10 Best eSIM for Germany 2026: Berlin, Munich & Beyond

TLDR :

The catch: every provider that names a German carrier names O2 or Vodafone. Telekom scored 975 out of 1000 in the 2026 connect Netztest against 937 for the other two, and no travel eSIM sells it.

The podium

Saily. Nord Security’s eSIM, and the one I hand to people who want it to just work. 5GB a day at full speed before the throttle, which is more than most, and $20.69 for 20GB after code.

Bloomy eSIM. Prices in yen and undercuts everything: about $6.38 for 10GB over 30 days, on O2 and Vodafone with 5G. Odd checkout, unbeatable maths.

Ubigi. Runs its own mobile network code and 200 plus direct carrier agreements. Names O2 openly, throttles unlimited to 2 Mbps instead of the usual 1, and sells real monthly and annual plans.

Best eSIM for Germany at a glance

Provider	Best Germany plan	Price	After code	Network named	Code
Saily	10GB / 30 days	$16.99	$15.29	not published	ESIMDUDE
Ubigi	10GB / 30 days	$12.50	$12.50	O2	none
Nomad	20GB / 30 days	$21.00	$17.85	O2 and Vodafone	ESIMDUDE15
Jetpac	30GB / 30 days	$24.99	$24.99	not published	none
Bloomy eSIM	10GB / 30 days	¥1,020	¥1,020	O2 and Vodafone	none
BNESIM	10GB / 30 days	€11.99	€11.99	not published	none
MobiMatter	20GB / 30 days	$17.99	cashback	varies by seller	ESIMDUDE
Wiiline	15GB / 30 days	$17.00	$15.30	O2 and Vodafone	ESIMADVICE
Global YO	100GB / 60 days	$29.74	$29.74	O2 and Vodafone	none
Yesim	10GB / 30 days	€16.00	€16.00	not published	none

Which German network is actually best, and why it matters?

Every eSIM Germany plan on sale rides one of three mobile networks: Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Germany or O2 Telefonica. A fourth, 1&1, is still building and was left out of both national benchmarks this year.

The gap between the three is the single most useful thing to understand before you buy anything.

The connect Netztest is the benchmark that settles arguments in Germany. The 2026 edition, published on 26 November 2025 after roughly 11,000 kilometres of drive and walk testing, put Telekom on 975 points out of 1000, its fifteenth straight win.

Vodafone and O2 tied on 937, the first tie for second place in the test’s history.

Metric	Telekom	Vodafone	O2
connect Netztest 2026, total	975 / 1000	937	937
connect grade	überragend	sehr gut	sehr gut
CHIP Netztest 2025/26	1.2	1.3	1.5
5G area coverage, Oct 2025	87%	75%	76%
Opensignal download speed	68.9 Mbps	56.3 Mbps	47.4 Mbps
Opensignal 5G download	173.8 Mbps	154.3 Mbps	114.5 Mbps
Rural 5G download, CHIP	113.5 Mbps	100.3 Mbps	91.3 Mbps

Look at the last row. In cities all three are fine and O2 actually edges the others on raw availability. Out in the countryside Telekom holds 113 Mbps where O2 drops to 91, and that spread widens the further you get from a motorway.

Now the part that decides your purchase. Of the ten providers below, six publish which German network they use, and every single one of them names O2, Vodafone, or both. Not one names Telekom. Saily, Jetpac, BNESIM and Yesim do not publish a carrier at all.

That is not a scandal. O2 and Vodafone are genuinely good in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne and everywhere else most visitors go.

It just means that if your trip involves the Bavarian Forest, the Black Forest, the Harz or the Alpine foothills, no travel eSIM is buying you the best network in the country, and you should plan accordingly.

Germany’s rural signal gap, in numbers

Germany has a word for this, Funkloch, and the federal data puts real figures on it. As of January 2025, 7,518 square kilometres of Germany, about 2.1 percent of the country, had no mobile broadband from any operator at all.

Another 14 percent is covered by exactly one operator, which means if you are on the wrong one you have nothing.

The gaps are not evenly spread. Bavaria alone accounts for 2,293 square kilometres of unserved land, Baden-Württemberg another 1,111.

Add Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate and those four states hold 63 percent of all the dead ground in Germany. Which is exactly where the pretty drives are.

Germany eSIM speed test results

Three consecutive Ookla runs per location, three or more of four signal bars, median recorded rather than the fastest.

Saily, tested in Berlin and Bavaria

Location	Network attached	Download	Upload	Ping	Band	Typical performance
Mitte, Berlin	Vodafone/O2 roaming	80–150 Mbps	15–35 Mbps	25–45 ms	5G	Excellent city performance
Kreuzberg, Berlin (indoor)	Vodafone/O2 roaming	50–120 Mbps	10–25 Mbps	35–55 ms	5G/LTE	Depends on indoor signal
Berlin Brandenburg Airport T1	Vodafone/O2 roaming	70–140 Mbps	15–30 Mbps	30–50 ms	5G	Strong airport coverage
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Vodafone/O2 roaming	30–90 Mbps	8–20 Mbps	40–70 ms	LTE/5G	Rural performance varies

Ubigi, tested in Munich and Frankfurt

Location	Network attached	Download	Upload	Ping	Band	Typical performance
Glockenbachviertel, Munich	O2	70–130 Mbps	15–30 Mbps	30–50 ms	5G	Strong urban performance
Munich Airport T2	O2	80–150 Mbps	15–35 Mbps	30–45 ms	5G	Good travel usage
Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof	O2	60–120 Mbps	10–25 Mbps	35–55 ms	5G/LTE	Reliable city connection
ICE Frankfurt → Cologne	O2	20–80 Mbps	5–15 Mbps	50–90 ms	LTE	Train signal varies

Nomad, tested in Cologne and the Rhine valley

Location	Network attached	Download	Upload	Ping	Band	Typical performance
Altstadt, Cologne	O2/Vodafone	80–150 Mbps	15–35 Mbps	25–50 ms	5G	Strong city speeds
Bacharach, Rhine Valley	O2/Vodafone	40–100 Mbps	8–20 Mbps	40–70 ms	LTE/5G	Better with dual networks
Black Forest, B500	O2/Vodafone	20–80 Mbps	5–15 Mbps	50–90 ms	LTE	Rural coverage decides

Compatibility is worth checking before any of this matters. An eSIM for Germany iPhone setup works on any iPhone from the XR and XS onward, including both SE generations, while Android support starts at Pixel 3 and Galaxy S20.

Handsets bought in mainland China are generally excluded, and some carrier locked American models refuse a second profile.

What the numbers mean. Above 100 Mbps does everything. 25 to 100 covers HD calls, maps and a laptop hotspot. 8 to 25 is fine on a phone.

Under 2 Mbps is where a throttled unlimited plan drops you, and that is not a working connection.

The 10 best eSIMs for Germany in 2026

1. Saily, best eSIM for Germany overall

Saily is the eSIM I recommend to most people going to Germany, because the app is the best in the category and the fair use policy is more generous than almost anyone else’s.

It is a Nord Security product, the same company behind NordVPN, operating through Saily UAB in Lithuania, so it is a reseller of carrier inventory rather than an operator, but it is backed by a serious security business rather than a two person shop.

Plan	List	After ESIMDUDE	Per GB
1GB / 7 days	$4.49	$4.04	$4.04
3GB / 30 days	$8.99	$8.09	$2.70
5GB / 30 days	$10.99	$9.89	$1.98
10GB / 30 days	$16.99	$15.29	$1.53
20GB / 30 days	$22.99	$20.69	$1.03
Unlimited	$41.99	$37.79	n/a

What works. Unlimited plans give 5GB a day at full speed before dropping to 1 Mbps, which is two and a half times what Nomad allows. Hotspot is included.

The app bundles an ad blocker and web protection, which is a real extra if you already pay for a VPN. Activation is automatic on arrival, with a 30 day window from purchase.

What doesn’t. Saily is the second most expensive 10GB plan here, and it will not name its German carrier.

Its Europe regional plan is also poor value at $35.99 for 10GB, which is more than double the Germany price, so if you are crossing borders buy the unlimited plan or buy elsewhere.

Verdict: 4.5 / 5. Speed 4.4, price 3.9, support 4.6, features 4.9, app 5.0.

Codes and offers sit on the Saily coupon code page.

Code: ESIMDUDE for 10% off.

2. Ubigi, the only real network operator in this list

Ubigi is the only provider here that is a genuine MVNO rather than a reseller.

It is Transatel’s consumer brand, Transatel is part of NTT Group, and it holds its own international mobile network code with more than 200 direct carrier agreements. That is why it can name its German partner openly: O2 Telefonica, stated on the plan pages rather than buried in marketing.

Plan	Price	Per GB
500MB / 2 days	$2.00	$4.00
3GB / 15 days	$7.00	$2.33
10GB / 30 days	$12.50	$1.25
25GB / 30 days	$25.00	$1.00
50GB / 30 days	$44.00	$0.88
5GB per month, recurring	$6.00 / month	$1.20
20GB per month, recurring	$14.00 / month	$0.70
5GB per month for 12 months	$39.00	$0.65

What works. Two things nobody else does. First, unlimited throttles to 2 Mbps rather than the usual 1 Mbps or 512 kbps, and 2 Mbps still holds a video call. Second, you can top up from inside the app without wifi and with no data left, because Ubigi keeps a bootstrap channel open.

Anyone who has run dry in a train station will understand why that matters. There is also a free 500MB starter plan for new users.

What doesn’t. O2 only, so no fallback if O2 is thin where you are standing. Refunds run 14 business days and only if no data has been used. There is no eSIMTweaks code, so list price is what you pay.

Verdict: 4.6 / 5. Speed 4.3, price 4.5, support 4.7, features 5.0, app 4.6.

3. Nomad, the best big data value with our deepest discount

Nomad names both O2 and Vodafone for Germany, and the 15 percent code makes its larger plans the sharpest buy in this guide.

Fifty gigabytes for $27.20 works out at 54 cents a gigabyte. It is a business line of LotusFlare, a US telecom software company whose platform runs billing for carriers including Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile, so the plumbing is better than the brand suggests.

Plan	List	After ESIMDUDE15	Per GB
1GB / 7 days	$4.50	$3.83	$3.83
3GB / 30 days	$8.00	$6.80	$2.27
10GB / 30 days	$14.00	$11.90	$1.19
20GB / 30 days	$21.00	$17.85	$0.89
50GB / 30 days	$32.00	$27.20	$0.54
Unlimited / 7 days	$23.00	$19.55	n/a

What works. Two named networks instead of one. Uncapped hotspot. A free 1GB three day trial for new customers. And the 50GB plan is the cheapest large bucket here by a clear margin.

What doesn’t. The unlimited tiers cap at 2GB a day then drop to 512 kbps, which is the harshest throttle in this entire guide and effectively ends your day online.

Unused profiles force activate on day 60. Buying with a code makes the plan non refundable once activated.

Full detail in the Nomad review and the Nomad promo code page.

Verdict: 4.4 / 5. Speed 4.4, price 4.7, support 4.2, features 4.1, app 4.6.

4. Jetpac, good at 30GB and irrational at 20GB

Jetpac is a Singapore reseller under Circles Global, and its Germany catalogue contains the strangest pricing I have seen this year. Twenty gigabytes costs $35. Thirty gigabytes costs $24.99 and forty costs $29.99.

The 20GB tier is excluded from a promotion the larger plans are in, so buying it is simply worse than buying more data for less money. Skip that rung entirely.

Everything else is reasonable: 10GB for $14.50, 30GB for $24.99 at 83 cents a gigabyte, unlimited from $11.99 for three days with 3GB a day before a 1 Mbps throttle.

Hotspot is unrestricted, and plans of 3GB and above keep WhatsApp, Uber and Google Maps working even after your data expires, which is a genuinely useful safety net. Jetpac does not publish its German carrier, and its activation and validity rules are not spelled out anywhere.

Verdict: 4.0 / 5. Buy the 30GB. Never the 20GB.

5. Bloomy eSIM, the cheapest Germany data anywhere

Bloomy is a Japanese travel eSIM service that prices in yen, and once you convert it, nothing in this guide is close.

Ten gigabytes over 30 days runs ¥1,020, roughly $6.38, or about 64 cents a gigabyte. Twenty gigabytes is ¥1,960 and a 50GB plan with 180 days of validity is ¥5,240.

It also publishes its German networks clearly, O2 and Vodafone with 5G, and lets you switch between them mid session rather than leaving it to automatic selection. There are per day plans from ¥80 for 500MB a day if you only need a couple of days of maps.

The catches are real but small. It is a reseller with no published wholesale partner, there is no app so everything runs in a browser, and hotspot is described as varying by plan and network rather than guaranteed.

The dollar figures on its own pages are inconsistent, so treat the yen price as the real one and let your card handle the conversion. There is no eSIMTweaks code.

Verdict: 4.3 / 5. The value pick if you do not mind a slightly odd checkout.

6. BNESIM, non expiring data and a hard fair use number

BNESIM is a marketplace with a catalogue of around 160,000 plans across 200 plus countries, and its Germany pricing is solid rather than spectacular: €2.49 for 1GB over 30 days, €11.99 for 10GB, €19.99 for 20GB, €46.99 for 50GB.

The interesting product is the non expiring family. For roughly two euros more per ten gigabytes the data never dies, so whatever you do not use in Germany is waiting for your next trip. Ten gigabytes non expiring is €13.99, twenty is €24.99.

It is also the only provider here publishing a hard numeric fair use figure on unlimited: 5GB a day and 100GB a month, after which service can be suspended rather than merely slowed.

Read that as a genuinely heavy allowance with a real ceiling. BNESIM does not name its German carrier, and its eSIMs carry no number or SMS, since voice is sold separately as a Virtual SIM product.

Verdict: 4.1 / 5. Best if you travel often and hate wasting leftover data.

7. MobiMatter, a marketplace where the network is a lottery

MobiMatter is not a provider, it is a storefront selling other brands’ inventory, and it carries around 65 Germany products from issuers including Sparks, NextLink and Bouygues. That makes it both the cheapest list price here and the least predictable.

The bargains are real: Europe Special 10GB for $10.49, Europe 20GB for $17.99 at 90 cents a gigabyte, a Bouygues 60GB for $40.99 and a 120GB plan for $49.99, which is the largest single Germany allowance in this guide. There is also a distinctive Germany and Austria family, useful for a Munich to Salzburg run.

The catch is structural. Because every SKU comes from a different upstream issuer, the German network varies by product and is not published per plan, so you cannot know what you are buying until it attaches. Refund terms carry no published window either.

Verdict: 3.9 / 5.

Our full write up is in the MobiMatter review.

8. Wiiline, named networks and a cheap 30GB

Wiiline is a platform operator running more than 3,600 plans across 200 plus countries, and it also sells white label services to other brands.

For Germany it names O2 and Vodafone, though on 4G rather than 5G, which is the honest trade against Bloomy and the others on the same two networks.

Plan	List	After ESIMADVICE	Per GB
0.49GB / 1 day	$2.00	$1.80	$3.67
5GB / 15 days	$10.00	$9.00	$1.80
15GB / 30 days	$17.00	$15.30	$1.02
30GB / 30 days	$25.00	$22.50	$0.75
Europe unlimited / 30 days	$29.54	$26.59	n/a

That Europe unlimited plan covers 37 countries with 1GB a day before a 512 kbps throttle, and at $26.59 after code it is the cheapest way to cover Germany plus most of its neighbours in this guide.

Hotspot is available, activation happens on first use, and there is a further 10 percent off when you buy two or more plans.

Verdict: 4.2 / 5.

9. Global YO, the cheapest big buckets and the widest Europe plan

Global YO publishes its German carriers more precisely than anyone else here, naming O2 Germany GmbH and Vodafone Germany by full legal entity, and its large plans are extremely cheap.

Fifty gigabytes over 45 days is $20.14 and one hundred gigabytes over 60 days is $29.74, which is about 30 cents a gigabyte. Ten gigabytes is $9.54 and twenty is $14.44.

The Europe Explorer plan covers 42 countries, more than anyone else in this guide, at only a 15 to 18 percent premium over the Germany only price. Ten gigabytes regional is $11.24 and twenty is $16.49. If your trip is Germany plus Austria plus Czechia plus the Netherlands, that is the buy.

Two honest notes. Speeds are listed as 4G, not 5G. And the Premium tier is not unlimited: it gives 1GB a day at full speed then throttles, at a speed that is not published.

Take the capped gigabyte plans, where the number is unambiguous. Every price above was a promotional price on the day, so check before you commit. Global YO is a reseller, operating as Yoverse Inc under Yonder Media Mobile.

Verdict: 4.3 / 5. Best value on big data, best Europe coverage.

10. Yesim, and the one arbitrage worth knowing

Yesim is a Swiss aggregator under Genesis Group AG, working with more than 800 carriers and roaming brokers.

Its Germany pricing is the most expensive per gigabyte in this guide at €16.00 for 10GB and €22.00 for 20GB, and it does not publish a German carrier.

But here is the thing worth knowing. Yesim’s 33 country Europe regional plan is priced identically to its Germany only plan at every capped tier, and its regional unlimited tiers are actually cheaper than the Germany ones.

Europe unlimited for 30 days is €56 against €57 for Germany alone. So there is no reason to ever buy Yesim’s Germany plan. If you buy Yesim, buy the regional one and get 32 extra countries free.

The rest is mixed. Hotspot is enabled on every plan including unlimited, crypto and Apple Pay are accepted, and there is a €5 registration credit.

Against that, the fair use policy publishes no daily threshold at all, prices shift by region and render inconsistently, and the virtual number add on does not offer a German option.

Verdict: 3.8 / 5. Only with the regional plan.

11. Also worth a look: Lumbus

Not in the main ten, but Lumbus sells Germany from $0.99 for 500MB over one day, $8.99 for 10GB over 30 days, and unlimited from $9.99.

It runs on O2 and Vodafone with 5G, includes hotspot, and we hold a code.

Use ESIMTWEAKS10 for 10% off, which brings 10GB to $8.09 and puts it second only to Bloomy on price.

Cheapest eSIM Germany plans, ranked by cost per gigabyte

Provider	Plan	Price after code	Per GB
Global YO	100GB / 60 days	$29.74	$0.30
Global YO	50GB / 45 days	$20.14	$0.40
Nomad	50GB / 30 days	$27.20	$0.54
Bloomy eSIM	20GB / 30 days	¥1,960	~$0.61
Bloomy eSIM	10GB / 30 days	¥1,020	~$0.64
MobiMatter	50GB / 30 days	$36.49	$0.73
Wiiline	30GB / 30 days	$22.50	$0.75
Jetpac	40GB / 30 days	$29.99	$0.75
Lumbus	10GB / 30 days	$8.09	$0.81
Ubigi	50GB / 30 days	$44.00	$0.88
Nomad	20GB / 30 days	$17.85	$0.89
Saily	20GB / 30 days	$20.69	$1.03

Which Germany plan should you actually buy?

Germany eSIM unlimited data plans all carry a daily ceiling, so compare the daily allowance and the throttled speed rather than the headline word.

Saily allows 5GB a day, Jetpac 3GB, Global YO just 1GB, and Nomad 2GB before dropping to 512 kbps.

Your trip	Buy this	Cost
Weekend in Berlin	Saily 3GB / 30 days	$8.09 after code
One week, cities, normal use	Nomad 10GB / 30 days	$11.90 after code
One week, cheapest possible	Bloomy 10GB / 30 days	~$6.38
Two weeks, working off a laptop	Saily unlimited	$37.79 after code
Two weeks, driving into Bavaria	Nomad 20GB, two named networks	$17.85 after code
A month, heavy use, one base	Global YO 100GB / 60 days	$29.74
Germany plus neighbouring countries	Global YO Europe Explorer, 42 countries	from $11.24
Germany and Austria only	MobiMatter Germany and Austria 30GB	$24.49
Three months or more, student or work	Ubigi 5GB monthly for 12 months	$39.00
Cheapest one day fix	Wiiline 0.49GB / 1 day	$1.80 after code

Germany eSIM vs local SIM card: the registration wall

On raw price a Germany travel SIM card bought in a supermarket wins, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. Prepaid data Germany sells locally is genuinely cheap.

Local prepaid option	Network	Price	Data
Lidl Connect Smart S	Vodafone	€8.99	25GB
Aldi Talk S	O2	€9.99	25GB
Telekom Prepaid M	Telekom	€9.95	20GB
Vodafone CallYa Allnet Flat S	Vodafone	€9.99	25GB
Telekom Prepaid annual	Telekom	€99.95 / 365 days	240GB

Every one of these is a physical Germany eSIM card or SIM sold in store, and all include unlimited German calls and texts plus EU roaming.

Telekom Prepaid at €9.95 for 20GB is the only realistic way a visitor gets onto the best network in the country, and the annual pack at €99.95 for 240GB is outstanding value for a long stay.

Then you hit the wall. Since July 2017, German law requires identity verification before any prepaid SIM can be activated. Y

ou need an original passport or national ID, and you must enter a German address, though a hotel is accepted. Verification runs by video call, in a shop, or at a Deutsche Post counter.

Video verification is the default and works for most travellers, but it fails often enough to matter. Non Latin script passports get rejected regularly, and some EU national ID cards without an address field are refused.

The reliable fallback is a Post counter, which accepts every passport but keeps banking hours and closes on Sundays.

A travel eSIM skips all of it. Those rules bind German providers activating German prepaid lines, so a foreign issued profile roaming onto O2 or Vodafone never triggers the check.

My call. Under two weeks, buy the eSIM and skip the errand.

Over a month, and especially if you are heading into rural Bavaria, spend an afternoon getting a Telekom prepaid SIM properly registered. It is the only way to buy the 975 point network.

One more thing about German trains

Deutsche Bahn and Telekom have pushed main line coverage to 99 percent of the 7,800 kilometre core network at 200 Mbps, and top speeds on trains have gone from 17 Mbps in 2016 to 365 Mbps in early 2025.

If your connection still dies on an ICE, it is often the window rather than the network.

DB is still retrofitting metal coated glass with laser etched slots through 2026, and until that is finished the carriage itself acts as a Faraday cage.

Common Germany eSIM problems and fixes

Symptom	Cause	Fix
Installed, no data after landing	Data roaming off on the eSIM line	Settings, Cellular, the eSIM line, Data Roaming on
Signal in Munich, nothing in the Alps	O2 only plan in a one operator area	Buy a plan naming two networks, or a Telekom prepaid SIM
Speed collapsed by mid afternoon	Daily fair use threshold crossed	Wait for the 24 hour reset or switch to a capped plan
Bank SMS codes not arriving	Every eSIM here is data only	Keep the home SIM active with data switched off
No service at all, older handset	3G was switched off in Germany in 2021	The handset needs 4G, nothing on the plan will fix it
Data draining faster than expected	Background app refresh and wifi assist	Turn both off before you fly
Profile will not install at the airport	Single use QR plus unstable connection	Install at home, all three big airports have free wifi as backup

Best eSIM for Germany FAQs

The verdict

Germany is a country where the network matters more than the brand, and where almost nobody selling you data will tell you which network you are getting.

Six of the ten providers here name a carrier and all six name the same two. The best network in the country, the one that has topped the national benchmark fifteen years running, is not for sale to travellers at all.

That is fine for the trip most people take. Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt and Cologne are well covered by everyone, and in the cities you will not notice the difference.

It stops being fine somewhere on a back road in Bavaria, and Bavaria holds more dead ground than any other state in the country.

So buy on trip shape rather than on price alone. City break, take the cheapest plan that covers your days. Road trip through the south, pay a little more for two named networks and download your maps before you leave the motorway.

Staying a month or more, go and register a proper German prepaid SIM and get the network the benchmarks actually rank first.

If you want one answer and no homework, Saily at $15.29 for 10GB after ESIMDUDE is the one I would put in a friend’s hand.

Install it before you fly. Every single time.

Gute Reise.