Airalo Review – The Best & Simplest eSim?

Airalo is renowned as the top global eSim provider and I have been using them for the last few months on a big trip.

They made my life very easy while moving from country to country by providing mobile data packages without having to leave my chair. That is the beauty of eSims.

Esims are electronic so you can easily download them to your phone via wifi, even before you travel to a new country. So, you can land running with data and use email, Google Maps, or whatever App you need in your new destination.

But are Airalo eSims as good as many people make them out to be? I will tell you all about them in this review, including my experience with them.

What is Airalo and how does it work?

Airalo provides an eSim store that allows you to buy an eSim data plan for

• the world
• regions of the world (such as Asia Pacific)
• specific countries (84 of them).

You can access the store via the Airalo website or the Airalo app. Then search for the plan you need from their huge selection.

Airalo was made by travelers for travelers so that no matter where in the world you are, you can be connected to mobile data without the need for a local sim card or data roaming.

I find it to be an elegant solution for international travel that adds a ton of convenience, reduces waste (old sim cards), and makes being connected more affordable and simple.

Networks used by Airalo for their eSim

Airalo works by partnering with one local network or more in each of its 190 supported countries in the world.

The networks sell them some of their mobile data bandwidth, which they then sell to you through their data plans so you can stay connected with internet access.

For example Airalo partners with the following networks

• Verizon, T-Mobile – USA
• Vodafone, EE, 02 , Virgin Mobile – United Kingdom
• AT&T, Movistar in Mexico
• Orange, Bouygues, SR in France

What I like about Airalo is that when you are using their eSim in that country they use all of these networks, and automatically select the strongest one in your area.

The only downside to this is that the local networks will give preferential speeds to their own customers at peak times, so Airalo might be a little slow, but this isn’t often the case.

I used them over the last three months and never had a major issue with speed during my travels. Of course, I don’t expect 5G speeds wherever I go. And, when I am not in a major city I know that sometimes connections will not be as good, depending on the country you are in, of course.

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