A number you can talk on
Yesim numbers receive SMS. Numero eSIM numbers make calls, take calls and send texts. The first keeps an account open; the second is a phone line, which is what matters when a bank or a courier needs to reach you.
The Yesim alternative with a number that calls and texts
Yesim sells virtual numbers that receive SMS in four countries, and its own page states “Outgoing SMS are unavailable”. Numero eSIM sells a number in 39 countries that makes calls, takes calls and sends texts, from $3.99 a month, with a full eSIM in 188 countries on the same account.
Why customers choose Numero eSIM over Yesim
Numero eSIM and Yesim both sell subscription virtual numbers, but the numbers do different jobs. A Yesim number is an inbox: it receives verification codes in the UK, US, Netherlands and Canada, and that is all it does. A Numero eSIM number is a phone line in 39 countries. If you only ever need to receive a code, Yesim is cheaper. If anyone needs to call you back, or you need to reply, only Numero eSIM's number can do it.
Can you send a text or make a call from a Yesim number?
No. Yesim's page says outgoing SMS are unavailable, and calls are not offered. A Numero eSIM number places calls, answers calls and sends texts in all 39 countries, because it is a phone line.
How many countries do the two cover?
Yesim lists four: the UK, US, Netherlands and Canada. Numero eSIM covers 39 countries, with toll-free lines in eight and a choice of US area code across nine cities.
What else comes with the account?
Yesim sells numbers and data eSIMs. Numero eSIM adds 17 local and 2 international calling plans and a full eSIM carrying data, minutes and a real number across 188 countries.
Numero eSIM vs Yesim: What is the difference?
Yesim is a travel eSIM provider that also sells inbound-SMS virtual numbers. The table compares it across all four Numero eSIM product lines; Yesim competes in two of them.
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Yesimnot published |
|---|---|---|
| Countries with a numberWhere you can get a local line of your own | 39 countries, made up of 12 mobile-number countries, 32 additional countries and 8 toll-free countries (some overlap) | 4: UK, US, Netherlands, Canada |
| Receive SMS and OTP codesWhether verification codes arrive | Varies. The US, Canadian and Nicaraguan numbers receive SMS; most of the additional countries do not, and the country page says so | |
| Send SMS from the numberWhether you can reply, not only receive | Yes, from numbers in all 39 countries | “Outgoing SMS are unavailable” |
| WhatsApp verificationNarrower than receiving: not every number that receives SMS | Narrower than SMS. Supported on 11 of 12 mobile-number countries (not Nicaragua) and 2 of 8 toll-free lines (Denmark, Colombia), listed per country | Not stated |
| Make and receive callsWhether it behaves like a real phone line | Not offered | |
| 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 | €6, same for all four countries |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Yesimnot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsWhere mobile data works when you travel | 181 countries + 7 regions | “200+ destinations” |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Yesimnot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsOne line carrying data, minutes and a number | 188 countries + 2 regions | Not offered; its numbers cannot call or send SMS |
| Entry priceCheapest way into the bundled product | €16.00 (20 GB, 30 days, number included) | Not applicable |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | Yesimnot published |
|---|---|---|
| Calling plansCheap minutes to landlines and mobiles abroad | 17 local and 2 international plans | No calling-plan product listed |
Last verified: September 2026
The difference, at a glance
Thirty-nine countries, eight of them toll-free
Spain, Italy, Poland, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Ukraine, Georgia, South Africa and 30 more, plus toll-free numbers in eight countries and your pick of US area code.
Where Yesim is stronger
Price, for a receive-only inbox: €6 a month falling to €3 on an annual plan, the same in all four countries, is cheaper than Numero eSIM for a UK or US number you only ever receive codes on. Its data eSIM also covers “200+ destinations” against Numero eSIM's 181.
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