People who want to bank their own sperm at home before a vasectomy, hormone therapy, cancer treatment, or gender-affirming care often compare CryoChoice and Sppare.me. Both mail a collection kit, test the returned sample at a lab, and freeze and store the healthy sperm for the patient's own later use. Neither company is a donor sperm bank.
Patients planning ahead of vasectomy, testosterone therapy, cancer treatment, gender-affirming care, or high-risk work
Anyone who cannot handle preservative refrigeration or a strict overnight shipping window
People who want a simple at-home sperm freezing package with fast kit delivery and published storage renewals
Patients who want a large clinic-partner lab network or published validation studies
| Axis | CryoChoice | Sppare.me |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one sample | Stronger About $595 for a single kit with analysis and the first year of storage. |
$700 for The Standard, one kit with testing and the first year of storage. |
| Price for two or three samples | Stronger About $995 for two kits and $1,295 for three. |
$1,000 for two kits and $1,800 for three. |
| Yearly storage after the first year | Similar About $149 a year for one kit, $298 for two, and $447 for three. |
Similar About $175 a year for one kit, $275 for two, and $295 for three. |
| Collecting and shipping from home | Preservative handling and overnight shipping windows are stricter than many kits, which scores 6.5. | Stronger Next-day kit delivery and a simpler home routine score 7.3. |
| Lab and storage | Stronger Samples go to an FDA-registered, CLIA-certified lab, and CryoChoice has sold home kits since the early 2000s. |
Samples go to what Sppare.me calls its FDA medical center, so confirm the lab and storage site before you pay. |
| Completed freezes | Stronger Getting the analysis and freeze done scores 7.0. |
Getting the analysis and freeze done scores 6.4, with evidence that rests mostly on customer reviews. |
| Knowing what you will pay | Similar Package prices and renewal fees are listed on cryochoice.com, and promotions often change the checkout total. |
Similar Package prices and renewal fees are listed on sppare.me. |
“I've personally used sppare me, dadikit, and cryochoice. I liked sppare me the most, but cryochoice was the only one that required additional info, such as bloodwork to ensure no infectious diseases were potentially in there.”
Vorink · r/asktransgender · · source
“Update: I went with cryochoice and it went well, I haven't recovered the samples yet ofc but the freezing process went great!”
-Willow-Wisp- · r/asktransgender · · source
“Did you do the optional infectious disease (STI) panel from Cryochoice? If not, that may be an issue. My partner (transfemme NB) used Cryochoice like 5 years ago and now we are trying to have a baby. Several clinics (Shady Grove, Conceptions, and CNY) turned us away because the sample was collected using an at home kit, due to legal and chain of custody concerns. The last two options in our area said they would take us if my partner had done the STI test, but my partner was told it was optional and didn't do it.”
eyesparkles08 · r/asktransgender · · source
“I was recommended sppare.me by my provider but they seem to be non responsive and/or no longer stocking kits (I put in a support email a couple days ago to no reply)”
Radical_Caribou · r/asktransgender · · source
CryoChoice is for someone who wants the lower price for one or two samples and a lab with a long record, and who can handle careful refrigeration and a strict overnight shipping window. Sppare.me is for someone who puts speed and an easy home routine first, or who plans to store three samples for years, since its yearly renewal for three samples is about $150 lower.
Walk away from both if you want donor sperm, since both store only your own sample. Before you pay either one, ask the fertility clinic you expect to use whether it accepts home-collected samples and which infectious disease tests it needs. Walk away from Sppare.me if you need proof of a large lab network or published validation studies.