An eSIM advertised at €4 and one at €18 are almost never selling the same thing. The first is usually a small gigabyte bundle; the second is a block of days. Put the two numbers side by side and you are comparing two different products.
1. Is the plan sold in gigabytes or in days?
This is the question that changes everything. A gigabyte bundle empties: 1 GB disappears quickly if you run Maps all day, send photos and watch something in the evening. A plan sold in days does not empty — the period simply ends.
eSIM Égypte has no gigabyte bundles at all. You buy a duration: 1 day at €6.50, 7 days at €33, 30 days at €86. See the durations and prices.
2. What happens when you hit the allowance?
Two very different behaviours hide behind the word "unlimited":
- Cut-off: the connection stops. You have to buy more — often using a connection you no longer have.
- Reduced speed: the connection continues, more slowly.
Our policy is written plainly: about 1 GB per day at full 4G LTE speed, then 512 Kbps until the allowance resets 24 hours later. There is no total data cap and no cut-off — the data cannot run out, only the validity period ends. At 512 Kbps WhatsApp, Maps, email and browsing still work; HD video does not.
3. When does the clock start?
Some plans start at purchase. Buy on Monday, fly on Friday, and you have burned four days. Ours starts on the first connection to an Egyptian network, so you can install the QR code at home before you travel without starting the countdown.
4. Is hotspot allowed?
Plenty of entry-level offers block it. Ours includes it on every duration: personal hotspot works normally, and shared data comes out of the same ~1 GB of daily full-speed data.
5. Which networks does the eSIM use?
An eSIM does not build towers — it uses local networks. Ours runs on Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt and e& Egypt, on 4G LTE nationwide. The more networks available to you, the better your chances of holding a usable signal where you happen to be standing. See the coverage.
Be sceptical of nationwide 5G promises: in 2026, 5G in Egypt is only in pilot trials in parts of Cairo and Alexandria.
The calculation that matters
Work in cost per day of actual use. A €4 bundle that forces two top-ups during the week ends up costing more than a weekly plan, and each top-up costs you time. Equally, if you are there for two days and barely use data, a small bundle is plenty.
We do not claim to be the cheapest on the market — at several durations we are not. What we sell is a duration, with no gigabyte counter, no cut-off and no app to install.