# Telehealth service reviews

> How the main online ED services compare — including the option that pays us nothing.

- **Source:** ED Treatment Guides (https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/reviews)
- **Services reviewed:** 25

| Service | Rating | What it is | Best for | Paid link? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cost Plus Drugs](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/cost-plus-drugs-reviews) | 4.6/5 | Mail-order pharmacy with a published cost-plus pricing formula | Anyone with a prescription who can plan ahead and wants the lowest transparent price on a generic. | No |
| [GoodRx](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/goodrx-reviews) | 4.5/5 | Free prescription discount and price-comparison platform | Anyone who already has a prescription and wants the lowest cash price at a pharmacy they can walk into. | Yes |
| [Your local pharmacy](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/local-pharmacy-reviews) | 4.4/5 | Standard prescription filled at a retail pharmacy | Anyone who already has, or can easily get, a prescription — and wants the lowest price. | No |
| [Costco Pharmacy](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/costco-pharmacy-reviews) | 4.4/5 | Retail warehouse pharmacy with mail-order option | Anyone with a prescription who wants a low cash price and same-day collection. | No |
| [Hims](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/hims-reviews) | 4.2/5 | Telehealth platform with partner mail-order pharmacies | Men who want one account covering several men's health concerns, with a polished, low-friction experience. | Yes |
| [Ro](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/ro-reviews) | 4.2/5 | Telehealth platform with in-house pharmacy operations | Men who want a clinically-oriented telehealth service and value an integrated pharmacy. | Yes |
| [PlushCare](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/plushcare-reviews) | 4.2/5 | Membership telehealth with live video appointments; prescriptions go to a pharmacy of your choice | Men who want an actual conversation with a physician, and who have insurance that might cover the visit. | No |
| [RedBox Rx](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/redbox-rx-reviews) | 4.2/5 | Telehealth prescribing with its own mail-order pharmacy, operated by a grocery group | Men who want a managed monthly supply at close to the lowest price a subscription can honestly reach. | No |
| [CoreAge Rx](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/coreage-rx-reviews) | 4.1/5 | Telehealth platform dispensing fast-onset sublingual compounded formulations, filled by Foothills Professional Pharmacy in Tempe, Arizona | Men who want a fast-acting format, dislike swallowing tablets, or have found that timing an oral dose around a meal gets in the way. | Yes |
| [Vybrique](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/vybrique-reviews) | 4.1/5 | Brand-name prescription product from the manufacturer, with a direct-to-home delivery option alongside normal pharmacy dispensing | Men who genuinely cannot or will not swallow a tablet, and men who need to dose away from water. | No |
| [Sesame](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/sesame-reviews) | 4.1/5 | Cash-pay marketplace for telehealth and in-person appointments | Men who want a real consultation and a prescription they can fill anywhere, without a recurring subscription. | Yes |
| [Walgreens](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/walgreens-reviews) | 4.1/5 | Chain-pharmacy virtual care — a flat-fee online visit with the fill collected at a counter | Men who want treatment today, from a pharmacy they can walk into, without joining anything. | No |
| [Eroxon](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/eroxon-reviews) | 4.1/5 | Over-the-counter topical gel sold in pharmacies and online. No prescription, no consultation, no account | Men with mild to moderate ED who cannot take PDE5 inhibitors, or who want to try something before involving a doctor. | No |
| [Amazon Pharmacy](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/amazon-pharmacy-reviews) | 4/5 | Licensed mail-order pharmacy with home delivery | People already inside the Amazon ecosystem who want prescriptions handled the same way as everything else. | Yes |
| [Teladoc Health](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/teladoc-reviews) | 4/5 | General telehealth, frequently provided through employers and health plans | Anyone whose employer or health plan already includes it — where the marginal cost of a consultation may be zero. | No |
| [Encore](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/encore-vacuum-reviews) | 4/5 | Medical-grade vacuum erection device from an established manufacturer. Sold with or without a prescription through medical supply retailers | Men who cannot take PDE5 inhibitors, men where tablets have stopped working, and penile rehabilitation after prostate surgery. | No |
| [Lemonaid Health](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/lemonaid-health-reviews) | 3.9/5 | General telehealth service with ED among its treated conditions | Men who want ED treated as part of general healthcare rather than through a men's-health-specific brand. | Yes |
| [ClearSpring Pharmacy](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/clearspring-pharmacy-reviews) | 3.8/5 | Independent compounding pharmacy — fills a prescription you already hold; it does not prescribe | Men whose prescriber has written something an ordinary pharmacy cannot fill — an injectable mixture, or a strength or form nobody manufactures. | No |
| [BlueChew](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/bluechew-reviews) | 3.8/5 | Telehealth subscription using compounded chewable formulations | Men who dislike swallowing tablets or want the discretion of a chewable format. | Yes |
| [24hrDoc](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/24hrdoc-reviews) | 3.8/5 | Prescription-only telehealth — the prescription goes to your pharmacy; no medication is dispensed | Men who already know which molecule they want — including the two the big platforms rarely offer — and intend to fill it cheaply themselves. | No |
| [Rex MD](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/rex-md-reviews) | 3.7/5 | Men's telehealth platform with partner pharmacies | Men who want a straightforward ED-focused service and are comparing prices across providers. | Yes |
| [Rugiet Health](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/rugiet-reviews) | 3.6/5 | Telehealth platform dispensing compounded sublingual troches through a partner compounding pharmacy, on a subscription | Men who want the sublingual format and are not willing to pay a premium for it. | No |
| [FirmTech](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/firmtech-reviews) | 3.4/5 | Direct-to-consumer constriction rings, one of which pairs with a phone app to record erection duration and firmness. No prescription | Men who want objective data on what is actually happening — particularly anyone trying to work out whether ED is physical or situational. | No |
| [Eddie by Giddy](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/eddie-by-giddy-reviews) | 3.3/5 | Direct-to-consumer wearable constriction device. Sold online and through retailers. No prescription | Men whose erection starts firm and fades within a minute or two — the venous leak pattern — and who want something with no drug interactions. | No |
| [The Phoenix](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/the-phoenix-reviews) | 2.6/5 | Consumer acoustic-wave device sold direct to the public for home use. No prescription and no clinician involved | Honestly: very few people. Men who have exhausted evidence-based options, understand the therapy is investigational, and can lose $879 without it mattering. | No |

## Every review

- [Cost Plus Drugs Review: Published Markups, Mail-Order Generics](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/cost-plus-drugs-reviews) — Cost Plus Drugs publishes its markup formula and applies it to every product. For generics that it stocks, that transparency produces prices that are difficult for anyone else to argue with.
- [GoodRx Review: The Free Tool That Undercuts Most ED Subscriptions](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/goodrx-reviews) — GoodRx is not insurance and not a pharmacy — it is a price comparison and coupon platform. For generic sildenafil and tadalafil, it is frequently the cheapest route available, and it costs nothing to use.
- [Local Pharmacy + Discount Card: The Option Nobody Advertises](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/local-pharmacy-reviews) — The cheapest route to generic ED medication is usually a prescription from your own clinician filled at a retail pharmacy with a free discount card. Nobody advertises it, because nobody makes money from telling you.
- [Costco Pharmacy Review: Consistently Low Cash Prices](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/costco-pharmacy-reviews) — Costco's pharmacy has a long-standing reputation for low cash prices on generics — and in most states you do not need to be a member to use it.
- [Hims Review: A Broad Men's Telehealth Platform](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/hims-reviews) — Hims is the largest and most visible men's telehealth brand in the US, offering generic and brand ED medication alongside hair loss, mental health and weight care. Here is how to evaluate whether it fits you.
- [Ro Review: Telehealth With Its Own Pharmacy](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/ro-reviews) — Ro — formerly Roman — operates its own pharmacy alongside its telehealth platform, which gives it more control over the supply chain than most competitors. Here is what that does and does not mean for you.
- [PlushCare Review: Video Appointments Your Insurance May Cover](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/plushcare-reviews) — PlushCare is the rare ED route where you speak to a board-certified physician by video and your insurance may pay for the visit. That combination changes the arithmetic more than any discount code does.
- [RedBox Rx Review: Low Flat Pricing From a Grocery Group](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/redbox-rx-reviews) — RedBox Rx is a supermarket group's telehealth arm: generics only, one flat monthly price with the consultation folded in, and a pharmacy behind it rather than a marketing department.
- [CoreAge Rx Review: Fast-Acting Sublingual ED Treatment](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/coreage-rx-reviews) — CoreAge Rx skips the tablet entirely. Its sublingual formulations absorb under the tongue rather than through the gut, which is why they get going faster than a pill you have to digest — and why the format deserves a serious look.
- [Vybrique Review: The First FDA-Approved Sildenafil Oral Film](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/vybrique-reviews) — IBSA's oral film is the first genuinely new sildenafil format in years and the first FDA-approved one that needs no water. It is not, despite how it will be sold, a sublingual — and that distinction changes what you should expect from it.
- [Sesame Review: Cash-Pay Appointments With Prices Up Front](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/sesame-reviews) — Sesame is a marketplace rather than a clinic — you browse clinicians, see the price before booking, and pay per visit. For ED that structure has one clear advantage over subscription telehealth.
- [Walgreens Virtual Healthcare Review: Online Visit, Same-Day Counter](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/walgreens-reviews) — A flat-fee online visit from a pharmacy chain with a branch near you — and a prescription you can collect the same day instead of waiting for a box. No subscription, no shipping.
- [Eroxon Review: The First ED Treatment You Can Buy Off a Shelf](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/eroxon-reviews) — Eroxon is the only erectile dysfunction treatment the FDA has authorised for sale without a prescription. It is not a drug, it has no nitrate interaction, and it works less well than sildenafil. All three of those facts matter.
- [Amazon Pharmacy Review: Convenience, With the Usual Trade-Offs](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/amazon-pharmacy-reviews) — Amazon Pharmacy fills prescriptions and delivers them, with pricing that is competitive without being class-leading. The convenience is the product.
- [Teladoc Review: The Telehealth Your Employer May Already Pay For](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/teladoc-reviews) — Teladoc is general telehealth rather than an ED brand — and if your employer or health plan already provides it, a consultation may cost you nothing at all.
- [Encore Vacuum Device Review: The Unglamorous Thing That Works](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/encore-vacuum-reviews) — A medical-grade vacuum device produces a usable erection in around 90% of men, works when nothing else does, costs about $130 once, and nobody markets it. Also: Medicare stopped paying for these in 2015, and most people still do not know.
- [Lemonaid Health Review: General Telehealth That Also Treats ED](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/lemonaid-health-reviews) — Lemonaid is a general telehealth service rather than a men's health brand, which changes the shape of the offering — broader clinical scope, less specialised marketing.
- [ClearSpring Pharmacy Review: A Compounding Pharmacy, Not a Brand](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/clearspring-pharmacy-reviews) — An independent compounding pharmacy that fills what your prescriber writes — including preparations no manufacturer makes. It is the opposite end of the compounding market from the chewable subscriptions, and worth understanding as such.
- [BlueChew Review: Chewable ED Tablets by Subscription](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/bluechew-reviews) — BlueChew's differentiator is format: chewable tablets rather than swallowed ones, delivered on a subscription. That format has a real advantage and a regulatory caveat worth understanding.
- [24hrDoc Review: A Prescription, Sent to Your Own Pharmacy](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/24hrdoc-reviews) — 24hrDoc sells the prescription and nothing else — including for vardenafil and avanafil, which most ED telehealth quietly ignores. That unbundling is the whole proposition, and it is a reasonable one.
- [Rex MD Review: A Men's Telehealth Service Focused on ED](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/rex-md-reviews) — Rex MD is a men's telehealth service with erectile dysfunction at the centre of its offering. Here is how to evaluate it against the larger platforms.
- [Rugiet Review: The Cheapest Compounded Sublingual We Have Found](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/rugiet-reviews) — Rugiet Ready is a compounded troche that dissolves in the mouth rather than being swallowed, at roughly $7 to $10 a dose. That undercuts every other sublingual on this site — including the one we are paid to feature.
- [FirmTech Review: The Ring That Measures What It Is Doing](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/firmtech-reviews) — FirmTech won the only published head-to-head against Eddie by Giddy, and its Tech Ring does something nothing else here does — it records how firm you get and for how long. That is genuinely useful, and it is the most sensitive data on this site.
- [Eddie by Giddy Review: A Good Ring With a Marketing Problem](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/eddie-by-giddy-reviews) — Eddie is a well-designed constriction device sold with claims its own evidence does not support. The mechanism is sound and guideline-recognised. 'FDA-approved Class II medical device' is not a thing, and the head-to-head study did not go its way.
- [The Phoenix Review: $879 for a Therapy the FDA Has Not Cleared](https://www.edtreatmentguides.com/the-phoenix-reviews) — The Phoenix sells an at-home version of a clinic treatment that is itself still investigational — and the waves it produces are not the waves the trials used. The lowest score we have given anything on this site.

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