How we compare.
A full list of reviewed plans, adjustable filters and dated evidence. The details explain what each package includes and what still needs checking.
Our relationship to Roamzo
Roamzo owns and operates this website. It sells travel eSIMs and appears in the catalog. We do not claim commercial independence. The same capacity, validity, coverage and price rules apply to its plans. There is no featured winner, performance score or paid placement in the list.
What we reviewed
The factual desk review was completed on 11 November 2026. The catalog contains 84 selected plans from 12 providers: Airalo, aloSIM, ByteSIM, GigSky, Holafly, Jetpac, MobiMatter, Nomad, Roamzo, Saily, Ubigi, Yesim. It includes fixed allowances and unlimited products with different restrictions. It covers the selected offers we could document; a missing plan is not evidence that it is unavailable or unsuitable.
Prices are observed public USD totals for one eSIM and one phone, read from official provider or seller pages. MobiMatter is the seller for the listed TSimTech packages. Public sale prices are identified where observed; personal coupons, reward credits and multi-device discounts are excluded. No foreign-currency amount is converted to invent a USD price. Confirm the selected allowance, duration, currency, eligibility and final checkout total before paying.
How the catalog filters work
- The default list includes every reviewed mainland-China package with at least seven days of validity. It includes multiple plans per provider and both data types; no provider is selected by default.
- Trip length accepts 1–90 elapsed days. A package must have at least that much continuous validity. Mainland plus Hong Kong or Macao requires that each requested stop be included in the exact package. Overseas data routing does not add radio coverage in another destination.
- A minimum from 0–200 GB filters fixed allowances. Zero means any allowance; a positive minimum excludes unlimited products because their labels do not establish that much high-speed data. A separate data-type control can show fixed or unlimited plans.
- The hotspot filter requires confirmed sharing permission. Unknown terms are excluded when sharing is required. Daily limits, device requirements and any reduced speeds remain in the package details.
- Provider selections combine with the other filters. Search matches a provider, package name or published network. The list shows all qualifying rows, including more than one offer from the same provider.
The provider view lists brands alphabetically and selects the lowest-priced matching package for each. Use the package menu to compare its other matching plans. All plans shows every qualifying package, ordered by observed total USD price, lowest first. Other sorting choices order by highest price, largest fixed allowance, longest validity or provider name. Sorting by total price compares different quantities of data and different durations; it does not establish equal value, speed, reliability or a universal best plan. Read the allowance and validity beside the total.
Validity normally runs continuously after activation, including time spent outside coverage. Returning to a covered destination does not restart it. Review the exact activation trigger and purchase deadline, especially when a covered stopover precedes your main trip.
Data estimates and unlimited terms
The data-budget guide uses editorial assumptions: 0.3 GB daily for light use, 0.8 GB for everyday use or 1.5 GB for heavy use, plus a 20% buffer rounded up to a whole GB. Seven days of everyday use estimates 7 GB. These are adjustable planning assumptions, not observed traveler averages or a promise about your usage.
An unlimited label does not establish unlimited high-speed data. Daily thresholds, network management, reduced speeds and sharing allowances differ. For example, the reviewed Jetpac and aloSIM offers specify 3 GB daily before 1 Mbps; GigSky specifies a reduction after 3.5 GB daily without stating the reduced speed. Airalo’s general guide requires selected-package confirmation, and Holafly’s reviewed China offer limits sharing to 1 GB daily. Roamzo’s public fair-use terms describe operator speed management without a published numeric threshold here. Each package’s current details take precedence over a general label.
Evidence, routing and material restrictions
Partner networks, routing and coverage are published provider statements. We have not run mainland-China network, speed, rural-coverage, hotspot or app-access tests. Device eSIM support alone does not establish compatibility with a particular selected plan. International routing differs from VPN encryption, applies only to traffic using that eSIM and does not change hotel Wi-Fi or guarantee app-account eligibility. Our routing guide explains these limits.
- Roamzo: Roamzo’s confirmed technical catalog establishes hotspot support and Hong Kong data exit for the five fixed-data and three regular Unlimited selections. Ultra is listed separately with twice the high-speed data allowance; an exact Ultra exit was not established by this review. Same-profile fixed-data top-ups and unlimited-duration extensions are supported, subject to the current compatible offer and price. This is not an app-access test. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and local-payment orders require a USD 5 cart total; smaller orders can use crypto. Automatic renewal separately requires eligibility, saved-card consent and at least USD 5 per renewal. Usage-triggered automatic top-up is currently disabled.
- Nomad and MobiMatter: Nomad’s mainland app-access statement is not automatically extended to its regional packages. Nomad says new purchases are unavailable after mainland arrival; add-ons require an active, unexpired base plan. The reviewed MobiMatter/TSimTech packages publish Hong Kong or Macao IP routing, a two-month activation deadline and no top-up.
- ByteSIM and Yesim: ByteSIM’s selected Total variants advertise Hong Kong/Singapore routing and continue at 128 kbps after the fixed high-speed allowance. Yesim advertises a built-in VPN on its China page; an exact exit and independent app test were not established. These statements do not guarantee every app.
- Saily, Jetpac and aloSIM: Saily and Jetpac have conflicting official statements about restricted-app access, so it remains unresolved. Saily also warns that access to its app may be limited in China. aloSIM’s official China support explicitly says its eSIM cannot bypass the firewall or unblock restricted content.
- Ubigi, Airalo, Holafly and GigSky: the reviewed evidence does not establish an exact China-plan exit or universal app access. Ubigi’s official articles conflict. Sharing, activation, top-up eligibility and fair-use details must be checked for the selected package; generic app illustrations are insufficient evidence of routing.
The sources are linked below and in each plan’s details. Ask the provider before purchase when an unresolved condition affects your trip.
Offers, tracking and outcomes
The Roamzo welcome offer is a separate gift eSIM with eligibility and checkout conditions, not a free trial of every plan or extra data automatically merged into a purchase. We review the official offer before describing a code or threshold.
Outbound Roamzo links carry fixed campaign tags for this site, language, placement and public page. Optional analytics records referral clicks after consent. A click is not a confirmed sale, and URL-parameter preservation alone does not prove live purchase attribution. We do not publish inferred purchases or revenue as confirmed outcomes.
Guides and review dates
Practical guides use government, manufacturer and provider sources. Entry eligibility depends on the traveler and route; payment eligibility depends on the app, card and account. We link to the relevant official service rather than collect documents here. No arrival declaration, payment registration or transaction was performed to test the guides.
Daily freshness checks watch time-sensitive prices, offer terms and restrictions. Weekly editorial work updates an existing topic or adds a useful unresolved one after checking for duplicates. Review dates move only after a completed factual review; a failed fetch or an unchanged automated check does not advance them. The site is available in English, German, French and Spanish.
Provider evidence
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_b8ed9668a1e0630ceb476980dc23c684&data=fixed¤cy=USD
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china#china-plan-details
- https://roamzo.app/terms
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_aac675b1163f2f0dde9678e8e56c845f&data=fixed¤cy=USD
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_9f570ed54a4f752787a649271f005a4d&data=fixed¤cy=USD
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_407a8a472d996398445af536abdbf04c&data=fixed¤cy=USD
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_52a0bcfbc9b79b1e39b89baa661e5a12&data=fixed¤cy=USD
- https://www.nomadesim.com/china-eSIM/50gb-45day
- https://www.nomadesim.com/help-center/en/articles/9886332-does-nomad-esim-work-in-china
- https://www.nomadesim.com/help-center/en/articles/17779116-how-does-nomad-esim-work
- https://www.nomadesim.com/greater-china-eSIM
- https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/china-data-plans/china-10gb-7-days/?wmc-currency=USD
- https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/blog/articles/best-esim-for-china-plans-prices-coverage/
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_a88fb3ebbc6b4a52247cb68c741e357b&days=7¤cy=USD
- https://roamzo.app/terms#esim-fair-use
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_a88fb3ebbc6b4a52247cb68c741e357b&days=14¤cy=USD
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_a88fb3ebbc6b4a52247cb68c741e357b&days=30¤cy=USD
- https://www.airalo.com/china-esim?currency=USD
- https://www.airalo.com/blog/unlimited-esim
- https://esim.holafly.com/esim-china/?selectedDays=7
- https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/tsimtech-china-15-gb-esim?destination=CN
- https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/tsimtech-china-20-gb-esim?destination=CN
- https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/tsimtech-china-30-gb-esim?destination=CN
- https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/tsimtech-greater-china-and-taiwan-premium-10-gb-esim
- https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/tsimtech-greater-china-and-taiwan-premium-20-gb-esim?destination=CN
- https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/tsimtech-greater-china-and-taiwan-premium-30-gb-esim?destination=CN
- https://bytesim.com/products/esim-china?sku=18056882788212219600150459
- https://bytesim.com/products/esim-china
- https://bytesim.com/products/esim-china?sku=18056882788212219600340459
- https://bytesim.com/products/esim-china?sku=18056882788212219600400459
- https://bytesim.com/products/esim-china?sku=18056882788212219600430459
- https://bytesim.com/products/esim-china?sku=18056882788212219600620459
- https://bytesim.com/products/esim-china?sku=18056882788212219600810459
- https://yesim.app/country/china/
- https://yesim.app/country/china/30days-1gb-esim-data-plan/
- https://help.yesim.tech/can-i-tether-use-personal-hotspot/
- https://help.yesim.app/how-do-i-purchase-a-yesim-data-plan/
- https://help.yesim.tech/unlimited-data-plans-policy/
- https://yesim.app/country/china/30days-3gb-esim-data-plan/
- https://yesim.app/country/china/30days-5gb-esim-data-plan/
- https://yesim.app/country/china/30days-10gb-esim-data-plan/
- https://yesim.app/country/china/30days-30gb-esim-data-plan/
- https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/china-data-plans/china-1gb-7-days/?wmc-currency=USD
- https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/travel-to-china/internet-and-esim-data-plans-china/?wmc-currency=USD
- https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/china-data-plans/china-3gb-30-days/?wmc-currency=USD
- https://cellulardata.ubigi.com/rates-and-coverage/china-data-plans/china-25gb-30-days/?wmc-currency=USD
- https://saily.com/esim-china/
- https://saily.com/de/esim-china/
- https://saily.com/es/esim-china/
- https://saily.com/blog/internet-in-china/
- https://www.jetpacglobal.com/product-details/china-esim
- https://www.jetpacglobal.com/blog/does-esim-work-in-china/
- https://alosim.com/destinations/asia-esim/china-esim/
- https://alosim.com/how-to-activate-esim/
- https://support.alosim.com/hc/en-us/articles/40076212625421-Does-an-eSIM-for-China-allow-you-to-hotspot
- https://support.alosim.com/hc/es/articles/24038452640781--Puede-una-eSIM-eludir-el-Gran-Cortafuegos-de-China
- https://alosim.com/destinations/asia-esim/china-esim/#unlimited-data-popup
- https://www.gigsky.com/country/esim-in-china
- https://app.gigsky.com/search-destination?location=CN&planBundle=52686&categoryTypeFilter=PopularDestinations&planType=STANDARD
- https://support.gigsky.com/en/articles/16388971-purchase-faqs
- https://cdn-prod.gigsky.com/marketingContent/template_2_EN.html
- https://app.gigsky.com/search-destination?location=CN&planBundle=52686&categoryTypeFilter=PopularDestinations&planType=UNLIMITED
- https://cdn-prod.gigsky.com/marketingContent/template_3_EN.html
- https://www.gigsky.com/terms-and-conditions/terms-of-service-consumer#unlimitedDataPlans
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_a029dab431be8e974ecaccc58508187d&days=7¤cy=USD
- https://roamzo.app/how-it-works
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_a029dab431be8e974ecaccc58508187d&days=14¤cy=USD
- https://roamzo.app/esims/china?choose=1&plan=rzp_a029dab431be8e974ecaccc58508187d&days=30¤cy=USD
Guide and official-service evidence
- Apple: checking and removing a carrier lock
- Apple: using eSIM with iPhone in mainland China
- Apple: using eSIM while traveling internationally
- Holafly: China, Hong Kong and Macau regional eSIM
- Airalo: international data routing in China
- Apple: viewing and changing cellular-data settings
- Apple: using Low Data Mode
- Official free arrival-card form · National Immigration Administration
- NIA: free service and warning about fraudulent fee websites
- Shanghai Government: current arrival-card options and exemptions
- NIA: current entry-policy and nationality guidance
- NIA: visa-free transit conditions
- Luxembourg Consulate in Shanghai: document preparation and generated QR code
- Ministry of Commerce: mobile-payment setup and product-specific terms
- Beijing Government: Alipay and WeChat card steps, cards and cash
- Shanghai Government / Alipay: linking an overseas bank card
- Tencent: May 2026 international-card fee-waiver announcement
- State Council: mobile payments, card-network logos, cash and exchange
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