Head to head
Goodbars vsroaming
An honest look at roaming for a Bali or Indonesia trip, checked against their own live pricing page.
How it compares
| Goodbars | roaming | |
|---|---|---|
| When you buy it | Before you fly, from this site. | Mostly after you land. Odido says its Internet Op Reis passes are bought at your destination, and that only the XL pass can be bought before you leave. |
| What you pay | A fixed price in euros, shown before you pay. VAT included, no auto-renewal. | Outside the EU you pay per MB unless a pass is running. Pass prices are quoted per country on request, by texting PRIJS and the country name to 5545, rather than published as a list. |
| When you are online | The moment you land and switch it on. | Once the pass is bought and running. Until then the per-MB rate applies, which is the part that produces the bill people tell stories about. |
No prices for roaming are shown here. Dutch providers quote their out-of-EU pass prices per country on request rather than publishing a list, and we will not print a figure we cannot point you at. Ask your own provider what a pass costs for Indonesia, then compare it with what we charge on our pricing page.
Where roaming is better
There is nothing to install and nothing to remember. It is already in your phone, it is one bill from a company you already pay, and your number keeps working for calls and texts without you doing anything at all.
Where Goodbars is better
You know the price before you fly, in euros, on the page. You buy it at home and land already online, instead of arriving and then arranging data. And 1GB is free for 2 days, so you can see whether it works before paying anything.
Which should you pick?
- Pick roaming if
- you are away for a few days, barely use data, or you would genuinely rather pay more than add one more thing to set up before a trip.
- Pick Goodbars if
- you want one eSIM for a Bali or Indonesia trip on Telkomsel, three sizes to choose from instead of a matrix, and a free 1GB trial so you can land connected before you have paid us anything.
Where these figures come from
roaming's figures were read from their own page on 2026-08-19. Prices change, so if you spot a difference, theirs is right and ours needs updating.
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