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If you are on a smaller Australian provider, the roaming pack you get offered is whatever your provider happens to sell, and the spread between them is enormous. The cheapest data in this comparison costs $1.00 a gigabyte. The dearest costs $12.50. Same trip, same phone, twelve and a half times the price.
Most people never compare, because the pack appears in their own provider’s app and it looks reasonable in isolation. Here they are next to each other.
Looking for the supermarket providers? We have separate current guides to ALDI Mobile roaming packs and Everyday Mobile roaming add-ons, because their purchase-time rules need more room than one table row. We have also put the different expiry clocks side by side in when your roaming day actually starts.
The whole set, sorted by price per gigabyte
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| Provider | Pack | Price | Data | $/GB | Calls | SMS | Validity | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussie Broadband | Zone 1 day pack | $5/day | 5GB | $1.00 | Unlimited in Zone 1 and to AU | Unlimited | 24 hrs | Optus |
| Felix | Roaming add-on | $20 | 4GB | $5.00 | 100 min | 100 | 365 days | TPG |
| Tangerine | 14 day | $55 | 10GB | $5.50 | 60 min | 60 | 14 days | Telstra Wholesale |
| More | 14 day | $55 | 10GB | $5.50 | 60 min | 60 | 14 days | Telstra Wholesale |
| Boost | Large | $40 | 7GB | $5.71 | 60 min | 60 | 14 days | Telstra Prepaid |
| Boost | Medium | $30 | 5GB | $6.00 | 30 min | 30 | 7 days | Telstra Prepaid |
| Tangerine | 7 day | $35 | 5GB | $7.00 | 30 min | 30 | 7 days | Telstra Wholesale |
| More | 7 day | $35 | 5GB | $7.00 | 30 min | 30 | 7 days | Telstra Wholesale |
| amaysim | THE EPIC | $70 | 9GB | $7.78 | 100 min | 60 | 365 days | Optus |
| amaysim | JUST GIGS | $50 | 6GB | $8.33 | none | none | 365 days | Optus |
| Kogan | 7 day | $45 | 5GB | $9.00 | 150 min | 150 | 7 days | TPG |
| Kogan | 1 day | $10 | 1GB | $10.00 | 50 min | 50 | 1 day | TPG |
| Boost | Small | $20 | 2GB | $10.00 | 15 min | 15 | 3 days | Telstra Prepaid |
| Belong | Travel pack | $30 | 3GB | $10.00 | 150 min | Unlimited | 15 days active | Telstra |
| amaysim | THE WORKS | $25 | 2GB | $12.50 | 50 min | 30 | 365 days | Optus |
| Kogan | 3 day | $25 | 2GB | $12.50 | 100 min | 100 | 3 days | TPG |
| amaysim | SMALL TALK | $20 | none | n/a | 100 min | 100 | 365 days | Optus |
One important caveat on the top row. Aussie Broadband’s $1.00 a gigabyte is per 24 hour block and does not carry over. A seven day trip costs $35 and gives you 5GB per day with nothing pooled, so it is not directly comparable to a seven day pack with a shared allowance. If you use a gigabyte a day, you are paying $5 a gigabyte in practice, not $1.
If you are at the point of choosing a plan, our best travel eSIM guide for Australians compares the current options and their practical trade-offs.
The one that is genuinely different
Aussie Broadband is not really selling a pack. It is selling the same daily roaming structure the big three use, at Optus prices, on the Optus network.
“Zone 1 uses a day pack of inclusions to use within a 24-hour period. Day packs cost $5, and you’re only charged for days you use international roaming.”
“A day pack includes: 5GB of data to use within Zone 1 countries. Unlimited calls and SMSs to numbers within Zone 1 countries (including back to Australia).”
Their Zone 1 list runs to 146 destinations, and Zone 2 adds another 45 on pay as you go. And like Optus, it re-charges itself:
“If you are using a $5 day pack and you use more than 5GB data in a single day, you will be charged an additional $5 and given an additional 5GB data to use in that 24 hour period.”
They are also the only provider in this set that publishes a full pay as you go rate card. Zone 2 data is $1 per MB, Zone 3 is $15.50 per MB. Worth knowing which zone you are heading to.
The one built on a different idea
amaysim is the outlier and the most interesting product here. Every other pack expires in days. amaysim’s run 365 days, and unused inclusions roll into a new pack if you buy again.
That solves the real problem with prepaid travel data, which is that the industry is built on you not using what you paid for. If you take three or four short trips a year, amaysim’s dollars-per-gigabyte ranking is misleading, because you will actually consume what you bought. Nothing we sell works this way and we think it is a good idea.
The two that are the same company
Tangerine and More sell an identical product. Same two packs, same prices, same 67 destination list word for word, same activation rules, both on Telstra Wholesale. They are both Tangerine Telecom Group brands.
One quirk worth knowing, quoted from both:
“If you choose to activate your travel pack ‘Today’ you will be able to start using your travel pack immediately, but the validity period for your travel pack will begin at 12.00 am (Australian Eastern Time) the following day.”
So the pack works straight away but the clock starts at Australian midnight. That is generous rather than mean, since you get part of a bonus day at the front.
Tangerine adds something More does not:
“You can receive standard SMS while overseas free of charge. Inbound SMS are not counted toward your included standard SMS allowance, making it easy to receive important messages such as verification codes or service alerts.”
That is exactly the behaviour that makes running a travel eSIM alongside your Australian number work. Our guide to keeping your Australian number working overseas covers the dual-SIM setup and the voicemail trap. Tangerine is the only provider here that spells the incoming-SMS position out.
A sourcing note: Tangerine’s pack prices are published only as an image file, named for July 2025. There is no machine readable or dated HTML source for them. We have used the image, and it is the only thing available.
The two with the most interesting free tier
Belong and Felix both give you something without buying anything.
Belong: “Inbound SMS and wi-fi calling are included for free with all eligible plans. You don’t need to buy a travel pack to get these benefits.” Free inbound SMS covers 47 pack destinations plus roughly 29 more.
Felix: “If you don’t add International Roaming, you can still connect to wifi while overseas and you’ll even receive texts for free. With felix, you won’t get surprise roaming charges.”
Both of those make the run-both setup easy. Keep the Australian line on for bank codes, let a travel eSIM carry the data, pay nothing to your Australian provider.
Belong’s pack has an unusual shape worth understanding. It costs $30, you have 365 days to activate it, and once activated it runs 15 consecutive days:
“Your pack kicks in when you connect to an eligible network in an included destination.”
“Once a pack has been activated, it’ll continue for 15 consecutive days. If you use your pack at all, even just one day, it’ll stay active.”
Which produces a genuine trap on layovers:
“If your layover destination is covered by our travel pack, the pack will activate. If you want to stop this from happening, keep your phone on flight mode until you arrive at your destination.”
A Singapore stopover on the way to Europe will start your 15 day clock. Aeroplane mode until you land at the real destination.
Belong is also the only provider here that forfeits your old pack when you buy a new one: “When you buy a new pack, any of the calls and data left in the first pack will be forfeited.”
Felix, by contrast, rolls over: “If you run out of data, talk or text, simply add another $20 International Roaming pack and all unused inclusions will be rolled into your new purchased pack under your new expiry period.”
Where a travel eSIM lands
For completeness, here is what we charge, so you can put it in the same table:
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| Destination | Our 10GB / 30 days | Effective $/GB |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia (Bali) | $17.95 | $1.80 |
| Thailand | $16.95 | $1.70 |
| UK | $16.95 | $1.70 |
| Japan | $19.95 | $2.00 |
| Vietnam | $19.95 | $2.00 |
| USA | $19.95 | $2.00 |
| New Zealand | $23.95 | $2.40 |
| Europe (regional, 35 areas, no France) | $24.95 | $2.50 |
| Europe 30+ Areas (34 destinations, with France) | $29.95 | $3.00 |
| Europe (41 destinations) | $49.95 | $5.00 |
The 35-area plan does not include France. If Paris or anywhere else in France is on your itinerary, take Europe 30+ Areas instead: it covers 34 destinations including France and Turkey, and 10GB over 30 days is A$29.95. The 35-area list also leaves out Turkey, Serbia, North Macedonia, Gibraltar and the Channel Islands.
On single country destinations that is $1.70 to $2.40 a gigabyte against $5.00 to $12.50 for every MVNO pack except Aussie Broadband’s daily structure. Our 35-area Europe regional plan is $2.50 a gigabyte but leaves out France. Europe 30+ Areas includes France and Turkey at $3.00 a gigabyte, while the 41-destination plan is $5.00 a gigabyte.
What the MVNO packs give you that we do not: calls and texts on your own Australian number, and no setup. Belong throws in 150 minutes. Kogan’s seven day pack has 150 minutes and 150 texts. If you need to actually ring people, those minutes are the product and the data is the side dish.
How to choose
If your provider is Aussie Broadband, use their day pack. It is the best value roaming in Australia and there is no case for anything else on a short trip.
If your provider is amaysim and you travel several times a year, buy their pack and enjoy the 365 days.
If you need real call minutes, Kogan and Belong give you the most for the money.
If you are on Tangerine, More, Boost, Felix or Belong and the trip is data heavy, the packs run $5 to $10 a gigabyte and cap out between 3GB and 10GB. That is where a travel eSIM starts making sense, and our destination pages have the prices in Australian dollars.
If your destination is not on your provider’s list, check before you assume. The lists here range from 30 destinations (Kogan) to 191 (Aussie Broadband).
One thing every one of these gets right
None of these providers charges you pay as you go rates by accident. Kogan, amaysim, Boost, Felix, Belong, Tangerine and More all work on a pack-or-nothing basis: without a pack, mobile data simply does not work overseas. Only Aussie Broadband publishes a pay as you go rate, and only outside Zone 1.
That is a meaningfully safer structure than the postpaid products the big three sell, where roaming is switched on by default and charges begin the moment your phone does anything. If avoiding a surprise is your priority, being on a smaller provider is already helping you.
Questions people actually ask
Which Australian MVNO has the cheapest international roaming?
On price per gigabyte, Aussie Broadband at $1.00 within a 24 hour block, then Felix at $5.00 and Tangerine and More at $5.50 on their 14 day packs.
Which pack lasts longest?
amaysim and Felix both run 365 days. Belong gives you 365 days to activate, then 15 consecutive days of use.
Do I need an active plan to buy a roaming pack?
Usually yes. Kogan, Felix, Belong, Tangerine and More all require an active service. Boost’s FAQ says no active recharge is needed, though another section of the same page says otherwise.
Will I get charged if I do not buy a pack?
On every provider here except Aussie Broadband, no. Roaming simply does not work without an active pack. Aussie Broadband charges pay as you go outside Zone 1.
Can I receive texts without buying anything?
On Belong, Felix and Tangerine, yes, and all three say so explicitly. That is useful if you want bank codes on your Australian number while a travel eSIM carries the data.
What is the layover trap on Belong?
If your stopover country is covered, landing there activates your pack and starts the 15 day clock. Belong’s advice is to stay in flight mode until you reach your actual destination.
Are Tangerine and More the same?
Effectively yes. Same packs, same prices, same 67 destination list, same terms, both on Telstra Wholesale, both Tangerine Telecom Group brands.
Sources
All figures retrieved 17 August 2026 from provider-owned pages: Kogan Mobile · amaysim · Boost · Felix · Belong and Belong roaming FAQs · Tangerine · More · Aussie Broadband and Aussie Broadband zones and rates. Our prices from our own product pages, same date.
Written by Lachlan, who runs The SIM Shop from Brisbane and answers the support email himself.
