Sim Local sells travel eSIMs across “150+ countries”, with 5G in “200+ destinations”, and its own page says “Calls and texts available (in popular destinations)” alongside data-only plans. It publishes per-destination pricing from US$4.00. It does not publish which destinations include the calls and texts. Numero eSIM lists all 188 countries where its eSIM carries data, minutes and a real number.
Sim Local competes directly on the product that sets Numero eSIM apart, and on price transparency it is ahead of most of the field. The comparison turns on the word “popular”: calls and texts are available in popular destinations, and since popular is not a list, a buyer cannot tell before purchase whether the country they are going to comes with a number. Numero eSIM publishes the list.
Which Sim Local destinations include calls and texts?
Sim Local says “popular destinations” and does not name them. Numero eSIM's full eSIM names all 188 countries and 2 regions where the eSIM carries a number, with the price of each, from €16.00 for 20 GB over 30 days.
Can you buy the number on its own?
Not from Sim Local; calls and texts come attached to certain eSIM plans. Numero eSIM sells numbers in 39 countries as their own product from $3.99 a month, with toll-free lines in eight.
What about calling plans?
Sim Local has no separate calling-plan product and no toll-free numbers. Numero eSIM sells 17 local and 2 international calling plans, and its full eSIM includes minutes with the number.
Sim Local sells travel eSIMs, including plans with calls and texts in some destinations. The table compares it across all four Numero eSIM product lines; Sim Local competes in two of them.
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Sim Localnot published |
|---|---|---|
| Countries with a numberWhere you can get a local line of your own | 39 countries of standalone numbers: 12 mobile-number countries, 32 additional countries and 8 toll-free countries, with some overlap | No standalone number product; calls and texts come attached to certain eSIM plans |
| Receive SMS and OTP codesWhether verification codes arrive | Depends on the country. US, Canada and Nicaragua numbers receive SMS; most of the 32 additional countries do not, and each page states it | “Calls and texts available (in popular destinations)” |
| Send SMS from the numberWhether you can reply, not only receive | Every one of the 39 countries' numbers sends SMS | same wording |
| WhatsApp verificationNarrower than receiving: not every number that receives SMS | Narrower than receiving. 11 of 12 mobile-number countries (every one except Nicaragua) and 2 of 8 toll-free lines, Denmark and Colombia, each on its country page | Not stated |
| Make and receive callsWhether it behaves like a real phone line | same wording | |
| Toll-free numbersA 1-800 style line customers call for free | 8: Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Serbia, South Africa | Not offered |
| 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 | Not applicable |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Sim Localnot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsWhere mobile data works when you travel | 181 countries + 7 regions | “150+ countries” · “200+ destinations” for 5G |
| Unlimited data, and where Which destinations offer an unlimited plan | 14 countries (USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) plus the Europe region. 6 durations, 3 to 30 days. From €9 (Turkey, 3 days); Europe €9 to €59. 5G in 13 of the 14; Egypt is 2G/3G/4G | “Unlimited eSIM Plans” offered; fair-use and speed cap not stated |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Sim Localnot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsOne line carrying data, minutes and a number | 188 countries + 2 regions | Yes, on “popular destinations”; the destination list is not published |
| Entry priceCheapest way into the bundled product | €16.00 (20 GB, 30 days, number included) | Not stated |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Sim Localnot published |
|---|---|---|
| Calling plansCheap minutes to landlines and mobiles abroad | 17 local and 2 international plans | No separate calling-plan product |
Last verified: September 2026
Sim Local is the second provider in this set found selling the bundled product, after Simbye, and it publishes real per-country prices, France from US$4.00 and the US from US$7.25, which most of the category does not. It does not say which destinations include calls and texts.
Numero eSIM names every country where the eSIM carries a number, prices each one, and sells the number separately in 39 countries with toll-free lines in eight. There is no “popular” to decode before you pay.
On price transparency Sim Local is ahead of most of the field, and its unlimited plans plus 5G in 200+ destinations are a strong data proposition. It is also a physical retail business with airport stores, a channel none of the app-only competitors have.
Data in “200+ countries”, and its own page says the eSIM cannot make calls or send or receive SMS. Numero eSIM's full eSIM carries calls and a number on the eSIM itself.
Roaming on an existing UK line: Euro Roam in 52 destinations, Global Roam in 84, pay as you go at £2 a day. Numero eSIM sells a local line where you land.
The same bundle as Numero eSIM's full eSIM: one prepaid eSIM with its own number for data, calls and SMS, across 112 countries. Numero eSIM sells it in 188.
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