Head-to-head · Value Score
CoreAge Rx vs Nova
Two GLP-1 deals, scored on the same six factors. CoreAge Rx lands a Value Score of 93, Nova a 76. Here's who gives you the honest lower price — and where each one bites back.
CoreAge Rx
#1 · Grade A+ · Best Value
Est. first month
$99/mo
Save ~89% vs brand-nameNova
#122 · Grade B- · Fair Price
Est. first month
$198/mo month-to-month, all-in including the $99-a-month membership — a starting-at floor that rises with dose
Save ~85% vs brand-nameThe verdict
CoreAge Rx takes it on Value Score, 93 to 76 — an est. $99/mo first month, with no teaser step-up baked in. Nova isn't out of it: Shoppers who want the membership inside the quoted figure rather than bolted on afterward, and who will ask what a maintenance dose costs before starting.
CoreAge Rx is also our overall #1 pick across the whole deals ranking — a flat, all-in price on both molecules in all 50 states. That's why it wins here on the score, not just this matchup.
Deal-by-deal
The numbers that decide it. Green ✓ marks the stronger side on each line.
| Deal | CoreAge Rx | Nova |
|---|---|---|
| Value Score | 93 (A+) | 76 (B-) |
| Est. first month | $99/mo | $198/mo month-to-month, all-in including the $99-a-month membership — a starting-at floor that rises with dose |
| Save vs brand-name | ~89% | ~85% |
| Semaglutide | $99/mo | $198/mo month-to-month, all-in including the $99-a-month membership — a starting-at floor that rises with dose |
| Tirzepatide | $149/mo | $210/mo month-to-month, all-in on the same basis |
| Both molecules | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Flat — no step-up | Watch |
| Coverage | All 50 states | 49 states — everywhere except California |
Factor by factor
The six factors behind each Value Score. The orange bar marks the stronger side. See the methodology.
CoreAge Rx
The honest lowest price: both molecules at one flat, all-in monthly rate that never steps up after month one.
Why it's a deal
- Flat, all-in monthly price with no intro-rate step-ups after month one
- Both compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide on one account
- Available in all 50 states
- Straightforward, low-friction cancellation — no lock-in
The fine print
- Not the rock-bottom sticker — a couple of teaser tiers advertise lower month-one rates
- No FDA-approved brand-name option (compounded only)
- Does not yet publicly name its 503A/B pharmacy partner
Nova
A membership model that prices honestly for once — $198 a month all-in for semaglutide with the $99 membership inside the figure — undercut by three different price sets live on the same pages and a floor that rises with dose.
Why it's a deal
- The quoted figure is all-in: medication, free shipping and the $99-a-month membership are inside $198 and $210 rather than stacked afterward, which is the arrangement most membership desks avoid publishing
- A daily oral low-dose route is priced openly at $169 for semaglutide and $174 for tirzepatide, so the needle-free option has a number rather than a consultation
- A medical director and a nurse practitioner are named with credentials and background, which is more than most desks in this batch publish
- The pharmacy class is stated and narrowed: 503A pharmacies specifically, named as such in the questions and in the terms
- Coverage is stated as a count with the exclusion named — forty-nine states, everywhere except California — rather than as an unqualified all-fifty claim
- Cancellation is at the end of the current period with two days' notice before the renewal date, stated in the terms rather than in marketing copy
The fine print
- Three price sets are live at the same time: $198 and $210 in the hero, $229 and $279 in the same pages' own questions, and a third set again in the shipped code
- The arithmetic the questions give does not reach the advertised price: $99 of membership plus $130 of medication is $229, not the $198 in the hero, and the tirzepatide sum lands at $279 against a $210 hero
- Every figure is a starting-at floor that rises with dose, and no dose-to-price table exists anywhere, so the cost of a maintenance dose is unpublished
- The pricing page puts the program floor under a heading saying medication is billed separately while the product page for the same item says the figure includes medication, shipping and the membership
- Two pages promise you are only charged if a provider prescribes, while the refund policy says membership and consultation fees are not refundable including where the provider declines
- One page still tells readers that care comes from professionals licensed in two named states, on a site whose footer claims forty-nine
- No compounding pharmacy and no medical group is named, across twenty-one pages and the full code bundle — only class labels
- Two products listed in the site's own page index render as not found, and the support page prints a contact address on a different domain from the rest of the site
- No phone number is published for the company anywhere
Assume any provider we list may compensate us — we may earn a commission, at no cost to you. It never changes a Value Score.
Neither one the right fit? Every program that outscores CoreAge Rx is ranked on the CoreAge Rx alternatives ranking, and the same list for the other side is on alternatives to Nova.
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Prices, states and verification reflect each program's public disclosures at last check; the Value Score is our editorial judgment per the methodology. “Save vs brand-name” compares the lowest disclosed monthly price against a ~$1,349/mo brand-name cash reference. Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.