Best Joyous Alternatives
Joyous scores 64/100 in our independent evaluation, but it isn't the right fit for everyone. The most common reasons people look elsewhere: $400k privacy class action settlement (2025) for disclosing confidential customer data; and bbb c+ rating with 112 complaints — billing after cancellation is the top issue. Here are the 8 brands that compete with it most directly, ranked by category overlap and overall score.
Read our full Joyous review for the complete score breakdown.
The largest publicly traded D2C telehealth platform, offering treatments across hair loss, ED, mental health, skincare, and weight loss.
- ▸Higher overall score (77.5/100 vs 64/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (75 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($11/mo vs $129/mo)
Prescription discount giant that expanded into telehealth, with the unique advantage of integrated drug price comparison.
- ▸Higher overall score (74.3/100 vs 64/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (75 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($16/mo vs $129/mo)
Pay-per-visit marketplace connecting patients with licensed providers — no subscriptions, transparent per-visit pricing.
- ▸Higher overall score (74/100 vs 64/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (75 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($34/mo vs $129/mo)
Women's health telehealth for birth control, STI testing, and dermatology — with both insurance and cash-pay options.
- ▸Higher overall score (70.5/100 vs 64/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (70 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($0/mo vs $129/mo)
Physician-founded telehealth platform offering flat-rate compounded GLP-1 medications with dietitian support, expanding into 15+ specialty care categories.
- ▸Higher overall score (66.8/100 vs 64/100)
- ▸Lower starting price ($49/mo vs $129/mo)
- ▸Also treats Weight Loss / GLP-1, Men's Health, Women's Health
The largest at-home ketamine therapy platform, offering sublingual and injectable ketamine for depression, anxiety, and PTSD across 35 states.
Clinician-led at-home ketamine teletherapy combining oral ketamine with psychotherapy and EMDR, with insurance accepted in CA and NY.
- ▸Lower starting price ($88/mo vs $129/mo)
Mental health telehealth platform offering therapy and medication management, rebuilding trust after a DOJ investigation.
- ▸Lower starting price ($60/mo vs $129/mo)
- ▸Our pick for: Most Affordable Therapy Bundle
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