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Viome

Sequences RNA rather than DNA, so the report describes what gut microbes are actively doing rather than which are present. Results are health scores and food recommendations, not blood biomarkers, so Viome's panels cannot be compared to a blood test on marker count.

Category
Gut & Microbiome Tests
Availability
All 50 states
Pricing
National flat pricing

No state restrictions are stated on Viome's product pages or terms of service, which is consistent with these being wellness tests rather than clinician-ordered diagnostics. Not positively confirmed with the vendor.

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Panels and pricing

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Who it suits

Someone who wants food and supplement recommendations out of a microbiome test rather than lab values to take to a doctor. Viome is direct about that limit in its own terms: the information "is not intended to be used by the customer for any diagnostic purpose and is not a substitute for professional medical advice", and "This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease." What you get back is health scores, which is why no marker count appears beside Viome anywhere on this site.

How ordering works

"Receive your test kit in 3–5 business days and complete your at-home stool sample." The Full Body kit collects more than stool — "at-home stool, saliva, and blood samples in about 20 minutes". Return is prepaid: "Mail your prepaid sample kit back to our CLIA-certified lab, where we analyze microbial activity across 400+ biological pathways."

What to watch for

The test is the entry to a monthly supplement plan, and the plan is the larger number. "Viome Precision Supplements are available through separate subscription after test results are released. Not included with Full Body Intelligence or Gut Intelligence Test purchases" — the Gut Formula is listed at "$79/Mo.", "Billed and shipped monthly", "Pause or cancel at any time". A year of that is more than three times the $279 test it follows. Neither the product page nor the how-it-works page says how long results take, and the terms page states no refund policy for a test order.

How Viome compares

Viome sells into one comparison set tracked here, against 6 other vendors. Each set below lists the ones nearest on price to Viome’s cheapest entry in it — at most four, one panel each — low to high. Same set means the same question, not the same test: two men’s health panels can cover very different markers, so read the counts beside the prices. Every link below goes to another profile on this site; none of them is a tracked link.

  1. Gut & Microbiome Tests

    11 tests · 7 vendors

    Viome sells 2 of these; the cheapest is the one compared.