- walked the public signup
- tracked the real cost
- read the fine print
Novi review
Novi's help center says there are 'no long-term contracts or commitments' and every page badges 'cancel anytime,' while its Terms of Service charge three months up front, call them non-refundable, and warn that disputing the charge can send you to collections — and the Terms are the document you actually agree to. The rates on its own product pages are $149/mo semaglutide and $179/mo tirzepatide, flat at every dose, with free shipping and unlimited clinician messaging genuinely included. Every cheaper per-month figure is a term price divided by its term rather than a rate that recurs — the '$88/mo' in its semaglutide page title is a twelve-month commitment — and its intake serves a higher variant again, so the amount that leaves your account may not be the one you shopped from. The second charge on a month-to-month plan can also land on day 21 rather than day 30.
- HSA / FSA-eligible
- Walked the public signup
- No insurance needed
Novi at a glance
- Semaglutide
- $149/mo
- Tirzepatide
- $179/mo
- Coverage
- All 50 states + DC
- Brand-name
- Compounded only
How I scored Novi
Every factor here comes from Novi's own pricing, its disclosures and the signup I walked, and the six add up to the 52/100 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 here: getting started asks more of your week than most.
Scores low: pinning down the real ongoing number takes work.
Scores low on choice — the medication menu is narrower here.
Scores high: where you live is unlikely to be the obstacle.
Support is the weakest part of this provider's score.
Exit terms are the weak point: lock-in, notice periods, or a cancellation you have to chase.
How I 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. Read the cheaper multi-month figures as a term total divided up rather than a rate that repeats. And cancellation isn't 'anytime': the Terms want fifteen days' notice and the three-month commitment already served.
What to expect when you sign up
I walked Novi'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.
- 1Prices are on the marketing pages before you start, which feels transparent until you notice the homepage, the product pages and the intake all quote different sets
- 2The product pages are the honest ones. /semaglutide runs 1 month $149, then $130/mo over 3, $129/mo over 6, $88/mo over 12; /tirzepatide runs 1 month $179, then $149/mo over 3, $133/mo over 6, $129/mo over 12 — and only the top row of each is a monthly price
- 3The intake is a hosted single-page flow, and it serves a different, higher price variant than the pages you shopped from
- 4One intake screen is titled 'Safety, first.' and asks whether you are currently or possibly pregnant, breastfeeding or bottle-feeding with breastmilk, or have given birth in the last six months
- 5The attestation you tick at checkout says cancellation fees may apply and that multi-month packages are not refunded for unused medication or remaining months
What I noticed
- Every attractive per-month figure on this site is a term price divided by its term, not a rate that recurs — the "from $88/mo" in Novi's own semaglutide page title is a twelve-month plan, and the month-to-month price on that same page is $149
- Novi publishes all 50 states plus DC, with a brief video or audio visit required first in Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and West Virginia — everywhere else it is asynchronous
- The pregnancy screening is real and it is more specific than most funnels I have walked, but only 'None of the below' advances the form and I could not observe what a flagged answer is actually shown, so I am not going to tell you what happens next
- The compounding disclaimer is present and plain on /compounded-semaglutide — the FDA has not evaluated these medications for safety, quality or efficacy — which is more than several better-known programs manage
Pricing
Prices re-verified
| Medication | Monthly | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Compounded semaglutide | $149 | Month-to-monthMonth-to-month rate published on joinnovi.com/semaglutide. Prepay ladder on the same page: $130/mo over 3 months, $129/mo over 6, $88/mo over 12 — those are term prices divided by the term, not monthly rates, and 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 price variant again, so the amount charged may not match the public page. |
| Compounded tirzepatide | $179 | Month-to-monthMonth-to-month rate published on joinnovi.com/tirzepatide. Prepay ladder: $149/mo over 3 months, $133/mo over 6, $129/mo over 12 — term prices divided by the term. The page title headlines "from $129/mo", the 12-month prepay equivalent. As with semaglutide, the intake flow serves a different price variant than the public page. |
HSA and FSA usually work for this — worth checking your own plan. The prices here are what Novi's public disclosures showed at last review, and they change often; confirm the current number on Novi's own site.
What I like
- Flat at every dose, in its own words: 'Your payment stays the same regardless of dosage'
- Unlimited clinician messaging at no extra cost, seven days a week, with no separate membership fee — the Terms confirm the $20 physician consultation fee is bundled into the monthly price, not added to it
- Free shipping, stated plainly in the help center, with cold packs via FedEx, UPS or USPS
- All 50 states plus DC, published consistently across four of its own pages and its structured data, with only five states needing a brief video or audio visit first
- The compounding disclaimer is present and plainly worded — it says outright that the FDA has not evaluated these medications for safety, quality or efficacy
- The intake screens for pregnancy, breastfeeding and having given birth in the last six months, which is more specific than most funnels bother with
The caveats
- The Terms require a minimum three-month commitment, charge all three months at purchase, call them non-refundable, and warn that disputing the charge to get around it may be sent to collections — while the help center says there are no commitments and every page badges 'cancel anytime'
- Cancellation is not anytime: the Terms require 15 days' notice and that the three-month commitment has already concluded
- The homepage, the product pages and the intake flow 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
- Every headline per-month figure is a prepay divided by its term: the "from $88/mo" in Novi's semaglutide page title is a twelve-month plan, while the month-to-month price on the same page is $149
- Four different refund policies across the Terms, the refund page, the medical consent and the help center, and two different money-back guarantees — the 'Novi Progress Promise' is footnoted 'see our terms of service for full details' and appears zero times in the live Terms
- Three billing intervals on record — the Terms say 30 days, the help center says 28, and its own billing schedule puts the second payment 21 days after the first
- Homepage prices sit under manufactured urgency — 'Was $299 / Now starting at $133/mo' beside a countdown claiming the price rises within 24 hours, on a page whose own title tag is 'Summer Promo'
- The homepage's '$133/mo' is not a monthly price on either product page — it is the six-month tirzepatide prepay figure, and the cheapest genuine monthly rate Novi publishes is $149
- No compounding pharmacy named, no clinicians named, no medical director, and /about returns a 404 — the only named humans on the site are testimonial first names
- Its own Notice of Privacy Practices tells you three times to check for updates at a different company's web address, which is sloppy paperwork on the document that governs your health data
What I actually think of Novi
Novi's help center says there are 'no long-term contracts or commitments' and every page badges 'cancel anytime,' while its Terms of Service charge three months up front, call them non-refundable, and warn that disputing the charge can send you to collections — and the Terms are the document you actually agree to. The rates on its own product pages are $149/mo semaglutide and $179/mo tirzepatide, flat at every dose, with free shipping and unlimited clinician messaging genuinely included. Every cheaper per-month figure is a term price divided by its term rather than a rate that recurs — the '$88/mo' in its semaglutide page title is a twelve-month commitment — and its intake serves a higher variant again, so the amount that leaves your account may not be the one you shopped from. The second charge on a month-to-month plan can also land on day 21 rather than day 30. It runs about $149/month, and it's flat at every dose — toward the cheaper end of what I walked.
I look at Novi 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 Novi really costs
- Compounded semaglutide — Month-to-month: $149/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — Month-to-month: $179/mo
That's under the roughly $179 median I found across the providers I walked — real money back in the grocery budget.
Which meds Novi prescribes
Novi 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. These are compounded from a licensed pharmacy — that's why the price stays down — but compounded GLP-1s aren't FDA-approved finished products the way Wegovy and Zepbound are, and it's worth knowing that going in.
Who Novi is — and isn't — for
A good fit if…
- you want a real person reading your history around nursing and pregnancy timing, not a quiz that rubber-stamps you.
- money is the actual barrier and you want a low, predictable number you can plan around.
- you might need to move between semaglutide and tirzepatide as your body and hormones shift.
- staying covered no matter where you are matters — a move for family shouldn't blow up your care.
Look elsewhere if…
- you specifically want an FDA-approved brand pen with its own pregnancy and lactation labeling.
- you want to be able to cancel without a fight — the exit terms are the part of the fine print I'd read twice here.
- 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?
I'll be honest: I couldn't verify much — Novi publishes little about how the program actually runs, so you're buying on price and trust in its partners. 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?
Novi is a genuine budget play — 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: Moms who want a low flat monthly rate with unlimited clinician messaging and free shipping, and who will read the Terms of Service — not the cancel-anytime badge — before entering a card, and check the charged amount against the page they bought from.
If Novi 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.
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Head-to-head & alternatives
Novi, answered
- Can I really cancel Novi anytime?
- Its help center says yes — 'no long-term contracts or commitments' — and every marketing page badges 'cancel anytime.' Its Terms of Service say something else: the first month plus the next two are charged at purchase and are non-refundable, a minimum three-month commitment applies, cancellation needs 15 days' notice after that commitment has concluded, and customers who dispute charges to get around it may be sent to collections. The Terms are the document you legally agree to. Read them before the badge.
- Why is the price in Novi's page title so much lower than the one on the page?
- Because the low number is not a monthly payment. Novi's semaglutide page is titled "from $88/mo" — that is the twelve-month row, a term price divided by twelve. The grid on the same page goes $149 for one month, $130/mo over three, $129/mo over six, and then $88/mo over twelve. Tirzepatide does the same thing: $179 for one month, down to $129/mo over twelve, and the title says "from $129/mo." If you are budgeting month to month with a family, the numbers that matter are $149 and $179 — those are the only two that recur. And Novi's own intake serves a higher variant again, so check what the card is actually charged.
- When does Novi charge my card?
- Sooner than you would expect, and this is the detail I would want on a calendar. Novi's own help center lays out the schedule: first payment before you sign up, second payment 21 days after the first, then every 28 days. Its Terms say every 30 days and the help center elsewhere says 28. So a month-to-month customer's second charge can land on day 21, which is a genuinely awkward surprise if your pay cycle is monthly.
- Does Novi ask about pregnancy or breastfeeding?
- Its intake does, and more specifically than most: one screen asks whether you are currently or possibly pregnant or trying, breastfeeding or bottle-feeding with breastmilk, or have given birth within the last six months. That last one is unusual and I was glad to see it. What I cannot tell you is what happens if you tick one — only 'None of the below' advances the form and I did not observe the screen a flagged answer gets. None of its public marketing or legal pages mention pregnancy, breastfeeding or postpartum at all.
Pricing, states and verification reflect Novi'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.