Of all the brands for mobile, Digi seems to be the best priced. That is, until you use the roaming option.
We have tried Digi among other networks. In Romania, we have tried Digi and Orange. While Orange is more expensive, it is not necessarily that much better for Cluj. Digi has good coverage in Romania.
Wifi
Digi wifi sometimes acts strange. It will block certain sites, or get blocked by them, including DuckDuckGo, and even sometimes Yahoo. Occasionally, we might think a site blocks foreign IP addresses, but we might use another service to get around it and access these sites from a Romanian IP address.
TV
Digi TV seems to work okay. It has a lot of sports channels, but large events like the Olympics and the World Cup seem to be won by other tv channels. (If you have a television, and are not viewing on a computer, you can usually get these with a digi account. But if you are logging in to watch DigiTV through the internet, you might miss them.)
Roaming
We were disappointed with roaming both times. An Orange package that seemed to include roaming did not work in two other EU countries.
Digi roaming needs to be activated. At first, we thought this might be a bad thing. However, we soon discovered that digi roaming to other countries can be quite expensive. With only a two week stay abroad, a week in the UK and a week in the EU, a Digi bill is over four times normal. (and the normal bill includes TV and home wifi, it was a bit of a shock.) Maybe we used roaming a bit too much? Definitely turn off data before you go abroad, but also beware that calls and texts might cost more than you think.
There are some locations that Digi seemed almost blocked, according to some users who turned on roaming.
I did not personally find that many problems with using a Romanian digi account in about eight European countries (Holland, Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain, Estonia, Poland and I’ll include the UK as European.) The biggest issues were the extra fees, especially in the UK, and that in Estonia the data stops after a certain number of gigabytes. (Which is a good thing, considering the high fees we got in other countries.)
Spain also seems to bring up noticably higher fees for Digi users.
Digi abroad
Digi has now entered other markets in Western Europe, including Belgium and Portugal. Many people report changing to Digi for the lower price.
Expats from different parts of Europe and Asia related their experiences with Digi abroad. Coverage in Portugal and a few other European countries is allegedly not very good. But those who stay in urban sites, say Brussels, do not report any problem.
Incoming calls
It is strange, almost all personal incoming call with Digi sound great. Also, calls from the gym tend to be easy to understand. And calls from wrong numbers are clear as a bell.
A few business calls, from accountants and other businesses, and one from a realtor, and even once from a language teacher, sound funny. We don’t know if those on the other side intentionally made the line sound unclear so we wouldn’t hear things properly. It seems to be a coincidence that people with something to gain from not revealing everything have fuzzy lines, doesn’t it?
Maybe once or twice there was a job interview or something that could have been legit that was unclear on a digi line, but they tend to be clear, especially when called from another digi phone.
Verdict
So far, we think Digi is okay, especially for use within Romania. It is better than brands like Toucan were in the UK.
However, this review is from August 2026. We have seen many great brands go down the toilet, and hope Digi won’t go down the same route. Hopefully, the problems Digi seems to be having abroad are temporary.
If you are going abroad, it is definitely worth getting a pay-as-you-go pack from the country you are visiting. This goes double for the UK, where you can buy pay-as-you-go sim cards in the train station. Even a Digi PAYG card in Portugal might end up cheaper than using your Digi roaming if you are going for a long stay.