Head-to-head comparison
Bodybuilding Health+ vs Edessa
Two GLP-1 providers, one scorecard. Both are graded on the same six Desk Score dimensions — here is how they stack up, and which one fits you.
Desk Score
The Bodybuilding.com brand's new compounded-telehealth arm — cheap semaglutide that really does fall to $139/mo if you prepay a year, sat next to a tirzepatide line whose bundles cost more per month than paying monthly, plus a deep sermorelin, NAD+, and peptide menu built for the lifter-longevity crowd.
$179/mo sema · $209/mo tirz · Verified August 2026
Marked down on: Its tirzepatide bundles cost MORE per month than paying monthly — $286 at three months, $250 at six and $244 at twelve, against $209 month-to-month — and all three are badged as savings, the 12-month one as "Best Value · Save $586" while billing $2,922 against $2,508. Only the semaglutide ladder actually descends
Desk Score
Clean three-rung tables one click in, behind a homepage whose three cards all quote six-month rungs and whose cheapest belongs to a different drug.
$179/mo sema · $239/mo tirz · Verified September 2026
Marked down on: The homepage leads with "Start for just $135", a six-month prepay on the semaglutide injection; month-to-month tirzepatide is $239.
Bodybuilding Health+ takes this head-to-head with the higher Desk Score, 82/100 (B−) against 74/100 (C) for Edessa. Edessa still holds its ground where its strengths line up with yours.
Desk Score, dimension by dimension
Same six measured dimensions for both. The red flag marks the stronger side. See the methodology.
Bodybuilding Health+
82/100
B−
Edessa
74/100
C
Price transparency
State access
Molecule range
Onboarding speed
Support responsiveness
Licensing & trust
The spec sheet
| Field | Bodybuilding Health+ | Edessa |
|---|---|---|
| Semaglutide | $179/mo$179/mo month-to-month (compounded; 3/6/12-month prepay $159.33/$158/$141.50 per month; its /glp-1 hero now labels $179 "first month" beside a struck-through $279 and states no renewal rate; its own 1-month checkout page prints $129 beside a struck-through $199) | $179/mo$179/mo month-to-month injectable (compounded; $135 only on a 6-month prepay) |
| Tirzepatide | $209/mo$209/mo month-to-month (compounded; 3/6/12-month prepay $179/$174.67/$187.33 per month — all three cheaper than paying monthly, but the 12-month rung is badged Best Value while costing more than the 6-month one; its /glp-1 hero now labels $209 "first month" beside a struck-through $319 and states no renewal rate) | $239/mo$239/mo month-to-month (compounded; $209 only on a 6-month prepay) |
| Coverage | United States | Not listed on Edessa's site (checked September 2026) |
| Brand-name | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Oral option | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Fitness-minded shoppers who want affordable compounded semaglutide alongside NAD+, sermorelin, and recovery peptides, don't need an FDA-approved brand-name lane, and will check the tirzepatide arithmetic before prepaying it. | A six-month committer, or anyone willing to click past the homepage to the table with the real monthly rate. |
| Desk Score | 82/100B− | 74/100C |
The verdict
Desk pick — Bodybuilding Health+Bodybuilding Health+ takes this head-to-head with the higher Desk Score, 82/100 (B−) against 74/100 (C) for Edessa. Edessa still holds its ground where its strengths line up with yours.
Choose Bodybuilding Health+ if…
Fitness-minded shoppers who want affordable compounded semaglutide alongside NAD+, sermorelin, and recovery peptides, don't need an FDA-approved brand-name lane, and will check the tirzepatide arithmetic before prepaying it.
$179/mo sema · $209/mo tirz · United States
Choose Edessa if…
A six-month committer, or anyone willing to click past the homepage to the table with the real monthly rate.
$179/mo sema · $239/mo tirz
Assume any provider we list may compensate us — we may earn a referral commission at no extra cost to you, and what we write about a provider reads the same either way. Read full breakdowns: Bodybuilding Health+ · Edessa.
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CoreAge Rx leads the whole ranking at 94/100
Whichever of these two you lean toward, our #1-rated provider outscores them both. One price at every dose, both molecules, all 50 states. The $99 and $149 figures are 12-month plans paid up front, not a monthly bill.
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Pricing and verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last scoring; the Desk Score is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on each provider's own site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.