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Hims vs BraveRX

Compare pricing, features, and medications to find the best GLP-1 provider for your weight loss journey

Hims vs BraveRX: Overview

Choosing between Hims and BraveRX for GLP-1 weight loss medication? Both are popular providers, but they differ in pricing, medication options, and service features.

Hims offers both semaglutide and tirzepatide at $298/month with a rating of 8.5/10. BraveRX also provides both semaglutide and tirzepatide at $159/month with a 6.2/10 rating.

The price difference of $139/month is significant - BraveRX is the more budget-friendly option, while Hims positions itself as a premium service.

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After reviewing all 148 providers on this platform, we've identified CoreAge Rx as offering the most transparent pricing model. At just $99/month — the same price every month, every dose — there are no surprise charges or hidden fees. Combined with exceptional service quality, personalized support, and access to both semaglutide and tirzepatide, it represents the best value without compromising on care.

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At a glance

Price Difference

$139/mo

Rating Difference

2.3

Winner

Hims

Best For

Quality

Hims

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Rating

8.5/10Better

Monthly Price

$298

Medications

semaglutidetirzepatide

Pros

✓The entire weight-loss line is FDA-approved branded medication - Wegovy pen and pill, Zepbound vial and KwikPen, Ozempic, Ozempic pill, Mounjaro and the new Foundayo pill - with no compounded product in the lineup
✓Genuinely competitive medication pricing for branded drugs: the Wegovy pill and Foundayo pill from $149/mo and the Wegovy pen and Ozempic from $199/mo (checked July 26, 2026)
✓A microdosing plan for the Wegovy pill is offered at the same $149/mo, which is unusual for a branded product
✓Zepbound vial and KwikPen at $299/mo undercut what many telehealth platforms charge for the same branded product
✓Every product carries an 'Important safety information' link directly beside it
✓A large, established, publicly listed company with real regulatory exposure, rather than an anonymous LLC
✓Ongoing care is included from day one alongside the medication

Cons

✗The advertised prices are medication only. A Hims Weight Loss Membership is required on top - $39 for the first month, then auto-renewing at $149/month - so the realistic all-in cost starts near $298/month and reaches about $448/month for Zepbound
✗The membership 'does not include or guarantee a prescription', and medication 'is not available without a membership'. You can pay $149 a month and be declined treatment
✗The $39 introductory membership auto-renews at nearly four times that rate
✗Mounjaro and Zepbound are listed at $1,899/month, far above the manufacturers' own direct-pay programmes
✗Trustpilot sits at 3.0 out of 5 across 8,862 reviews - the weakest independent score of any major provider we have reviewed here, despite the FDA-approved lineup
✗The '32 lbs' figure beside the Wegovy pill is asterisked to trial data for the branded drug, not to outcomes among Hims members
✗Ozempic and Mounjaro are FDA-approved for type 2 diabetes, so prescribing them for weight loss is off-label and depends on your clinical picture
✗Because medication and membership are billed separately, the headline price understates what leaves your account each month

BraveRX

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Rating

6.2/10

Monthly Price

$159Cheaper

Medications

tadalafilsildenafilapomorphine

Pros

✓The exact formulation is published down to the milligram - tadalafil 15mg, sildenafil 40mg and apomorphine 3mg per oral dissolving tablet - which is far more disclosure than most compounded sellers offer
✓$159 buys a 12-count bottle, about $13.25 per dose, and the price includes the doctor visit, ongoing medical support and free shipping with no separate consultation fee
✓The safety information page is unusually thorough: absolute contraindications, drug interactions, serious side effects and common side effects are listed separately for each active ingredient
✓It states openly that apomorphine's actual FDA approval is for 'off' episodes in advanced Parkinson's disease and that other uses are off-label - an honest disclosure many competitors would have buried
✓It directs users to report side effects to the FDA via MedWatch, which is a genuine consumer-protection step rather than a marketing line
✓A published phone number with real, specific support hours, plus a LegitScript verification link that can be checked independently
✓Refills can be cancelled or modified at any time with 72 hours' notice before the next processing date
✓Orders are stated to ship within 24 hours of preparation

Cons

✗The tablet combines two PDE5 inhibitors - tadalafil 15mg and sildenafil 40mg - in a single dose. No FDA-approved product stacks two PDE5 inhibitors, and standard practice is one at a time. Doubling up on the same mechanism compounds the blood-pressure-lowering effect without any established additional benefit
✗Apomorphine adds a third agent that independently causes low blood pressure, sedation and sudden sleep onset. That means three vasodilatory or hypotensive drugs in one tablet
✗Despite covering each ingredient in detail, the safety page never once discusses the risk of taking them together. The word 'combination' does not appear on it, so the one risk unique to this product is the one risk not addressed
✗The product is compounded - the site calls it 'custom formulated' and 'freshly prepared in our partnered pharmacies' - but the word 'compounded' never appears, and the safety page repeatedly calls the individual ingredients 'FDA-approved', which could easily be read as approval of the tablet itself. It is not FDA-approved
✗'BUILD LEAN MUSCLE - The components in BraveRX not only enhance arousal and get you hard but also promote the production of lean muscle and accelerate recovery.' None of tadalafil, sildenafil or apomorphine builds lean muscle
✗'Studies have shown that the active ingredient in BraveRX, Tadalafil, can help men last 7-10 times longer during sex' - an extraordinary figure with no study cited, for a drug not indicated for delaying ejaculation
✗Apomorphine is marketed as enhancing 'motor control, mental focus' and helping you 'stay sharp, confident' - performance framing for a Parkinson's medication
✗Refunds are granted at BraveRX's 'sole discretion', may be unavailable once the pharmacy has processed the order, and are capped at one month's product value
✗Only 21 Trustpilot reviews at 3.7, and the '65,000 men' figure is the company's own with no independent corroboration
✗Anyone taking nitrates, riociguat or 5-HT3 anti-emetics such as ondansetron must not take this product, and the apomorphine component makes the ondansetron interaction a real concern for men who take anti-nausea medication

Feature-by-feature comparison

Feature	Hims	BraveRX
Monthly Price	$298	$159
Rating	8.5/10	6.2/10
Medications	semaglutide, tirzepatide	tadalafil, sildenafil, apomorphine
Insurance Accepted	No	No
Support Hours	24/7	Monday to Friday, 9am-6pm Eastern
Live Chat	Available	No
Free Shipping	Yes	Yes
Shipping Speed	2-4 days	Ships within 24 hours; free shipping on all orders
Mobile App	Available	No
Dedicated Coach	Not included	Not included
Follow-up Frequency	Ongoing care included with the membership from day one	Daily access to medical support included in the price
Money-back Guarantee	None published for the weight-loss membership; medication is billed separately from the membership fee	Discretionary. Damaged goods must be reported within 7 days; refunds capped at the amount paid for that month's product
Cancellation Policy	Membership auto-renews monthly at $149 after the $39 first month; cancel before renewal to stop billing	Cancel or modify refills any time with at least 72 hours' notice before the next processing date

Which should you choose?

Choose Hims if you:

→Prefer a higher-rated service (8.5/10 vs 6.2/10)
→Need 24/7 customer support availability
→Value: the entire weight-loss line is fda-approved branded medication - wegovy pen and pill, zepbound vial and kwikpen, ozempic, ozempic pill, mounjaro and the new foundayo pill - with no compounded product in the lineup

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Choose BraveRX if you:

→Want to save $139/month with a more affordable option
→Want more medication options to choose from
→Value: the exact formulation is published down to the milligram - tadalafil 15mg, sildenafil 40mg and apomorphine 3mg per oral dissolving tablet - which is far more disclosure than most compounded sellers offer

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Our recommendation

Hims comes out ahead with a higher rating of 8.5/10. It also provides multiple medication options including both semaglutide and tirzepatide.

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