Why eSIM Agora
We would rather be compared than trusted.
So here is the whole table, including the rows where someone else wins. Read it, then decide.
01
Side by side
Roaming, airport SIM, or us
CARRIER ROAMING
LOCAL SIM CARD
ESIM AGORA
Time to get connected
2–5 days by post, or a shop queue on arrival
20 minutes at the airport counter
Under 60 seconds, from your sofa
Keep your own number
No — the card leaves the phone
No
Yes, both lines live side by side
Cost, 10 GB / 15 days in Japan
≈ €210 out of bundle
€32 plus a passport photocopy
from €9.99
Bill surprises
Per-megabyte charges out of bundle
None, but no top-up either
None. Prepaid, full stop
Several countries
A new card per country
A new shop per country
A regional plan, or extra profiles
02
The price of two weeks
Same trip, same 10 GB, four ways to pay for it
Fifteen days in Japan, ten gigabytes of data. Out-of-bundle roaming is billed per megabyte and climbs fast. Daily passes read better on the invoice, but you pay for the day you spent in a temple with your phone in your pocket.
PUBLIC RATES OBSERVED AUGUST 2026
Out-of-bundle roaming≈ 210 €
Daily pass — 15 × €12180 €
Local SIM at the airport32 €
eSIM Agora — 10 GB / 15 d9.99 €
Compared, then chosen.
180+ destinations, 140 partner networks.