The Burner alternative with 39 published countries

Burner sells a private second number with unlimited calls and texts from $3.99 a month on an annual plan, the same entry price as Numero eSIM. Burner does not publish a country list and sells no eSIM or data product. Numero eSIM publishes all 39 of its number countries and sells data in 181 of them.

Numero vs Others

Why customers choose Numero eSIM over Burner

On the number itself there is very little between the two products. Both sell a private second line that calls and texts, and on an annual plan both start at $3.99 a month. What separates them is everything around the number: whether you can see which countries it comes from before you buy, and what happens the first time you use it somewhere other than home.

Which countries do Burner numbers come from?

Which countries do Burner numbers come from?

Burner's pricing page does not say. Numero eSIM publishes every one of its 39 number countries and the monthly price of each, from $3.99 to $38.00, along with toll-free lines in eight, before you create an account.

Is Burner or Numero eSIM cheaper?

Is Burner or Numero eSIM cheaper?

At entry they match: Burner is $3.99 a month billed annually at $47.99, or $7.99 month to month. Numero eSIM prices per country from $3.99 a month, with quarterly and annual terms that cost less than monthly.

What happens when you travel?

What happens when you travel?

Burner sells no data and no eSIM, so it works only where you already have a connection. Numero eSIM sells a data eSIM in 181 countries and a full eSIM in 188 that carries data, minutes and a real number together.

Numero eSIM vs Burner: What is the difference?

Burner is a privacy-focused second-number app. The table compares it across all four Numero eSIM product lines; Burner competes in one of them.

Numero eSIM vs Burner — VIRTUAL PHONE NUMBERS
What you compareNumero eSIMBurnernot published
Countries with a numberWhere you can get a local line of your own
39 countries published: 12 mobile-number countries, 32 additional countries and 8 toll-free countries, overlapping in places
Not stated: no country list published on the pricing page
Receive SMS and OTP codesWhether verification codes arrive
By country. SMS is received on the US, Canada and Nicaragua numbers; most of the additional countries do not receive it, as their pages state
Send SMS from the numberWhether you can reply, not only receive
From every number, in all 39 countries
WhatsApp verificationNarrower than receiving: not every number that receives SMS
Listed per country. 11 of the 12 mobile-number countries (Nicaragua is the exception) and the Denmark and Colombia toll-free lines
Not stated
Make and receive callsWhether it behaves like a real phone line
Toll-free numbersA 1-800 style line customers call for free
8: Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Serbia, South Africa
Not stated
Monthly priceWhat one number costs per month
Mobile $3.99 to $38.00 · More Countries from $4.00 · Toll-Free $7.00 to $78.00 · USA areas $3.49
$7.99 monthly, or $3.99/mo billed annually ($47.99/yr)

Last verified: September 2026

The difference, at a glance

What the table shows

Burner matches Numero eSIM's entry price almost exactly, $3.99 a month on an annual commitment, and delivers unlimited calls and texts for it. The gaps are in the rows Burner leaves blank: no published country list, no data, no eSIM, no calling plan. Numero eSIM fills all four rows and publishes the price of each.

A private number with a published country list: 39 countries, from $3.99 a month.

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Quick answers to the most common questions from travelers using a Numero Data eSIM.

The Data eSIM is data-only, so it does not include a phone number for regular calls or SMS. You can still make calls and send messages over the internet using apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and FaceTime.

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