Best eSIM for the Netherlands in 2026: 14 Providers Ranked by Traveler Reports

Best eSIM Providers for the Netherlands

eSIM plans in the Netherlands at a glance

How well each provider's eSIM works in Netherlands

The Vefru score is our overall rating of the provider. The percentage shows how many reviewers said their eSIM worked well in Netherlands. Since unhappy customers review more often, it is best used to compare providers with each other.

7.1Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

31 of 31 reviewers

100%

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8.4Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

52 of 55 reviewers

95%

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7.5Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

23 of 25 reviewers

92%

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7.2Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

33 of 37 reviewers

89%

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7.1Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

10 of 10 reviewers

100%

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8.0Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

7 of 7 reviewers

100%

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7.1Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

7 of 7 reviewers

100%

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7.8Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

6 of 6 reviewers

100%

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8.1Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

4 of 4 reviewers

100%

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6.3Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

14 of 16 reviewers

88%

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6.9Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

6 of 8 reviewers

75%

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6.1Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

1 of 2 reviewers

50%

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8.8Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

0 of 0 reviewers

0%

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6.6Our score

Worked well in Netherlands

0 of 0 reviewers

0%

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How we got these numbers: we read 208 public customer reviews that mention the Netherlands or a place in it, published between February 2024 and August 2026, and counted a report as "worked" when the reviewer said the eSIM connected, even with small hiccups. We treat 20 or more reports as strong evidence, 3 to 19 as limited, and fewer than 3 as too few to judge. A count like 52 of 55 means the eSIM worked well for 52 of the 55 travelers who reported from here; each provider section says what went wrong for the rest. The Vefru test score is a separate number: our own hands-on test of the provider, run outside the Netherlands, so it says how the provider behaves, not how the network performs here. Local operator prices in the text were checked on 29 August 2026; provider ratings, the plan tables and the price-per-GB chart are live and update on their own.

We chose the Best group on the traveler record in the Netherlands first, price position second and our own hands-on findings third; eSIM4Travel is in it for its price and help desk despite having no Dutch reports yet, and Maya Mobile sits ahead of Holafly as the overall pick because Holafly's speed was capped from the start in our test.

Maya Mobile eSIM in the Netherlands: best for most trips

8.4 /10

Vefru score Excellent Score details

• Purchase process9/10
• Mobile app8/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support6/10
• Speed test9/10
• Prices8/10
• Customer feedback9/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Maya Mobile sells one product: a global unlimited eSIM plan for 165+ countries that you install once and switch on for every trip. It was fast in our test, and it is the cheapest global unlimited plan we have compared. There are no single-country plans, and nothing shorter than 3 days.

Key facts

• 165+ countries
• iPhone app 4.5
• Android app 4.7
• Auto Top-Up
• Hotspot
• 5.5 GB/day at full speed

Trustpilot

4.5/512,788 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Cheapest global unlimited plan

Very fast: 785 Mbps on 5G

Worked for 91% of travelers

Quick checkout, many ways to pay

No country or short plans

Pushes auto top-up hard

Clunky WhatsApp support

“Unlimited” has a hidden daily limit

Maya Mobile eSIM in our hands

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For most trips of three days or more, Maya Mobile is our pick for the Netherlands: its record here is strong and its unlimited plan runs at full speed through a 5 GB daily allowance before it slows, the fairest unlimited rule we have tested. It worked well for 52 of 55 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (95%), strong evidence, and for 17 of 19 in Amsterdam. The successes share a pattern: multi-country Europe trips where the eSIM simply kept working across borders, including a van drive from the UK to Poland with the phone as sat-nav, an 80-day trip through seven countries, and a two-week Netherlands stay followed by Spain, Belgium and France where a friend ended up on the reviewer's hotspot. One traveler summed it up in September 2025: "the signal was faultless across France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Poland".

The three misses were setup and connection trouble, not dead zones. A Samsung owner needed manual APN settings after five attempts with the help desk and lost the connection again on the way from Germany to Amsterdam (May 2024); one Europe+ plan never connected in Belgium or the Netherlands (May 2024); and one Amsterdam report from October 2025 counts as a miss in our tally. Among the lower-rated reports that still counted as working, two travelers in Amsterdam went hours or even days with drop-outs (July and August 2024), one only ever got 4G in Holland (September 2025), and a Dutch resident testing it at home in June 2026 found it connected to KPN but ran much slower than a KPN SIM, because the traffic is routed abroad. Two reviewers in the UK and New Zealand even saw their location reported as the Netherlands, so expect some websites to treat you as Dutch.

Maya sells one thing: a global unlimited plan for 3, 7, 14 or 30 days that covers 178 countries in our comparison tool, with 5 GB a day at full speed, hotspot allowed and a Global + Cruise variant at a much higher price. There are no fixed plans and nothing under three days, so a weekend costs the same as three days, and Maya's page does not say which Dutch network it uses. In our test it ran at full 5G speed and slowed only after roughly the daily allowance, the QR code arrived by email with an optional app, and we had to set the APN to "globaldata" ourselves; WhatsApp support meant a form, then a human after about nine minutes. On price it is the cheapest global unlimited plan in our comparison, below every provider's typical 30-day single-country unlimited plan, which is why it ranks so high in our Maya Mobile review. A full refund is possible if no data has been used within 30 days. You can see the current plans on Maya Mobile's site.

Holafly eSIM in the Netherlands: perfect record, capped speed

7.1 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process7/10
• Mobile app7/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support6/10
• Speed test4/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback9.4/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Holafly is an Irish eSIM provider built around unlimited data, with trip eSIMs for 200+ destinations. Travelers report it working more often than any other provider we track. Its weak points are speed and price: our test ran at about 30 Mbps on 5G, and its unlimited plans cost more than most.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.8
• Android app 4.7
• No top-ups
• Hotspot 1 GB/day
• 30 to 40 Mbps

Trustpilot

4.7/5113,513 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Truly unlimited data

Most reliable we track: 92% worked

One-tap install, no QR code

6 months to refund an unused eSIM

Slow: about 30–40 Mbps on 5G

Pricier than other unlimited eSIMs

Saved our card without asking

No top-ups, buy a new eSIM instead

Holafly eSIM in our hands

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Holafly is the safe choice for a long trip through several countries where you never want to think about data, with one stated drawback: in our test its speed was capped from the first megabyte, a small fraction of what a local SIM got on the same cell. That is enough for maps, messaging, browsing and streaming, but slow for large downloads, uploads, cloud backups and laptop work; its page also limits hotspot sharing to 1 GB a day [11], and there are no top-ups, so if a plan runs out you buy a new eSIM. The record itself is the best here: it worked well for 31 of 31 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (100%), strong evidence, and 8 of 8 in Amsterdam. The successes include a seven-week trip through the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Iceland, three months of work in the Netherlands without losing signal, a bicycle tour through Belgium and the Netherlands, and travelers arriving from China whose phone switched over on its own at Schiphol.

No report counted as a miss, and the two 1-star reviews were about buying, not coverage: a checkout that showed double the price for two eSIMs and a help agent who gave up after two hours (July 2026), and a wife's Samsung S22 that never worked while the husband's phone did, with two emails unanswered for a week (May 2026). Smaller hiccups: a family that needed the digital assistant to get all devices installed, one Amsterdam hotel with weak signal, and a traveler who had to restart the phone to pick up a new carrier. As one reviewer put it in July 2026, the eSIM "never lost signal while working in the Netherlands".

Holafly sells only unlimited plans priced by the day, from 1 to 90 days, on Vodafone and KPN according to its Netherlands page [11]; it is data-only, so no Dutch number. Our comparison tool held no Holafly plan for the Netherlands at export time, so there is no plan table here; the current prices are on Holafly's page. Installation is one tap with no QR code, a deleted eSIM cannot be reinstalled, and an "Always On" allowance of 1 GB per 30 days stays available after the plan ends if you keep the eSIM. On price Holafly is among the most expensive unlimited plans in our comparison, and the capped speed is why its Vefru test score sits in the lower half despite the best coverage record; our Holafly review has the speed-test details. Plans are on Holafly's Netherlands page.

Airalo eSIM in the Netherlands: calls, texts, Dutch number

7.5 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process9/10
• Mobile app8/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support7/10
• Speed test7/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback8.2/10
• Coverage7/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Airalo is an eSIM marketplace from Singapore with plans for 200+ destinations, some with calls and texts. It is easy to buy and install. But prices sit at the market median, and travelers report more failed connections than with any other provider we track.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.6
• Android app 4.3
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• No cap on fixed plans

Trustpilot

4.1/545,721 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Buy on the web, no app needed

Works right after install

Fast, no speed cap on fixed plans

Most plans with calls and texts

Average prices, not cheap

Lowest success rate we track: 72% worked

App stops when your data runs out

Clunky checkout, no QR download

Airalo eSIM in our hands

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Airalo is the pick if you want a phone number with calls and texts, because it is the only provider here with a Dutch data-plus-calls-plus-texts line: its Hè Hè+ plans run from 1 GB to 50 GB in our comparison tool, next to the data-only Hé Hé plans, and Airalo's page confirms the calls-and-texts option exists for the Netherlands [10]. It worked well for 23 of 25 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (92%), strong evidence, and 6 of 7 in Amsterdam. The successes come from repeat customers: people who have used it here for three years and found the steps easier each time, a traveler who activated data the moment they landed, one whose auto-renew kept them connected, a daughter living in Amsterdam for six months, and Europe regional plans that crossed into Germany, Belgium and the UK without a hitch.

Both misses were activation trouble, not dead zones. A five-time Airalo user arriving in Rotterdam in July 2026 could not get the eSIM to activate over hotel Wi-Fi; the live agent had them reinstall the app and wait 24 hours, which left them without maps for a day. Another repeat customer who had used it in Holland before had no internet at all in Amsterdam in August 2026. Lower-rated reports that still counted as working describe problems connecting after purchase and with renewals plus a slow refund (August 2026), a top-up that started counting days while the traveler was still in the UK (July 2026, which is why you should check whether your package starts on install or on first connection), and a Dutch IP address that puzzled travelers in London and Italy, since Airalo routes some European traffic through the Netherlands.

The plan shape: Hé Hé data-only plans from 1 GB to 50 GB over 3 to 30 days, Hè Hè+ plans with calls and texts at the same sizes, unlimited plans from 3 to 30 days with 3 GB a day at full speed before they slow, and Eurolink, EUconnect and Discover regional plans. Airalo names KPN as its Dutch network [10] and gives a 90-day activation window; plan specifications that Airalo distributes to third parties list its Dutch plans as 4G only, but the live page shows no speed, so we could not confirm that. In our test the purchase was the easiest of all 14 providers and data worked instantly, while the help desk meant a bot, then a queue for a human; the app stops working at zero data. On price Airalo sits at the market average and is never the cheapest, as our Airalo review explains. The plans are on Airalo's Netherlands page.

Nomad eSIM in the Netherlands: fixed plans, fair prices

7.2 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process8/10
• Mobile app7/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support2/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices7/10
• Customer feedback8.6/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Nomad is a US travel eSIM brand run by LotusFlare, with plans for more than 200 destinations. It has a polished native app, fast data and prices close to the market average almost everywhere. Its weak spot is support: the chat is an AI bot with no route to a human.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.8
• Android app 4.5
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 2 GB/day cap

Trustpilot

4.3/544,625 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Quick, easy purchase

Great app with a data widget

Fast, full-speed data

Fair prices almost everywhere

Support is a bot, no human

Easy to lose the install button

App stops when your data runs out

No refund after install

Nomad eSIM in our hands

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Nomad is the choice for travelers who want a fixed data plan at a fair price, can install it themselves and rarely need the help desk. It worked well for 33 of 37 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (89%), strong evidence, and for 15 of 16 in Amsterdam. The successes describe fast and stable data across Europe: a laptop on the hotspot in an Amsterdam café, a crystal-clear FaceTime call from a canal boat, full bars within a minute of landing, a river ship from Amsterdam to the Black Sea, and the one report we have from Schiphol Airport, where the eSIM activated on arrival. One traveler wrote in July 2026 that "in 1 minute I had full bars and great internet connection".

The four misses were drops and early stops, not dead zones. One plan stopped working completely a day and a half before it was due to expire with data left (August 2026); one traveler lost internet entirely at least once in Amsterdam and could not activate the hotspot they had paid for (August 2026); one reported it did not work in most cities on a trip that included Amsterdam (June 2026); and one Utrecht and Amsterdam visitor was stuck on Vodafone with two bars of 4G and found it no faster than their US roaming (May and June 2026). Two more reports that still counted as working lost data on the last day in Amsterdam (May 2026) and on a train from Amsterdam to Rotterdam. Several travelers praised the chat help desk, which does not match our own test, where the bot looped and never handed us to a person.

In our comparison tool Nomad sells local Netherlands plans of 1 GB (3 or 7 days), 3 to 50 GB for 30 days, unlimited plans from 3 to 10 days with 2 GB a day at full speed before they slow, plus Europe and Global regional plans; the tool lists KPN on most Dutch plans and Vodafone on one, and Nomad's own listing names Vodafone and KPN. The listing gives 30 days to activate, and plans start on first connection. The app is good, with a unique home-screen widget for remaining data, the QR code arrives by email, and nothing is refunded after activation. On price Nomad sits slightly below the market average overall but is dearer in Europe than elsewhere; the unreachable help desk in our test is the main reason for its position in our Nomad review. Plans are on Nomad's site.

GigSky eSIM in the Netherlands: day passes, works at zero data

7.1 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process7/10
• Mobile app6/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support9/10
• Speed test6/10
• Prices4/10
• Customer feedback8.6/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

GigSky is a US travel eSIM that works like its own operator, with plans for 190+ destinations plus cruise, ferry and in-flight plans. Its app stays partly online after your data runs out. But its fixed-data plans are the most expensive of the 12 providers we compared.

Key facts

• 190+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.5
• Android app 3.9
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 3.5 GB/day cap

Trustpilot

4.3/57,194 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Buy more data even with none left

Cruise, ferry and in-flight plans

Human support answered right away

Cheap 1-day unlimited passes

Most expensive per GB we track

App required, no Google Pay

Clunky, web-like app

Less reliable than average

GigSky eSIM in our hands

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GigSky suits short stays and anyone who wants to buy more data without hunting for Wi-Fi: its 1-day unlimited pass is cheap and its app stays online after the data runs out, which only Ubigi matched in our test. It worked well for 10 of 10 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (100%), limited evidence, and 6 of 6 in Amsterdam, but the texts behind those numbers are mixed. Several describe weak or patchy service: dead zones in Holland that a physical SIM never had (December 2025), hit-and-miss signal in Amsterdam (August 2025), poor coverage in Amsterdam compared with Iceland (April 2026), a couple whose phones connected about 60% of the time across six countries (November 2025), and a free 1 GB Visa plan that kept losing signal while the paid 3 GB Netherlands plan stayed consistent (August 2025). The clear successes were Visa cardholders in Amsterdam whose global plan also covered stopovers in Munich and Montreal, and travelers who called the setup easy.

Other complaints: data that was very slow in the UK and only a little faster in Amsterdam (June 2026), the wrong plan auto-activating on landing in London because two plans overlapped (June 2026), and a cruise plan that never connected at sea even though land service in Holland worked (August 2026). The lessons are to keep only one plan enabled until you arrive, and not to rely on GigSky at sea.

In our comparison tool GigSky sells Netherlands plans of 1 GB for 7 days, 3 GB for 15 days, 5 and 10 GB for 30 days, 20 GB for 90 days, 50 GB for 180 days and a 1-day unlimited pass, plus Europe, World, Cruise + Europe and Europe Ferries + Land regional plans. Its page declines to name a Dutch network on purpose, saying it connects to the fastest available one. In our test the app was needed to buy, the APN was "gigsky", a human answered the help desk at once, and the speed felt unstable. On price GigSky is among the most expensive providers overall, mainly outside Europe; in the big European markets it sits at market, with cheap entry plans and 1-day passes, as our GigSky review shows. There is a free 100 MB trial and free plans for Visa cardholders. The plans are on GigSky's Netherlands page.

eSIM4Travel eSIM in the Netherlands: cheapest here, no app

8.8 /10

Vefru score Excellent Score details

• Purchase process8/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support10/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices10/10
• Customer feedback8.8/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of seven categories from our own paid test and customer reviews. eSIM4Travel has no app, so we do not score one.

eSIM4Travel is a US eSIM seller with plans for 158 destinations and no app. It was the cheapest provider in our price database, and its support was the best we have tested. Without an app, you cannot reach the store to top up once your data runs out.

Key facts

• 158 destinations
• No app
• Web only
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• No throttling

Trustpilot

4.4/5202 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Cheapest provider we track

Quick, helpful human support

Fast, no throttling

Website in 41 languages

No app: out of data, you need Wi‑Fi to top up

US dollars only, no Google Pay

Unlimited slows after 3 GB a day

No refund after 10% of data used

eSIM4Travel eSIM in our hands

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eSIM4Travel is in the Best group for price and help desk, not for its Dutch record: there are no traveler reports from the Netherlands yet. In our comparison tool its 2 GB to 10 GB Netherlands plans cost a fraction per GB of what the other providers charge, by a wider margin than anywhere else on this page, and it is the only provider whose Netherlands page names all three Dutch networks, Vodafone, KPN and Odido [13]. In our hands-on test, run outside the Netherlands, the help desk was one click from the bot to a person, who solved the problem and added a tip on switching networks; the eSIM came as a QR code by email, installed and worked right away; and the purchase was four steps on the website with no app needed.

The plan shape: 100 MB and 500 MB day plans, 1 GB for 1 or 7 days, 3 GB to 50 GB for 30 days, unlimited plans from 3 to 30 days with 3 GB a day at full speed before they slow [13], and Best Europe 41 and Global 72 regional plans; the activation window is 90 days and the clock starts on first connection. One caveat from the research: when we checked in August 2026, a footer widget on the same page listed only Vodafone and Odido, so which of the three networks you land on is not yours to choose. The downsides are the ones from our test: no app, no Google Pay, and no way to top up without Wi-Fi once the data runs out. Unused plans can be refunded within two months if less than 10% was used. Why it still has the highest Vefru test score of the 14 providers is in our eSIM4Travel review; the plans are on eSIM4Travel's Netherlands page.

Other eSIM Providers for the Netherlands

We have tested every provider below too. They sit here because their Dutch record rests on fewer reports, because a finding from our test counts against them, or because there are no reports from the Netherlands at all.

Global YO eSIM in the Netherlands: cheap, app-only, few reports

8.0 /10

Vefru score Excellent Score details

• Purchase process8/10
• Mobile app8/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support5/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices10/10
• Customer feedback8/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Global YO is a US eSIM provider aimed at young travelers, with plans in 195 countries. It is the second cheapest provider in our price data, and buying and installing took minutes. Its weak spot is support: quick to answer, slow to help.

Key facts

• 195 countries
• iPhone app 4.5
• Android app 3.8
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• Over 150 Mbps

Trustpilot

4.0/51,293 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Second cheapest we track

Buy and install in minutes

Apple Pay, Google Pay, social login

Hotspot and top-ups on every plan

Support is slow to actually help

App only, no buying on the web

App stops when your data runs out

Unclear refund rules

Global YO eSIM in our hands

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Global YO is the second-cheapest provider in our comparison and has a clean but thin Dutch record: it worked well for 7 of 7 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (100%), limited evidence, 3 of 3 in Amsterdam. All of those reports are from 2024 and early 2025 and describe multi-week Europe trips on its Europe Explorer plan, with video calls and streaming fine and nothing to adjust at borders, including one traveler who found it reliable in rural areas. The only grumble was a 10 GB plan whose validity was cut from 60 to 30 days (July 2024).

In our comparison tool it sells Netherlands plans from 1 GB for 3 days to 100 GB for 60 days, Day Plans with 3 GB a day, and Europe Explorer (42 countries) and Global Explorer regional plans; there is no unlimited plan, and Global YO does not say which Dutch network it uses. In our test the purchase was app-only, the app was polished but cluttered and died at zero data, and the help desk sent a template after ten minutes and took over half an hour to follow up, which is why it is not a top pick for anyone who may need help; the details are in our Global YO review. Price-driven travelers who install at home will like it, and the bigger the plan the cheaper it gets. Plans are on Global YO's Netherlands page.

Roamless eSIM in the Netherlands: pay-as-you-go, light users

7.1 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process5/10
• Mobile app7/10
• eSIM installation7/10
• Customer support7/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback9/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Roamless is a US provider built around one global eSIM for 203 destinations, paid with pay-as-you-go credit. It was fast and unthrottled in our test, and travelers report it working in 91% of cases. Its weak point is buying: the website forces you into the app, and large data amounts cost more than most rivals.

Key facts

• 203 destinations
• iPhone app 4.8
• Android app 4.1
• Pay-as-you-go
• Unlimited hotspot
• No throttling

Trustpilot

4.5/51,746 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle Pay

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

One eSIM for 200+ destinations

Fast, no throttling

Worked for 91% of travelers

Free 500 MB trial

Website pushes you into the app

We had to fix the APN to get data

Credit can expire after 12 months

Pricey for 10 GB and up

Roamless eSIM in our hands

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Roamless suits frequent travelers who use little data and want credit that never expires. It worked well for 7 of 7 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (100%), limited evidence, 2 of 2 in Amsterdam. The reports describe an eSIM that picked up a network within minutes of landing or crossing a border, a five-month trip through the UK and Europe where it worked the whole time, fast data in the Netherlands and Denmark, and in-app calls used to book restaurants; the one failure a reviewer mentioned was in England, not here.

In our comparison tool Roamless sells a free trial allowance for new users, 30-day Netherlands plans from 1 GB to 50 GB and no-expiry pay-as-you-go credit from 1 GB to 200 GB, listed on Vodafone; its own page names Vodafone and KPN and states no speed limit [12]. When we opened the page on 15 Oct 2026 it also listed an unlimited plan with a 3 GB daily allowance, which was not in our tool at export time. In our test the preselected APN did not work until we picked another one, Google Pay failed, the eSIM was app-only, and a trickle of data remained at zero balance, enough to top up; the fix is in our Roamless review. On price it sits at the market average: cheap for 1 GB, dear from 10 GB up. Plans are on Roamless's Netherlands page.

GoMoWorld eSIM in the Netherlands: big bundles, must press Start

7.8 /10

Vefru score Very good Score details

• Purchase process8/10
• Mobile app8/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support6/10
• Speed test10/10
• Prices7/10
• Customer feedback7.6/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

GoMoWorld is the travel eSIM brand of Irish operator eir, with plans in 202 countries. Every destination has the same four euro prices, and we saw no throttling at all. The catch is that everything happens in the app, and human support works only in office hours.

Key facts

• 202 countries
• iPhone app 4.8
• Android app 4.6
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• No throttling

Trustpilot

3.8/51,987 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle Pay

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Very fast, no throttling

Among the cheapest from 5 GB

Clean, easy app

Start the plan when you land

App only, no QR code

Human support only in office hours

App stops when your data runs out

Weaker in the US, Japan and China

GoMoWorld eSIM in our hands

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GoMoWorld is the one for heavy data use on a Europe trip, if you remember to start the plan. It worked well for 6 of 6 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (100%), limited evidence, 2 of 2 in Amsterdam. The successes include a campervan tour through France, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium with the TV on the hotspot and digital radio running all day, a perfect week in Amsterdam in October 2024, and cheap long weekends. The gripes match our test finding: one traveler called it very slow in Holland (July 2026), one was misled by busy pop-ups into thinking setup was done when it was not, and one twice bought a second plan because the first would not start, until the help desk showed how to reset it.

In our comparison tool it sells a 4 GB plan for 7 days and 15, 50 and 75 GB plans for 30 days, plus a Europe bundle, with no unlimited plan and no named Dutch network. The plan must be started by hand in the app or nothing happens, the eSIM is app-only with one account per device, and humans answer the help desk only in office hours; in our test (run in Austria) it was the fastest and only unthrottled provider, as our GoMoWorld review shows. On price it is below the market average and best from 5 GB up, poor value for 1 GB. Plans are on GoMoWorld's site.

Saily eSIM in the Netherlands: best app, few reports, dear

8.1 /10

Vefru score Excellent Score details

• Purchase process7/10
• Mobile app9/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support10/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices4/10
• Customer feedback9.4/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Saily is the travel eSIM from the company behind NordVPN, with plans for about 200 destinations. It has the smoothest install we have tested, a polished app and a built-in VPN. But prices run above the market in most big European destinations, and traveler reports sit below average.

Key facts

• About 200 destinations
• iPhone app 4.7
• Android app 4.5
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 3 or 5 GB/day cap

Trustpilot

4.7/531,741 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Easiest install we've tested

Fast 24/7 human support

Free VPN and ad blocker

Plan starts only when you land

Pricey in big European countries

App required, no eSIM by email

Less reliable than average

App stops when your data runs out

Saily eSIM in our hands

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Saily is the easiest first eSIM, with the smoothest install and the best help desk in our test (tied with eSIM4Travel), but the Dutch record is thin and the price is high. It worked well for 4 of 4 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (100%), limited evidence. One bought and installed it in the country on a partner's hotspot and was online in under ten minutes (April 2026); another used it in the Netherlands and Jamaica without trouble. The one angry report was about billing, not coverage: a traveler charged again a week into a one-month plan with no refund (August 2026), which reads like an auto top-up left on.

In our comparison tool Saily sells Netherlands plans of 1 GB for 7 days, 3 to 20 GB for 30 days and a 15-day unlimited plan with 5 GB a day at full speed, plus Europe and Global plans. Its page did not name a Dutch network when we checked in August 2026, and the activation window read 180 days then, up from 30 days in an earlier capture, so check it before buying far ahead. The eSIM is app-only, with a free VPN virtual location and ad blocker, and our Saily review rates the app and help desk the most polished we have tried. The reason it is not a top pick here is price: Saily is among the two most expensive providers in most popular destinations and never the cheapest. Plans are on Saily's Netherlands page.

Ubigi eSIM in the Netherlands: big fixed plans, no help desk

6.3 /10

Vefru score Good Score details

• Purchase process4/10
• Mobile app3/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support2/10
• Speed test9/10
• Prices7/10
• Customer feedback8.2/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Ubigi is the travel eSIM brand of Paris operator Transatel, with one reusable eSIM for 200+ destinations. Data was fast in our test, and its 3 GB, 10 GB and 30-day unlimited plans are cheap. Its weak point is support: a chatbot that ends in an email ticket, with no live agent.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.6
• Android app 3.7
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 568 Mbps on 5G

Trustpilot

4.1/547,238 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

eSIM by email in a minute

Very fast: 568 Mbps on 5G

Cheap 3 GB, 10 GB and 30-day unlimited

Buy more data even with none left

No live support, only email tickets

Confusing website and app

Few plan sizes, no 20 GB

No refund after you scan the QR code

Ubigi eSIM in our hands

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Ubigi fits tech-savvy travelers who want a lot of data on KPN and will never need to ask for help. It worked well for 14 of 16 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (88%), limited evidence, and 4 of 5 in Amsterdam. The successes describe a strong 5G signal across France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, an eSIM that switched over the moment the traveler entered Holland, a river cruise starting in Amsterdam, and repeat users on their second or third year. The two misses were an iPhone 11 on a Europe plan that never connected in Amsterdam despite many emails with technical support (June 2026), and a trip in April 2026 where pages and maps would not load and the eSIM was "almost entirely unusable". One more traveler needed the help desk by email to finish setup, so install on Wi-Fi before you leave.

In our comparison tool Ubigi sells 3 GB for 15 days, 10 GB for 7 or 30 days, 25 and 50 GB for 30 days and unlimited plans for 7, 15 and 30 days, plus Europe and World plans; there is no 5 GB or 20 GB size. Its page names KPN as the Dutch network and says the unlimited plan gives 20 GB at full speed before it slows; third parties also report that Ubigi hands out a Dutch IP address, useful for Dutch train and banking apps, though we could not confirm it. In our test the help desk ticket went unanswered for 24 hours, the worst outcome of the 14, the site and app were clunky, but there was no throttling and you can buy more data at zero balance; see our Ubigi review. On price it sits just below the market average, with the cheapest 30-day unlimited plans in our comparison. Plans are on Ubigi's site.

Jetpac eSIM in the Netherlands: extras, rough first connection

6.9 /10

Vefru score Good Score details

• Purchase process5/10
• Mobile app5/10
• eSIM installation9/10
• Customer support5/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback9.4/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Jetpac is a Singapore eSIM provider with plans in 129 countries. It adds extras like in-app calls, free WhatsApp and Google Maps after your data runs out, and lounge access on delayed flights. Its website, app and support are rough, so it suits travelers who can fix small issues themselves.

Key facts

• 129 countries
• iPhone app 4.0
• Android app 4.1
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• 3 GB/day cap

Trustpilot

4.7/53,528 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

WhatsApp and Maps keep working without data

Unlimited hotspot

Cheap calls in the app

Free lounge if your flight is late

Slow website, confusing checkout

No top-up once your data runs out

Slow, technical support

Pricey for 3–20 GB

Jetpac eSIM in our hands

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Jetpac has the weakest Dutch record of the providers with a usable sample: it worked well for 6 of 8 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (75%), limited evidence, and only 2 of 4 in Amsterdam. The two misses were no service at all on arrival in Amsterdam after the same thing in Croatia, with a help desk that took days to answer and then said the plan had expired (September 2025), and a traveler who could not connect in Paris, London, Brussels or Amsterdam and bought an emergency eSIM elsewhere (August 2025). An older 1-star report from August 2024 describes LTE-only service at a crawl in the Netherlands. The successes share a pattern: the first connection needed an APN or IMSI fix from the help desk, after which the eSIM ran fine for a month, and one Dutch user found coverage strong from Amsterdam to Maastricht (April 2025).

In our comparison tool Jetpac sells 1 GB for 4 days, 3 GB for 7 days, 5 to 40 GB for 30 days and unlimited plans from 3 to 30 days marked 5G, with 3 GB per 24 hours at full speed before they slow, plus Europe and Global plans. Its Netherlands page did not name a network when we checked in August 2026, though third parties report KPN and Vodafone; oddly, its 20 GB pack cost more than its 30 GB pack on that page. The extras are real: WhatsApp, Maps, Uber and Grab keep working after the data runs out on packs of 3 GB or more, voice packs can be bought in the app, and a flight delay unlocks a free lounge. Our test found a rough app and a slow first reply from the help desk, as our Jetpac review details, and on price Jetpac is dear for 3 to 20 GB. Plans are on Jetpac's site.

ByteSIM eSIM in the Netherlands: two reports, split

6.1 /10

Vefru score Good Score details

• Purchase process4/10
• Mobile app4/10
• eSIM installation7/10
• Customer support2/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback9.6/10
• Coverage9/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

ByteSIM is a Hong Kong eSIM shop with a huge catalog: daily, fixed and unlimited plans for about 200 destinations. Data was fast in our test, and travelers report it working in 88% of cases. The checkout, the app and support were the weak points.

Key facts

• About 200 destinations
• iPhone app 4.6
• Android app 3.8
• No top-ups
• Hotspot
• 175 Mbps on 4G

Trustpilot

4.8/54,279 reviews

Payments

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Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Cheap for 3–5 GB short trips

Fast 4G, no throttling

Worked for 88% of travelers

180 days to get a refund

Checkout asks for phone and address

Clunky app, auto-activation failed

Promises 5G, gave us only 4G

Support didn't reply in our test

ByteSIM eSIM in our hands

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ByteSIM has too few Dutch reports to judge: it worked well for 1 of 2 travelers who reported from the Netherlands (50%). The miss is a clear one: two Europe eSIMs that did nothing on arrival in Amsterdam, three hours of chat with technical support that could not fix it, and a full refund afterwards (September 2024). The working report comes from a Dutch buyer who set the eSIM up at home in 15 minutes for a trip to Turkey, so it says more about the purchase than about coverage here.

In our comparison tool ByteSIM has a huge Dutch catalogue: daily plans from 500 MB to 3 GB a day, fixed plans from 3 GB to 300 GB, and unlimited plans, all at validities from 1 to 30 days, where a longer validity costs more; there are no top-ups and no named Dutch network. In our test the checkout demanded a phone number and full postal address, the app threw install errors, the WhatsApp help desk did not reply within 15 minutes, and 5G was promised but only 4G arrived; the details are in our ByteSIM review. It might still suit experienced users who want to pay with iDEAL or other local wallets and need a 3 to 5 GB plan for a short trip, where its prices sit at or below market. Plans are on ByteSIM's site.

Yesim eSIM in the Netherlands: no reports, slowest support

6.6 /10

Vefru score Good Score details

• Purchase process6/10
• Mobile app7/10
• eSIM installation8/10
• Customer support2/10
• Speed test8/10
• Prices5/10
• Customer feedback8.6/10
• Coverage8/10

Average of eight categories from our own paid test and customer reviews.

Yesim is a Swiss eSIM provider built around unlimited plans sold by the day, with one eSIM for 200+ destinations. Data was fast in our test. But its support was among the slowest we have tested, and its fixed-data country plans cost more than most rivals.

Key facts

• 200+ destinations
• iPhone app 4.6
• Android app 4.7
• Top-ups
• Hotspot
• Possible slowdown

Trustpilot

4.3/52,963 reviews

Payments

Credit or debit cardApple PayGoogle PayPayPal

Pros and cons

Pros 4 Cons 4

Fast data in our test

Unlimited plans by the day

Pay with PayPal, Klarna or crypto

Website in 44 languages

Among the slowest support we've tested

Pricey fixed-data country plans

No top-up once your data runs out

Signs you up for marketing emails

Yesim eSIM in our hands

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Yesim has no traveler reports from the Netherlands yet, so its place here rests on our test alone. It sells unlimited data by the day, which suits flexible travelers, but its help desk was among the slowest we tested, with 15 to 60 minutes per reply, and our plan started counting from the moment of purchase rather than first use, so buy it close to departure or use the "activate later" option.

In our comparison tool Yesim sells a 500 MB day plan, 1 GB for 30 days, 5 to 30 GB for 30 days and unlimited plans for any length from 1 to 30 days, plus Europe and Global bundles that are better value than its country plans; it does not say which Dutch network it uses. Installation was smooth in our test and the eSIM arrived by email at once, but the app nags and the speed cut off without warning at the end of the plan; see our Yesim review. On price its unlimited plans sit at the market average while its fixed country plans are dear. Plans are on Yesim's Netherlands page.

Providers travelers report from the Netherlands that we have not tested

Simify turns up in the review texts we read for the Netherlands, on multi-country Europe plans, but it is not in our report tally and we have not tested it, so it gets no count, no score and no rank here.

Best eSIM Plans for the Netherlands

Price per GB in the Netherlands by eSIM Provider

How much does each provider charge per GB in the Netherlands? The chart below compares plans of 1 to 10 GB that last 6 to 14 days, the usual range for a one- or two-week trip. Provider websites show only their own plans, so this side-by-side view is one you would otherwise have to calculate yourself. A shorter bar means a lower price per GB.

The tables below list the cheapest plans at each size and update on their own. Two things the chart cannot show: Maya Mobile and Holafly sell no fixed plans at all, so they appear only in the unlimited table, and Ubigi skips the 5 GB and 20 GB sizes. If your trip continues to Germany, the UK or France, a regional plan often beats two country plans; you can compare plans that cover both the Netherlands and Germany, and our guides to the best eSIM for Germany, the best eSIM for the United Kingdom and the best eSIM for France show how the same providers did there. Not sure how much to buy? One Maya traveler found 3 GB more than enough for 21 days of maps and messaging, while another used a 20 GB plan over 30 days; our travel data calculator gives a number for your own habits.

Best eSIM for Amsterdam, Rotterdam and the Border Regions

Almost all place-level reports are from Amsterdam; Rotterdam, Utrecht, Maastricht and Schiphol Airport have one to three each. The country is flat and small, so the real differences are indoors, in the border strips and on the coast, where the reports run out and the network data takes over.

Best eSIM for Amsterdam

Holafly is the Amsterdam pick on the reports, 8 of 8 with nobody describing a drop, but remember that its speed was capped from the start in our test, so it is the safe choice for maps and messaging rather than for fast downloads. Nomad (15 of 16) and Maya Mobile (17 of 19) are the full-speed alternatives: Nomad's one Amsterdam miss was a plan that switched itself off on the last day, and Maya's two were a Samsung that needed APN settings and lost the connection again on arrival from Germany, plus one further report that counts as a miss. The lower-rated Maya reports from Amsterdam describe hours without data in 2024, and one Nomad user was stuck on Vodafone with two bars of 4G in the city centre.

The runners-up failed in different ways. Airalo's miss was no internet at all for a repeat customer this year; GigSky's six Amsterdam reports all counted as working, yet three of them call the signal hit-and-miss or poor compared with Iceland; Ubigi's miss was an iPhone 11 that never connected; both Jetpac misses were no service on arrival; and ByteSIM's only Amsterdam report is two Europe eSIMs that did nothing. At the airport the picture is good: the one Schiphol report (Nomad) and several Holafly and Airalo reviews describe the phone connecting as soon as it landed. The only airport warning comes from GigSky, where a second plan auto-activated on landing because two plans covered the same region.

Best eSIM for Rotterdam

Rotterdam has three reports, one per provider, so the country pick applies. Holafly's one-day Europe pass worked on a coach from Rotterdam to London across several borders (July 2026), and a Nomad user kept service on the train from Amsterdam to Rotterdam apart from one drop that took a while to recover (July 2026). The one miss is Airalo: a five-time customer could not activate the eSIM over hotel Wi-Fi on arrival in Rotterdam and spent the day without maps (July 2026), a reminder to install and test before you fly rather than at the hotel. Rotterdam is one of the three cities KPN won in the 2026 umlaut network test, so the KPN-based providers (Airalo, Ubigi, and Holafly, Nomad and Roamless as one of two networks) have the stronger network there.

No traveler reports yet from Maastricht, Vaals, Venlo or the Zeeland coast beyond one Jetpac user who found coverage strong from Amsterdam to Maastricht. The regulator's 2026 measurements in eighteen border municipalities found all three networks fine outdoors but warned that indoor coverage there is not a given, and its own advice is to switch provider, use Wi-Fi calling or the 112NL app [2]. On the Wadden Islands and in the dune belt the coverage guarantee does not apply at all, because Natura 2000 areas and open water are excluded from it [1]; a multi-network eSIM (eSIM4Travel with three networks, or Holafly, Nomad and Roamless with two) gives you a second chance there that a KPN-only plan does not.

Local SIM Cards and Operator eSIMs in the Netherlands

A local SIM beats a travel eSIM in exactly one case: you want unlimited full-speed data on Odido, the fastest Dutch network, and you do not mind a physical SIM. For everything else a travel eSIM wins, because KPN's prepaid data bundles are speed-capped and cost more per GB than almost every eSIM in our comparison. No ID is needed: the Netherlands has no registration duty for prepaid SIMs, a position the Minister of Justice and Security set out to parliament in 2019 and that no later law reversed [3].

KPN prepaid, as of August 2026: a 1 GB day bundle for €1.99, and 31-day bundles of 1 GB for €10.00, 3 GB for €16.00 and 5 GB for €22.00, usable in the EU, Norway, Switzerland and Andorra, with every data bundle speed-capped and the "Onbeperkt Online" option unlimited only at a crawl [6]. Combination bundles with minutes and texts run from €5.99 for 200 MB and 30 minutes to €14.99 for 1 GB and 120 minutes [6]. Comparison sites list the SIM itself at €4.99 with €10.00 of credit, which we could not confirm on KPN's page.

Odido prepaid, as of August 2026, from Odido's own prepaid page: "Unlimited Data Vandaag" for €3.50 gives unlimited data in the Netherlands until midnight, a 3-day version costs €8.50 and a week €13.50, with EU allowances of 3, 6 and 9 GB; the monthly "Combi" bundles start at €10.00 for 1 GB and 10 minutes and auto-renew. The unlimited bundles can only be activated inside the Netherlands, Odido's FAQ says a prepaid SIM cannot be converted to an eSIM, and online top-up accepts Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal and cards, which makes it the easiest operator for a visitor. Odido also runs SimWallet, an eSIM app launched in April 2025 and open to anyone in the Netherlands, which sells 24-hour unlimited passes for €2.50 at a capped speed [9]; it is not marketed to tourists, but it is the only clean way onto Odido without a physical SIM. Vodafone prepaid: the SIM is free, top-ups start at €5.00 and monthly bundles run from 2 GB to 10 GB, but online top-up takes only iDEAL, Wero or a credit card, and iDEAL needs a Dutch bank account.

Where to buy: operator stores, electronics chains and supermarkets; KPN and Odido counters at Schiphol arrivals and stores at Amsterdam Centraal and Utrecht Centraal are reported by a competitor's guide, and we could not confirm airport counter prices. Dutch consumer prices include VAT. If you want a Dutch number for calls, the KPN combination bundles and Odido Combi bundles are the local route; if you only need data, the eSIMs above are cheaper, arrive before you fly and are not speed-capped.

Mobile Networks in the Netherlands

Three networks cover the country, KPN, Odido and Vodafone, and all three passed the regulator's coverage obligation in every municipality it measured in 2025 and early 2026 [1] [2]. The obligation requires each operator to cover at least 98% of the land area of every municipality outdoors at a minimum download speed that stepped up in July 2026; Natura 2000 areas, open water and the area around the Westerbork radio telescope are excluded [1]. For a visitor the choice is Odido for speed and KPN for latency, trains and indoor coverage, and the catch is that almost no travel eSIM sells Odido.

In umlaut's 2026 drive and crowd test, KPN finished first by a hair, Odido second and Vodafone third, with all three graded outstanding; Odido had the highest measured download speeds in cities, towns, roads and on railways, KPN had the best latency and the only perfect voice score on trains, KPN won Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam while Odido won Utrecht, and Vodafone was the only operator still relying heavily on shared spectrum for 5G in cities. Odido says Opensignal named it best in all fourteen categories of its 2025 report [9], and Odido's own page claims 5G for more than 98% of the population [7]; KPN's postcode coverage map shows 2G, 4G and 5G with indoor modelling [5]. Third-party reports place KPN strongest in rural, wooded and indoor settings, but we could not confirm that.

Which provider rides which network: Airalo names KPN alone [10], as does Ubigi on its page; Holafly [11], Roamless [12] and Nomad (its own listing) name KPN and Vodafone; eSIM4Travel names all three [13]; GigSky says it connects to the fastest available network and names none; Saily and Jetpac named none on their pages when we checked in August 2026, with KPN and Vodafone reported for Jetpac by third parties; Maya Mobile, Global YO, GoMoWorld, ByteSIM and Yesim do not say. On a two- or three-network profile you cannot pin the network yourself, so a deliberate KPN purchase means Airalo or Ubigi, and a deliberate Odido purchase means Odido's own SimWallet app. Note that "Vodafone Netherlands" has been majority-owned by Liberty Global since 31 July 2026, when Vodafone Group sold its half and kept a 10% stake in the new Ziggo Group [4]; for a visitor nothing is different, the network keeps the Vodafone name.

Old devices: Odido switched its 2G network off on 1 June 2023 and ended service for 2G phones in June 2021 [8], KPN completed its 3G shutdown in April 2022 and, according to Dutch tech press, plans to end 2G at the end of 2027, and Vodafone was the first to drop 3G. Any modern phone is unaffected, but a 3G-only gadget works only on Odido and a 2G-only one only on KPN or Vodafone. Congestion here is event-driven rather than seasonal: KPN reports its all-time data peak on a Sunday in May 2025 when a Formula 1 win, the football finale and a large demonstration in The Hague coincided, so expect slowdowns at big events rather than in high season.

How to Set Up an eSIM for the Netherlands

Install at home, on Wi-Fi, before you fly: almost every plan here starts on first connection in the Netherlands, not on install, and the Dutch reports that went wrong were mostly first activations at a hotel or an airport. The exceptions matter: Yesim's plan started at purchase in our test, GoMoWorld does nothing until you press Start in the app, and some Airalo packages start on install, which is how one traveler's top-up ran down while still in the UK.

1. Check that your phone is unlocked and can take an eSIM; our list of phones with eSIM support covers the common models, and iPhones bought in mainland China, Hong Kong or Macao usually lack eSIM hardware.
2. Buy a few days ahead, within the activation window: 90 days for Airalo [10] and eSIM4Travel [13], 30 days for Nomad according to its listing in our tool, 180 days for Saily according to its page in August 2026, and six months for an unscanned Ubigi QR code.
3. Install on Wi-Fi. eSIM4Travel, Airalo, Maya Mobile, Ubigi, Yesim, ByteSIM, Jetpac, Nomad and Holafly send a QR code or install it from an email; GoMoWorld, Saily, Roamless, GigSky and Global YO install only through their app. Our guides show the steps on iPhone and on Samsung.
4. Turn data roaming on for the new line and set the APN if the provider asks: "globaldata" for Maya Mobile and Global YO, "gigsky" for GigSky, "mobiledata" for Ubigi; Roamless needed a different APN than the preselected one in our test, and two Dutch Jetpac reports needed APN or IMSI settings from the help desk.
5. After landing, select the eSIM for mobile data, toggle airplane mode once if no signal appears, and restart the phone if it still shows nothing; several Holafly and Airalo reviewers fixed a stalled connection that way. Keep only one plan enabled on GigSky, and never delete a Holafly or Global YO eSIM, because neither can be reinstalled.
6. If it still does not connect, our eSIM troubleshooting guide walks through the usual causes, and a provider with a human help desk (eSIM4Travel, Saily, GigSky) answers fastest.

Calls and SMS in the Netherlands

The calling code for the Netherlands is +31. Most travel eSIMs here are data-only, so calls go over WhatsApp or a similar app; Airalo is the exception with its Hè Hè+ plans, which include calls and texts with a phone number on every size from 1 GB to 50 GB in our comparison tool, and whose page lists a calls-and-texts option for the Netherlands [10]. Jetpac sells voice packs inside its app (in our test the recipient saw a US number), Roamless offers in-app calls and an optional second number, Global YO has outgoing app calls, and Saily's optional number is a US one, not Dutch. Holafly, Maya Mobile, Nomad, GigSky, Ubigi, GoMoWorld and eSIM4Travel are data-only for the Netherlands, and ByteSIM's local-number plans do not include a Dutch one in our tool.

For a Dutch number with real minutes, the local SIM section above has KPN's combination bundles and Odido's Combi bundles. Emergency calls to 112 work from any phone, and indoors in the border regions the regulator's own advice is Wi-Fi calling or the 112NL app [2]. One Dutch reviewer missed being able to make regular calls on a data-only Holafly eSIM, so if a phone call matters to you, pick Airalo or a local SIM.

Free eSIM Data for the Netherlands

Roamless gives new users a free data allowance on its Netherlands eSIM, listed on its page as 500 MB [12] and in our comparison tool as a free Netherlands plan; it worked well for 7 of 7 travelers here. GigSky has a free 100 MB trial and free plans for Visa cardholders, which several Amsterdam reviewers used, though one found the free 1 GB plan far less stable than the paid 3 GB plan. Nomad's 1 GB 3-day Netherlands plan is tagged as a trial in our tool, GoMoWorld offers a free 1-day trial, and Jetpac's Eterna eSIM comes with 100 MB. Holafly's "Always On" allowance adds 1 GB per 30 days after a plan ends if you keep the eSIM. Our overview of free eSIM data lists the current trials and their catches.

Summary: the best eSIM for the Netherlands

Based on 208 traveler reports and our own tests, Maya Mobile is the best option for most trips to the Netherlands: it worked well for 52 of 55 travelers, slows only after a generous daily allowance and is the cheapest global unlimited plan in our comparison, with the weakness that it sells nothing shorter than three days. Holafly had the perfect record, 31 of 31, and is the set-and-forget choice for long multi-country trips, but its speed was capped from the start in our test and it has no top-ups. Airalo (23 of 25) is the one to pick for a Dutch phone number with calls and texts, at a market price and with two activation misses to its name. Nomad (33 of 37) gives experienced travelers fixed plans at fair prices, with a help desk we could not reach in our test. GigSky (10 of 10) fits a short stay with its 1-day passes and keeps working at zero data, though several of its Dutch reports describe patchy signal. eSIM4Travel is by far the cheapest here and the only provider naming all three Dutch networks, with the best help desk we tested, but it has no app and no Dutch reports yet.

Whichever you choose, install at home, keep one plan enabled, and remember that Odido, the fastest network, is out of reach for almost every travel eSIM. The plan tables above carry the live prices, and our comparison tool lets you check every best eSIM for the Netherlands against the plans of its neighbours.

Compare All eSIM Plans for the Netherlands

Every Netherlands plan from the 14 providers in this article, in one comparison with live prices.