Healthicare vs Novi
Healthicare and Novi both sell semaglutide and tirzepatide; this is how their prices, coverage and records differ.
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Healthicare
Best for: moving between compounded and brand without changing seller
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If you are choosing between Healthicare and Novi, price alone will not settle it. Both prescribe semaglutide and tirzepatide, so moving from one to the other would not change your drug. Healthicare leads our six-part score, 7.4 to 6.8.
Healthicare vs Novi price
Healthicare and Novi start at the same figure, $174 a month, so the entry price does not separate them. Look at what each price covers and at the per-drug prices below.
Drug by drug: Semaglutide costs the same at both, $174 a month; tirzepatide is cheaper at Healthicare ($264 a month vs $283 a month).
Medications and formats
Both sell semaglutide and tirzepatide.
On format, Healthicare prices compounded injections, an oral option and brand-name pens, while Novi prices compounded injections.
If you want the FDA-approved brand rather than a compounded version, Healthicare is the only one of the two with a brand-name price.
Where each one treats patients
Neither Healthicare nor Novi publishes the states it serves, so enter your state at the very start of each sign-up.
Pricing
Healthicare
$174/mo billed monthly; $147.90/mo on the 3-month plan ($443.70 billed every 3 months)
$264/mo billed monthly; $224.40/mo on the 3-month plan ($673.20 billed every 3 months)
$149.99 first month ($100 off), $249.99/mo after
From $1,299.99/mo; first month From $1,199.99 ($100 off)
Novi
What each price covers
Both prices cover the clinician visit, the medication itself, shipping and coaching.
Healthicare is silent on lab work.
Novi is silent on lab work.
Healthicare
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
In the price
Clinician visits
In the price
Shipping
In the price
Lab work
Not stated
Coaching
In the price
Novi
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
In the price
Clinician visits
In the price
Shipping
In the price
Lab work
Not stated
Coaching
In the price
Where each one scores higher
Overall, Healthicare scores 7.4 and Novi 6.8 out of 10.
Healthicare is stronger on value (5.4 vs 3.0).
Effectiveness, user experience, trust & safety, accessibility and support are within half a point.
Healthicare
7.4/10
Novi
6.8/10
Value25%
Effectiveness25%
User Experience15%
Trust & Safety15%
Accessibility10%
Support10%
FDA warning letters
Neither Healthicare nor Novi has an FDA warning letter on record with us.
Features & Coverage
| Feature | Healthicare | Novi |
|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | $174/mo | $174/mo |
| Features | ✓8 features | 5 features |
| States Available | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Compounded | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Brand Name | ✓ Yes | — |
| FSA/HSA Accepted | — | — |
| FDA Warning Letters | None | None |
About Healthicare
Two names Healthicare puts in public that most of this segment keeps quiet: Beluga Health, its clinical partner, and Jungle Jim's Pharmacy of Fairfield, OH, which dispenses. Coverage on this GLP-1 telehealth platform reaches 44 states. Compounded semaglutide opens at $147.90/mo, compounded tirzepatide at $224.40/mo. One account also reaches the full brand menu, Zepbound, Mounjaro, Wegovy, and Ozempic.
Read our full Healthicare review →About Novi
Novi Health International is a Delaware-based telehealth seller of compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide. One transparent all-in price covers the medication, unlimited clinician support, and free 2-day shipping. No membership fees, no hidden add-ons.
Read our full Novi review →Pros & Cons
Healthicare
What we like
- Semaglutide costs $174 a month, close to the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
- Tirzepatide costs $264 a month, close to the $250 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
- Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
- The monthly price stays the same as your dose goes up
- The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits, shipping and coaching
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to Healthicare
- Offers both oral and injectable options, so the format is your choice
Watch-outs
- Confirm it serves your state before you start the intake
- Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
- Its semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
Novi
What we like
- Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
- The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits, shipping and coaching
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to Novi
Watch-outs
- Confirm it serves your state before you start the intake
- Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
- Its semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
Our Verdict
Healthicare wins this one, 7.4 to 6.8, above all for moving between compounded and brand without changing seller. Novi fits better if coaching bundled into the price rather than sold separately is your priority.
Choose Healthicare if…
You want moving between compounded and brand without changing seller and an opening price near $174 a month.
Choose Novi if…
You want coaching bundled into the price rather than sold separately and an opening price near $174 a month.
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