A US crowdsourced peptide-testing program: consumers send in vials (a free identity/purity/quantity program), partner labs run the tests, and results feed public vendor safety ratings. Here's how the two compare, using only each lab's published information — including where Finnrick is genuinely the better fit.
| Finnrick PER FINNRICK.COM · AUGUST 18, 2026 |
Gold Standard Analytics PUBLISHED PRICING · HOUSTON, TX |
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| MODEL | Crowdsourced testing program — customer-submitted vials feed public vendor ratings; testing performed by partner labs | Direct-to-lab analytical testing — you order specific assays on your sample and receive your own certificate |
| LOCATION | US program (partner testing labs; US residents only, per finnrick.com) | Houston, TX — one lab, walk-in or prepaid mail-in from all 50 states |
| PUBLISHED PRICING | Free identity/purity/quantity testing program; no published fee schedule on the homepage | $189 base peptide COA (LC-MS identity + HPLC purity + net peptide content on one certificate); GLP-1 class $289 |
| TURNAROUND | Not published on the homepage | 5–7 business days standard; 48–72-hour expedited available |
| METHODS | Not itemized on the homepage (methodology page referenced) | HPLC purity + LC-MS identity + net peptide content on every base COA; USP <85> endotoxin ($199), USP <71> sterility ($195), USP <232> heavy metals ($169) add-ons |
| RESULTS | ~9,800 published tests feeding 0–100 vendor safety ratings; searchable database and COA verification on their site | Every public COA in an open registry at /coa-lookup — QR-verifiable by accession number, no login |
| STANDARDS | No accreditation claims published on the homepage | Operated to ISO 17025 expectations with GLP-style data integrity and video + photo chain of custody |
Finnrick operates a real, widely used crowdsourced testing program — roughly 9,800 published tests feed its public vendor ratings, and the research community treats it as a useful data source. “Legit” in this space is best judged by verifiability: check any lab's or program's published results yourself, and check any COA against the issuing lab's own database. Every Gold Standard COA is verifiable at our public registry.
Finnrick aggregates customer-submitted samples into vendor safety ratings — you contribute a vial and the result feeds their public dataset. A direct lab like Gold Standard Analytics tests your specific sample on your instructions and issues you an accessioned, QR-verifiable certificate with the assays you chose (identity, purity, net content, endotoxin, sterility, heavy metals). Many researchers use both: ratings to shortlist vendors, a direct COA to verify the actual batch in hand.
Finnrick's headline program is free for eligible US consumer submissions (per finnrick.com, checked August 18, 2026); they do not publish a fee schedule on their homepage. Gold Standard Analytics publishes every price: $189 for a base peptide COA bundling LC-MS identity, HPLC purity, and net peptide content ($289 for the GLP-1 class), with flat-priced safety add-ons.