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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.
| 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 | Human self-injection dosing guides sit oddly next to its "not for human consumption" disclaimer |
| 2 |  ReGen-X |
5.6 | Flat R120 (<R1,200), free ≥R1,200, 1–3d processing + 2–5d delivery | "Independently tested" claimed on FAQ, "available for each product" claimed on blog — neither backed by product-page COAs | PayFast | Registered: ReGen-X (Pty) Ltd, Reg 2025/979492/07 |
| 3 |  Noventra Pharma |
5.3 | Flat R150, 1–4 days nationwide; overnight R250 | "Lab-tested" claimed, no lab named | EFT confirmed; privacy policy implies a third-party gateway too | None found |
| 4 |  Research Peptides SA |
5.2 | Postnet or door-to-door courier | In-house HPLC; COA on request, biannual | EFT, card (PayFlex) | Same legal entity as Buy Peptides SA (self-disclosed on both sites' own pages) |
| 5 |  Peptide Labs South Africa |
5.1 | The Courier Guy, 2–5 working days | Named lab (Janoshik), COA on request only | Not confirmed | None found |
| 6 |  Reschem |
4.6 | Priority R179 (1–2d), Standard R79 (2–3d, free >R600), Pudo R49 (2–3d, free >R600) | ICP-MS/HPLC/UV-Vis + in-house checks described, no lab named | EFT only | None found; address now confirmed (Paarden Eiland, Cape Town) |
| 7 |  SA Peptides |
4.1 | Postnet or door-to-door courier | HPLC + named overseas facility, no linked report | EFT, card (Payflex) | Shares WhatsApp number and "Research Peptides SA"-branded social handles with Buy Peptides SA |
| 8 |  AminoX |
4.1 | Aramex + others, 7 working days, R150 flat (SA) | CoA + third-party HPLC claimed (cGMP/ISO Class 5), no lab named | Card, EFT, Apple/Google Pay | Address is a WeWork co-working space, not dedicated premises |
| 9 |  Protopep |
4.0 | SA-only; regional rates R195–R345, free collection (JHB) or >R2,500 | "Third-party tested" claimed, no lab named; COA "on request" vs "included" (T&Cs) — inconsistent | Card, EFT, Payflex (BNPL) | Live legal pages contain unfilled placeholder contact details |
| 10 |  Buy Peptides SA |
3.9 | Postnet or door-to-door courier | Same German-lab claim as SA Peptides, COA on request, biannual | EFT, card (PayFlex) | Registers as "Research Peptides South Africa (PTY) LTD" (CIPC 2019/082063/07, VAT 4280285448); WhatsApp matches SA Peptides exactly |
| 11 |  New You Lab |
3.8 | Postnet R110 or door-to-door R250 | "Independent lab in EU" claimed, unnamed | Yoco (card), confirmed at checkout | None found |
| 12 |  BioPeptics |
3.7 | Courier Guy, Aramex — 2–5 days, cost at checkout | Detailed unnamed process (Mass Spec, HPLC); no lab name found anywhere on a full site crawl | Direct EFT only | Fulfills at least one third-party reseller's product through its own storefront |
| 13 |  Pure Peptides |
3.3 | R150 flat/free >R4,500 claimed sitewide; checkout for vials previously shown R200, Cape Town area only | Named labs: Bio Services (heavy metals) + Janoshik (purity), certs visually confirmed on one general testing page | Yoco, PeachPayments, PayFast (per T&Cs); manual EFT (Nedbank) found at an earlier checkout | Delivery-fee contradiction (above); T&Cs page claims 30-day returns while Shipping & Returns page says "all sales are final" |
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 | Its country storefront (south-africa.direct-sarms.com) does carry real peptides (TB-500, BPC-157, oxytocin, Melanotan II, PT-141, HCG) alongside its core SARMs catalog, per the wider Direct SARMs network. Re-checked four times now (including a 2026-09-06 crawl attempt) and still got a 522 (Cloudflare could not reach the origin server) every time. Archive.org has no snapshot of this specific site newer than 2023-10-10 — repeated requests for a 2025/2026 capture just redirect back to that same 2023 snapshot, suggesting it may have been down for a long time, not just recently. A reviews.io listing for this storefront includes an unverified customer complaint calling it "a fake online store" that takes payment against orders never fulfilled. Excluded pending a readable check. |
| Globalderm | globalderm.co.za still blocks direct automated fetches (403), but an alternate fetch path got through, confirming it in much more detail via a 2026-09-06 crawl: a transdermal-patch specialist ("GlobalDerm HomeoPatch") with a 22-SKU catalog — BPC-157 Patch, TB-500 Patch, an IV glutathione patch, plus HGH/HCG/CBD patches and skincare items — alongside at least two injectable vial products. Sells via its own site and as a verified Takealot marketplace seller (seller ID 29898970) — a positive KYC-adjacent signal. A physical address is published on its Contact page (Pietermaritzburg), but its own Terms page names a different Pietermaritzburg medical-centre address in the governing-law clause — an internally inconsistent, apparently copy-pasted legal document. Its FAQ also pairs unsubstantiated therapeutic claims (osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, sciatica, "pancreas or liver support") directly with purchase links, and offers a reseller/agent program. All prices display in USD despite marketing "free shipping on all South African orders over R1000." Still a different product format from the rest of this table and not independently verifiable at checkout — excluded rather than ranked. |
| Peptide Clinics | Directly verified, re-checked 2026-09-06: a medically supervised clinic (Peptide Clinics South Africa (Pty) Ltd, reg. 2018/023869/07) that still requires a doctor consultation for every order — including for its non-peptide prescription items (Finasteride, Sildenafil) — and still compounds products in its own Johannesburg lab. Per-product pricing is published (e.g. NAD+ 200mg/ml 5ml vial, R1,265). One new gap found: its Terms & Conditions page has section headers ("Sale of Products," "Delivery Policy") with no content underneath them. 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, 10 physical stores, and a franchise program) with no peptide focus and no testing claims — out of scope for this list. Re-checked 2026-09-06: the "GLP-1" SKU (R699, at /products/glp-1) turned out to be an oral appetite-suppressant supplement, not an actual GLP-1 agonist peptide — no semaglutide/tirzepatide claim, no testing/COA claim. The "Methylene Blue" SKU (R299) is similarly untested. Both sit under an "Enhanced Nutrition" brand line, not a dedicated peptides section — a "Specialty Supplements" collection URL doesn't actually exist on the site. |
| Anabolics SA | Confirmed to be a broad anabolics/SARMs/HGH retailer (413 products across 10 categories) — peptides are one category among many, not a specialism. Out of scope. Re-checked 2026-09-06: its "HGH & Peptides" category (119 products) is majority genuine injectable research peptides (BPC-157, TB-500, CJC-1295, Ipamorelin and more) but carries no COA, batch-testing or purity claim anywhere on the category page or product listings — and no business registration, VAT number or physical address was found anywhere on the site (contact, privacy policy and disclaimer pages all checked). |