Sesame vs Hims

Sesame costs $208/mo combined ($59 care + $149 medication, on a 12-month commitment); Hims charges $149/mo membership, month to month, medication billed separately from $149/mo, about $298/mo in all. We score Sesame 7.0/10 (#26 of 53) and Hims 6.6/10 (#37): Sesame comes out ahead and has the lower monthly figure.

from $208/mo combined ($59 care + $149 medication, on a 12-month commitment)

Verified 2026-11-04

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Hims from $149/mo membership, month to month, medication billed separately from $149/mo

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Sesame is an affiliate partner: we earn a commission if you sign up through this link. Hims is not a partner, and we earn nothing from it. Scores and rank are set the same way for both.

Which is cheaper, Sesame or Hims?

Sesame has the lower monthly figure: $208/mo against $298/mo for Hims (a membership plus the lowest medication price, added up by us). Check the plan length: a monthly figure on a prepaid plan is not the same as a month-to-month price.

Sesame: $2,496 over 12 months (12 months at $208/mo, worked out by us).
Hims: about $3,576 over 12 months at the lowest medication price ($149/mo membership plus $149/mo medication, added up by us; higher doses cost more).

	Sesame	Hims
Price	from $208/mo combined ($59 care + $149 medication, on a 12-month commitment)Their page, read 2026-11-04	from $149/mo membership, month to month, medication billed separately from $149/moTheir page (hims.com), read 2026-11-04
Price shape	Membership excludes medication	Membership excludes medication
What the price doesn’t say	This is two charges added together, not one bill: a care fee plus medication from $149/mo billed separately. Sesame publishes three care fees. $59/mo is care on a 12-month commitment ("*Based on a 12-month Success by Sesame commitment"). $99/mo is care on the Month-to-Month Plan ("Billed every month at $99 per month"), which the same page's billing answer says is "Billed every 28 days", so 13 cycles a year rather than 12. $43/mo appears only on Sesame's medication pages, as "Ongoing care" that "Includes video visits, labs, unlimited chat & more", "From $43 per /mo.", and the page does not explain it: no plan or term is attached, and the same Ozempic page says the subscription "starts as low as $59 per month". We use the $59 and $99 the weight-loss page explains, so the no-commitment floor is $248/mo. On the 12-month plan the care fee is "Billed once every 12 months", so $708 up front. The $149 medication floor is the Wegovy pill at its two lowest doses ("$149/mo. for lower doses (1.5mg, 4mg) or $299/mo for higher doses"), so the bill rises as the dose goes up. Sesame also says its providers "set their own prices", so some may charge more than $59.	$149/mo is the membership alone, month to month ($39 for the first month). Medication is billed on top: from $149/mo for the Wegovy pill, $199/mo for the Wegovy pen and $299/mo for Zepbound, so the lowest total is about $298/mo. Hims prints a starting price per drug but no price for each dose.
Billed on top	The $59/mo care fee excludes medication entirely; medication starts at $149/mo and is billed separately.Their page, read 2026-11-04	Medication is billed separately from the $149/mo membership, from $149/mo for the Wegovy pill, Foundayo pill or Ozempic pill, $199/mo for the Wegovy pen or Ozempic, and $299/mo for Zepbound.Their page (hims.com), read 2026-11-04
Score	7.0/10, #26 of 53	6.6/10, #37 of 53

Which drugs do Sesame and Hims prescribe?

Both sell brand-name drugs: Sesame lists Wegovy, Wegovy pill, Zepbound and Foundayo orforglipron tablet, Hims lists Wegovy pill, Wegovy pen, Zepbound, Foundayo pill and 3 more.

Sesame

brand-name Wegovy, brand-name Wegovy pill, brand-name Zepbound, brand-name Foundayo orforglipron tablet.

Offers oral/sublingual where Hims does not.

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Hims

brand-name Wegovy pill, brand-name Wegovy pen, brand-name Zepbound, brand-name Foundayo pill, brand-name Ozempic pill, brand-name Ozempic, brand-name Mounjaro.

Nothing Sesame does not also offer, on the routes we record.

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Can you cancel Sesame or Hims any time?

Sesame

Committed term. The rate applies combined ($59 care + $149 medication, on a 12-month commitment). What happens after the first period: Explicit renewal language: "then $349/mo after", plus the billing terms. "Billed every month at $99 per month", "Billed every 3 months", "Billed every 6 months". (Read at source 2026-09-18.).Their page, read 2026-11-04

Not published. The page does not say what the figure covers.Their page, read 2026-11-04

Hims

Cancel anytime. No term is required to get the published rate.Their page (hims.com), read 2026-11-04

Not published. The page does not say what the figure covers.Their page (hims.com), read 2026-11-04

Is anything on the record for Sesame or Hims?

Documented findings, each with its source and date on the clinic’s review page. An FDA warning letter is an allegation by the agency, not a court ruling.

Sesame

Nothing documented in what we check.

Hims

Regulatory actionFDA warning letter naming Hims & Hers Health, Inc. dba Hims

Who each one suits

Sesame

Only one of the two offering: oral/sublingual.Basis: published treatments, by drug and route
Scores clearly higher on transparency (6.0 vs 5.0).Basis: our published scoring rubric
Scores clearly higher on pricing (6.5 vs 5.0).Basis: our published scoring rubric

Hims

No term required to get its published rate.Basis: published commitment term

So which should you pick?

On our published rubric Sesame scores higher (7.0/10, #26 of 53). Read each full review before you sign up: Sesame review, Hims review, or see the full ranking.

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Every figure on this page comes from the clinic’s own pages, with the date we read it. We completed no intake.