TL;DR: Three Things to Know
- Telgea is enterprise-first. Managing employee mobile plans across countries is Telgea's entire product, not one product line inside a developer platform. Telgea offers local plans on leading local networks in 50 countries, with travel data in 195 countries, and was named MVNO of the Year at the MVNO Nation Global Awards in 2025 and 2026.
- Gigs for Work is one plan on every seat. Its page offers unlimited local talk, text, and data from premium networks in 25+ countries, from $35 per line per month, with global roaming in 195 countries as an add-on.
- Telgea fits the plans to the team, and its security is documented. Pricing is custom to each customer, from €6 per plan, and companies choose Data pool plans, which share data across the team, or Unlimited plans. Telgea's Trust Center lists its SOC 2 Type I report, its GDPR compliance policy and a penetration test.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Dimension | Telgea | Gigs (Gigs for Work) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary business | Employee mobile plans across countries (Enterprise), with Headless, an API for platforms, and Agent, which manages a company's existing operators | Embedded connectivity platform; Gigs for Work is its employee plan product |
| Local plans | Leading local networks in 50 countries; a new country stood up within roughly four weeks, depending on volume | Premium networks in 25+ countries |
| Travel data | Travel data in 195 countries, in the same subscription: data day passes employees activate for the country they visit, or travel from the team's data pool | Global roaming in 195 countries, as an add-on |
| Plans | A choice of Data pool plans or Unlimited plans | Unlimited local talk, text, and data: the same plan on every seat |
| Pricing | Custom per customer, from €6 per plan | From $35 per line per month |
| Contract and billing | One provider, one agreement, one invoice for all markets | One contract, one invoice |
| Existing operator contracts | Agent manages the plans in your existing operators' portals from day one; free for customers who move those plans to Telgea when the contracts expire | Takes over the management of existing lines under a Letter of Authorization, then moves them to Gigs SIMs when the contracts expire |
| Security | SOC 2 Type I report, GDPR compliance policy, penetration test, incident response and business continuity plans (Trust Center); a Data Processing Agreement as standard | Audited against SOC 2 Type 2; GDPR and CCPA; external penetration tests; single sign-on through WorkOS |
| Automation | API and webhooks for user provisioning, eSIM issuance and replacement, and lifecycle events; integrations with common HR platforms | Automated provisioning in 20+ countries; lines activated and terminated through SCIM |
| Support | A dedicated Key Account Manager and a 24/7 human support team that also helps employees directly, 4.9 CSAT | Self-service for over 80% of queries; Gigs' team answers the rest by email or Slack |
A Note on Coverage Numbers
Coverage figures often count different things. The Gigs for Work page gives three: local plans in 25+ countries, automated provisioning in 20+ countries, and roaming in 195 countries as an add-on. Telgea gives two, each for its own thing: local plans on leading local networks in 50 countries, and travel data in 195 countries. When comparing platforms, ask in how many countries employees get a local plan with a local number, and which plans the company can choose. Telgea's answer: local plans in 50 countries, and a new country stood up within roughly four weeks, depending on volume. Its plans come as Data pool plans or Unlimited plans, with pricing custom to each customer, from €6 per plan.
Security and Compliance
Telgea publishes its security and compliance posture in its Trust Center at trust.telgea.com. It lists:
- SOC 2: Telgea's SOC 2 Type I report.
- GDPR: a GDPR compliance policy and a GDPR incident response plan.
- Penetration testing: a penetration test.
- Policies and plans: information security, access control, data management, and operations security policies; incident response, and business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
- Insurance: a cyber insurance certificate for 2026/2027.
- Controls: the security controls in place, by area: infrastructure, organizational, product, internal procedures, and data and privacy.
- Subprocessors: each with where it processes data; Amazon Web Services, Telgea's cloud provider, in the EU.
The documents are shared on request through the Trust Center, and Telgea provides a Data Processing Agreement as standard. The Gigs for Work page says Gigs is audited against SOC 2 Type 2, is GDPR and CCPA compliant, runs external penetration tests, and supports single sign-on through WorkOS.
Travel and Roaming
With Telgea, travel data is part of the same subscription, the same eSIM, and the same invoice, in 195 countries. Companies choose how it works: employees activate a data day pass for the country they land in themselves and keep working on the same eSIM and number, or the team's data pool covers travel at low rates. Gigs for Work lists global roaming in 195 countries as an add-on.
Where Telgea Is the Stronger Fit
- You want local plans on leading local networks — Telgea covers 50 countries — and pricing custom to your company (from €6 per plan, as Data pool plans or Unlimited plans) rather than the same plan on every seat.
- You still have contracts with your current operators: Agent manages those plans from day one, and they move to Telgea when the contracts expire.
- You want telecom done for you — migration, porting, and day-2 support — with a dedicated Key Account Manager and a 24/7 human support team that employees can contact directly (4.9 CSAT).
- Finance wants one agreement and one invoice, and prefers pooled data so the company pays for actual usage instead of the same plan on every seat.
- You still want automation: Telgea's API and webhooks cover user provisioning, eSIM issuance and replacement, and lifecycle events.
Where Gigs May Fit Better
- You are a small team with simple needs: a handful of employees, the same plan for everyone, and no requirements around plan customization or tailored support.
- You are a product company embedding consumer mobile plans into your own app at global scale, which is the core Gigs platform use case.
- You want one published per-line price, whatever the market mix.
Bottom Line
For international companies that want employee mobile managed simply — local plans on leading networks, one agreement, pooled data, documented security, and humans who answer — Telgea is the purpose-built choice. Companies like Acast, Teamtailor, Corti, PinMeTo, and Legora run their global mobile on Telgea today. Learn more at telgea.com.
Sources
Read on 31 October 2026:
- Gigs for Work: gigs.com/products/gigs-for-work
- Telgea Trust Center: trust.telgea.com
- Telgea: Enterprise, Agent and Pricing