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Wisp vs Research Labs

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

Wisp vs Research Labs: Overview

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

Wisp offers both semaglutide and tirzepatide at $15/month with a rating of 8.2/10. Research Labs also provides both semaglutide and tirzepatide at $60/month with a 5.5/10 rating.

With only a $45/month price difference, your choice will likely come down to features, support quality, and medication options.

Our recommended brand

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

$45/mo

Rating Difference

2.7

Winner

Wisp

Best For

Budget

Wisp

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Rating

8.2/10Better

Monthly Price

$15Cheaper

Medications

ethinyl estradiolnorethindrone acetatelevonorgestreldoxycyclineeflornithineboric acid

Pros

✓This is not a compounded-medication business. Wisp prescribes FDA-approved generics, so you get medicines that have been reviewed for safety, efficacy and quality - a genuine difference from most telehealth brands we cover
✓Prices are low and published: most generic birth control pills from $15/month, the patch from $12, the vaginal ring from $22, levonorgestrel (generic Plan B) from $12.50, DoxyPEP from $22 and boric acid suppositories at $27 (checked July 28, 2026)
✓The provider consult fee is included in the product price rather than charged separately
✓You can have prescriptions sent to a local pharmacy for same-day pickup and apply your insurance there, or take free delivery to all 50 states. Very few telehealth brands let you use insurance at all
✓Wisp also issues a GoodRx discount card for lower out-of-pocket pharmacy costs, which works against its own delivery revenue
✓The formulary page lists the brand-name equivalent for every generic - Cyred EQ alongside Desogen, Apri and Reclipsen, for instance - so you can verify what you are getting
✓Roughly 11,000 Trustpilot reviews with 99% of negative ones answered, usually within a day
✓Broad, genuinely useful catalogue: BV, yeast infection, UTI, herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, at-home STI testing, birth control, emergency contraception, menopause, PCOS, fertility and migraine
✓DoxyPEP is offered for post-exposure bacterial STI prevention, which reflects current CDC guidance rather than a novelty product
✓Menopause care is a flat $99 online consult covering estrogen and progesterone hormone replacement, with the price stated up front
✓FSA and HSA accepted across most of the range, and orders are processed within 24 hours including weekends

Cons

✗A 4.0 Trustpilot average is the lowest of the well-reviewed brands we cover. Across 11,000 reviews that reflects a real spread of experiences rather than a small-sample fluke
✗Every price is a 'starting at' figure, so the final cost depends on the specific product and supply length you are prescribed
✗The claim that levonorgestrel is '60% cheaper at Wisp than when buying PLAN B at the pharmacy' is not sourced to any price survey or date
✗'Our Doors Are Always Open' sits alongside stated support hours of 9:30am-6:30pm EST Monday to Friday, so the messaging oversells availability
✗Boric acid suppositories are sold for vaginal health but are not FDA-approved for that use, and the evidence base is thinner than for the prescription products alongside them
✗The '1.8 million people' figure is the company's own with no independent verification
✗Hormonal contraception is not suitable for everyone - smokers over 35 and people with a history of blood clots, stroke, certain migraines with aura or oestrogen-sensitive cancers need a clinician's assessment before starting
✗Because prescriptions can be routed to a retail pharmacy, your final cost there may differ from the price shown on the Wisp site

Research Labs

View full Research Labs review →

Rating

5.5/10

Monthly Price

$60

Medications

GLP-1 peptidesBPC-157TB-500NAD+

Pros

✓The quality documentation is genuinely thorough for this category: HPLC and mass spectrometry on every lot, a signed certificate of purity shipped with every order, and a public lab-report library you can read before buying
✓Endotoxin testing (LAL assay) and microbial screening to USP standards on every batch before release
✓Full batch traceability - each vial traced to its production lot, raw materials and test results
✓States an average of 99.3% HPLC purity across all batches and publishes the underlying numbers rather than only the claim
✓Partner labs described as GMP-aligned, with documented SOPs and controlled environments
✓Pricing is straightforward and published: individual peptides run roughly $59.99 to $159.99, with free shipping over $150 (checked July 28, 2026)
✓The research-use-only status is disclosed up front behind an acknowledgement gate, not buried in a footer after checkout
✓A published phone number and a catalogue organised into peptides, blends, sprays and capsules, with a reference database

Cons

✗This is not a treatment and cannot lawfully be sold as one. Everything here is labelled for research use only and explicitly not for human consumption. If you are reading this site to find help with weight loss, this is not an option - it is laboratory material
✗There is no clinician at any point. Nobody takes a history, nobody checks your contraindications, nobody sets a dose and nobody monitors you. The safety net that every licensed provider on this site provides simply does not exist here
✗A certificate of analysis tells you what is in the vial. It tells you nothing about whether the contents are safe for you, what dose is appropriate, or how it interacts with your medications
✗Products arrive as lyophilised powder requiring reconstitution, and bacteriostatic water, syringes and other supplies are not included - so self-administration would also mean improvising sterile technique
✗Peptides such as BPC-157 and TB-500 appear on the FDA's list of substances that raise significant safety concerns for compounding, and have little or no published human trial evidence
✗There is no prescription, no pharmacy oversight and no adverse-event reporting pathway. If something goes wrong there is no clinical record and no provider to call
✗No Trustpilot or BBB record exists, so there is no independent consumer feedback of any kind
✗Our rating reflects suitability for someone seeking treatment, which is what this site compares. As a laboratory supplier the documentation is strong; as a route to a GLP-1 or peptide for your own health it is the wrong door, and a licensed provider is the right one

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Feature-by-feature comparison

Feature	Wisp	Research Labs
Monthly Price	$15	$60
Rating	8.2/10	5.5/10
Medications	ethinyl estradiol, norethindrone acetate, levonorgestrel, doxycycline, eflornithine, boric acid	GLP-1 peptides, BPC-157, TB-500, NAD+
Insurance Accepted	Yes	No
Support Hours	9:30am-6:30pm EST, Monday to Friday	Not published
Live Chat	Available	No
Free Shipping	Yes	Yes
Shipping Speed	Free delivery to all 50 states, or same-day pharmacy pickup; orders processed within 24 hours including weekends	Nationwide US shipping, free on orders over $150
Mobile App	No	No
Dedicated Coach	Not included	Not included
Follow-up Frequency	Care team chat available; provider follows up same day by phone or secure chat when needed	None - there is no clinical relationship
Money-back Guarantee	None published	See the site's refund policy; no clinical guarantee applies
Cancellation Policy	Subscription and one-off purchases available in 1, 3 and 6-month supplies	One-off purchases rather than a subscription

Which should you choose?

Choose Wisp if you:

→Want to save $45/month with a more affordable option
→Prefer a higher-rated service (8.2/10 vs 5.5/10)
→Want more medication options to choose from
→Need insurance coverage for your treatment
→Value: this is not a compounded-medication business. wisp prescribes fda-approved generics, so you get medicines that have been reviewed for safety, efficacy and quality - a genuine difference from most telehealth brands we cover

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Choose Research Labs if you:

→Value: the quality documentation is genuinely thorough for this category: hplc and mass spectrometry on every lot, a signed certificate of purity shipped with every order, and a public lab-report library you can read before buying

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Research Labs

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Our recommendation

Wisp comes out ahead with a higher rating of 8.2/10. It also provides multiple medication options including both semaglutide and tirzepatide.

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