Consumer telehealth · Male fertility
CryoChoice
CryoChoice is a direct-to-consumer at-home sperm freezing and storage company. Patients order a collection kit, ship overnight to an FDA-registered, CLIA-certified lab, receive semen analysis, and store viable sperm under annual renewal plans. It is not a donor sperm bank and not provider clinic software.
Strong fit
- Men whose main goal is freezing sperm at home and storing it for years, not a fertility workup on its own
- Patients planning ahead of vasectomy, testosterone therapy, cancer treatment, gender-affirming care, or high-risk work
- Buyers who will check what each package includes, that the first year of storage is covered, and what renewals cost before checkout
Weak fit
- Anyone looking for a donor sperm bank or anonymous donors. CryoChoice freezes and stores a patient's own sample
- Patients who mainly want a low-cost semen analysis without committing to freezing
- Buyers looking for EHR, intake, or other software for clinics
Bottom line
CryoChoice is worth using for men who want to freeze and store sperm without visiting a clinic. It suits someone whose main goal is keeping samples for years in a certified lab. Men who mainly want a detailed semen analysis will likely do better with Fellow or Legacy.
Score breakdown
Weights: Outcomes 35% · Product 30% · Implementation 20% · Pricing clarity 15%.
CryoChoice sells male fertility preservation directly to consumers. Patients order an at-home collection kit and ship the sample overnight to an FDA-registered, CLIA-certified lab.
The lab runs a clinical-grade semen analysis and stores viable sperm under plans that renew each year. Most of its business is freezing and storage. It does not run a broad telehealth medication program, and it is not a donor sperm bank or software for clinics.
The company has offered at-home collection kits since the early 2000s and promotes how many samples it has stored over that time. That long record matters most to someone choosing where to keep samples for many years.
Prices are listed on cryochoice.com. A single kit with analysis and the first year of storage costs about $595, and double and triple kits cost about $995 and $1,295. After the first year, storage for one kit is commonly listed at about $149 per year.
For a patient, a good result is a completed freeze and, later, a transfer of the stored sample to a fertility clinic. CryoChoice has published less clinical evidence for its mail-in process than Fellow, which has a peer-reviewed study of its mail-in kit.
That gap shows up when CryoChoice is set beside similar companies. Among the consumer telehealth companies we review, it scores below Fellow and Legacy on the depth of its analysis and on ease of use. It scores above smaller freeze-only companies on how clearly it publishes its packages.
Fellow or Legacy suit someone who also wants a strong mail-in analysis kit with published clinical validation. Sppare.me is another freezing option, with different kit sizes and storage renewal fees.
CryoChoice's score reflects a long-running storage service with published prices. It is held back by a collection and shipping process that takes more work than newer analysis-first kits, and by less published clinical evidence than Fellow.
Competitor landscape
| Vendor | Overall | Ease of use |
|---|---|---|
| Fellow | 8.3 | 8.0 |
| Legacy | 8.2 | 8.3 |
| Posterity Health | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| CryoChoice | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| Path Fertility | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| Sppare.me | 6.6 | 7.3 |
Pricing
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Model | Published freezing packages of one or more kits that include analysis and the first year of storage. After that, you pay a yearly storage fee based on the number of kits. |
| What usually drives cost | The number of collection kits, whether a discount applies at checkout, storage renewals after the first year, and fees for releasing samples or closing your account. |
| What to ask before you buy | The full cost for the kits and years of storage you need, what renews after the first year, and current fees for releasing samples or closing your account, before you count on a sale price. |
| Published pricing | Prices on cryochoice.com: the Single Kit Package is about $595, the Double about $995, and the Triple about $1,295. The store often shows discounts.
The first year of storage is included. After that, storage is commonly $149/year for one kit, $298/year for two, and $447/year for three. Confirm the total at checkout. |
CryoChoice freezes a patient's own sperm. It is not a donor sperm bank. Preservative handling and overnight ship windows are stricter than many analysis-only kits; confirm live package contents.
Prerequisites for purchase
| Need | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| What you need to get CryoChoice to function | |
| A clear reason to freeze (planning before a procedure, a medical risk, or future family plans) | Buying without a clear reason wastes money on kits and storage. |
| Being able to open and refrigerate the preservative on arrival, collect, and ship overnight on the kit's schedule | The preservative and overnight timing are stricter than with many analysis-only kits. |
| Comfort that CryoChoice freezes your own sperm and is not a donor sperm bank | Mixing up the two leads to the wrong expectations. |
| A budget for the package and for storage after the first year | A sale price is not what storage costs over the long run. |
| A plan to transfer samples to a clinic when you are ready to use them | Release and shipping fees apply, and storage alone is not treatment. |
| What will maximize your value | |
| Choose a single, double, or triple kit based on how many samples you want stored | Too few samples can limit later IUI or IVF attempts. |
| Read the storage renewal, refund, and account-closing terms before checkout | Yearly renewals and closing fees change the total cost. |
| Ask your fertility clinic what infectious disease tests it needs before it accepts a transfer | Some clinics require recent STI tests even when storage sites do not. |
| Follow the overnight shipping instructions and track the package until the lab receives it | Shipping delays are the most common reason home collection fails. |
| When you are ready to use frozen sperm, start the release paperwork early with CryoChoice and your clinic | Releasing samples can take weeks. |
| Deal-breakers | |
| You need a donor sperm bank or anonymous donors. | |
| You mainly want a low-cost analysis kit without committing to freezing. | |
| You cannot refrigerate the preservative or meet overnight shipping times. | |
| You are looking for EHR, intake, or clinic operations software. | |
| You will not read what the package includes, storage renewals, and closing fees before paying. | |
Value creation time frame
| # | Stage | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | From order to kit arrival | Overnight shipping, subject to business-day cutoff times |
| 2 | From collection to analysis and freezing | The lab processes the sample when it arrives, then sends a digital fertility report |
| 3 | From first-year storage to yearly renewals | The first year is included in the package. Storage then renews each year |
Methodology
| Weight | Factor | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Customer outcomes | Whether buyers get measurable operational or clinical-workflow results after go-live |
| 30% | Product | Capability depth, reliability, and fit for the job the category buys |
| 20% | Implementation | How hard it is to stand up, integrate, train, and stabilize |
| 15% | Pricing clarity | Whether a buyer can model total cost without a mystery quote |
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Highly recommend | Strong outcomes and product with manageable caveats |
| Recommend | Solid fit for the right buyer; know the tradeoffs |
| Conditional | Only with a specific use case or heavy caveats |
| Not recommended | Avoid for most buyers in this category |
Read our full methodology for how we weight scores and assign recommend labels.