Fellow and Legacy both mail a man a kit to test his semen at home and offer to freeze a sample for later.
Men who want a mail-in CLIA semen analysis, post-vasectomy test, or analysis plus cryopreservation without a clinic collection-room visit
Anyone shopping a donor sperm bank or anonymous donor catalog - Fellow freezes and stores a patient's own sample for use with a sexually intimate partner
Men who want at-home semen analysis, DNA fragmentation testing, or sperm cryopreservation without a clinic collection-room visit
Anyone shopping a donor sperm bank or anonymous donor catalog - Legacy freezes and stores a patient's own sample
Fellow publishes kit prices on meetfellow.com: Semen Analysis at $199, Semen Analysis plus Cryopreservation at $199 plus $240 per year of storage per sample, and a Vasectomy Test at $149, each with shipping both ways.
Legacy publishes multi-year storage bundles on givelegacy.com, from a For Today plan around $540 (1 year / 1 sample) through Forever at about $4,995 (25 years / 2 samples), with sperm freezing listed from $245 per sample per year.
Legacy includes DNA fragmentation testing and STI options in its kit path, and accepts cash pay plus fertility benefits such as Progyny, Carrot, and Maven.
Fellow runs a large clinical-partner channel next to its DTC shop and cites peer-reviewed CLIA validation (Samplaski et al., Fertility and Sterility 2021). Legacy emphasizes multi-site cryostorage for men planning ahead of vasectomy, testosterone therapy, cancer treatment, gender-affirming care, or deployment.
Choose Fellow when a doctor is ordering the test, or when a man needs a post-vasectomy check for $149.
Choose Legacy when a man wants long-term storage and STI testing in the same kit, or wants to pay with fertility benefits like Progyny or Carrot.
Skip both if the need is a donor catalog or in-person IVF as the primary relationship.