Saily vs. Jetpac (2026 review)

The category’s lowest entry price, with value gated behind Ultra.

Saily’s plans start at $1.99 and earn 3% back in credits. The fuller product sits behind Ultra, three monthly tiers from $29.99 to $59.99, where the VPN, lounge access and unlimited data live. Buy standard and those extras stay separate purchases.

Perks-first pricing: you’re paying for the lounges, not the gigabytes.

Jetpac prices data by the gigabyte and adds about $1.99 for voice, so on data alone it sits at a premium. The value rests entirely on whether you’ll use the bundled lounge access and fast-track, which for a frequent flyer can pay for the plan.

Broad 200+ coverage and eight regional plans, no carrier shown.

Eight regional plans span Europe, Asia and Oceania, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Latin America, North America and Global. That’s genuinely broad, a big step up from Saily’s country-only launch. What’s missing is the carrier name, which isn’t shown until you arrive.

Solid 200+ coverage, but no regional depth or carrier shown.

Jetpac reaches the destinations most travellers need and performs adequately, but as a younger product it lacks true regional plans and European sub-zones, and doesn’t disclose the carrier before purchase. Coverage is competent rather than a headline strength.

The largest verified review base in this comparison.

Saily carries 4.7 on Trustpilot across roughly 13,300 reviews, 4.7 from 12,000 App Store ratings, and 4.6 on Google Play from 94,300. Praise lands on fast activation and clean design; criticism on rural connectivity and peak-season response times. On sheer volume it leads.

A strong Trustpilot score on a very small app-store base.

Jetpac holds 4.7 on Trustpilot, but from just 3,479 reviews, and its app-store presence is tiny: 3.75 on the App Store from only 88 ratings and 3.98 on Google Play. The signal is thin and mixed, so the ratings are harder to lean on than the headline suggests.

Security built into every plan; the rest sits behind Ultra.

Every Saily plan ships NordVPN-powered ad and malicious-site blocking, tested to cut data use by 28.6%. Standard is otherwise data-only, with a US number at $0.99 a month. Full NordVPN and lounge access are Ultra-only, so the headline features cost extra.

Airport perks no other eSIM offers, a genuine feature edge.

Access to 1,300+ lounges, Fast Track security and SmartDelay are real, distinctive inclusions, and for the right traveller they outweigh anything a data plan bundles. Outside the perks the product is standard, but the perks themselves are unmatched in this set.

Included on every plan, with an unlimited throttle to watch.

Hotspot works on both Standard and Ultra, with nothing restricted by plan type. The one caveat is unlimited: past 5GB a day speeds drop to about 1 Mbps, and tethered devices, which lean harder on the connection, feel that throttle first.

Unrestricted tethering, matching the most open policies here.

Jetpac places no restriction on hotspot use, which is the right call and as open as it gets. For anyone sharing data with a laptop or a companion’s phone, it works without a cap or an add-on, a straightforward strength for a young product.

3% back standard, 8% on Ultra, plus generous referrals.

Saily returns 3% in credits on standard plans and 8% on Ultra, with referrals paying $5 to each side and seasonal promotions reaching $50. Students get 15% off via StudentBeans. The everyday rate is modest, but the referral and student perks are competitive.

Referral rewards, plus the perks as ongoing value.

Jetpac offers referral rewards, and the lounge and fast-track perks are themselves a kind of recurring benefit, but there’s no cashback that lands on every purchase. For a frequent flyer the perks carry the value; for everyone else the standing rewards are light.

24/7 in-app chat backed by Nord’s scale, but app-only.

Saily staffs 24/7 in-app chat, with response times averaging 15 to 45 minutes in independent reviews and a thorough help centre. Nord runs support for millions across its products. The limit is channel: chat is app-only, with no phone line or web fallback.

A 24/7 help centre, reasonable for a young product.

Jetpac offers round-the-clock help through its centre, which is fair for a newer brand. What it lacks is a web-reachable live channel and a stated money-back guarantee, so the safety net is adequate rather than a selling point, and largely untested at scale.

Clean, fast and polished, the standard of a Nord product.

Every step is obvious, and a compatibility checker confirms your device before you pay. Plans activate on arrival, usage tracking warns you before data runs out, and new country plans load onto the same eSIM, the standout for multi-stop trips.

A capable young app, still finding its feet.

Jetpac’s app handles the essentials, but as a newer product it lacks the polish and depth of the category’s best, and its small review base makes the experience harder to judge. It works, but it hasn’t yet earned the trust that a longer track record brings.