Sesame vs Ro
Sesame costs $208/mo combined ($59 care + $149 medication, on a 12-month commitment); Ro charges $74/mo membership on a 12-month plan prepaid annually ($149/mo month to month), medication billed separately from $149/mo, about $223/mo in all. We score Sesame 7.0/10 (#26 of 53) and Ro 7.3/10 (#17): Ro comes out ahead, though Sesame has the lower monthly figure.
from $208/mo combined ($59 care + $149 medication, on a 12-month commitment)
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from $74/mo membership on a 12-month plan prepaid annually ($149/mo month to month), medication billed separately from $149/mo
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Which is cheaper, Sesame or Ro?
Sesame has the lower monthly figure: $208/mo against $223/mo for Ro (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).
- Ro: about $2,676 over 12 months at the lowest medication price ($74/mo membership plus $149/mo medication, added up by us; higher doses cost more).
| Sesame | Ro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | from $208/mo combined ($59 care + $149 medication, on a 12-month commitment)Their page, read 2026-11-04 | from $74/mo membership on a 12-month plan prepaid annually ($149/mo month to month), medication billed separately from $149/moTheir page (ro.co), 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. | $74/mo is the Ro Body membership alone on a 12-month plan paid up front once a year; month to month it is $149/mo ($39 for the first month). Medication is billed on top, priced by dose: the Wegovy pill is $149/mo at 1.5 mg and $299/mo at 9 mg and 25 mg, so the lowest total is about $223/mo on the annual plan. |
| 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 membership, at Ro's cash prices: Wegovy pill from $149/mo, Foundayo pill from $149/mo, Wegovy pen from $199/mo for the first two months, Zepbound KwikPen from $299/mo.Their page (ro.co), read 2026-11-04 |
| Score | 7.0/10, #26 of 53 | 7.3/10, #17 of 53 |
Which drugs do Sesame and Ro prescribe?
Both sell brand-name drugs: Sesame lists Wegovy, Wegovy pill, Zepbound and Foundayo orforglipron tablet, Ro lists Wegovy pill, Wegovy pen, Zepbound, Foundayo pill and 2 more.
Sesame
brand-name Wegovy, brand-name Wegovy pill, brand-name Zepbound, brand-name Foundayo orforglipron tablet.
Offers oral/sublingual where Ro does not.
Read 2026-11-04
Ro
brand-name Wegovy pill, brand-name Wegovy pen, brand-name Zepbound, brand-name Foundayo pill, brand-name Ozempic, brand-name Saxenda.
Nothing Sesame does not also offer, on the routes we record.
Read 2026-11-04
Can you cancel Sesame or Ro 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
Ro
The page does not state whether a term is required.Their page (ro.co), read 2026-11-04
Not published. The page does not say what the figure covers.Their page (ro.co), read 2026-11-04
Who each one suits
Sesame
- Only one of the two offering: oral/sublingual.Basis: published treatments, by drug and route
- Scores clearly higher on pricing (6.5 vs 5.5).Basis: our published scoring rubric
Ro
- Scores clearly higher on transparency (7.5 vs 6.0).Basis: our published scoring rubric
So which should you pick?
On our published rubric Ro scores higher (7.3/10, #17 of 53). If the lowest monthly figure matters most, Sesame costs less. Read each full review before you sign up: Sesame review, Ro 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.