GigSky vs OneRoam for cruises

Where the fleet lists differ, and why it decides some cruises outright

GigSky publishes coverage on 290-plus ships; OneRoam publishes 200-plus. Both run on maritime networks fitted hull by hull rather than fleet by fleet, so the overlap is large but not total, and a ship on one list is not automatically on the other.

That matters more than the gap in the numbers suggests. If your vessel appears on only one of the two lists, the pricing argument on this page is irrelevant — you buy the one that covers you. Check the exact ship name on both providers’ own pages before you compare a single figure, because a cheaper plan that does not reach your hull costs infinitely more per gigabyte.

Where both cover you, GigSky’s wider list is worth something in itself if you cruise more than once a year: the same profile is more likely to work on your next ship without a fresh decision.

The currency question nobody else on this site raises

OneRoam is the only provider in our catalogue that quotes in pounds, euros and Canadian dollars as well as US dollars. Everything else here — including GigSky — prices in USD, and a non-US buyer pays a card conversion fee on top of the sticker price, typically two to three per cent.

On a small plan that is pennies and not worth a sentence. On a week of unlimited daily data it is real money, and it is money that never appears in a per-gigabyte comparison because it is added by your bank rather than by the provider. If you are buying in sterling or euros, price both in your own currency before deciding which is cheaper.

Testing, discounts and what you can find out before you pay

GigSky gives you 100 MB free with no card, which on a comparison this close is the tiebreaker. It answers the one question neither provider’s coverage list can: whether the equipment on your specific hull actually hands you a connection. OneRoam has no trial, so with OneRoam the first time you find out is after you have paid and sailed.

GigSky also carries the ESIMDUDE code for ten per cent, which we are paid on and are telling you about anyway because it changes the arithmetic. We have no equivalent arrangement with OneRoam, and if the day-pass model suits your week better, that is the one to buy.