Novi review
Novi's whole pricing story is one arithmetic trick performed in public: the figure in each page title is a term price divided by its term, not a rate that recurs. "From $88/mo" is a twelve-month semaglutide commitment; the month-to-month price on that same page is $149. Tirzepatide reads "from $129/mo" over twelve months and $179 month to month. Those two monthly rates are flat at every dose, with unlimited clinician messaging and free shipping bundled in and no separate membership fee, which is a real offer. It sits alongside a Terms of Service that charges three months up front, calls them non-refundable, requires a minimum three-month commitment and threatens collections for a chargeback — all while every marketing page badges "Cancel anytime" and the company's own help centre answers the contract question with a flat "No." The homepage quotes a different set again beside a 24-hour countdown, and Novi's own intake serves a higher one still, so the amount charged may not be the amount advertised.
- Independently scored
- Verified
Every medical claim in this piece is footnoted to the record it came from — the trial or the FDA label — so you can read the source rather than take the masthead's word for it. No one on this desk is your clinician.
Novi at a glance
- Semaglutide
- $149/mo
- Tirzepatide
- $179/mo
- Coverage
- All 50 states + DC
- Brand-name
- Compounded only
How we scored Novi
Each factor is scored from Novi's real pricing, disclosures and oversight, then combined into the 45/100 Editors' Rating by the same weighted six-factor framework we apply to every provider — never nudged by whether a provider pays us.
Cost is unpredictable, premium, or hides behind a plan commitment.
Limited public detail on who oversees care and how.
The headline rate obscures a plan requirement or a hidden step-up.
Little here is shaped around a mother's week or her life stage.
Standard support — enough to stay on track, not high-touch.
Leaving costs you — notice windows, minimum terms or fees you don't get back.
How we verified this review
- Last verified
- August 2026
- Confidence
- low
- Primary source
- www.joinnovi.com
Verified 2026-08-07. IDENTITY: this is the US company at joinnovi.com, NOT the unrelated Singapore diabetes clinic at novi-health.com — all 14 fetched pages were machine-checked for cross-contamination and returned zero. Confidence is LOW, and the reason is structural rather than a gap in our checking: Novi's own surfaces quote several unreconciled price sets, and its Terms contradict its help centre on the single most consequential question a buyer has. Every price recorded here was read off Novi's own PUBLIC pages: joinnovi.com/semaglutide lists 1 month $149, 3 months $130/mo, 6 months $129/mo and 12 months $88/mo, and titles itself "from $88/mo"; joinnovi.com/tirzepatide lists 1 month $179, 3 months $149/mo, 6 months $133/mo and 12 months $129/mo, and titles itself "from $129/mo". Only the one-month rows are monthly rates; everything below them is a term price divided by its term and is never headlined here as monthly. The homepage runs a further set — "Was $299 / Now starting at $133/mo" beside a countdown claiming the price rises within 24 hours — and the intake flow at joinnovi.com/intake-v2 serves a different, HIGHER variant again, so the amount charged may not match the public page. THE COMMITMENT CONTRADICTION: Terms of Service §VII.a states the first month's fee "as well as the monthly fee for the following two months (for a total of three (3) consecutive months) is charged at the time of purchase and is non-refundable", that subscriptions "require a minimum 3-month commitment", and warns that customers who dispute charges "to circumvent the 3-month commitment will be sent to collections and/or have further legal action pursued." Novi's own help-centre article "Are there any long term contracts with Novi?" answers "No… there are no long-term contracts or commitments", and every marketing page badges "Cancel anytime." The Terms additionally require 15 days' notice AND that the 3-month commitment has concluded. The checkout attestation says "cancellation fees may apply." FOUR refund policies coexist unreconciled (Terms §V "All Products are non-refundable"; Terms §VII.a; /refund-policy "we are unable to accept returns"; /medical-consent "There are no refunds or exchanges" plus an agreement not to dispute charges; help centre offering a full refund before a clinician writes). TWO different money-back guarantees are advertised — the "Novi Progress Promise" (footnoted "See our terms of service for full details", where the phrase appears zero times) and a separate help-centre "JoinNovi Weight Loss Guarantee" with different conditions. WHAT HOLDS UP: no separate membership fee (the Terms state the monthly fee includes a $20 independent physician consultation fee — bundled, not additional); free shipping, confirmed in the help centre; flat pricing across all doses; unlimited clinician messaging and visits seven days a week; a correct compounding disclaimer on /compounded-semaglutide ("the FDA has not evaluated the medications for safety, quality, or efficacy"). COVERAGE: all 50 states + DC, published identically on four pages and in JSON-LD, corroborated by the intake's states_with_dc preset; Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and West Virginia require a brief video or audio visit before starting. BRAND: the homepage advertises Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound as in stock, but none is in the intake catalogue — they appear only inside a screening question, so brandAccess is recorded false. Compounding pharmacy never named (zero hits for 503A, 503B or any named compounder); no clinician named; /about 404s. A LegitScript Certified seal is displayed in the footer; independent confirmation was reCAPTCHA-blocked, so this is recorded as a displayed seal. Legal entity appears under three names across its own documents — "Novi International LLC" (Terms, Privacy, HIPAA notice), "Novi Health LLC" (Terms arbitration section) and "Novi Health International, LLC" (Medical Consent); registered 30 N Gould St Ste R, Sheridan WY; operations 4131 N Central Expressway #900, Dallas TX; governing law Texas, JAMS arbitration in Dallas County. One further documentation defect, recorded as exactly that and nothing more: Novi's Notice of Privacy Practices directs readers three times to a DIFFERENT company's domain (www.medvi.org) for its updated notice, and its intake carries CSS class names from that same template. This is document and template reuse — the same Embeddables account hosts flows for several unrelated brands — and is NOT evidence of common ownership, corporate relationship, or any regulatory history attaching to Novi. FDA WARNING LETTER: none. FDA's database (current as of 06 Aug 2026) returns zero for joinnovi; a search for "novi" returns only Novid Group, Inc. and an unrelated tobacco matter. Novi is not named in the September 2025, March 2026 or June 2026 GLP-1 compounding waves. fdaWarningLetter deliberately NOT set.
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.
- 1The product pages publish real grids before any intake: /semaglutide runs 1 month $149, then $130/mo over 3, $129/mo over 6 and $88/mo over 12; /tirzepatide runs 1 month $179, then $149/mo over 3, $133/mo over 6 and $129/mo over 12
- 2Only the top row of each grid is a monthly price. The rest are term prices divided by their terms — and both page titles headline the cheapest one, "from $88/mo" and "from $129/mo"
- 3The homepage quotes neither grid: it runs "Was $299 / Now starting at $133/mo" beside a countdown claiming the price rises within 24 hours
- 4The intake at joinnovi.com/intake-v2 is an Embeddables single-page app that serves a different, higher price variant again, so the amount charged may not match the page the reader shopped from
- 5A screening page keyed pregnancy_related_conditions, titled "Safety, first.", sits inside the flow before the plan selector
What we noticed
- Every appealing "per month" number on the site is a prepay divided by its term rather than a rate that recurs — the "$88/mo" in Novi's own semaglutide page title is a twelve-month plan, while the month-to-month price on that same page is $149
- The intake genuinely screens for pregnancy — "Currently or possibly pregnant, or actively trying to become pregnant", "Breastfeeding or bottle-feeding with breastmilk", and "Have given birth to a child within the last 6 months" are options verbatim, and only "None of the below" advances the form. The three flagged options are no-action, which is consistent with a hard stop, but the disqualification screen was not observed and we do not assert what a pregnant user is shown
- Nothing else on the public site mentions pregnancy, breastfeeding, nursing, postpartum, PCOS, lactation or contraception at all — the screening exists only inside the funnel
- Billing does not run on a monthly clock: the help centre's own schedule says the second payment lands 21 days after the first, then every 28 days thereafter, while the Terms say 30 days
- The intake is hard-coded injection-only (const medKey = 'injection'); the oral prices in the help centre lead nowhere, and /oral-semaglutide and /sublingual both 404
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. |
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HSA/FSA is commonly accepted for GLP-1 telehealth — check your plan. Prices reflect Novi's public disclosures at last review and change often; confirm the current number on Novi's own site.
What we like
- Unlimited clinician messaging and visits, seven days a week, at no extra cost — genuinely unusual at this price
- Flat across every dose in both molecules: "Your payment stays the same regardless of dosage"
- No separate membership fee — the Terms confirm the $20 independent physician consultation fee is bundled into the monthly price rather than billed on top — and shipping is free, in cold packs
- The intake screens directly for pregnancy, breastfeeding and having given birth within the last six months, which most of this market never asks
- All 50 states plus DC, published consistently across four pages and the structured data, with only five states requiring a brief video or audio visit first
- The compounding disclaimer on /compounded-semaglutide is correct and unhedged: "the FDA has not evaluated the medications for safety, quality, or efficacy"
The caveats
- Every cheap per-month figure is a term price divided by its term, not a rate that recurs — the "from $88/mo" in Novi's semaglutide page title is a twelve-month commitment, and the month-to-month price on the same page is $149
- The Terms require a minimum 3-month commitment, charge all three months at purchase, call them non-refundable, and warn that disputing a charge "to circumvent the 3-month commitment" leads to collections — while every marketing page badges "Cancel anytime" and the help centre answers "No" to the contract question
- Cancellation is not anytime even on Novi's own terms: 15 days' notice is required, and only after the three-month commitment has concluded
- Four different refund policies coexist across the Terms, the refund page, the medical consent and the help centre, and none reconciles with the others
- Two money-back guarantees are advertised — a "Novi Progress Promise" footnoted to the Terms, where the phrase appears zero times, and a separate "JoinNovi Weight Loss Guarantee" in the help centre with different conditions
- Billing runs on three different intervals depending on which document you read: the second charge lands 21 days after the first per the help centre's own schedule, then every 28 days, while the Terms say 30
- The homepage, the product pages and the intake flow quote different price sets, and the intake's is the higher one — so what the card is charged may not match the page you shopped from
- The homepage sells under manufactured urgency: "Was $299 / Now starting at $133/mo" beside a countdown claiming the price rises within 24 hours, on a page titled "Summer Promo" — and $133/mo is not a monthly price on either product page
- No clinician is named, /about returns a 404, the compounding pharmacy is never named, and the company appears under three different legal names across its own legal documents
- Brand-name pens are advertised on the homepage as in stock but are not purchasable — they appear only inside a screening question
Novi for mothers: our verdict
Novi's whole pricing story is one arithmetic trick performed in public: the figure in each page title is a term price divided by its term, not a rate that recurs. "From $88/mo" is a twelve-month semaglutide commitment; the month-to-month price on that same page is $149. Tirzepatide reads "from $129/mo" over twelve months and $179 month to month. Those two monthly rates are flat at every dose, with unlimited clinician messaging and free shipping bundled in and no separate membership fee, which is a real offer. It sits alongside a Terms of Service that charges three months up front, calls them non-refundable, requires a minimum three-month commitment and threatens collections for a chargeback — all while every marketing page badges "Cancel anytime" and the company's own help centre answers the contract question with a flat "No." The homepage quotes a different set again beside a 24-hour countdown, and Novi's own intake serves a higher one still, so the amount charged may not be the amount advertised. It runs about $149/month, flat across every dose — toward the affordable end of what we track.
We weigh Novi the way mothers actually have to: not just the real monthly cost, but the real monthly cost once the dose climbs and whether a real clinician stands behind it — the parts a generic weight-loss review skips.
What Novi actually costs
- Compounded semaglutide — Month-to-month: $149/mo
- Compounded tirzepatide — Month-to-month: $179/mo
That sits below the roughly $175 median ongoing price across the providers we track for mothers — a real cost advantage.
The medications Novi prescribes
Novi prescribes semaglutide and tirzepatide — the two molecules with the strongest published weight-loss outcomes, and having both on one account matters when insulin resistance (common with PCOS and after gestational diabetes) makes tirzepatide the better-suited option. 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 mothers
A good fit if…
- you want a real clinician reading your history around the real monthly cost once the dose climbs, not an auto-approving quiz.
- the real monthly cost is a real barrier and you want a low, predictable number.
- you may need to move between semaglutide and tirzepatide as your body and hormones change.
- uninterrupted nationwide access matters — a move for family shouldn't interrupt care.
Look elsewhere if…
- you specifically want an FDA-approved brand pen with its own pregnancy and lactation labeling.
- you want frictionless cancellation — the fine print here is where the complaints cluster.
- you'd rather a prescriber talk through timing around the real monthly cost once the dose climbs — that's what our #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, is built for.
Trust, safety, and oversight
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 mothers can do is confirm which licensed pharmacy fills the prescription and what's in the formulation — we explain how we weigh oversight in our Editors' Rating methodology.
A standing caveat for mothers: 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 the real monthly cost once the dose climbs and whether a real clinician stands behind it against the alternatives below. For most mothers, CoreAge Rx remains the stronger all-round fit — see why it tops our ranking.
The bottom line for mothers
Best for: A mother who can pay a quarter or a year in one payment without flinching, wants unlimited clinician messaging at a flat per-dose price, and will read the Terms of Service — not the badges — before deciding what "cancel anytime" means to her.
Alternatives to Novi
Providers we have a referral relationship with, ordered by their Editors' Rating — highest first. A fee never moves a rating, but it does decide who appears here, so this is not the whole roster: the full ranking lists every provider we cover.
- Visit CoreAge RxCoreAge RxOur #1 pick
The one program on this masthead whose number still makes sense at the top of the dose. A flat, all-in monthly price on both molecules, no teaser rate to expire, and a cancel button you can actually find — the closest thing to a family-budget guarantee we've reviewed.
- Visit Gala Health
A flat $179 for either molecule and a genuinely gentle microdosing tier — a reasonable, all-doses-included option, if you can live with a yearly plan and a pharmacy the marketing never names.
- Visit Sesame
A high-trust telehealth marketplace that took a clear side: FDA-approved brand GLP-1 only, no compounded shortcut. You pay a brand cash price and book a real video visit — but you get on-label pens and one of the cleaner reputations on this masthead.
Keep comparing Novi
Head-to-head & alternatives
Novi, answered
- Is Novi really $88 a month?
- No, and the way that number is built is the single most useful thing to understand about this company. "From $88/mo" is the title of Novi's own semaglutide page. Read the grid underneath it and the shape appears: one month is $149, three months is $130/mo, six months is $129/mo, and twelve months is $88/mo. Only the first of those is a monthly price — the rest are term prices divided by their terms, which is a different thing from a rate that recurs. Tirzepatide runs the same ladder, $179 down to $129/mo over twelve months, under a title reading "from $129/mo". So the two figures that behave the way a monthly price behaves are $149 and $179. Everything cheaper is a quarter, a half-year or a year committed in advance. One further caution: Novi's intake serves a higher price variant than these public pages, so check what the card is charged against the page you bought from.
- Can I actually cancel Novi anytime?
- Every marketing page says so. The contract does not. Terms of Service §VII.a charges three consecutive months at the time of purchase, calls them non-refundable, states that subscriptions "require a minimum 3-month commitment", and warns that anyone who disputes a charge "to circumvent the 3-month commitment will be sent to collections." Cancellation then requires 15 days' notice and that the three months have already concluded. Novi's own help centre, meanwhile, answers the question "Are there any long term contracts with Novi?" with a flat "No." Both sentences are live on the same site today. The one you click through at checkout is the Terms.
- Does Novi ask about pregnancy or breastfeeding?
- Yes — and it is the one place this company is more careful than its marketing suggests. Nothing on the public site mentions pregnancy, breastfeeding, postpartum or PCOS anywhere. But inside the intake there is a page titled "Safety, first." that asks, verbatim, whether you are "currently or possibly pregnant, or actively trying to become pregnant", "breastfeeding or bottle-feeding with breastmilk", or "have given birth to a child within the last 6 months." Only "None of the below" moves the form forward. That last option — six months postpartum — is a question most of this market does not ask at all. What we cannot tell you is what happens next, because the screen a woman sees after ticking one of those boxes was not observable from outside.
- When does Novi actually charge my card?
- Sooner than a month, and this is worth knowing before you build it into a household budget. Novi's own help-centre billing schedule reads: first payment before you sign up, second payment 21 days after the first, then every 28 days after that. Its Terms say the subscription renews every 30 days. Its help centre elsewhere says 28. Three intervals, three documents, one company. On a 28-day cycle you get thirteen charges in a year rather than twelve — and the first gap is 21 days, which is the one most likely to land somewhere you were not expecting.
Pricing, states and verification reflect Novi's public disclosures at last review; the Editors' Rating 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.