Henry Meds vs Fridays Health

Both sell compounded semaglutide medication. Henry Meds is $100 a month cheaper. That is not the whole answer, and the rest of this page is the part the price does not tell you.

Cheaper of the two

$179/month

Henry Medscompounded only — no branded route

Go to Henry Meds — $179/mo

$100/mo less than Fridays Health — $1200 over a year. Read the differences below before you decide; cheaper is not automatically better here.

Side by side

Every figure read off the providers’ own pages and public records on 2026-09-15.
	Henry Meds	Fridays Health
Starting price	$179/mo	$279/mo
Month two onward	$179/mo	$279/mo
Cancel by	48h before renewal	72h before renewal
Minimum term	None	None
Billed	monthly	monthly
Trustpilot	4.4 (12,527)	4.2 (4,687)
BBB	F, 28 complaints unanswered	F, 49 complaints unanswered

The row people skip is “cancel by”. Neither company puts it in a FAQ — we read both off their terms pages. Miss that window by an hour and you are billed for another month, which wipes out the price difference between these two several times over.

What each one is actually like

Henry Meds

The two platforms disagree about Henry, and both are worth knowing. On Trustpilot the complaints are unusually clinical for this category — slow support, with email replies quoted at seven to ten days, then provider no-shows, with charges a smaller share of the negatives than anywhere else in our set. The BBB file reads like the rest of the category: billing after cancellation and duplicate recurring charges lead, then medication paid for and not shipped, then support that cannot be reached, then refunds and prescription transfers refused.

What customers praise: Knowledgeable staff and easy scheduling. Henry carries the second-highest five-star share in the set at 84%.

Full Henry Meds record →

Fridays Health

Three problems, each in roughly half the one-star reviews, and they usually appear together in the same review: medication that never arrived or ran ten days to three weeks late, support that answers only through a chatbot, and a charge that landed anyway. The mechanic underneath is a rigid cycle — cancellation is required at least 72 hours before the billing date — colliding with shipping that is itself late, so a customer is billed for a month whose medication never came. Miss the refill window and the monthly fee is forfeited.

What customers praise: Genuine and worth stating: 79% of 4,687 reviews are five-star, and the praise is for consultations, a smooth signup, and the flat all-inclusive fee. The failure is concentrated in fulfilment and billing, not in the clinical experience.

Full Fridays Health record →

Neither, if you want FDA-approved

Both of these are compounded, which means FDA has never reviewed them for safety, effectiveness or quality. The brand-name price has fallen a long way and is now within reach of both.

FDA-approved branded cash prices, verified 2026-09-15 — the baseline any compounded price should be measured against.
Medication	Cash price	Note
Wegovy (pill)	$149/mo	FDA-approved
Wegovy (pen)	$349/mo	$199 first two months
Zepbound (vials)	$299/mo	$299-449 depending on dose