Head-to-head for women
Elara Health and Wellness vs Live Vital
Elara Health and Wellness and Live Vital both offer GLP-1 telehealth to women, but they make different trade-offs on PCOS and hormonal suitability, clinical oversight, price and access. Here they are side-by-side on the Luna Fit Score — our women's-health rubric.
Elara Health and Wellness
Higher scoreRanked #36 for women · Grade B
Luna Fit
Best for: Budget-focused women who want low-cost tirzepatide nationwide and are comfortable vetting oversight themselves.
Visit Elara Health and WellnessLive Vital
Ranked #55 for women · Grade C
Luna Fit
Best for: Women in perimenopause who want a named, menopause-credentialled physician rather than a clinician network, and who will do the arithmetic on the protocol price themselves.
Visit Live VitalThe verdict for women
Elara Health and Wellness edges out Live Vital on the Luna Fit Score, 84 to 76 (B vs C). Budget-focused women who want low-cost tirzepatide nationwide and are comfortable vetting oversight themselves. The reasoning behind that number is in our Elara Health and Wellness write-up for women.
Live Vital is still a genuine option — a one-physician practice whose founder is menopause-certified and has written a 40-page perimenopause guide — genuine midlife expertise, wrapped around the most misleading price presentation in the ranking. Weigh the six women's-health factors below against your own priorities; what we found reviewing Live Vital goes through each of them, and if neither of these two is the one, the full field we rank against Live Vital widens the field.
Side-by-side on the six factors
Both providers scored on the same women's-health rubric — the higher side on each factor is marked. See the methodology.
Price, access & features
| Detail | Elara Health and Wellness | Live Vital |
|---|---|---|
| Luna Fit Score | 84/100 · B | 76/100 · C |
| Overall rank | #36 | #55 |
| Semaglutide | $117/mo | ~$128/mo ($299 per 10-week protocol; no monthly rate published) |
| Tirzepatide | $196/mo | ~$235/mo ($549 per 10-week protocol; no monthly rate published) |
| Coverage | All 50 states | All 50 states claimed |
| Brand-name access | Compounded only | Compounded only |
| Oral / sublingual | Injection only | Injection only |
Luna Fit
Elara Health and Wellness
Ranked #36 · Grade B
What we like
- Low disclosed pricing — $117 semaglutide, $196 tirzepatide
- Nationwide across all 50 states with both molecules
- Low-cost tirzepatide for insulin-resistant PCOS
The caveats
- Not LegitScript-accredited — a weaker third-party oversight signal
- No oral route or brand-name access; general program
Luna Fit
Live Vital
Ranked #55 · Grade C
What we like
- Founder Dr. Patrick Taylor is a menopause-certified practitioner and lists women's health as his first specialty — a rare credential in this segment
- Publishes a free 40-page perimenopause clinical guide with 32 peer-reviewed citations, which frames peptide therapy as an adjunct to hormone therapy rather than a substitute for it
- Peptide and hormone therapy sit on the same account as GLP-1 care
The caveats
- The advertised '$99/mo' is a $299 prepaid ten-week protocol divided by three months — the real cost is closer to $128 per 30 days
- No month-to-month option exists at all; the prepaid protocol is the only way to buy
- The pricing page does not list semaglutide, tirzepatide or retatrutide anywhere — the GLP-1s sit on separate pages it does not link to
Assume any provider we list may compensate us — we may earn a commission, at no cost to you. Pricing, states and verification reflect each provider's public disclosures at last review; the Luna Fit Score is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on each provider's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.
More head-to-heads
Neither Elara Health and Wellness nor Live Vital is only worth comparing with the other. Elara Health and Wellness is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 9 points apart on the Luna Fit Score — see the Elara Health and Wellness–CoreAge Rx head-to-head. Live Vital is also written up against CoreAge Rx, 17 points apart — see how Live Vital and CoreAge Rx compare on the Luna Fit Score.
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