Esimatic vs Yesim

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Plan types on offer

EsimaticYesim

Unlimited data ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Regional bundles ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Global bundles (50+ countries) ✓ Yes ✓ Yes

Cruise / at-sea plans No No

Pay as you go No No

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Policies compared

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Esimatic Yesim

ID verification

Esimatic: Not required

Yesim: Not confirmed yet

Refund policy

Esimatic: Refunds within 30 days of purchase, only when the eSIM can't be activated due to a technical problem on Esimatic's side after troubleshooting; an installed eSIM is considered used and non-refundable.

Yesim: Refunds within 30 days of purchase only if the plan/top-up hasn't been activated, used or expired (installing the eSIM profile counts as activation); approved refunds go to the original payment method, but amounts of €10 or less are credited as Ycoins.

Validity starts

Esimatic: Validity starts when the eSIM auto-connects and uses its first 1KB of data at your destination, not at purchase; unused bundles expire 12 months after purchase.

Yesim: You select a desired activation time when purchasing a plan in the app -- validity is not automatically triggered at purchase.

Fair-use limit

Esimatic: Day Plan: 1GB of fast 5G data every 24 hours then throttled to 1.25 Mbps; Day Plan+: 2GB fast data daily then throttled to 2 Mbps -- both stay unlimited overall, never fully cut off.

Yesim: Yesim itself does not enforce a Fair Usage Policy on its Unlimited plans, but some of its partner network providers may apply their own FUP as part of their own terms, per Yesim's Help Center.

Top-ups & rollover

Esimatic: Top up by buying the same eSIM bundle again from the Esimatic shop on the existing eSIM; no reinstall needed.

Yesim: Additional data can be bought at any time from the Yesim app or website, added to the same eSIM.

Lost device / reinstalling

Esimatic: If you lose or damage your device while an Esimatic eSIM plan is active, Esimatic asks you to contact its support team with the details so they can help you get set up again.

Yesim: Yesim eSIM profiles use a one-time activation code -- don't remove the profile or rescan the QR code, as that can wipe your settings; if lost or it fails to install, contact Yesim support for a new QR code.

Billing currency

Esimatic: In App: USD. On Website user can also pay in their native currency or can choose USD

Yesim: Based on the pre-selected currency on the account. Yesim accepts EUR, AUD, CAD, PLN, GBP, USD

Support

Esimatic: Email · Help center · 24/7

Yesim: Live chat · Email · Help center · 24/7

Payment

Esimatic: Card · Apple Pay · Google Pay · Link · Alipay · Kakao Pay · MB Way · PAYCO · Naver Pay · Samsung Pay · WeChat Pay · Bancontact · EPS · Przelewy24 · iDEAL

Yesim: Card · PayPal · Apple Pay · Google Pay · Crypto

Headquarters

Esimatic: Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Yesim: Baar, Switzerland

Legal entity

Esimatic: Esimatic Limited

Yesim: GENESIS GROUP AG (Switzerland)

Founded

Esimatic: 2023

Yesim: 2019

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Discount codes

Esimatic -25% ESIMKART

Yesim -20% ESIMKART20

Esimatic vs Yesim — common questions

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