Ryze Alternatives: 12 Mushroom Coffees Compared by Cost per Cup

By Erin Rose · Updated October 1, 2026 · Methodology

Comparison of labels, cost and registry listings, not medical advice. Prices are Amazon one-time prices recorded October 1, 2026.

All 12, cheapest per cup first

Cost per cup is the Amazon one-time price divided by the servings printed on the label. We do not use Subscribe & Save or brand-site prices. Caffeine and mushroom amounts are shown only when the label prints them.

None of the ingredient lists we read includes a sweetener. Ryze’s labels say “about” for caffeine (the label prints “~50 mg” and “~90 mg”). Pella prints a caffeine range. Four Sigmatic, Micro Ingredients, Max-Fit and La Republica do not print caffeine in mg on the label.

Ryze, side by side with the brands people compare it to

Ryze Medium Roast vs Ryze Dark Roast

Same price, same serving and the same six mushrooms. The difference is caffeine: about 50 mg on the Medium Roast label and about 90 mg on the Dark Roast label.

Ryze vs Four Sigmatic

Four Sigmatic instant costs $0.33 less a cup than Ryze. Its label names two mushrooms and adds rhodiola, but does not print caffeine or mushroom amounts. Ryze names six mushrooms, adds fiber and prints both.

Ryze vs MUD\WTR

MUD\WTR Original is not coffee. Its caffeine comes from black tea and cacao. MUD\WTR’s Mushroom Coffee is the closer match to Ryze: $1.33 a cup, 45 mg of caffeine and a 2,250 mg blend of four mushrooms.

Which mushroom coffees are third-party tested?

None of the 12 is listed in a public testing registry. We searched NSF Certified for Sport, NSF/ANSI 173, Informed Sport, Informed Choice and USP Verified for every brand on this page. Not being listed does not mean a product was not tested. It means we could not find it in a public registry. Here is what each brand says about testing.

No mushroom coffee from any brand is in these registries. A few mushroom capsules are. One we track is Real Mushrooms Cordyceps-M, which is NSF Certified for Sport (listing 1822940, 120- and 300-capsule packs). It is a capsule, not a coffee; see cordyceps supplements compared. For lion’s mane capsules, see which lion’s mane supplements are third-party tested, and for how the registries work, see our third-party tested database.

Mushroom coffee vs regular coffee: cost and caffeine

A cup of regular instant coffee costs about $0.09, so the cheapest mushroom coffee here costs about 1.6 times as much and Ryze about 16 times as much. For caffeine, the FDA lists 113 to 247 mg of caffeine in a 12 fl oz cup of regular brewed coffee. Every mushroom coffee here that prints caffeine lists less than that per serving, but their servings use less water (4 to 12 fl oz on these labels), so it is not an exact match.

How to read a mushroom coffee label

Three phrases tell you what part of the mushroom a label is talking about. We list what each label says; we do not judge which is better. For more on this, see our lion’s mane guide.

• “Fruiting body.” This is the mushroom you can see: the cap and stem. Everyday Dose’s label says “fruiting body extract.” Four Sigmatic’s site says it uses only the fruiting body, though its label just says “extract.”
• “Mycelium” or “cultured on oats.” Mycelium is the root-like part of the fungus. When it is grown on grain, the grain stays in the powder. Om’s label says “mycelial biomass & fruit body, cultured on organic whole oats.” MUD\WTR’s site says it uses both the fruiting bodies and the mycelium.
• “Full spectrum” or “proprietary blend.” Ryze’s label says “full spectrum mushroom” and does not say which part. A “proprietary blend” prints one total weight for several ingredients. Everyday Dose lists its mushrooms inside one 7,300 mg blend with collagen and coffee, so you cannot tell the mushroom amount.

6 of the 12 labels say nothing about the part used: Micro Ingredients, Max-Fit, Pella Nutrition, La Republica and both MUD\WTR products.

Where to buy: Amazon vs the brand’s own site

Every brand on this page sells on Amazon. Brand sites also sell direct, often by subscription. Ryze's own site lists 30 servings at $45 (checked October 1, 2026). That is why we compare Amazon one-time prices: every row is priced the same way, on the same day.

Checked but not in the table

• Laird Superfood, Peruvian Medium Roast Coffee with mushrooms, 12 oz: The listing does not print servings or mushroom amounts, and its photos show a different bag than its title.
• Four Sigmatic, Original Mushroom Coffee, 30 servings: The ingredient list on the listing does not match the product named in its title, so we do not link it.
• La Republica, Organic Instant Mushroom Coffee, 35 servings: Sold by a third-party seller and showed a future ship date on Oct. 1, 2026.
• Om Mushroom Superfood, Instant coffee, 10 single-serve packets: $22.99 for 10 packets is $2.30 a cup. The 30-serving jar in the table is the same coffee for less per cup.
• Maxwell House, Original Roast ground coffee, 27.5 oz (regular coffee, for comparison): Its label images do not print how many cups the canister makes, so we could not work out a cost per cup.

Frequently asked questions

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