Legacy Sperm Freezing vs. Fellow Sperm Freezing (July 2024)

OVERALL:

In comparing Legacy sperm freezing and Fellow sperm freezing, Legacy was the winner.

Legacy stood out to me most for their “multi-geography storage”, their credibility, the strength of their operations and for their overall pricing. The fact they are trusted by the US military, by big insurance companies, by big employers, all give me a lot of trust and confidence in them. I also thought their pricing was the best for someone who is interested in sperm freezing.

Fellow stood out by doing a great job of highlighting their clinical strength, the number of clinics they work with for semen analysis, increase in patient compliance and some of the studies they’ve done. It’s clear that for clinics, for example, the compliance of your patients goes up for a post-vasectomy semen analysis, and that is a big plus for their credibility.

STORAGE:

I’ve written about this before, but I love that Legacy divides your sample into two and stores it in different locations. They call this “multi geography storage”, while other companies (including Fellow) only do “single geography storage”.

I care about this stuff because if you read about the industry you can see some massive meltdowns, even at big name providers, like a Colorado clinic that got sued for destroying samples, or the 3,500 samples that got destroyed at a California fertility center and then had to pay $15,000,000 in damages to their patients.

This stuff HAPPENS and it’s RISKY! I love the idea that my sperm is stored in more than one location in case of accident.

PRICING:

Their pricing was simply better for long term storage, which I cared about.

I’m paying about $50 per year per sample per year at Legacy because I pre-paid for storage

I’m paying $145 per year per sample at Fellow, on a yearly basis

CREDIBILITY:

I care a lot about credibility and legitimacy. I think both companies did a good job here, in different ways.

For me, the fact that the Navy Seals freeze their sperm with Legacy goes a long way.

I love that they’re covered by insurance. I’ve said this before but they just seem like the largest, oldest, most trusted and most legitimate option. If they’re working with the US Military, that feels like a big checkmark of trust and approval.

I think if you ARE a clinic or WORKING with a clinic, Fellow is a great option. From what they have available on their website, it seems like they really focus on this area.

Fellow works with a lot of leading clinics which is great, like the Cleveland clinic, which is a well-known brand and a checkmark of trust and approval as well.

They have a lot of urologists on their board which I like. They’ve also published their own studies. That’s always great to see since it shows they care about validating what they do.

Hope this is helpful!!!!