Simbye is the nearest thing to a direct competitor on the full eSIM. Its own page offers “a French (+33), UK (+44), US (+1) or Thai (+66) mobile number with calls and SMS included” from €23.95, in four countries. Numero eSIM offers the same bundle, data, minutes and a real number on one line, in 188 countries from €16.00, and sells the number on its own in 39.
Simbye sells the product Numero eSIM is built around: an eSIM with a French, British, American or Thai mobile number, calls and SMS included. The differences are the country count and the entry price. Simbye lists four countries for the bundle; Numero eSIM carries 188 and starts at €16.00 against €23.95.
How many countries does the bundle cover?
Four on Simbye: France, the UK, the US and Thailand. Numero eSIM's full eSIM covers 188 countries and 2 regions, each named and priced, from €16.00 for 20 GB over 30 days with the number attached.
What does the standalone number do?
Simbye's site describes its US and UK virtual numbers as being “for receiving SMS verification codes abroad”, and does not state that they send or call. Numero eSIM's 39 countries of numbers send SMS and make and receive calls, with toll-free lines in eight.
Which costs less to start?
Simbye's bundle starts at €23.95 for the US and €27.95 to €29.95 for the other three countries. Numero eSIM's starts at €16.00, and its separate calling plans cover minutes beyond the plan's home country, which Simbye does not state.
Simbye sells travel eSIMs including plans with a real phone number. The table compares it across all four Numero eSIM product lines; Simbye competes in three of them and is the closest match to the full eSIM.
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Simbyenot published |
|---|---|---|
| Countries with a numberWhere you can get a local line of your own | 39 countries of numbers that call and text: 12 mobile-number countries, 32 additional countries and 8 toll-free countries (some overlap) | Standalone virtual numbers: US and UK, “for receiving SMS verification codes abroad” |
| 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, and each country page states it before purchase | |
| Send SMS from the numberWhether you can reply, not only receive | All 39 countries' numbers, outbound included | Not stated |
| WhatsApp verificationNarrower than receiving: not every number that receives SMS | Fewer than receive. 11 of the 12 mobile-number countries (every one but Nicaragua) and 2 of the 8 toll-free lines, Denmark and Colombia | Not stated |
| Make and receive callsWhether it behaves like a real phone line | Not stated | |
| 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 | Not stated |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Simbyenot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsWhere mobile data works when you travel | 181 countries + 7 regions | “190+ countries” |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Simbyenot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsOne line carrying data, minutes and a number | 188 countries + 2 regions | 4: France (+33), UK (+44), US (+1), Thailand (+66) |
| Entry priceCheapest way into the bundled product | €16.00 (20 GB, 30 days, number included) | €23.95 (US); other countries €27.95 to €29.95 |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Simbyenot published |
|---|---|---|
| Calling plansCheap minutes to landlines and mobiles abroad | 17 local and 2 international plans | Not stated; calls are included within the plan's home country |
Last verified: September 2026
Simbye's own page offers an eSIM with a French, British, American or Thai mobile number, calls and SMS included, from €23.95. That is the same product as Numero eSIM's full eSIM, in four countries against 188, at a higher entry price.
Outside France, the UK, the US and Thailand, Numero eSIM is the only one of the two with a bundled product at all: 184 more countries for the eSIM with a number, plus standalone numbers in 39 countries that send and receive.
Simbye's data eSIM covers 190+ countries, wider than Numero eSIM's 181, and its four full-eSIM countries are four of the most-wanted ones. If your trip is to France, the UK, the US or Thailand and you want data with a callable local number, Simbye is a legitimate alternative and the comparison is close.
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.
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.
Travel eSIMs in “150+ countries” with calls and texts “in popular destinations”, which it does not name. Numero eSIM lists every country where its number works.
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