Sonetel offers local numbers in “60+ countries” from €1.79 a month, with outbound calling through its app and web dialler and free calls to 40+ countries on paid plans. SMS works only on some of its number types. Every Numero eSIM number sends SMS, in all 39 countries, and each country page states whether it receives, with data and a full eSIM on the same account.
Sonetel beats Numero eSIM on the two numbers a buyer looks at first: 60+ number countries against 39, and €1.79 a month against $3.99. Its free calls to 40+ countries on paid plans are a good deal for anyone who calls abroad often. The row to read carefully is SMS. Sonetel's own wording is that you can send and receive SMS on some types of numbers, and the site does not resolve which. Numero eSIM's country pages do.
Which Sonetel numbers can text?
Some types, by Sonetel's description: “You can send and receive SMS on some types of numbers”. Every Numero eSIM number sends SMS in all 39 countries, and the country page says up front whether the number receives SMS and is listed for WhatsApp.
Which is cheaper, and for what?
Sonetel, at €1.79 a month for a number and free calls to 40+ countries on paid plans. Numero eSIM's numbers start at $3.99 with quarterly and annual terms that cost less, and its 17 local and 2 international calling plans are sold separately.
What about mobile data?
Sonetel sells no data and no eSIM, so it answers only the first of the four questions in the table. Numero eSIM sells a data eSIM in 181 countries and a full eSIM in 188 with data, minutes and a real number on one line.
Sonetel sells local business numbers with an app and web dialler. The table compares it across all four Numero eSIM product lines; Sonetel competes in one of them.
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Sonetelnot published |
|---|---|---|
| Countries with a numberWhere you can get a local line of your own | 39 countries, each with a page stating what the number does: 12 mobile-number countries, 32 additional countries, 8 toll-free (some overlap) | “Pick a local number in 60+ countries” |
| Receive SMS and OTP codesWhether verification codes arrive | Varies. The US, Canada and Nicaragua numbers receive SMS; most of the additional countries do not, which is stated on each country page | |
| Send SMS from the numberWhether you can reply, not only receive | Every number, in all 39 countries, sends SMS | Partly: “You can send and receive SMS on some types of numbers” |
| WhatsApp verificationNarrower than receiving: not every number that receives SMS | Listed per country. 11 of the 12 mobile-number countries (Nicaragua excluded) plus 2 of the 8 toll-free lines, Denmark and Colombia | Not stated |
| Make and receive callsWhether it behaves like a real phone line | outbound via app and web | |
| 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 | “From €1.79 per month” |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Sonetelnot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsWhere mobile data works when you travel | 181 countries + 7 regions | Not offered |
| Fair-use capWhat happens after the high-speed allowance | Published in the terms and conditions: 2 GB per 24-hour period at high speed, then 1 Mbps until it resets | No data product |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Sonetelnot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsOne line carrying data, minutes and a number | 188 countries + 2 regions | Not offered |
| Entry priceCheapest way into the bundled product | €16.00 (20 GB, 30 days, number included) | Not applicable |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Sonetelnot published |
|---|---|---|
| Calling plansCheap minutes to landlines and mobiles abroad | 17 local and 2 international plans | “Free calls to 40+ countries on paid plans” |
Last verified: September 2026
Sonetel is wider and cheaper on numbers, and generous on calling. The SMS row is the one that depends on which number you pick, and the site does not say which. Three of the four sections are empty on its side because it sells telephony only.
Numero eSIM's numbers all send SMS, and each country page states before you pay whether the number receives SMS and whether it is listed for WhatsApp. The same account carries data in 181 countries and a full eSIM in 188.
Sonetel is built for small businesses that want a local presence and cheap international calling, and it does that well: 60+ countries, €1.79 a month, free calls to 40+ countries on paid plans. For a business phone presence in several countries it is a reasonable and cheaper choice.
A free US or Canadian number over the data or WiFi you already have, from the company behind TextNow. Numero eSIM sells numbers in 39 countries plus the data to run them.
“30 000 phone numbers in 110 countries” from $4 per user per month on PBX plans. Numero eSIM sells a number to one person, without the phone system.
Numbers in “over 100 countries” with the first US, Canada or UK number free per user, sold as a platform. Numero eSIM is a line for one person, priced per country.
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