How we compare

Different categories deserve different weightings, so we publish one methodology per category rather than a single score applied everywhere. Where the available evidence does not support a number, we say so and use a qualitative assessment instead.

How we assess pharmacy, med spa and clinic providers

v1.0 · updated August 2026

We compare providers only on factors that can be checked against a public record: licensing and credentials, the states or regions they are verified to serve, how a consultation actually works, what they publish about price, and the policies they make available. We do not assess clinical quality or outcomes, and we do not rank providers numerically.

Credentials and licensing30%
What we assess: Whether the provider publishes licensing details and clinician credentials that can be checked against a public registry.
How we assess it: We look up the stated licence or registration in the relevant public register and record the date checked.
Verified availability25%
What we assess: Which states or regions the provider is verified to serve.
How we assess it: We record published service areas with the date checked. Unstated coverage is recorded as unknown, never inferred.
How care is delivered20%
What we assess: Telehealth or in-person, who conducts the consultation, and what follow-up is included.
How we assess it: We record the published patient process.
Price transparency15%
What we assess: Whether prices are published, and what they include.
How we assess it: We record published prices with the date checked. Where a provider does not publish prices, we say so.
Published policies10%
What we assess: Refund, cancellation, privacy and complaints policies.
How we assess it: We record whether each policy is published and publicly reachable.

What this assessment does not tell you

We do not assess clinical quality, treatment outcomes or safety. Nothing here is a clinical comparison.
We do not recommend treatments, and nothing on this site is medical advice.
Verified availability reflects what the provider published on the date shown, and can change without notice.
A provider absent from a comparison has not been judged unsuitable; it may simply not publish enough checkable information.

We publish qualitative assessments for this category rather than numeric scores, because the available evidence does not support ranking to a decimal place.