CloudOn eSIM eSIM Data Plans for South Africa

CloudOn eSIM does not provide a truly unlimited high‑speed data plan for South Africa. The plans marked as “unlimited” actually offer 2GB of data per day for a specified number of days, after which the speed is throttled to 1000kbps. The data usage is therefore capped.

Travelers who need more continuous data can choose from fixed‑data plans. For example, a 50GB plan for 30 days costs $117.99 USD, a 20GB plan for 30 days costs $44.49 USD, and a 10GB plan for 30 days costs $25.49 USD. These fixed‑data options give higher data allowances and may be more cost‑effective for most users, unless extremely heavy data consumption is required.

CloudOn eSIM does not provide an eSIM for South Africa that includes a phone number or SMS capability. All of CloudOn eSIM’s South Africa plans are data‑only, so travelers cannot receive or send traditional phone calls or text messages on the local network. However, popular VoIP applications such as WhatsApp, Telegram and iMessage work over the data connection and can be used for calls and messaging in place of a local phone number.

CloudOn offers 12 single‑country data plans that cover South Africa and an additional 12 multi‑country plans that include South Africa. Prices for these plans range from $3.99 to $177.49, while data caps vary from 1 GB up to 50 GB. Travelers can choose from daily data‑cap packages—where each day is billed separately—or fixed data‑cap plans that provide a set amount of data for the entire validity period.