Alternatives guide
The best Superpower alternatives in 2026
The best Superpower substitutes for more frequent testing, physician involvement, wearable integration, or no out-of-pocket cost.
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Our take
Function Health is the most direct upgrade if you want a second annual draw. Empirical Health is the closest price competitor with more physician involvement; Goodlabs is compelling for eligible blood donors who mainly want broad screening.
Superpower alternatives at a glance
Superpower's Basic costs $199 and contains 59 distinct biomarkers in our normalized dataset. The table compares that with each alternative's default panel.
| Alternative | Best for | Price | Markers | Testing cadence | Doctor review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Function Health | overall upgrade | $365 | 114 | Twice per year (Annual: 100+ tests, Follow-up: 60+ tests) | No |
| Empirical Health | physician-led alternative | $190 | 100 | On-demand (pay per test) | Yes |
| WHOOP Advanced Labs | for WHOOP users | $349 | 65 | Twice per year (75 biomarkers per draw) | Yes |
| InsideTracker | recommendations | $499 | 48 | On-demand (pay per test, discounted with membership) | No |
| Goodlabs | free alternative | Free | 14 | Free with each blood donation | No |
Marker counts are normalized from published panels, so they can differ from company marketing totals. Providers sometimes bundle or split the same lab result differently.
Which alternative should you choose?
1. Best overall upgrade
Function Health
Broader testing and a follow-up draw from the best-known direct competitor.
- What you gain:
- An initial 100+ marker panel plus a narrower retest later in the year.
- Tradeoff:
- The annual membership costs substantially more.
2. Best physician-led alternative
Empirical Health
Similar pricing with clinician review and prescriptions when appropriate.
- What you gain:
- More direct medical involvement for roughly the same annual price.
- Tradeoff:
- A smaller panel and a less elaborate consumer-facing product.
3. Best for WHOOP users
WHOOP Advanced Labs
Blood results interpreted alongside recovery, sleep, strain, and HRV.
- What you gain:
- Two annual draws and clinician review inside the WHOOP experience.
- Tradeoff:
- Higher testing cost; the strongest wearable-data integration still depends on using WHOOP.
4. Best recommendations
InsideTracker
A mature action-plan product for performance-focused users.
- What you gain:
- More developed nutrition, supplement, and lifestyle recommendations.
- Tradeoff:
- More than twice Superpower's price with a smaller panel.
5. Best free alternative
Goodlabs
Broad testing at no cost for people eligible and willing to donate blood.
- What you gain:
- No testing fee and a surprisingly broad preventive panel.
- Tradeoff:
- Eligibility, geography, and donation logistics make it an imperfect replacement.
How we compare alternatives
We normalize each provider's published panel into distinct biomarkers, then compare marker count, price, testing cadence, clinician review, app and web access, and prescriptions. Normalization prevents obvious duplicate spellings from inflating a panel, but company totals may still differ because providers bundle and report results differently.
The labels above are editorial recommendations, not a composite medical score. Marker count shows breadth, not whether the panels contain the same tests or whether those tests are appropriate for you. More testing is not automatically better, and a clinician should help decide which tests are relevant.