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Full vendor comparison
Thirteen vendors fully verified against our eight-criteria methodology, checked directly against each vendor's own site. Click a header to sort; click a vendor for the full review.
| Rank | Vendor | Score | Delivery | Testing claim | Payment | Transparency flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LEOLABS | 7.6 | Courier Guy, 1–3 days, free >R3,000 | Named lab (Janoshik), per-product report links | Card, EFT | None found |
| 2 | Peptide Labs South Africa | 4.8 | Courier, 2–5 working days | Named lab (Janoshik), COA on request only | Not confirmed | None found |
| 3 | Noventra Pharma | 4.8 | 1–4 days nationwide, overnight for R250 | "Lab-tested" claimed, no lab named | EFT only | None found |
| 4 | ReGen-X | 4.4 | Fee calculated at checkout | "Independently tested" claimed, no report published | PayFast | None found |
| 5 | Research Peptides SA | 4.3 | Postnet or door-to-door courier | In-house HPLC; COA on request, biannual | EFT, card (PayFlex) | Same legal entity as Buy Peptides SA |
| 6 | SA Peptides | 4.1 | Postnet or door-to-door courier | HPLC + named overseas facility, no linked report | EFT, card (Payflex) | Shares WhatsApp number with Buy Peptides SA |
| 7 | New You Lab | 3.8 | Postnet R110 or door-to-door R250 | "Independent lab in EU" claimed, unnamed | Not confirmed | None found |
| 8 | Buy Peptides SA | 3.6 | Postnet or door-to-door courier | In-house HPLC + unnamed "third-party" COA claim | EFT, card (PayFlex) | Same entity as #5; shares number with #6 |
| 9 | Reschem | 3.5 | Free courier >R600, 2–3 days | "Quality Assurance" claimed, no lab named | EFT only | None found |
| 10 | BioPeptics | 3.4 | Not confirmed | Detailed process (HPLC, Mass Spec), no lab named | Not confirmed | None found |
| 11 | Protopep | 2.9 | Not confirmed | "Third-party tested" claimed, no lab named | Not confirmed | None found |
| 12 | AminoX | 2.8 | Not confirmed | No testing claim found | Not confirmed | None found |
| 13 | Pure Peptides | 2.2 | Not confirmed | No testing claim found | Not confirmed | None found |
On the three-way overlap: Buy Peptides SA's own footer identifies it as "Research Peptides South Africa (PTY) LTD," and Buy Peptides SA and SA Peptides display the identical WhatsApp contact number. None of the three sites disclose this relationship to shoppers. We score all three down on transparency for it — see each review for exact wording.
Vendors we looked at but didn't rank
We checked these names too (from the same source sites) but aren't scoring or ranking them — either their site wouldn't return readable content for us, or they turned out to be a general retailer rather than a peptide specialist. Protopep and Noventra Pharma, previously listed here, are now ranked above — a direct browser-style request got through where our standard checker had been blocked.
| Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Direct SARMs South Africa | Does carry real peptides (TB-500, BPC-157, oxytocin) alongside its core SARMs catalog. Re-checked twice with a direct browser-style request and still got a 522 (Cloudflare could not reach the origin server) every time, on the homepage and on a specific product page — this looks like the vendor's own hosting is down, not a block aimed at us. Excluded pending a readable check. |
| Globalderm | Re-checked via search (its site blocks automated fetches site-wide, 403 on every page including its store). Appears to be a transdermal-patch specialist ("GlobalDerm Homeopatch") selling several peptide-branded patches — BPC-157, TB-500, a glutathione IV patch — alongside broader skincare/anti-aging patches, not vials or powders. A different product format from the rest of this table, and not independently verifiable with our tools — excluded rather than described from search snippets alone. |
| Peptide Clinics | Directly verified: a medically supervised clinic (Peptide Clinics South Africa (Pty) Ltd, reg. 2018/023869/07) that requires a doctor consultation for every order and compounds products in its own Johannesburg lab — a genuinely different, more clinical model than the direct-to-consumer vendors above, so not compared on the same table. |
| MuscleMecca SA | Confirmed to be a broad supplements retailer (protein, pre-workout, creatine, 25+ brands) with no peptide focus and no testing claims — out of scope for this list. |
| Anabolics SA | Confirmed to be a broad anabolics/SARMs/HGH retailer (400+ products across 10+ categories) — peptides are one category among many, not a specialism. Out of scope. |