Head-to-head · same rubric · verified 10 October 2026

Purgo Labs vs Ion Peptide

Verdict: Purgo Labs, on the evidence: 10/10 rubric points against 8/10. Ion Peptide is stronger on 4 points listed below.

Our pick · partner

Purgo Labs

4.8 (101 reviews)

Lab: SteriGenix

Non-partner

Ion Peptide

4.7 (434 reviews)

Lab: Kovera Labs

Purgo
ahead on the rubric: 0/1
vials Purgo cheaper at list: 1/1
vials Purgo cheaper after codes: 4
points Ion Peptide is stronger on

30% off eligible products with codeaffiliate code, disclosed · not a ranking input

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Disclosure: Purgo Labs is our affiliate partner; we earn nothing from Ion Peptide. Scores come from the public rubric, which has no partnership input.

Research use only. Compound Review scores vendors on documentation — laboratory certificates, lot records, pricing and company identity. Nothing on this page is guidance on human or veterinary use, dosing or health outcomes.

Where each vendor is stronger

Computed from the rubric, prices and review record — never curated

Purgo Labs

COAs and pricing viewable without buying anything — COAs on product pages without login
No contradictions among its own claims — No contradictions found across site claims (checked Aug 2026)

Ion Peptide

Larger independent review base: 4.7 (434 reviews) vs Purgo's 4.8 (101 reviews).
Lower list price on 1 of 1 like-for-like rows we have on record (see table).
Re-checked 10 October 2026: every product URL still lands on the 'Wholesale Research Supply Portal' sign-in; Trustpilot 4.7 across 434, claimed — unchanged.
4.6 across 313 Trustpilot reviews on a claimed profile (read 6 Sep 2026) — one of the largest independent records we cover.

The 10 criteria, side by side

10/10 vs 8/10 · one point each, no weighting

Named lab

Purgo

SteriGenix and Freedom Diagnostics named per lot

Ion

Freedom Diagnostics named on the FAQ (see claims-consistent note)

Lab-hosted COAs

Purgo

Verify-at-lab links to sterigenixanalytical.com / freedomdiagnosticstesting.com

Ion

Kovera report KVR-2026-202FFF prints Access Code 34KOW58 for koveralabs.com/verify — read 6 Sep 2026

Per-lot COAs

Purgo

Lot numbers (e.g. PL-BPC-05) with test dates per batch

Ion

Batch-coded certificate images on product pages (e.g. ION-3R-10mg, Aug 2026)

Net content

Purgo

Measured net peptide published per lot (e.g. BPC-157 lot PL-BPC-05: 11.16mg vs 10mg label)

Ion

Certificate (BPC-157 10mg, batch BC10-05122026) reports 10.46mg batch average (10.24 / 10.69), 99.365% purity

Ungated

Purgo

COAs on product pages without login

IonNot awarded

Review base

Purgo

4.7 / 101 on Trustpilot, claimed; three reviews below four stars, all replied to (complaint read 9 Oct 2026; was 4.7 / 99 on 2 Oct)

Ion

4.7 / 434 on Trustpilot, claimed; 7% one- or two-star incl. two card-fraud reports, vendor replied to ~14% (complaint read 9 Oct 2026)

Consistent claims

Purgo

No contradictions found across site claims (checked Aug 2026)

IonNot awarded

Sized pricing

Purgo

Product pages state vial size with price (e.g. BPC-157 10mg at $44.99; 24 dated size+price readings on record)

Ion

Sizes stated with prices (NAD+ 500mg $30.80 sale, ION-2T 10mg $36.75)

Entity + address

Purgo

PurgoLabs LLC (Arizona) · 10105 E Via Linda St Bld 103, Scottsdale, AZ — on-site (6 Sep 2026)

Ion

Great Research, LLC · 1209 Mountain Rd Pl NE STE R, Albuquerque, NM (and Ion Research, LLC, Alpharetta, GA) — /contact/

Clean record

Purgo

No on-site review badge contradicting the independent record; card payment accepted; no regulator action found (checked 6 Sep 2026)

Ion

No on-site review badge contradicting the independent record; card payment accepted; no regulator action found (checked 6 Sep 2026)

Like-for-like prices

price history across vendors

Vial	Purgo · after HEALTH	Ion Peptide	Lower
NAD+ 500mg	$41.99 $59.99read 2 Oct 2026	$44.00read 2 Oct 2026	Purgo Labs

Only vials both vendors list at the same size, read on each vendor's product page on the date shown. "After code" is list × the code's stated discount — a calculation, labelled as one; stacking with sale pricing is not cart-tested.

What we found at Ion Peptide

Read 10 October 2026 on the vendor's own pages

The review record is real and large. The documentation behind it is not: the page that names the lab was lifted from another vendor's website, the certificates use a different lab's coding, and the company is named three different ways. 313 happy customers is meaningful; it is not the same thing as knowing who tested the vial.

Evidence ledger · read 10 October 2026

5 verified3 contradictions3 flags4 could not verify

Verified — what we opened, with the date

VerifiedRe-checked 10 October 2026

every product URL still lands on the 'Wholesale Research Supply Portal' sign-in; Trustpilot 4.7 across 434, claimed — unchanged.

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Verified4.6 across 313 Trustpilot reviews on a claimed profile (read 6 Sep 2026)

one of the largest independent records we cover.

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VerifiedBatch-coded certificate images sit on the product pages

viewable without an account.

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VerifiedTwo operating companies are named on the Contact page with addresses and a phone number.

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VerifiedSized pricing on the open part of the catalog

NAD+ 500mg $30.80 (struck from $44.00), 'Drops – TB-500' 30mg $74.50 (struck from $149).

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Contradiction — the vendor's claims disagree with each other or with the evidence

ContradictionThe FAQ names Freedom Diagnostics as the lab and links its lab-results page to a different company's website.

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ContradictionTerms name 'Great Research, LLC & Research Holding, LLC'

Contact names 'Great Research, LLC' and 'Ion Research, LLC'; the Refund Policy gives a third address.

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ContradictionSame-day cutoff is 5:00 PM EST on the Shipping Policy and 6:00 PM EST in the FAQ.

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Flag — read before ordering

FlagSells HCG 5000IU and HMG 75IU

(hormone-class).

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FlagGLP-class products under house codes with no stated identity.

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FlagTerms include permanent-blacklist and chargeback-deterrence language.

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Could not verify — not on the record either way

Could not verifyWhich laboratory really tests the products

The FAQ says Freedom Diagnostics, but that FAQ is copied from an unrelated vendor's site — its 'Lab Results' and 'My Account' links go to listsitefast.com — and the certificate filenames carry a 'KVR' code, which is not Freedom Diagnostics' convention.

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Could not verifyMeasured net content

certificates are images we could not read from outside.

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Could not verifyThe BPC-157 price

the standalone product page redirects to a registration wall, as do About and Team.

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Could not verifyWhat ION-1S / ION-2T / ION-3R contain

no CAS or compound name on the pages (lowest: ION-1S 5mg $31.20, ION-2T 10mg $36.75, ION-3R 5mg $29.25).

source

Great Research, LLC (Albuquerque, NM) and Ion Research, LLC (Alpharetta, GA) on Contact; 'Research Holding, LLC' in the Terms; a third address in Peachtree Corners, GA on the Refund Policy · (470) 228-2482 source

Certificates we opened at Ion Peptide

COA library

Certificate of analysis · as we read it

Kovera Labs

Is this lab legit? What we checked

Served from the laboratory's own system

Read 6 Sep 2026

Product

BPC-157 · 10mg label

Lot / batch

BC10-05122026

Report ID

KVR-2026-202FFF (access 34KOW58)

Test date

not printed

Purity

99.365%

Measured

10.24mg

2 vials

Net content vs label104.7% of 10mg

0label 10mg130%

Vials measured 10.24 / 10.69 mg.

Verify at the lab Transcribed by Compound Review; the laboratory's report is the record.

Check it yourself: Enter the KVR report number and the access code printed on the certificate. The button above opens the lab's lookup.

Batch average 10.46mg.

Where Ion Peptide ranks by compound

Ion Peptide appears in 1 of our compound rankings. Each ranking orders every scored vendor that sells the compound by rubric score, then verified price per mg.

#24 of 62among the best NAD+ vendors · $44.00 at 500mg

Score history and the caveats

A score only moves when the evidence does

6 Sep 20264/8 — first assessment under rubric v1
6 Sep 20268/10 — re-issued under rubric v2 (was 4/8); not awarded: ungated, claims-consistent

Purgo Labs: the caveat

Smaller independent review base than several competitors (101 reviews). The catalog is peptide-focused, so researchers also working with SARMs or broader research chemicals will need a second supplier.

Ion Peptide: the caveat

The FAQ that names Freedom Diagnostics is copied from an unrelated vendor's site, complete with links to that vendor's account pages — and the certificate filenames carry a different lab's code. The standalone BPC-157 page, About and Team pages are behind a registration wall. Three different company names and three addresses across Contact, Terms and Refund pages. Sells HCG and HMG. GLP products sold as ION-1S / ION-2T / ION-3R with no stated identity.

Where the evidence points

Purgo Labs 10/10

We earn nothing from Ion Peptide. Purgo Labs holds every rubric point — certificates checkable at the lab, measured net content per lot — and is cheaper after codes on 1 of 1 like-for-like vials.

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Is Purgo Labs better than Ion Peptide?

Purgo Labs, on the evidence: 10/10 rubric points against 8/10. Ion Peptide is stronger on 4 points listed below. Every point is a fact you can check on either vendor's site; both are scored by the same published rubric.

Is Ion Peptide legit?

Ion Peptide scores 8/10 on our rubric, has an independently viewable rating of 4.7 (434 reviews), and names its lab (Kovera Labs (on certificates) · FAQ claims Freedom Diagnostics). Caveat: The FAQ that names Freedom Diagnostics is copied from an unrelated vendor's site, complete with links to that vendor's account pages — and the certificate filenames carry a different lab's code. The standalone BPC-157 page, About and Team pages are behind a registration wall. Three different company names and three addresses across Contact, Terms and Refund pages. Sells HCG and HMG. GLP products sold as ION-1S / ION-2T / ION-3R with no stated identity.

Which is cheaper, Purgo Labs or Ion Peptide?

On the 1 compound-and-size rows where we have dated prices from both, Ion Peptide lists lower on 1 and Purgo Labs on 0. Purgo's list prices drop 30% with code HEALTH through 24 Nov.

Do you earn money from either vendor?

Purgo Labs is our affiliate partner and we earn a commission on referred orders; we earn nothing from Ion Peptide. Scores come from the rubric, which has no partnership input, and the ordering rule on our scoreboard is disclosed.

Am I looking at the right Ion Peptide?

Check the domain carefully. The substantial review record belongs to ionpeptide.com — singular. A separate ionpeptides.com - plural - holds a 3.2 rating from one review, and we could not establish any relationship between them. One letter separates a substantial track record from essentially none.

Purgo Labs vs Ion Peptide

Where each vendor is stronger

Purgo Labs

Ion Peptide

The 10 criteria, side by side

Like-for-like prices

What we found at Ion Peptide

Certificates we opened at Ion Peptide

Where Ion Peptide ranks by compound

Score history and the caveats

Where the evidence points

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Questions readers ask

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