Light use
Messages, maps, email and a few web pages, paid per MB from your wallet.
Pay per MB from your wallet
TouchdownPay as you go eSIM for 89 countries
Touchdown is one data eSIM for 89 countries. You pay per MB from your Simnetic wallet at the rate of the country where you connect, from $0.10296 USD/MB, plus a one-time eSIM fee and a monthly fee.
How is Touchdown different from a data plan?
A data plan gives you a set amount of data, or unlimited data, for a fixed number of days, at one price. With Touchdown, you pay per MB for the data you use, at the rate of the country you are in.
That makes Touchdown simple for light use, but it costs more than our data plans: they cost less per GB, and Touchdown’s fees apply even when you use no data.
- No data package or trip length to pick
- One eSIM for every Touchdown country
- Pause data or cancel at any time in My eSIMs
Popular destinations
$10 spent on data≈ 97 MB in Austria
Who is Touchdown for?
Touchdown suits people who use a little data, want a backup line, or travel where we have no data plan. If price matters most, a data plan costs less.
Backup data
For the moments your main plan runs out. While the eSIM is active, the monthly fee still applies.
Places with no data plan
In a few countries we have no fixed data plan, and Touchdown is the option we have.
How much data does light use take?
Text and light browsing use little data, while music and especially video use much more. The table shows figures published by the services themselves, with the cost at our lowest rate.
- ActivityCost at $0.10296 USD/MB
- Opening one typical web page≈ $0.24
About 2.3 MB, the median mobile page in the HTTP Archive Web Almanac 2024
- One hour of music, low quality≈ $1.11
About 11 MB (Spotify low quality, about 24 kbit/s)
- One hour of music, normal quality≈ $4.45
About 43 MB (Spotify normal quality, about 96 kbit/s)
- One hour of video, lowest setting≈ $30.89
Up to 300 MB (Netflix “Low” setting)
| Activity | Typical data | Cost at $0.10296 USD/MB |
|---|---|---|
| Opening one typical web page | About 2.3 MB, the median mobile page in the HTTP Archive Web Almanac 2024 | ≈ $0.24 |
| One hour of music, low quality | About 11 MB (Spotify low quality, about 24 kbit/s) | ≈ $1.11 |
| One hour of music, normal quality | About 43 MB (Spotify normal quality, about 96 kbit/s) | ≈ $4.45 |
| One hour of video, lowest setting | Up to 300 MB (Netflix “Low” setting) | ≈ $30.89 |
Rates are higher in many countries. Check the rate for your country before you buy.
How Touchdown works
Pick your country, pay the eSIM fee and the first monthly fee from your wallet, then tap Activate in My eSIMs. We email your QR code, and you install the eSIM before you travel.
Step 1
What does Touchdown cost?
You pay a one-time eSIM fee, a monthly fee while the eSIM is active, and the data you use per MB. Every amount is in USD and is shown before you pay.
- Data, per MB
- From $0.10296 USD/MB to $2.67696 USD/MB, depending on the country where you connect.
- eSIM activation fee (charged once)
- Charged once when you buy the eSIM. Each country page shows the amount.
- Monthly fee
- Keeps the eSIM active and renews each month from the day you activate it. It is a fee, not data credit.
- Wallet reserve
- At checkout your wallet also needs a small amount for data. It stays in your wallet and is used as you use data.
If the monthly fee cannot be charged, the eSIM is paused and later deleted. Keep money in your wallet to keep it.
Have Questions?
Touchdown questions
Usually not. Data plans cost less per GB, and Touchdown’s one-time and monthly fees apply even when you use no data. Touchdown is for convenience: one eSIM for many countries, backup data, and places where we have no data plan.
It works in the countries where we sell Touchdown. In any other country, data is paused, so check the list of countries and rates before you travel.
When the money set aside for data runs out, data stops. Add money to your wallet, then tap Enable in My eSIMs to turn data back on.
Yes. Pause data in My eSIMs and the money held for data goes back to your wallet, or cancel the eSIM for good. Fees you have already paid are not refunded once the eSIM is active; our Refund Policy explains the rest.
No. It is a data-only eSIM, with no phone number and no SMS. If you need a number, see our virtual numbers.
Touchdown is paid from your Simnetic wallet, in USD. If your wallet is short at checkout, we show how much to add, and the eSIM is bought once that payment goes through.
My eSIMs shows the data you used and an estimate of what is left. The numbers update within minutes, not in real time.
Ready when you land
Touchdown: one eSIM for 89 countries, paid per MB from your wallet, plus a one-time eSIM fee and a monthly fee.