Two ways come up to get online in Morocco without paying roaming: the Pocket WiFi, a small 4G router you rent and carry in your pocket, and the eSIM, a digital SIM you install in your phone. Both work. They suit different trips.
What a Pocket WiFi is
A Pocket WiFi is a phone-sized box with its own Moroccan SIM card. It picks up the mobile network and shares it over Wi-Fi with your devices. Pocket WiFi Morocco, for example, rents its router at €4.90 a day with unlimited data and up to 10 devices connected at once, for a minimum of 2 days and with a €50 deposit refunded on return. It is delivered and collected free in Marrakech: at your hotel, your riad or Marrakech-Menara airport.
What an eSIM is
An eSIM is a profile you install with a QR code at home before you leave. It starts on your first connection in Morocco. Nothing to collect, nothing to return, nothing to charge. Our plans give 1 GB a day at full speed, then 512 Kbps, and hotspot is included.
Price, device by device
| For 7 days | eSIM (per phone) | Pocket WiFi (for the group) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 phone | €24 | €34.30 |
| 2 phones | €48 | €34.30 |
| 3 phones | €72 | €34.30 |
| Delivery | QR code by email | in Marrakech only |
| Deposit | none | €50, refunded on return |
The reading is simple: alone with one phone, the eSIM is cheaper; from two phones, the router is cheaper, and the gap grows with each device you add. Over fifteen days the router comes to €73.50 for the whole group, against €45 per phone with the eSIM.
The other differences
- Devices. The router connects tablets, laptops and phones without eSIM, including older or locked models. The eSIM needs a compatible, unlocked phone.
- Battery. The router needs charging every day and has to stay within Wi-Fi range: if someone in the group heads off alone, they lose internet. With an eSIM, everyone is connected wherever they are.
- Delivery. The router is handed over and collected in Marrakech. The eSIM arrives by email in seconds wherever you are, and works wherever there is signal in Morocco.
- Sharing. An eSIM can share its connection too, but it stays at 1 GB a day at full speed: fine to help out a laptop, not to run a whole family all day.
Which one to choose?
- You travel alone, or each person has a compatible phone and moves around separately: the eSIM.
- Two or more of you stay together, in and around Marrakech: the Pocket WiFi, delivered to your hotel or the airport.
- You have tablets, a laptop or a phone without eSIM: the Pocket WiFi.
- You are touring the country without starting in Marrakech: the eSIM, installed before the flight.
The router is rented on pocketwifimorocco.com. For the eSIM, see our Morocco eSIM plans and check your phone's compatibility. Our wider comparison of the options (local SIM, Wi-Fi, eSIM) is here: Morocco internet options compared.