194 153
Plans tracked 5,420 2,185
Cheapest plan £1.61 £0.57
Lowest per GB £0.18 £0.32
Average per GB unlimited plans excluded £2.38 £4.08
Plans with 5G 0% 0%
Hotspot allowed 100% 0%
Top-up supported 100% 0%
Unlimited plans 0 0
Longest validity 365 days 90 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: 2 sampled clicks for globalyo and 1 sampled click for Textr 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.

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 15 days · 1 country £2.34 £0.78 per GB Buy → £2.74 £0.92 per GB Buy → 15% cheaper
10 GB 30 days · 1 country £5.13 £0.51 per GB Buy → £3.21 £0.32 per GB Buy → 37% cheaper
20 GB 30 days · 1 country £7.70 £0.38 per GB Buy → £6.57 £0.33 per GB Buy → 15% 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.

30/30

globalyo is cheaper in 30 of the 30 markets listed here that both of them price. Across those markets the dearer of the two costs 2.3 times as much per gigabyte on average.

30 of 147 shared markets
Malaysia £0.25 £0.53 2.1× Singapore £0.25 £0.53 2.1× Thailand £0.21 £0.44 2.1× Turkey £0.22 £0.32 1.5× Georgia £0.27 £0.71 2.6× Indonesia £0.31 £0.53 1.7× Philippines £0.27 £0.66 2.4× Vietnam £0.31 £0.88 2.9× India £0.42 £1.46 3.5× Mexico £0.42 £1.18 2.8× South Korea £0.29 £0.55 1.9× Colombia £0.48 £1.69 3.6× Israel £0.20 £0.84 4.2× Paraguay £0.40 £1.47 3.6× Saudi Arabia £0.35 £0.98 2.8× Austria £0.18 £0.41 2.2× Belgium £0.21 £0.41 2.0× Bulgaria £0.21 £0.43 2.1× Canada £0.35 £1.09 3.1× Croatia £0.22 £0.43 1.9× Cyprus £0.26 £0.43 1.7× Czechia £0.22 £0.43 1.9× Denmark £0.22 £0.41 1.9× Estonia £0.26 £0.41 1.6× Finland £0.26 £0.41 1.6× Greece £0.23 £0.43 1.8× Honduras £0.37 £1.22 3.3× Hungary £0.23 £0.41 1.8× Iceland £0.26 £0.43 1.7× Ireland £0.22 £0.43 1.9×

Showing the 30 largest of the 147 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 globalyo if
  • Your destination is one of the 30 shared markets they are cheaper in
  • Price per gigabyte is what you are optimising for: £2.38 typical against £4.08
  • You want the cheapest gigabyte on the page: £0.18 against £0.32
  • You need to tether, allowed on 100% of their plans and on none of Textr eSIM\x27s
  • Topping up matters, because none of Textr eSIM's plans support it
  • You need a validity window longer than 90 days
  • You are going to one of the 47 markets Textr eSIM does not reach
  • You would rather choose from a deep catalogue than a short one
Pick Textr eSIM if
  • You want the lowest entry price: their cheapest plan is £0.57 against £1.61
  • You are going to one of the 6 markets globalyo does not reach

Or neither of them

This page compares two providers because you asked for two. Textr eSIM is the 20 cheapest of the 23 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.

Compare by destination → All 23 providers

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.

globalyo 5,420 plans across 194 markets Read → Textr eSIM 2,185 plans across 153 markets Read →

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