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See what travelers are saying about their South America eSIM experience. Real feedback from real users to help you pick the best plan for your trip.
“This was a very disappointing experience. I purchased an eSIM from StellarSecurity, but it could not be activated, leaving me without service and out of pocket.
What made the situation worse was the customer service. They provided no effective solution and were unwilling to properly resolve the issue or refund my money.
Based on my experience, I would strongly advise against purchasing an eSIM from StellarSecurity. They literally steal from you.”
“I hired a 10 day plan with 7 GB. It stopped working after about 12 hours (just when I needed to get an Uber in not the safest place of town) and only 300 MB of consumption. Never received an email with the confirmation of purchase, so I can't even get a refund because I lost my transaction number. Do not buy, it's a scam”
“SCAM. not working, no help from globalesim. BOT chat with globalesim to end your chat session.. Unable to receive refund.
Unable to send email : Your message wasn't delivered to cs@gloabalesim.app because the domain gloabalesim.app couldn't be found.”
“Unfortunately the internet didnt work after 2 days”
“Payment process went smoothly. No registration is a bliss. However, avoid this carrier if your destination is the Brazilian Northeast coast. After installation, I couldn't get service so activation never happened. After 24h actively speaking to their customer service via telegram, I have yet to receive my refund. The support keeps asking irrelevant questions that had been answered in my initial email.”
“Works, but slow. Seems to only work on the Movistar network.
In Buenos Aires, I got OK 4g service. But everywhere else, including Mar del Plata and around, it degraded to intermittent 3g service, often showing a signal, but unable to send and receive data of any kind. In a country that depends on QR code payments etc., this was a letdown.
Pick a different eSim if you're going to be in Argentina.”
“Horrible experience. Would like to give zero stars. Bought 2 sims for 20 EUR and neither works. Support team made me spend 3+ hours doing manual tweaks to end up saying it's a coverage issue and won't refund me. I've tested 10+ esims in many countries and this is the worst. AVOID at all costs!”
“If you buy eSIM with option "activate immediately" everything works fine so far.
ATTENTION: There is also an option for future activation for a specific date
-> eSIM activation in Brazil almost impossible, worked after trying for several hours
-> eSIM has been suspended after six days without any reason (just 6 of 20 GB consumed)
-> Support was unresponsive. No answer to several messages
-> Therefore my WhatsApp account has been reported and temporarily blocked!!!
Product: "Brasil LOCAL 20GB/30d"”
“I got the 2GB for 30 days(not sure about the duration of plan) and it was amazing. Honestly all there esim's are very close to the cheepest and the have a cash back wallet where you earn 10% of every purchase which can than be used to pay for future esim's with them. They use the liberty network in Costa Rica BTW and all their esims are routed through Poland but I didn't feel any slow speeds.”
“Horrible experience. I was never able to activate the eSIM. I kept getting kicked out as the app attempted to register on different networks. I followed dozens of troubleshooting steps with customer service, all without success. I escalated the issue twice, but it was never resolved. I ended up spending four hours of my vacation trying to get it to work.
In the end, I purchased another eSIM from a different provider — it worked like a charm. I even bought another one for use in Panama, which also worked flawlessly and was incredibly easy to activate.
Avoid this service like the plague. It feels like a scam. Even the app looks like an online casino, not a professional eSIM provider.
Horrible experience. Never again. I lost $25 on the Global XL plan, which I never got to use.”
“Horrible. The service never worked. SIM never was able to register with a network. I tried troubleshooting for 2 days losing 2 or 3 hours talking with CS, they asked me to do several things nothing worked, they gave another Sim same thing. The CS was slow to respond and powerless, I escalated the ticket and nobody answer. I purchased a Sim from other company and worked great. Never again! Beware is a scam because I lost my $25!”
“Unfortunately Global eSIM is not working 98% of the time. Only 3G and nothing loads.”
“Scam alert! Do not use Global eSIM.
My girlfriend and I went to Colombia and we chose Global eSIM. Don’t do that, whatever the price. In Bogota, the biggest city in the country, it wasn’t working 95% of the time. We tried to get explanations from them, but they just don’t care. Worst company ever.”
“Cartagena works okay, Medellin works very well, but do not buy for Bogota… Customer service is a big mess!!! 6-7 emails just to get useless nonsense that’s already in the help center, and I have to repeat everything and confirm tons of times… In short, 5 days without service in the largest capital city of Colombia — a real joke!!! Definitely don’t buy!!! Now I’m trying to get a refund… already at 5 emails… A scam!”
“Zero stars if it were possible. Absolutely terrible. Easy to set up and activate, but the data signal was absolutely the worst. Like dial up 1999. Images would not load. Basic internet use was nearly impossible. Only functional for texting. I don't know what the quality is in other countries, but I would not use Breeze again, obviously. They would have to pay me.”
“I’m facing a very bad experience with GlobaleSIM in Colombia ! Since I was in Bogota, I had a terrible connection and the data wasn’t working… I’m in Cartagena and the speed is very slow, only 3G connection and just for a couple minutes because the connection breaks every time, and took 5 minutes or more to get back connected
I get in contact with the support, I did what they said but at the end, they said that they can do nothing to improve the connection.”
“Signal is weak. Loose LTE. From 3G no internet. Price was 18 dollars for 10 GB.month.”
“Not working and also customer response is very slow. If you need it to work quickly choose another service. ”
“Not good, most of the time I could not use it. There was a signal, and people with physical SIMS on the same network had no problems.”
“I didn’t get a confirmation email, from the QR in the confirmation page I could not install it, because it said this QR had been used already, and when checking the code they also mention there it was showing data for a booking completely different than mine. When contacting costumer service they didn’t bother to answer and i just had the option to report them to PayPal, good thing I didn’t give them my credit card details, who knows what would have happened in that situation ”
“Not good. When data does work, everything loads slowly but a lot of the time it doesn’t work. The coverage is terrible and j was Constantly losing data signal. I was in Salvador/Bahia and Rio. You would think coverage would be better in Rio but it was worse. It left me stranded and disrupted my whole day. Do not recommend! Also bought a voice plan and the number the gave me never worked and I couldn’t make any calls. Tried to contact them but had no response. Don’t waste your money. Avoid! ”
“I love you! Thank you so much makes the traveling life way easier. This service is great does exactly as it should has some coupons and an overview over all easy to use options. So happy I don’t have to wait at a claro store for 2h to get the eSIM activated
Used your services already 3/4 times absolutely wholesome experience. So the review is not exclusively for Guatemala but for the overall experience you created here. Will continue to do use and spread the word!
Lots of love from a traveler that already saved you on the homescreen
Robin”
“Extremely dissatisfied with the GlobaleSim experience in Ecuador.
Not a single place with 4G coverage and 3G was so slow it was barely usable. Next time, I'll choose another provider.”
“Bad! I added extra data to my sim. Did not receive it. When I asked for help I got a chat bot telling me that they will email me whitin 2-3 hours! ”
Everything you need to know about using eSIMs in South America
About 210 travel eSIM providers and roughly 6, 700 prepaid data plans are available in South America, offering a wide variety of options that make it easy for travelers to find an eSIM that suits their needs.
Unlimited data eSIM plans for South America are offered by several providers. Yesim, Roamify and Earth Esim all provide plans that claim unlimited data access, but the speed can be throttled after a certain amount of usage. The pricing for these plans ranges from a low of about $5.57 to a high of roughly $155.00 USD, depending on the validity period and features such as tethering. Travelers should keep in mind that while the data is advertised as unlimited, speed throttling may happen, so choosing a plan that fits expected usage and comfort with potential speed limits is advisable.
There are travel eSIM plans for South America that include a phone number, voice, and SMS. Providers such as GlobaleSIM, ESIM DOG, JamboSim, Roamtell, Earth Esim and Roamify, among others, offer plans that deliver a phone number and both inbound and outbound SMS, with starting prices around $6.00 USD for a 7‑day 1 GB bundle. Most of these plans use a dialing code of +1, which is not a South‑American code; only the RedEx eSIM uses the Argentine code +54 and provides a local South‑American number. Validity periods range from a week to several months, and larger data and longer‑term options are also available.
All plans that provide a phone number support inbound and outbound SMS, enabling you to receive and send texts from that number. If a local South‑American number is required, the RedEx eSIM offers an Argentine number with full voice and SMS functionality, while other providers supply international numbers that work across the region via the eSIM’s data service or VoIP applications. Travelers should verify the specific plan details—such as validity, data limits, and network coverage—to ensure the chosen service meets their needs while visiting South America.
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