Best GLP-1 telehealth providers
Seven platforms that prescribe semaglutide or tirzepatide, scored on what the monthly actually buys, how hard they screen, and what a year costs.
7 providers reviewed · updated
How we make money. We earn a commission when you start with some of the providers on this page, at no cost to you. It does not affect the order. Scoring happens against the criteria below before any commercial consideration — and this page is the evidence: Shed pays us more per click than anyone else here and places fourth, while PeterMD and MangoRx, which pay us nothing at all, place first and sixth.
How we scored them
Every provider is scored out of five against four criteria. The weighting is ours and you are welcome to disagree with it — that is why it is printed here rather than linked. One thing it weighs far more heavily than most comparison pages do: whether the advertised monthly can actually contain the medication it implies.
- What the monthly actually buys35%
- Whether the price includes the medication, whether the medication is a branded pen or a compounded preparation, and whether the provider says which. Every listed monthly on this page is below what a pharmacy paid for a month of any branded GLP-1, so this is not a detail — it is the whole transaction.
- Screening before the first injection25%
- Whether the intake asks about medullary thyroid carcinoma and MEN-2, pancreatitis, gallbladder disease and gastroparesis, and whether any baseline blood work is taken. "No labs required to start" is a convenience claim, and it is marked as one.
- Medication and route range20%
- Semaglutide only, or tirzepatide too; injection only, or an oral route; compounded only, or a stated pathway to a branded pen. A platform with one product cannot respond when that product does not suit you.
- Price transparency over a year20%
- Whether the advertised figure holds past the introductory period, whether dose escalation changes it, and whether anything — coaching, brand-name access, shipping — is charged on top. GLP-1 treatment is measured in years, and month one is the cheapest month.
Ties. Where two providers score identically, the one with the higher historical earnings-per-click is listed first. That is the only point at which commercial data touches the order, and it applies to ties only. Strut Health and Maximus both score 4.1 and are separated by nothing else.
The ranking
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PeterMD
Best overall
4.3our score
The strongest combination on this page: both molecules, a stated monthly that includes the medication, a free prescriber consultation and the largest verified review base of any provider here. It wins no single criterion outright and is the only provider that is strong on all four.
Stands out for
- Semaglutide and tirzepatide both prescribed
- GLP-1 plan listed at $149 a month with the medication included
- Free physician consultation; 13,882 published reviews
Not for you if
Excluded in Alabama, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii for weight-loss medication specifically, and turnaround is the slowest on this list at five to seven days. If you are transferring mid-titration, that gap matters.
- From
- $149
- Consult
- Free
- Delivery
- 5-7 Days
- 2
Strut Health
Best medication range
4.1our score
The widest catalogue on this page — semaglutide injectable and oral, tirzepatide oral — at a listed $149 a month, with free consultations and free shipping. Three providers score 4.1 here and Strut is first among them only on the earnings tiebreak printed above; on merit it is level with Maximus, not ahead of it.
Stands out for
- Injectable and oral semaglutide, plus oral tirzepatide
- Listed at $149 a month with free consultations
- No subscription lock-in
Not for you if
A 3.2-star Trustpilot average across 750 reviews, with shipping delays and slow support the recurring complaints. On a treatment where a missed week interrupts titration, a slow support queue is a clinical problem, not just an annoyance.
- From
- $149
- Consult
- Free
- Delivery
- 3-7 Days
- 3
Maximus
Best low-cost entry
4.1our score
The lowest listed GLP-1 entry price in our directory at $79.99 a month for a semaglutide microdose, with tirzepatide at $132, board-certified prescribers and all fifty states covered. Ties with Strut Health on score and places below it only on the commercial tiebreak.
Stands out for
- Semaglutide microdose listed at $79.99 a month
- Tirzepatide listed at $132 a month
- Board-certified prescribers, all fifty states
Not for you if
Markets "no labs required to start" as a feature. For a straightforward candidate that is genuine convenience; if you have suspected insulin resistance or dyslipidemia, starting without a baseline panel discards information that would have changed the protocol.
- From
- $79.99/mo
- Consult
- Free
- Delivery
- 3-5 Days
- 4
Shed
Best outcome guarantee
4.0our score
The only provider here that puts the outcome in writing: lose ten per cent of your body weight or the money comes back. No subscription fee on top of the compounded medication, four delivery formats, and a stated route to brand-name Wegovy and Zepbound rather than compounded only.
Stands out for
- Ten per cent weight-loss guarantee or your money back
- Injections, drops, lozenges and tablets all listed at $199 to $229 a month
- Brand-name Wegovy and Zepbound available as a stated option
Not for you if
GLP-1 and nothing else, so there is no second lane if weight is not the only thing you are treating. Coaching is $49.99 a month on top, and the brand-name pathway carries its own $99 subscription fee — neither is in the headline figure.
- From
- $199
- Consult
- Free
- Delivery
- 3-5 Days
- 5
Hims
Best for running several treatments in one account
4.0our score
Compounded semaglutide at a listed $199 a month from the largest operator in men's telehealth, in all fifty states, with ED, hair loss and mental health on the same login. Scale buys reliable fulfilment, and for a weekly injection that arrives by post that is worth something real.
Stands out for
- Listed at $199 a month including the medication
- All fifty states, two to five day delivery
- One account across ED, hair loss and weight loss
Not for you if
Compounded semaglutide only at this price — no branded pathway is listed — and the intake is the highest-volume asynchronous model on this page, which is the least suitable place to work through a thyroid or pancreatitis history. Cancellation friction is the most-cited complaint against the brand.
- From
- $199/mo
- Consult
- Free
- Delivery
- 2-5 Days
- 6
MangoRx
Best needle-free route
4.0our score
An oral semaglutide dissolving tablet dosed from 1 mg to 6 mg, which is a genuinely uncommon option, alongside a stated pathway to brand-name Wegovy and Zepbound for patients who qualify. Same-day dispatch and a publicly listed operator behind it.
Stands out for
- Oral semaglutide dissolving tablet, no injection required
- Brand-name Wegovy and Zepbound listed as an option
- Same-day shipping
Not for you if
The most expensive listing on this page at $260 a month, and only five published reviews exist. There is almost no independent signal about what the experience is actually like, which is a real reason for caution rather than a technicality.
- From
- $260/mo
- Consult
- Free
- Delivery
- Same-Day Shipping
- 7
DudeMeds
Best single all-inclusive price
3.9our score
One figure covers the semaglutide, the telehealth consultations and the shipping, with no separate consultation charge and no coaching upsell. For a reader who wants the bill to be one number and stay one number, that is the offer here.
Stands out for
- GLP-1 programme listed at $149 a month, medication included
- Free consultation and free shipping, all fifty states
Not for you if
Four published reviews and semaglutide only — no tirzepatide, no oral route, no brand-name pathway. There is very little to go on beyond the price itself, and no second option if the first does not agree with you.
- From
- $149/mo
- Consult
- Free
- Delivery
- 2-5 Days
Side by side
| # | Provider | Best for | Score | From | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PeterMD | Best overall | 4.3 | $149 | 5-7 Days |
| 2 | Strut Health | Best medication range | 4.1 | $149 | 3-7 Days |
| 3 | Maximus | Best low-cost entry | 4.1 | $79.99/mo | 3-5 Days |
| 4 | Shed | Best outcome guarantee | 4.0 | $199 | 3-5 Days |
| 5 | Hims | Best for running several treatments in one account | 4.0 | $199/mo | 2-5 Days |
| 6 | MangoRx | Best needle-free route | 4.0 | $260/mo | Same-Day Shipping |
| 7 | DudeMeds | Best single all-inclusive price | 3.9 | $149/mo | 2-5 Days |
Frequently asked questions
- Do you earn money from these recommendations?
- Yes, from some of them, at no additional cost to you. It does not affect the order, and the page is the evidence. Shed carries the highest earnings-per-click of any provider here and places fourth. PeterMD places first and MangoRx sixth, and we earn nothing from either. The only place commercial data touches the order at all is separating two providers our own scoring rates identically, which is stated in the methodology above rather than buried.
- Does a $199-a-month subscription buy me Wegovy?
- Almost certainly not, and the arithmetic settles it before anyone has to speculate. In the CMS acquisition-cost file dated 16 September 2026, a Wegovy 2.4 mg single-dose pen cost a retail pharmacy $326.52, which at one injection a week is $1,414.91 a month. Every listed GLP-1 monthly in our directory — $79.99 to $260 — is below that, so the money cannot be buying a branded pen at that price. It may be buying a compounded preparation, the medication may be billed separately, or the fee may cover the consultation and membership only. Ask which before you compare two subscriptions on price.
- Is compounded semaglutide the same as Ozempic or Wegovy?
- No. FDA states plainly that "compounded drugs are not FDA approved. This means the agency does not review compounded drugs for safety, effectiveness or quality before they are marketed." There is no approved concentration for compounded semaglutide, so the strength is created when the diluent goes in rather than being a property of what shipped — which is why the same mark on a syringe can be two different doses from two compounders. FDA also lists "makes claims such as the compounded drug is the same as an FDA-approved drug" as a telehealth warning sign. Most of the plans on this page are compounded. That is not a reason to rule them out; it is a reason to know which one you are buying.
- Do I need a BMI of 30 to qualify for a GLP-1?
- Not according to the label, which is worth knowing because almost every page that quotes a number gets this wrong. Section 1 of the Wegovy prescribing information contains no kg/m² figure at all: the indication is written as obesity, or overweight with at least one weight-related comorbid condition. Every 27 and 30 kg/m² threshold you see quoted is a trial-enrolment criterion from section 14 or a payer rule, not the labelled indication. A telehealth provider may still apply its own BMI gate, and an insurer almost certainly will — but that is their policy, not the drug label.
- Why are Roman and Sesame Care not on this list?
- Both appear under weight loss in our directory and neither can be ranked honestly. Roman lists semaglutide among its medications but publishes no GLP-1 price; its only price-shaped field in this category is $15, which is its ED per-dose entry price, and charting that as a GLP-1 monthly is the exact error our cost tooling was written to prevent. Sesame Care scores 4.3, which would have placed it first, but the directory records no GLP-1 medication and no weight-loss price for it — its rating was written about a general booking marketplace and inherited into this category. Both still appear on the weight-loss hub, where nothing is being ranked.
- Which is better, semaglutide or tirzepatide?
- Not a question this page answers, and not one a ranking of providers can. What it can tell you is which providers give you the choice: PeterMD, Strut Health, Maximus, Shed and MangoRx all list both molecules, while Hims and DudeMeds list semaglutide only. If your prescriber wants to switch you after six months, that difference is the one that will matter, and it is worth weighing more than a $20 gap in the monthly.
- What should a GLP-1 provider ask before prescribing?
- At minimum, whether you or a family member has had medullary thyroid carcinoma or MEN-2 syndrome — those are labelled contraindications with a boxed warning behind them — plus any history of pancreatitis, gallbladder disease or gastroparesis, and what else you take. A baseline metabolic panel is not required to start, and several providers here advertise that it is not, but skipping it means nobody sees your fasting glucose, lipids or liver enzymes before a year of treatment begins. An intake that asks none of this is the signal to stop.
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Educational reference, not medical advice. Which provider suits you depends on your labs and your history — that is a conversation with a clinician, not a ranking.