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Hims vs Brightmeds

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

Hims vs Brightmeds: Overview

Choosing between Hims and Brightmeds for GLP-1 weight loss medication? Both are highly-rated 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. Brightmeds also provides both semaglutide and tirzepatide at $289/month with a 8.2/10 rating.

With only a $9/month price difference, your choice will likely come down to features, support quality, and medication options.

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At a glance

Price Difference

$9/mo

Rating Difference

0.3

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

Brightmeds

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Rating

8.2/10

Monthly Price

$289Cheaper

Medications

semaglutidetirzepatide

Pros

✓Offers FDA-approved Zepbound pens and vials alongside its compounded range, so the branded route is available without leaving the platform
✓The compounded disclosure names both 503A and 503B pathways and explains why compounded drugs are not FDA-approved, rather than reciting boilerplate
✓Trademark ownership is acknowledged explicitly - Zepbound and Mounjaro attributed to Eli Lilly - instead of presenting compounds as the brands
✓Same price regardless of prescribed dose, so titrating up does not raise the bill
✓Microdosing versions of both semaglutide and tirzepatide are offered for people wanting a lower-intensity option
✓A full refund is given if you are not approved for treatment
✓Trustpilot rating of 4.8 across 906 reviews
✓Treatments are prescribed and monitored by board-certified US-licensed physicians, and the price includes medication, the online consult and ongoing support

Cons

✗The semaglutide page quotes two different starting prices in the same view: 'Get started for $183' in one block and 'Starting at $189/first month' in another, with no explanation of the difference
✗The introductory price rises sharply at renewal - $189 for the first month becomes $289/month thereafter, so the headline is a first-month figure rather than what you will pay ongoing
✗The affiliate link for this offer lands on Brightmeds' sermorelin funnel rather than its GLP-1 pages, so anyone following it for weight loss arrives at a growth-hormone peptide product
✗Basic copy errors appear on the purchase page, including '$289/mo therafter' and 'Save $50 on our First Order'
✗A 'Weight Loss Guarantee' is linked in the footer but its terms are not surfaced anywhere on the product pages
✗No BBB profile or complaint history exists to set against the Trustpilot score
✗No published customer phone number or support hours
✗As with all compounded GLP-1s, the products have not been evaluated by the FDA for safety, efficacy or quality - Brightmeds says so clearly, but it remains the core caveat

Choose Brightmeds

Feature-by-feature comparison

Feature	Hims	Brightmeds
Monthly Price	$298	$289
Rating	8.5/10	8.2/10
Medications	semaglutide, tirzepatide	semaglutide, tirzepatide
Insurance Accepted	No	No
Support Hours	24/7	Not published
Live Chat	Available	No
Free Shipping	Yes	Yes
Shipping Speed	2-4 days	Shipped to your door; timeframe not published
Mobile App	Available	No
Dedicated Coach	Not included	Not included
Follow-up Frequency	Ongoing care included with the membership from day one	Ongoing support from the care team with physician monitoring
Money-back Guarantee	None published for the weight-loss membership; medication is billed separately from the membership fee	Full refund if you are not approved for treatment; a separate 'Weight Loss Guarantee' is linked but its terms are not published
Cancellation Policy	Membership auto-renews monthly at $149 after the $39 first month; cancel before renewal to stop billing	Not published on the product pages

Which should you choose?

Choose Hims if you:

→Prefer a higher-rated service (8.5/10 vs 8.2/10)
→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 Brightmeds if you:

→Want to save $9/month with a more affordable option
→Value: offers fda-approved zepbound pens and vials alongside its compounded range, so the branded route is available without leaving the platform

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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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