RedVPN vs Holafly
for travel
RedVPN is a travel safety app with a VPN, on-device protection (Protect Mode) and a travel eSIM. Holafly is a eSIM provider. The table lists the facts we could read on 2026-10-25, with the source for each cell.
| Fact | RedVPN | Holafly |
|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $3.99 for one month (prepaid, no auto-renewal) | from $49.90 per month, for travellers abroad for 30 or more days (subscription) |
| Price per year | $39.99 for one year (prepaid, no auto-renewal) | not published |
| Money-back guarantee | not published | Refunds in listed cases (device incompatibility, trip cancelled, connection problems); full terms linked, not reproduced; refunds to the original payment method in 3 to 5 business days |
| Simultaneous devices | not published | not published |
| Travel eSIM included | Yes: travel eSIM in over 170 countries (176 in the catalogue snapshot) | Yes: country and regional plans across 200+ destinations |
| US phone number | Yes: a US number as a second line, in the app | A local number for inbound SMS on the two top plans; the country is not stated |
| On-device threat blocking | Yes: Protect Mode refuses known malware, phishing and command-and-control hosts on the device | not published |
| Block profiles by country or provider | Yes: countries and regions, cloud providers, ads and trackers, adult, social, gambling, custom lists | not published |
| Agent or command-line access | Yes: Linux command-line client; agent checkout over the Agentic Commerce Protocol | not published |
| Payment without an account, or crypto | Card (Stripe). Crypto not offered at checkout | not published |
| Free tier | 3-day free trial, no account, no card | not published |
The page's FAQ says calls and SMS are not possible with the eSIM, which conflicts with the inbound SMS feature on the two top plans. This page reports both as the page states them.
Sources and dates
Each cell was read on 2026-10-25. Competitor cells were read with an automated fetch of each page on 2026-10-25 and must be checked by a person before publication. A cell reads 'not published' when the page could not be read or did not state the fact.
- Price per month RedVPN: https://vpn.red/llms.txt, read 2026-10-25. Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/ (redirected from holafly.com), read 2026-10-25.
- Price per year RedVPN: https://vpn.red/llms.txt, read 2026-10-25. Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/ and /pricing/, read 2026-10-25.
- Money-back guarantee RedVPN: No refund term found on vpn.red, 2026-10-25. Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/, read 2026-10-25.
- Simultaneous devices RedVPN: No device limit found on vpn.red, 2026-10-25. Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/, read 2026-10-25.
- Travel eSIM included RedVPN: https://vpn.red/travel-esim/ and redvpn-src/data/guides.json (snapshot 2026-10-25). Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/, read 2026-10-25.
- US phone number RedVPN: https://vpn.red/travel-esim/ (read 2026-10-25). Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/, read 2026-10-25.
- On-device threat blocking RedVPN: https://vpn.red/protect/ (read 2026-10-25). Holafly: Not stated on the pricing page, 2026-10-25.
- Block profiles by country or provider RedVPN: https://vpn.red/protect/ (read 2026-10-25). Holafly: Not stated on the pricing page, 2026-10-25.
- Agent or command-line access RedVPN: https://vpn.red/llms-full.txt and https://vpn.red/agents (read 2026-10-25). Holafly: Not stated on the pricing page, 2026-10-25.
- Payment without an account, or crypto RedVPN: https://vpn.red/llms-full.txt, checkout payment handlers (read 2026-10-25). Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/, read 2026-10-25.
- Free tier RedVPN: https://vpn.red/llms.txt (read 2026-10-25). Holafly: https://esim.holafly.com/, read 2026-10-25.
Where RedVPN is different
- A travel eSIM and a US number in the same app as the VPN.
- Protect Mode on the phone: it refuses known malware, phishing and command-and-control hosts from a threat list, and shows each block with its reason.
- Prepaid Premium periods with no auto-renewal, and a 3-day free trial without an account or card.
What we have not compared
Where a row says "not published", the fact was not readable on the day we checked. We do not fill those cells with estimates. Tell us if a figure is wrong: support@vpn.red.