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Novi review
Novi's month-to-month rates are $149 semaglutide and $179 tirzepatide, flat at every dose — but almost every number the site advertises is a prepay term price divided by its term. The '$88/mo' headline on Novi's own product page is the twelve-month row, and its homepage quotes '$133/mo' under a countdown, a figure that is not a monthly price on either product page. Its intake then serves a higher variant again. Its Terms require a three-month non-refundable commitment while its help center says there are no commitments at all, so the two things you most need to know — what leaves the account, and when you can stop — are the two things Novi contradicts itself on.
- HSA / FSA-eligible
- Editor-vetted
- No insurance needed
Novi at a glance
- Semaglutide
- $149/mo
- Tirzepatide
- $179/mo
- Coverage
- All 50 states + DC
- Start
- Not published
How we scored Novi
Each factor is read off Novi's published pricing, disclosures and intake flow, and the six roll up into the 61/100 Rx-Readiness Score on the same weighted six-factor framework we apply to every provider — never nudged by whether a provider pays us.
Not published anywhere — Novi never states how long it takes from intake to first shipment. Scored on the non-disclosure.
Flat across doses is real and verified. Predictable is not: the homepage, the product pages and the intake quote different price sets with the intake's the highest, every headline figure is a prepay divided by its term, a countdown claims the price rises within 24 hours, and the second charge lands on day 21 rather than day 30.
The intake is a fully asynchronous single-page flow with no scheduled camera visit — except in Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and West Virginia, where Novi states a brief video or audio visit is required before starting.
All 50 states plus DC, published identically on four pages and in Novi's JSON-LD, and corroborated by the intake's own states-with-DC preset.
Compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide both sell through the same intake. No oral form is purchasable — the flow is hard-coded injection-only and both oral URLs 404 — and no brand pen is buyable despite the homepage advertising four.
The Terms impose a three-month non-refundable commitment, require fifteen days' notice after it ends, and threaten collections over chargebacks; the checkout attestation says cancellation fees may apply. Four unreconciled refund policies and two unwritten guarantees sit on top of that.
How we verified this review
- Last verified
- August 2026
- Confidence
- low
- Primary source
- www.joinnovi.com
$149 and $179 for a single month, all fifty states and DC. The multi-month figures — down to $88 — are term totals divided by their length rather than rates that repeat, so read the commitment before the number.
What to expect when you sign up
We walked Novi's public signup funnel (August 2026) — a first-hand look at the flow. We don't create accounts, enter medical data, or complete checkout, so this is what any visitor sees, not a patient outcome.
- 1Product pages show prices before any intake — /semaglutide is titled 'from $88/mo' over a grid reading 1 month $149, 3 months $130/mo, 6 months $129/mo, 12 months $88/mo; /tirzepatide is titled 'from $129/mo' over $179, $149/mo, $133/mo, $129/mo
- 2Only the one-month row on each grid is a monthly price; the rest are term prices divided by their terms, and each page title headlines the longest commitment
- 3The intake at joinnovi.com/intake-v2 is a single-page app that loads its own price table, and the plans it shows are a different, higher set than the product pages
- 4A screen keyed pregnancy_related_conditions and titled 'Safety, first.' asks whether you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or have given birth in the last six months
- 5At checkout you tick an attestation saying cancellation fees may apply and that multi-month packages will not be refunded for unused medication or remaining months
What we noticed
- Different price sets exist across the homepage, the product pages and the live intake flow, and they do not reconcile — the intake's are the higher ones
- The '$88/mo' semaglutide headline on Novi's own product page is the twelve-month row; the month-to-month price on that same page is $149
- The homepage's figures sit under a countdown claiming the price rises within 24 hours — 'Was $299 / Now starting at $133/mo' — and its own page title is literally 'Summer Promo'
- The intake does screen for pregnancy, breastfeeding and birth within six months — but we did not observe what a flagged user is shown, so we cannot say what happens next
- The live intake is hard-coded injection-only; /oral-semaglutide and /sublingual both 404
Pricing
Prices re-verified
| Medication | Monthly | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Compounded semaglutideAll doses (flat), month-to-monthMonth-to-month rate published on joinnovi.com/semaglutide. The same page ladders prepay terms at $130/mo (3 months), $129/mo (6) and $88/mo (12) — term prices divided by the term, not monthly rates; the page title headlines the $88 figure. The homepage separately advertises "Was $299, now starting at $133/mo" beside a countdown claiming the price rises within 24 hours. Novi's intake flow serves a different, higher price variant again, so the amount charged may not match the public page. | $149 | All doses (flat), month-to-monthMonth-to-month rate published on joinnovi.com/semaglutide. The same page ladders prepay terms at $130/mo (3 months), $129/mo (6) and $88/mo (12) — term prices divided by the term, not monthly rates; the page title headlines the $88 figure. The homepage separately advertises "Was $299, now starting at $133/mo" beside a countdown claiming the price rises within 24 hours. Novi's intake flow serves a different, higher price variant again, so the amount charged may not match the public page. |
| Compounded tirzepatideAll doses (flat), month-to-monthMonth-to-month rate published on joinnovi.com/tirzepatide. Prepay ladder: $149/mo (3 months), $133/mo (6), $129/mo (12) — term prices divided by the term. The page title headlines "from $129/mo", the 12-month equivalent. As with semaglutide, the intake flow serves a different price variant than the public page. | $179 | All doses (flat), month-to-monthMonth-to-month rate published on joinnovi.com/tirzepatide. Prepay ladder: $149/mo (3 months), $133/mo (6), $129/mo (12) — term prices divided by the term. The page title headlines "from $129/mo", the 12-month equivalent. As with semaglutide, the intake flow serves a different price variant than the public page. |
HSA/FSA generally applies to GLP-1 telehealth; confirm with your plan. These figures are Novi's public disclosures at last review and change often; confirm the current number on Novi's own site.
What we like
- Flat across every dose, stated plainly — 'Your payment stays the same regardless of dosage'
- No separate sign-up or consult charge: the Terms fold a $20 independent physician consultation fee into the monthly rather than adding it on top
- Free shipping, confirmed in the help center, with cold packs via FedEx, UPS or USPS
- Unlimited clinician messaging and visits, seven days a week, at no extra cost
- All 50 states plus DC, and the compounding disclaimer on /compounded-semaglutide is present and correct — it says plainly that compounded medications are not FDA-approved
The caveats
- Every attractive 'per month' price is a term price divided by its term rather than a rate that recurs — the '$88/mo' headline on Novi's semaglutide page is the twelve-month row, and the month-to-month price on that same page is $149
- The homepage, the product pages and the live intake each quote a different price set, and the intake's is the higher one — so what your card is charged may not match the page you shopped from
- The homepage sells under a countdown claiming the price rises within 24 hours — 'Was $299 / Now starting at $133/mo' — and $133/mo is not a monthly rate anywhere on the site
- Novi's Terms require a minimum three-month commitment, charge all three months at purchase, make them non-refundable, and warn that customers who dispute charges to get out of it will be sent to collections. Its own help center says there are no long-term contracts and every marketing page badges 'cancel anytime'
- Four different refund policies sit across the Terms, the refund-policy page, the medical-consent form and the help center, and they do not agree on whether a refund is ever possible
- Two different money-back guarantees are advertised — the 'Novi Progress Promise' and a 'JoinNovi Weight Loss Guarantee' — and neither appears anywhere in the live Terms, refund policy or medical consent, despite the Progress Promise being footnoted 'see our terms of service for full details'
- Three different billing intervals are on record (thirty days in the Terms, twenty-eight in the help center) and the published schedule puts your second charge 21 days after the first
- Brand pens are advertised on the homepage — Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, 'in stock' — but none is purchasable in the intake catalog; they appear only inside a screening question
- No compounding pharmacy is named (only 'US-certified pharmacy'), no 503A or 503B facility is identified, and no clinician is named anywhere — /about 404s and the only named humans on the site are testimonial first names
- Public pages never mention pregnancy, breastfeeding, postpartum or PCOS. The intake does screen for all three — a page titled 'Safety, first.' asks about pregnancy, breastfeeding and giving birth within six months — but we could not observe what a flagged user is shown, so we cannot tell you what happens next
- Novi's own HIPAA notice tells readers three times to look for updates at a different company's domain, which is worth knowing when you are deciding whom to hand medical data to
Novi for working moms: our verdict
Novi's month-to-month rates are $149 semaglutide and $179 tirzepatide, flat at every dose — but almost every number the site advertises is a prepay term price divided by its term. The '$88/mo' headline on Novi's own product page is the twelve-month row, and its homepage quotes '$133/mo' under a countdown, a figure that is not a monthly price on either product page. Its intake then serves a higher variant again. Its Terms require a three-month non-refundable commitment while its help center says there are no commitments at all, so the two things you most need to know — what leaves the account, and when you can stop — are the two things Novi contradicts itself on. It runs about $149/month, flat across every dose — toward the affordable end of what we track.
We weigh Novi the way working moms actually have to: not just the monthly line on your budget, but how fast you can start without a scheduled video visit and a flat monthly price that doesn't climb as your dose does — the parts a generic review does not measure.
What Novi will cost you
- Compounded semaglutide — All doses (flat), month-to-month: $149/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — All doses (flat), month-to-month: $179/mo
That sits below the roughly $179 median ongoing price across the providers we track for working moms — a real cost advantage.
The medications Novi prescribes
Novi prescribes semaglutide and tirzepatide — the two best-evidenced molecules in the class, and having both on one account matters because you can switch between them without re-enrolling or hunting down a new provider mid-plan. These are compounded formulations from a licensed pharmacy — the reason the price stays down — but compounded GLP-1s aren't FDA-approved finished products the way Wegovy and Zepbound are.
Where Novi fits — and where it doesn't — for working moms
Right for you if…
- the monthly line on your budget is a real barrier and you want a low, predictable number.
- you want a flat price that doesn't climb every time you titrate up a dose.
- nationwide access matters — a move for work or family shouldn't interrupt care.
Not your best option if…
- you specifically want an FDA-approved brand pen and insurance navigation.
- you want frictionless cancellation and no prepay lock-in — the exit terms are the weak point here.
- you'd rather the most predictable place to start and pause — which is exactly what our #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, is designed around.
Trust, safety, and the fine print
Our confidence here is limited — Novi publishes little about how its program actually runs, so you're buying on price and trust in its partners. As with any compounded GLP-1, the most useful thing working moms can do is confirm which licensed pharmacy fills the prescription and what's in the formulation — we explain how we weigh oversight in our scoring methodology.
A standing caveat for working moms: GLP-1 medications aren't established as safe during pregnancy or breastfeeding, and every label advises against use. Nothing here changes that — plan the timing with your own clinician.
The bottom line
Novi is a genuine value play — weigh it on how fast you can start without a scheduled video visit and a flat monthly price that doesn't climb as your dose does against the alternatives below. For most working moms, CoreAge Rx remains the stronger all-round fit — see why it tops our ranking.
The bottom line for working moms
Best for: Working moms who want a genuinely flat per-dose price and unlimited clinician messaging, and who will read the Terms rather than the 'cancel anytime' badge before entering a card — and check the charge against the page they bought from.
Alternatives to Novi
Providers we have a referral relationship with, ordered by Rx-Readiness Score — highest first. A fee never moves a score, but it does decide who appears here, so this is not the full list: see the complete ranking.
- Visit CoreAge RxRx-Readiness95100CoreAge RxOur #1 pick
The shortlist pick: one flat price that doesn't climb as your dose does, both molecules on a single plan, and a nationwide async intake you can finish on a break.
- Visit Pallas HealthRx-Readiness89100
Pallas Health removes the two things that usually cost a working parent the most time: it publishes every price before intake, and it runs care asynchronously in 43 of 50 states, so there's no video appointment to wedge into a workday. Compounded semaglutide averages about $199 a month and tirzepatide $299, and unusually the genuine FDA-approved pens sit alongside them — Zepbound $1,069, Ozempic $1,299, Wegovy and Mounjaro $1,349 — all cash-pay from the same clinician. The price is flat at every dose, so a titration never produces a surprise bill, and the plan figure already contains the clinician, dose adjustments, check-ins and messaging with no membership fee. Its cancellation terms are unusually concrete: cancel free through the portal, keep access to the end of the paid period, full refund if a clinician declines you, and a $5 processing fee on a qualifying refund. The trade-offs are that billing lands every 12 weeks in $597 and $897 blocks rather than monthly, the compounding pharmacy is never named, and insurance is never billed.
- Visit Trimi HealthRx-Readiness88100
The price-first partner: some of the lowest flat, all-inclusive compounded pricing we track, nationwide and async — strong if the monthly number is your deciding factor and you read the annual-prepay fine print.
Keep comparing Novi
Head-to-head & alternatives
Novi, answered
- Is Novi really $88 a month?
- No. That figure is the title of Novi's own semaglutide product page, and it is the twelve-month row of the grid underneath — a term price divided by twelve, not a rate that recurs. The whole grid reads: 1 month $149, 3 months $130/mo, 6 months $129/mo, 12 months $88/mo. Tirzepatide does the same, $179 down to $129/mo over twelve months under a 'from $129/mo' title. The month-to-month rates that actually recur are $149 and $179 — and Novi's intake serves a higher variant again, so check the charge against the page you bought from.
- Can I cancel Novi at any time?
- Novi's own documents disagree, and you should read the Terms rather than the badge. Terms section VII.a requires a minimum three-month commitment, charges all three months at the time of purchase, makes them non-refundable unless a provider deems treatment medically inappropriate, and warns that customers who dispute charges to circumvent the three-month commitment will be sent to collections. Canceling also requires fifteen days' notice after that commitment concludes. Novi's help center, meanwhile, answers 'Are there any long term contracts with Novi?' with a flat 'No.'
- When does Novi actually charge my card?
- Sooner than a month, if you are on the month-to-month plan. Novi's help-center billing schedule says the second payment lands 21 days after the first, then every 28 days after that. The Terms say the plan renews every thirty days and the help center elsewhere says twenty-eight — three different intervals on record. If you are budgeting per paycheck, assume the second charge arrives in week three.
Pricing, states and verification reflect Novi's public disclosures at last review; the Rx-Readiness Score is our editorial judgment per the published methodology. This is background reading, not medical advice — GLP-1 medications are not established as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding. See our medical disclaimer and how we're funded.