Best Joyous Alternatives
Joyous scores 65/100 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.
Teladoc Health is the largest publicly traded telehealth provider in the US, offering 24/7 general medical, mental health, dermatology, and nutrition visits on a self-pay or insurance basis.
- ▸Higher overall score (79.9/100 vs 65/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (88 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($89/mo vs $129/mo)
CallonDoc is a Dallas-based async telehealth platform offering flat-rate, form-based consults across urgent care, STD, women's and men's health, mental health, and dermatology without requiring insurance.
- ▸Higher overall score (78.4/100 vs 65/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (75 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($24.99/mo vs $129/mo)
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 65/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (75 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($11/mo vs $129/mo)
Talkspace is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: TALK) telehealth platform offering online therapy and psychiatry, notable among prescribers for declining to prescribe controlled substances.
- ▸Higher overall score (75.4/100 vs 65/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (80 vs 60)
Prescription discount giant that expanded into telehealth, with the unique advantage of integrated drug price comparison.
- ▸Higher overall score (74.3/100 vs 65/100)
- ▸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 subscription needed for visits, with transparent per-visit pricing and optional memberships.
- ▸Higher overall score (74/100 vs 65/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (75 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($11/mo vs $129/mo)
Kick Health is a San Francisco telehealth clinic prescribing non-controlled beta-blockers for performance and situational anxiety alongside a structured insomnia program combining medication and CBT-i coaching.
- ▸Higher overall score (70.8/100 vs 65/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (72 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($59/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 65/100)
- ▸Stronger trust & safety score (70 vs 60)
- ▸Lower starting price ($15/mo vs $129/mo)
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