- walked the public signup
- tracked the real cost
- read the fine print
Fridays review
I kept reading $117 and $150 and thinking that seemed impossibly cheap, and then I found the four words sitting under every one of them: "Paid annually, delivered monthly." That's a year, up front. If you want to pay as you go — which is what I'd want with a medication I might not tolerate — it's $249 for compounded semaglutide and $359 for tirzepatide, and Fridays does print both, which I appreciated. What stopped me was the "96.8% success rate" next to the before-and-after photos. Go read that footnote. It's measuring whether packages arrive.
- HSA / FSA-eligible
- Walked the public signup
- No insurance needed
Fridays at a glance
- Semaglutide
- $249/mo on the month-to-month plan
- Tirzepatide
- $359/mo on the month-to-month plan
- Coverage
- Not published on the site
- Brand-name
- Yes
How I scored Fridays
Every factor here comes from Fridays's own pricing, its disclosures and the signup I walked, and the six add up to the 48/100 Mom-Tested Score on the same weighted six-factor method I use on every provider — never nudged by whether a provider pays us.
Scores low: pinning down the real ongoing number takes work.
Scores low: whether it reaches you is the open question.
Scores high on medication choice — the options that matter are covered.
Exit terms are the weak point: lock-in, notice periods, or a cancellation you have to chase.
Scores low here: getting started asks more of your week than most.
Support is the weakest part of this provider's score.
How I verified this review
- Last verified
- August 2026
- Confidence
- medium
- Primary source
- joinfridays.com/pricing
Read from Fridays' own pricing page in August 2026. Every advertised price — $117, $150, $198, $240 — is marked "Paid annually, delivered monthly", and the same page gives the month-to-month rate as $249 for compounded semaglutide and $359 for compounded tirzepatide. Brand-name Ozempic is $1,498 a month and Zepbound $1,828. The "96.8% success rate" is footnoted as internal shipping and fulfillment performance rather than a clinical result, and three plan cards still show an unfilled "Save up to $xxx" placeholder. Fridays does name its operating company, address and phone number in the footer.
What to expect when you sign up
I walked Fridays's public signup funnel (August 2026) — a first-hand look at the flow. I don't create accounts, enter medical info, or check out, so this is what any visitor sees, not a patient outcome.
- 1The signup call to action leaves joinfridays.com for app.joinfridays.com, a separate host
- 2The intake responded HTTP 200 when checked on 2026-08-21
- 3Walked to the intake entry only. No personal information was submitted, so nothing past the entry screen is asserted here
What I noticed
- The intake runs on Webflow rather than on the provider's own software
- No monthly price is visible on the public homepage; the number appears only after you begin the intake
- Intake is hosted on app.joinfridays.com, so the company you fill the form in with is not the domain you started on
Pricing
Prices re-verified
| Medication | Monthly | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Compounded semaglutide | $249 | Month to monthThe price with nothing committed, printed as "($249/mo for month-to-month plan)". |
| Compounded semaglutide | $150 | Prepaid annual plan"Starting at $150/mo — Paid annually, delivered monthly." A code takes it to $117/mo against a crossed-out $279. |
| Compounded tirzepatide | $359 | Month to monthPrinted as "($359/mo for month-to-month plan)". |
| Compounded tirzepatide | $240 | Prepaid annual plan"Starting at $240/mo — Paid annually, delivered monthly." A code takes it to $198/mo against a crossed-out $389. |
| Brand semaglutide | $1498 | Ozempic, month to monthBrand-name Ozempic, quoted month to month. |
| Brand tirzepatide | $1828 | Zepbound, month to monthBrand-name Zepbound, quoted month to month. The brand track adds a separate membership — $49 the first month, about $98/mo after on a prepaid annual plan, medication excluded. |
HSA and FSA usually work for this — worth checking your own plan. The prices here are what Fridays's public disclosures showed at last review, and they change often; confirm the current number on Fridays's own site.
What I like
- It tells you who it actually is — "Thrive Health, Inc. is the legal entity operating Fridays", with a street address and a phone number right there in the footer
- The month-to-month price is on the same page as the annual one, not hidden a click away
- On the compounded plans the membership, provider visits, coaching and shipping are all included
- You can get brand-name Ozempic and Zepbound here too, with the prices published
The caveats
- Every price they advertise needs twelve months paid up front — month to month it's $249 for semaglutide, $359 for tirzepatide
- That "96.8% success rate" isn't about weight loss at all: their own footnote calls it "internal fulfillment and delivery performance for paid orders" and says it "does not represent clinical outcomes"
- The pricing page still has an unfinished placeholder on it — three plan cards read "Save up to $xxx", and all three quote the same $99/mo for different plan lengths
- The crossed-out price for compounded semaglutide is $279 on one card and $249 on another
- The top of the page says "4K+ review"; further down the same page says "2,000+ reviews"
- "No membership fees" is true of the compounded plans only — the brand-name track charges $49 the first month and about $98/mo after that, medication not included
- Nowhere does it say which states it serves
What I actually think of Fridays
I kept reading $117 and $150 and thinking that seemed impossibly cheap, and then I found the four words sitting under every one of them: "Paid annually, delivered monthly." That's a year, up front. If you want to pay as you go — which is what I'd want with a medication I might not tolerate — it's $249 for compounded semaglutide and $359 for tirzepatide, and Fridays does print both, which I appreciated. What stopped me was the "96.8% success rate" next to the before-and-after photos. Go read that footnote. It's measuring whether packages arrive. It runs about $249/month — pricier than most, so the extras have to earn it.
I look at Fridays the way moms actually have to — not just the real monthly number, but nursing and pregnancy timing and canceling without a fight. That's the stuff a generic weight-loss review skips right over.
What Fridays really costs
- Compounded semaglutide — Month to month: $249/mo
- Compounded semaglutide — Prepaid annual plan: $150/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — Month to month: $359/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — Prepaid annual plan: $240/mo
- Brand-name semaglutide — Ozempic, month to month: $1498/mo
- Brand-name tirzepatide — Zepbound, month to month: $1828/mo
For context, the typical ongoing price across my shortlist is around $179/month, so Fridays sits at the pricey end.
Which meds Fridays prescribes
Fridays prescribes semaglutide and tirzepatide — the two with the strongest published weight-loss numbers, and having both on one account genuinely matters if insulin resistance is in the mix (which it often is with PCOS or after gestational diabetes), because that's when tirzepatide tends to be the better fit. It can also route you to FDA-approved brand pens, not just compounded — and the on-label products come with the manufacturer's own pregnancy and lactation labeling, which is a lot cleaner to hand to your OB.
There's a needle-free option here too, and it's worth asking exactly which kind before you choose it. An FDA-approved GLP-1 tablet is a studied medicine with its own label; a compounded under-the-tongue version is a different thing, far less studied than the shots the trials actually used. They get advertised in almost identical language.
Who Fridays is — and isn't — for
A good fit if…
- you might need to move between semaglutide and tirzepatide as your body and hormones shift.
Look elsewhere if…
- you'd rather a prescriber actually talk through nursing and pregnancy timing with you — that's what my #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, is built to do.
Can you trust it?
My confidence is middling — the core facts hold up, but some details (per-state availability, how the program really runs) aren't fully public. With any compounded GLP-1, the most useful thing you can do is confirm which licensed pharmacy fills it and what's actually in the formulation — I explain how I weigh oversight in the scoring method.
A standing caveat, because I'm a mom writing this and not your doctor: GLP-1 meds aren't established as safe during pregnancy or breastfeeding, and every label advises against it. Nothing here changes that — plan the timing with your own clinician.
So, would I use it?
Fridays is a reasonable option — weigh it against the picks below on nursing and pregnancy timing and canceling without a fight. For most moms, CoreAge Rx is still the stronger all-round fit — and you can see them side by side in this head-to-head.
The bottom line for moms
Best for: A mom who can genuinely put a whole year on a card at once, and who has read the refund policy before she does.
If Fridays isn't the one
Providers I have a referral relationship with, ordered by Mom-Tested Score — highest first. A fee never moves a score, but it does decide who shows up in this box, so it isn't everyone: my full ranking has every provider, paid or not.
- Visit CoreAge RxMom-Tested Score94/100ACoreAge RxMy #1 pick
The one I'd point a friend to first: I finished the intake in a single nap, the price on screen was the price I'd actually pay, and both semaglutide and tirzepatide were right there on one account.
- Visit Pallas HealthMom-Tested Score86/100B+
Pallas is one of the few places that will sell you either the cheap compounded route or the real brand-name pen without making you pick a provider first — compounded semaglutide works out to about $199 a month and tirzepatide about $299, while actual Zepbound, Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro sit alongside them at cash-pay prices from $1,069. The price genuinely doesn't climb as you titrate, Pallas says so plainly on its own site, and the clinician, dose adjustments, check-ins and messaging are all inside that one number with no membership fee stacked on top. Two clinicians are named and both check out in the federal NPI registry, the LegitScript badge it displays is a real one, and it publishes an actual refund policy — full refund if a clinician turns you down, and a $5 processing fee if you cancel a qualifying payment — which is more paperwork than most of this market bothers with. The two things to know before you commit: it bills every 12 weeks in $597 and $897 chunks rather than monthly, and it never names its compounding pharmacy.
- Visit Trimi HealthMom-Tested Score85/100B
The price-first pick: some of the lowest flat, all-inclusive pricing I found, in all 50 states — great if the monthly number is your whole decision and you read the annual-prepay fine print before you sign.
Keep comparing Fridays
Head-to-head & alternatives
Fridays, answered
- How much does Fridays cost?
- As I last checked, Fridays's pricing starts around $249/month ($249/mo on the month-to-month plan semaglutide, $359/mo on the month-to-month plan tirzepatide). Confirm the current, all-in number on Fridays's own site before you commit — these move.
- Is Fridays okay to use while I'm breastfeeding?
- No — and that's true of every GLP-1, compounded or brand: none is established as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding, and the labels say don't. Fridays is no exception. Plan any GLP-1 for after weaning and talk the timing through with your own clinician. I'm a mom, not a doctor.
- Does Fridays have both semaglutide and tirzepatide?
- Yes — Fridays offers both. Tirzepatide's dual GIP/GLP-1 action is often the one clinicians reach for when insulin resistance drives weight, which matters if you've got PCOS or a history of gestational diabetes.
- Where does Fridays land on your list?
- Fridays scores 48/100 on the Mom-Tested Score (ranked #253), which weights the six things that actually matter when you're doing this around kids. My #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, leads the list — worth seeing how they stack up.
Pricing, states and verification reflect Fridays's public disclosures at last review; the Mom-Tested Score is one mom's editorial judgment per the published method. This is background reading, not medical advice — GLP-1 medications are not established as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding. See my medical disclaimer and how I'm funded.