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Volume pills are designed to improve the quality and quantity of your semen. Here is a guide to the safest, most effective options we could find.

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Last updated: Apr 20th, 2026
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While semen output isn’t the first thing most men associate with their masculinity, it’s not something they should ignore. Compared to muscle or penis size, semen quality is a much more important measurement, as it can profoundly affect reproduction. That’s where volume pills — nutritional supplements designed for and marketed toward men hoping to improve semen output and sexual performance — hope to bridge the gap. In fact, the ingredient lists of many volume pills and fertility supplements are strikingly similar.

But here’s the thing: most volume pills bank on male sexual insecurities, promise things they can’t deliver, and hope you won’t notice their subpar dosing. Far too many of these companies create supplements containing ingredients with scientific support but at doses far lower than what those studies indicate would work. And you’re just as likely to find ingredients in there that have little-to-no research to support them.

So, we’ve evaluated the landscape of both volume pills and their typically stronger and safer counterparts — male fertility supplements — to get you the best of both worlds: an increase in semen output and sexual pleasure combined with improved fertility.

We break down our findings below if you’re pressed for time.

Summary of recommendations

Our Top Choice

Compared to its competitors, Bird & Be’s Male Fertility Power Pack combines higher doses of more clinically-backed ingredients — without overcharging for it.

Bird & Be delivers 22 active ingredients, including effective doses of scientifically supported ingredients for semen health, such as vitamins A and C, a B vitamin complex, CoQ10, and zinc. Doses are individually packed, adding convenience and portability that other companies can’t match.

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In this Review

Why you should trust us

For this volume pills guide, our team reviewed over 190 research papers examining the various ways that common volume pill ingredients interact with male sexual health and virility. This allowed us to examine different formulas with an eye toward dosing and potential efficacy. We also reached out to experts in the field, including the director of the Global Andrology Forum, Dr. Ashok Agarwal. And to help complete our understanding of these companies’ products and services, we became customers, ordering various volume pills in an effort to evaluate customer support quality, shipping logistics, and privacy.

Additionally, like all health-related content on this website, this guide was thoroughly vetted by one or more members of our Medical Review Board for accuracy. We’ll continue to monitor the volume pill and fertility supplement landscapes to keep this guide up-to-date.

Over the past two decades, Innerbody Research has helped tens of millions of readers make more informed decisions to improve their health.

How we evaluated volume pills

Fully evaluating volume pills requires a deep understanding of male reproductive function and the multitude of ingredients — vitamins, botanicals, amino acids, minerals, hormones, and more — that companies employ in the search for improved semen quality and quantity. We took pains to be as clear-eyed about this as possible, as this is a category where the vast majority of players underperform. It wasn’t enough for us to find the best option among a pool of so-so supplements. We expanded our selection to include supplements that actually had potential and compared them to one another from there.

In comparing these products, we looked at effectiveness, cost, safety, and convenience. Ultimately, we found Bird & Be’s Male Fertility Power Pack to be the most compelling option. It offers higher doses than its competitors in almost every ingredient, and it includes a high number of components with multiple research papers behind them.

Effectiveness

Advantage: Bird & Be Male Fertility Power Pack

We assess effectiveness by comparing ingredient lists with available research to determine that a given supplement succeeds in ingredient selection and dosing. Some companies choose well-researched ingredients but deliver them in paltry quantities that undercut their potential. Others have high doses of ingredients with scant research behind them.

Bird & Be’s Male Fertility Power Pack is designed as a fertility supplement, but research into many of its ingredients supports the kinds of claims the average volume pill maker purports. Those include increased orgasm intensity from ingredients like citrulline and improved erectile performance from 500mg of L-arginine.

Innerbody Labs Testosterone Support is a strong runner-up in this category. It doesn’t have quite as many ingredients directly associated with semen parameters, but its ingredients’ ability to increase male testosterone is very well documented (as we’ll discuss more in that product’s dedicated section), and an increase in testosterone can dramatically improve sexual performance and semen parameters.

Cost

Advantage: Semenax

Price is the first thing we look at when evaluating cost, but we also consider things like bulk or subscription discounts, as well as money-back guarantees that could protect your investment.

If you’re willing to spend enough to buy a year’s worth of pills, Volume Pills and Semenax offer the best bargains. Your cost works out to just under $1.10/day at that purchase level. Of course, that means you have to be ready to fork over $400 all at once, and not everybody is ready to do that. That’s what makes Beli a compelling runner-up in this category, as its subscription-only model keeps your cost per bottle at just $50 — more than the best price per bottle from Semenax and Volume Pills, but a lower barrier to entry.

Here’s a quick look at how our top picks’ prices compare:

Cost for one bottleLowest possible cost per bottleSubscription or bulk savings?
Bird & Be Male Fertility Power Pack$63$57Subscription
Semenax$60$33Bulk
Ultraload$69$50Bulk
Innerbody Labs Testosterone Support$78$47Both
Volume Pills$60$33Bulk
Beli Men Vitality$50$50Subscription (only)

It may be the same ultimate cost as Volume Pills, but the ingredient blend in Semenax is superior, making it the better value of the two. That said, more expensive products typically offer much better formulas than Semenax, making it a wise choice only if cost is your most important consideration.

Safety

Advantage: Beli Men Vitality

Safety is a tough line to toe when formulating a volume pill. When you whittle the wide field of options down to the handful of companies in our guide, parsing out which one is safest gets even harder — formulas start looking similar, and manufacturing standards are high. But there are a few things we look for to consider a volume pill particularly safe.

It may run counter to the efficacy goal, but our picks for safety tend to have a slightly smaller number of ingredients delivered in quantities at or around the lower range of successful doses used in clinical studies. That helps ensure that adverse effects associated with certain ingredients are less likely to occur. And keeping the list from ballooning to an immense size as a countermeasure to lower doses helps prevent certain unstudied ingredient combinations from posing a risk.

Beli hits the bullseye on this target. Its ingredient list is mostly made up of vitamins and minerals that are well-researched for fertility and have good safety profiles. Plus, very few of them appear in especially large doses, and ingredients that have weaker safety profiles are strictly limited. Still, the combination is enough to suggest efficacy based on clinical research, especially for men who may be deficient in one or more of these vitamins or minerals.

Convenience

Advantage: Beli

Our convenience evaluation takes a few parameters into account, including:

  • User-friendliness of the website and ordering process
  • Pill size
  • Dosing regimen
  • How easy it is to keep up on your stock of supplements

Unfortunately, in one way or another, a lot of volume pill manufacturers fall short in convenience. They usually have poorly designed websites that make it relatively easy to order but difficult to navigate to specific information. They also often have little to no real-time customer support.

Another knock on most volume pills is that they aren’t available on a subscription basis. Not only do subscriptions often offer additional savings, but they also help ensure that you don’t run out of a supplement you plan to take daily. Beli, conversely, offers only a subscription platform. While we don’t love that you don’t have a choice in the matter, the website’s ordering process is nicely streamlined. It’s also worth noting that Beli’s dosing regimen is just two pills, once daily; some other manufacturers require you to take up to eight capsules at a time.

How our top volume pills compare

Here are the key parameters of each of our top picks in a handy chart for a quick comparison. Note that we left shipping info off of the chart, as all of these products ship within the U.S. free of charge.

Bird & Be Male Fertility Power Pack
Semenax
Ultraload
Innerbody Labs Testosterone Support
Beli Men Vitality
Volume Pills
Key ingredients
CoQ10, omega-3s, L-arginine, choline
L-Arginine, L-citrulline, zinc
L-Citrulline, maca, shilajit, zinc
Ashwagandha, fenugreek, tongkat ali, zinc
L-Carnitine, L-arginine, shilajit, CoQ10
Zinc, Indian gooseberry
Capsules per dose
7
4
3
4
2
2
Cost for one bottle
$60.00
$60.00
$69.00
$78.00
$50.00
$60.00
One-time cost per dose
$2.00
$2.00
$2.30
$2.60
$1.67
$2.00
Lowest possible cost per bottle
$54.00
$33.00
$50.00
$47.00
$50.00
$33.00
Lowest possible cost per dose
$1.80
$1.10
$1.67
$1.57
$1.67
$1.10
Subscription or bulk savings?
Subscription
Bulk
Bulk
Both
Subscription (only)
Bulk
Guarantee
None
67 days
100 days
30 days
30 days
67 days

How do volume pills work?

We want to steer people away from wishful-thinking products and toward the likeliest products to deliver positive results. In many cases, we recommend what would be considered fertility supplements, as they provide some of the same ingredients as volume pills but in higher quantities. For simplicity here, we'll continue to refer to the class as a whole as "volume pills," including fertility supplements.

Volume pills utilize ingredients that research indicates may increase spermatogenesis, boost testosterone, bolster fertility, and improve blood flow. The most effective among them can increase the quantity and quality of semen output, particularly in men with suboptimal testosterone levels and even more so in men with certain nutritional deficiencies. Some also contain ingredients that can increase your sexual pleasure both during intercourse and at the moment of climax.

We’d prefer to see generous doses on relatively long ingredient lists, provided those ingredients all bear some research support indicating safety as well as efficacy. Bird & Be’s Male Fertility Power Pack offers the best combination of ingredient quantity and dosing, with most of its ingredients boasting published scientific research.

Key semen parameters

A lot of this can get confusing, especially the information regarding semen parameters. Understanding what these supplements are aiming to improve at a more granular level could help inform your decision when you compare ingredient lists.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the most important semen parameters when it comes to fertility:

Sperm count

This is the actual number of sperm cells in your semen. It’s tied to semen volume, but the correlation isn’t perfectly direct.

Semen volume

Semen consists of a lot more than just sperm. While an increase in semen volume doesn’t always mean a meaningful increase in sperm count, more semen usually translates to more sperm.

Sperm morphology

This is the physical shape and size of individual sperm cells. Morphology affects everything from an individual cell’s ability to move to the likelihood it could penetrate an egg.

Sperm motility

This is a measure of sperm cells’ ability to swim toward an egg, with an emphasis on its sense of direction. Progressive motility describes a sperm cell’s straight-line swimming (a good thing), as compared to nonprogressive motility, which describes a cell’s curved motion (a not-so-good thing).

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Volume pill ingredients

The specific ingredients in volume pills will vary wildly, but there are a few ingredients that have a lot of good scientific research behind them. There are also several that pop up in most of the ingredient lists we’ve encountered.

Here’s a deeper look at some key ingredients you’ll find in many volume pills:

Zinc

One of the most profound ingredients for both semen volume and fertility is zinc, which can directly improve semen parameters while boosting testosterone, which has a ripple effect throughout a man’s sexual system. It’s also a powerful antioxidant, so it can help more sperm survive from their creation to insemination. The confusing issue with zinc is that it comes in different forms, each of which contains a specific percentage of elemental zinc. Making matters worse, zinc is not well-absorbed in the body. Chelated forms of zinc — which have been treated for better absorption — are preferable, so we’ll steer you toward supplements that use zinc citrate, zinc gluconate, and zinc picolinate over zinc oxide. Guidelines for daily zinc consumption generally top out at about 40mg/day.

Vitamin D

Many volume pills and fertility supplements also contain some kind of multivitamin complex. Perhaps most notable within these is vitamin D, which, like zinc, has been shown to improve semen characteristics and boost testosterone. And unlike B and C vitamins, which many people consume sufficiently through their diets, vitamin D deficiencies are relatively common. That increases the chances that supplements containing vitamin D will make a noticeable difference for more men.There appear to be significant links between vitamin D, testosterone, and fertility, with multiple studies showing that men with fertility or testosterone issues often have vitamin D deficiencies. This doesn’t establish a causal relationship in any direction, but the connection is there nonetheless.

Exposure to sunshine is a reliable source of vitamin D, and most of the D in our diets comes from fortified foods. But nutritional supplementation is also common. As with zinc, there’s a daily upper limit you should avoid crossing if you know you’re not deficient — specifically, 100mcg, or 4,000IU.

CoQ10

Coenzyme Q10, or CoQ10, can be found in cells throughout the body, including seminal plasma. Some research indicates that seminal plasma concentrations of CoQ10 correlate directly to sperm quality. Additional studies suggest that supplementation with CoQ10 can improve sperm characteristics. Researchers hypothesize that this is thanks to the coenzyme’s antioxidant properties, as semen is especially vulnerable to oxidative stress.

Vitamin C

Various studies in both rats and humans indicate that vitamin C can play a significant antioxidant role in improving semen parameters. There are a few controversial studies that have seen different results, but these are among the smallest-scale studies looking at vitamin C and fertility, and some were performed in dogs. That makes vitamin C a compelling ingredient but not the most important one to focus on until more research tells us otherwise.

B vitamins

Various B vitamins appear capable of improving semen characteristics. A meta-analysis of B6 studies showed consistent improvement in motility, morphology, and physiology in response to B6 supplementation in animals and humans. And B12 deficiency is associated with low testosterone and chronic testicular pain. It’s also been shown to increase post-thaw motility in semen that’s been cryogenically preserved. That makes volume pills with B12 a good choice for men looking to freeze their sperm for a later date.

Lysine

Lysine is an essential amino acid that plays various critical roles in human health. In humans, lysine also acts to improve the function of sperm tails through a process called lysine glutarylation. And, like with B12, it appears as though those motility benefits translate to thawed sperm as well, at least in studies conducted on buffalo.

L-Citrulline

One of the most promising recent citrulline studies in men used a supplement called Prelox, which also includes L-arginine, French maritime bark extract, and roburins. That makes it a little hard to know how much influence the citrulline had on the outcome compared to the other ingredients, especially considering that Prelox uses a proprietary blend that obscures how much of each ingredient was present. However, several studies point toward citrulline’s potential to improve erectile performance, which is perhaps why it’s more common in traditional volume pills than it is in fertility supplements.

L-Arginine HCL

Like citrulline, arginine is used as a remedy for poor erectile performance in volume pills as well as in male enhancement products. But unlike citrulline, there’s a fair amount of evidence from human studies suggesting arginine can improve semen parameters. Unfortunately, much of that research is significantly outdated. More recent research exists in boars, but further human studies are needed.

Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha is a potent testosterone booster and stress buster, and those abilities appear to have downstream effects to improve semen and fertility. A 2013 study looking at semen parameters before and after a 90-day trial using a daily ashwagandha extract at 675mg found a 167% increase in sperm count, as well as improvements in semen volume and sperm motility.

Ginseng

Ginseng is a classic ingredient in natural sexual health treatment. Study participants consistently report an uptick in libido, leading many to believe that ginseng acts as an aphrodisiac. A meta-analysis of studies looking at ginseng’s potential to improve semen quality found little support, even among a set of studies with a high risk of bias. Men seeking volume pills to improve sexual pleasure and performance might see a benefit, but benefits are scarcer for men seeking to increase their fertility.

Maca

Maca has a decent amount of credible science supporting its ability to increase libido, especially at doses between 1,500 and 3,000mg. One small-scale study looking at how semen parameters reacted to maca found increases in seminal volume, count, and motility. Another saw a 20% increase in volume. Even combined, these studies don’t come anywhere near statistical significance, but they imply that maca has potential as a semen enhancer.

Tribulus terrestris

Several studies support this ingredient’s potential to improve symptoms of erectile dysfunction. There’s still some debate around its mechanism of action or its ability to provide sexual benefits to men with healthy erectile function. One small in vitro study resulted in improved semen parameters, but more research is needed before Tribulus terrestris can become a reliable ingredient in volume pills.

Black pepper

You’ll see black pepper extracts with different names — such as BioPerine and piperine — pop up in supplements in and outside the realm of sexual health. That’s because their primary function in volume pills is to increase your body’s ability to absorb the other ingredients in the supplement.

Who needs volume pills?

Volume pills have the potential to serve various needs by increasing the quantity of your ejaculate, boosting testosterone levels, improving the pleasure you experience during orgasm, providing harder erections that are more reliable, and even helping with fertility issues. So there are a lot of men out there who could benefit from taking volume pills. This is doubly true for men who are deficient in nutrients like zinc or vitamin D.

The fertility question seems like one of the most important, as so many of the ingredients in volume pills are associated with increases in semen quality. We reached out to Dr. Ashok Agarwal, Director of the Global Andrology Forum, to discuss male infertility. He highlighted a few symptoms men should look out for that could indicate potential fertility issues, including:

  • Erectile and ejaculation problems
  • Pain, swelling, or a lump in the testicle area
  • Abnormal breast growth
  • Obesity
  • Decreased facial or body hair

“Male fertility issues can only be diagnosed with a comprehensive semen analysis test,” he told us, “which is usually done after one year of trying to get pregnant or after six months if over the age of 35.”

Insider Tip: If you’re concerned about infertility, you can consult our guide to the best at-home fertility tests to find a kit that can begin to give you some answers.

Of course, some men aren’t necessarily concerned about reproducing, and they just want to have more impressive ejaculations or more intense orgasms. Fortunately for everyone involved, many of the ingredients that improve semen parameters can also provide these benefits. That said, traditional volume pills may contain ingredients that research indicates will be less likely to help with fertility but more likely to increase pleasure or performance in the bedroom. So, for men explicitly concerned with pleasure and performance, traditional volume pills may be preferable to supplements designed to bolster fertility.

Are volume pills safe?

Because volume pills all have different ingredient profiles, it’s hard to say which ones might pose a risk to you and your health, which is why the best course of action is always to talk to your doctor before introducing any new supplement to your life. That said, there are some side effects associated with many of the most common ingredients in volume pills, including:

  • Upset stomach
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Flushing
  • Headache
  • Jitters
  • Trouble sleeping

There are also some ingredients, like L-arginine, that can act similarly to PDE-5 inhibitors such as Viagra or Cialis, albeit with less intensity. These ingredients can slightly widen blood vessels to increase blood flow — an important aspect of erectile health — but that widening can lower your blood pressure. If you already have low blood pressure or you take medication to manage your blood pressure or blood clotting, these ingredients can be dangerous.

Insider Tip: We highly recommend you buy your volume pills directly from manufacturers. Resellers on Amazon and elsewhere may deal in counterfeit products containing potentially harmful ingredients. Additionally, buying direct often gives you big discount opportunities.

Bird & Be Male Fertility Power Pack

Best overall

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Pros

  • Clinically relevant doses of scientifically supported ingredients
  • Relatively low prices, especially with a subscription
  • Optional CoQ10 dose boost
  • Third-party tested for lead and heavy metals
  • Doses are individually wrapped

Cons

  • Seven capsules per dose is a lot to take at once
  • Not suitable for vegans or vegetarians (contains bovine gelatin)

Bird & Be is a fertility wellness brand that offers solutions for men and women trying to conceive. This includes at-home fertility and sperm health tests, as well as supplements for women throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Our comprehensive research led us to conclude that Bird & Be’s Male Fertility Power Pack (previously “The Powers for Males”) is the overall best volume pill right now, even though it's marketed as a fertility supplement rather than a volume pill. As we’ve discussed, fertility support is one of the biggest promises volume pill manufacturers make, and there are ingredients in Bird & Be’s formula that you’ll find in many volume pills. However, Bird & Be provides you with higher doses of those ingredients that are much more in line with the research behind them while excluding ingredients common in volume pills that lack scientific support.

All told, Bird & Be put 22 active ingredients in its Power Pack, including generous doses of vitamins A and C, a nice B vitamin complex, and good doses of zinc and CoQ10. Here’s a full look at the list:

  • Vitamin A (as vitamin A palmitate): 540mcg
  • Vitamin B1 (as thiamine): 5mg
  • Vitamin B2 (as riboflavin): 1.5mg
  • Vitamin B3 (as niacinamide): 30mg
  • Vitamin B5 (as calcium pantothenate): 10mg
  • Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxal 5 phosphate): 25mg
  • Vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin): 500mcg
  • Vitamin C (ascorbic acid): 100mg
  • Vitashine vegan vitamin D (as cholecalciferol): 1,000IU
  • Vitamin E (as D-alpha-tocopheryl Succinate): 100IU
  • Calcium citrate: 50mg
  • Choline bitartrate: 100mg
  • Folate: 1mg
  • Magnesium citrate: 20mg
  • Selenium chelate: 100mcg
  • Zinc citrate: 25mg
  • Algae oil DHA (omega-3): 300mg
  • L-Arginine: 500mg
  • L-Carnitine: 500mg
  • N-Acetyl cysteine: 500mg
  • Trans-resveratrol: 60mg
  • CoQ10 (ubiquinone): 200mg

We consider zinc and vitamin D among the ingredients with the most potential to support healthy semen, not least of all due to their connection to testosterone levels.A previous con in our above pros and cons for Bird & Be took issue with a high 50mg dose of zinc risking oversupplementation. The company recently reformulated its Male Fertility Power Pack, reducing the zinc and calcium content to safer levels in response to customer feedback. This flexibility in a product’s formula is admirable, to say the least.

Bird & Be pricing

Bird & Be offers its Male Fertility Power Pack as either a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. Monthly subscriptions earn you a 10% discount. You can also elect to increase the CoQ10 dose in your shipment from 200mg to 600mg for a small upcharge. It’s worth discussing this option with your doctor, but we’ve seen evidence that CoQ10’s effectiveness exists on a U-shaped curve, at least for some parameters like blood pressure. That means a dose might actually start becoming less effective past a certain point. There isn’t yet good evidence to draw a dose-response curve for CoQ10 in fertility, but research suggests that the 200mg dose should be plenty effective, which should save you the expense of the boost.

Here’s how the pricing works out with all of your subscription and CoQ10 options:

CostCost per dose
One-time purchase$63.00$2.10
Subscription$56.70$1.89
One-time purchase with CoQ10 boost$78.00$2.60
Subscription with CoQ10 boost$70.00$2.33

The worst thing we can say about Bird & Be is that there’s no money-back guarantee or return policy for your purchases. If the supplement doesn’t seem to work for you, you just have to move on. But based on its ingredients and doses, it should be one of the more reliably effective volume pills for most people.

Innerbody Labs Testosterone Support

Best for low testosterone

A bottle of Innerbody Labs Testosterone Support next to a small pile of capsules laid out on a wood surface

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Pros

  • Contains 11 clinically dosed ingredients
  • All of its testosterone-boosting ingredients show success in human trials
  • Relies on standardized extracts to ensure consistent and effective dosing
  • Some ingredients may also improve stress and anxiety levels
  • 30-day money-back guarantee

Cons

  • Only ships to U.S., U.K., and Canada
  • Fenugreek and longjack extracts are unbranded
  • One ingredient derived from soy (potential allergen)

Innerbody Labs Testosterone Support provides 11 total ingredients, eight of which are directly tied to improving testosterone levels, two of which are included for safety to prevent adverse effects, and the other two of which improve nutrient absorption and libido, respectively. All told, this serves as a supplement the first priority of which is to increase testosterone levels, and the additional effects of which are wide-ranging and beneficial.

Here’s a quick look at the full ingredient list:

  • Ashwagandha: 600mg KSM-66
  • Fenugreek: 600mg
  • Maca: 3,000mg
  • Longjack: 400mg
  • Vitamin A: 750mcg
  • Vitamin D: 1000 IU
  • Vitamin K2: 75mcg
  • Zinc: 25mg citrate
  • Copper: 300mcg
  • Selenium: 20mcg
  • Black pepper extract: 5mg

We discussed a lot of these ingredients earlier, but there are a few others worth mentioning here, as they’re among the more potent testosterone-boosting components out there.

Fenugreek

In a 2016 paper that looked primarily at muscle, fat, and athletic performance, researchers noted increases in strength and muscle mass, decreases in body fat, and increases in both total and free testosterone from a 600mg daily fenugreek dose — the same dose used by Innerbody Labs. Other studies reveal similar results.

Longjack

Longjack, also known as tongkat ali, has been shown to both increase testosterone and decrease cortisol, a marker of stress. As little as 200mg per day has done both in a single study, while a 400mg daily dose has shown even more pronounced testosterone improvements. Innerbody Labs uses the 400mg dose.

Maca

Maca is included in Testosterone support more as a symptom treatment for low libido associated with decreased testosterone. Studies show it can improve libido and erectile performance, but additional research also reveals improvements in semen parameters at 1.5g and 3g daily. Innerbody Labs provides 3g through 300mg of a 10:1 extract.

Innerbody Labs pricing

Pricing from Innerbody Labs allows you to combine subscription and bulk discounts to maximize savings. It’s one of the more expensive options in our guide as a one-time purchase, but that price quickly comes down if you subscribe to a one-month supply or more. Here’s how it works out:

PriceCost per bottleCost per dose
One-time purchase$78$78$2.60
Monthly subscription$66$66$2.20
Quarterly subscription$164$55$1.83
Semiannual subscription$357$47$1.57

Innerbody ships all of its U.S. orders for free, with international shipping available to the U.K. and Canada. It also offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. That’s not the longest in our guide, but it’s certainly more than the nonexistent guarantee from Bird & Be.

Semenax

Best bulk value and best for use before freezing sperm

A bottle of Semenax with some of its capsules laid out on a wood surface

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Pros

  • Strong doses of a few key ingredients
  • Clinical study of its specific formula has positive results
  • 67-day money-back guarantee
  • Good bulk purchase savings

Cons

  • Many doses appear below clinical significance
  • No subscription options
  • The successful study was self-funded

Semenax has one of the more exhaustive lists of ingredients among its peers, with a formulation that includes amino acids and botanicals like pine bark extract. The variety of ingredients might make up for the fact that so many of the ingredients appear at suboptimal doses, especially when you consider the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled study performed on Semenax. That study resulted in a 19.7% increase in semen volume and an uptick in orgasm quality reported by more than 60% of participants in the Semenax group. Of course, Leading Edge Health — Semenax’s parent company — funded the study, so there might be a little bias there.

We consider Semenax to be your best option if you're thinking about freezing your sperm for later use. That’s thanks to its 250mg dose of lysine, which, as we noted, improved motility in post-cryostasis buffalo sperm. That said, dose equivalency between buffalo and humans isn't something with a standard conversion rate, and competitors like Bird & Be would better serve immediate fertility concerns.

Here’s a look at Semenax’s complete ingredient list:

  • Swedish flower pollen: 50mg
  • L-Arginine HCL: 250mg
  • L-Lysine: 250mg
  • Epimedium leaf: 150mg
  • L-Carnitine: 500mg
  • Zinc: 30mg
  • Catuaba bark: 200mg
  • Maca: 400mg
  • Pumpkin seed: 30mg
  • Vitamin E: 60IU
  • Pine bark extract: 300mg
  • Muira puama: 100mg
  • Hawthorn berry: 50mg
  • Cranberry: 50mg
  • Avena sativa extract: 50mg
  • Sarsaparilla: 50mg
  • Butea superba: 500mg
  • Tribulus terrestris: 50mg

Semenax promotes its use of Swedish flower pollen as though it’s a particularly special ingredient. This is pure marketing. Our research found some literature supporting the pollen’s use as part of an approach to reducing prostate inflammation, but nothing that supports Semenax’s claim that it contains “all the bio factors that are the precursors for the sex hormones.”

Semenax pricing

Semenax is available in 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month supplies for the following prices, with the option to subscribe on a monthly basis:

CostCost per bottleCost per dose
1-month supply (once)$51.00$51.00$1.70
1-month supply (subscription)$49.00$49.00$1.63
3-month supply$154.00$51.00$1.70
6-month supply$289.00$48.00$1.60
12-month supply$399.00$33.00$1.10

You can also take $10 off any of these purchasing levels using the coupon code INNERBODY10. The cost per month at the highest shipping tier is $33. Shipping from Semenax is free at all purchasing levels.

Semenax offers a 67-day money-back guarantee that allows you to use the supplement for up to two months and still return it if it doesn't work for you. This is about midrange for a guarantee on a volume pill. It should be enough time for you to feel some effect if it does work for you, but possibly not the full effect. We’d prefer to see at least 100 days for a guarantee on a product in this class, such as the one from Ultraload.

You can learn more about Semenax in our full review of its product.

UltraLoad

Best for erectile strength

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Pros

  • Streamlined ingredient list lowers risk
  • Clinically significant doses of maca and L-citrulline
  • Utilizes Bioperine to increase absorption
  • 100-day money-back guarantee
  • Minimal additional ingredients from capsules

Cons

  • Expensive for a single-month purchase
  • Pine bark dose is below successful research levels
  • Lacking some well-known ingredients for semen health

Ultraload and Beli are both supplements that utilize shilajit, which we’ve seen has some potential to boost testosterone levels and, in turn, improve semen parameters. In one 2010 study, participants saw a 61% increase in total sperm count and up to a 17% uptick in motility. The study consisted of only 60 men, which is well below significance, but it also only used 100mg of shilajit compared to Ultraload’s 200mg dose.

We consider Ultraload to be the best option for men looking to improve erectile strength along with semen quality, thanks in large part to its doses of L-citrulline and maca. Granted, studies looking at L-citrulline’s ability to improve erectile performance often use higher doses, but the 500mg present in Ultraload is still close to what has succeeded in the research.

Ultraload’s ingredients are as follows:

  • L-Citrulline: 500mg
  • Black Maca: 2400mg
  • Shilajit: 200mg
  • Pine Bark Extract: 100mg
  • B6 (as pyridoxal 5 phosphate): 20mg
  • B12 (as methylcobalamin): 240mcg
  • Zinc: 30mg
  • BioPerine: 10mg

Ultraload pricing

Ultraload is a little more expensive than the rest of the field. It occasionally runs discounts that can save you up to 20%, but these are hard to predict. Here are the company’s typical retail prices:

  • One-month supply: $69
  • Three-month supply: $178
  • Six-month supply: $297

At the six-month level, the cost per bottle is $49.50, which is a little less than Bird & Be at the subscription level without the CoQ10 boost. And considering that Bird & Be provides you with 22 ingredients (compared to Ultraload’s eight), more than twice the dose of B12, and nearly twice the dose of zinc, that might be the better deal. But for men concerned with erectile strength, Ultraload’s maca and L-citrulline content may make it a superior investment.

Ultraload provides free first-class shipping on all domestic orders. It also offers a 100-day money-back guarantee, which is the most generous guarantee in our guide and the only one long enough for a man to ascertain whether the pills he’s using have any effect.

Beli Vitality for Men

Best budget pick

A bottle of Beli Vitality for Men with some of its capsules next to it laid out on a wood surface

Photo by Innerbody Research

Pros

  • Strong list of well-researched ingredients
  • Hearty doses of vitamins D and E
  • Small serving size of just two capsules is easy to take
  • Uses chelated selenium for superior absorption
  • Suitable for vegans
  • Free of most allergens
  • 30-day return policy doesn’t require you to return the product itself

Cons

  • CoQ10 and zinc doses are a little low
  • Only available as a subscription
  • Support via email only

Beli Vitality falls more in the fertility camp than traditional volume pills, but its collection of ingredients would give most of those volume pills a run for their money. It’s a decidedly well-balanced supplement; the only two ingredients that stand out as particularly high in dosage are the 2,000IU of vitamin D and 134mg of vitamin E.

The doses of most other ingredients appear at or just below the low end of ranges used in clinical research. The weakest of these doses is likely the B12 dose at 14mcg. Compare that to 500mcg from Beli’s closest competitor, Bird & Be, and you see how slight this allotment is. However, 14mcg is still almost six times your daily recommended dose of vitamin B12 (2.4mcg).

Beli divides its Vitality into two ingredient sections, one of which is a multivitamin and the other of which is the company’s Vitality Blend (note that this is not a secretive proprietary blend, just a name for an ingredient section).

Here’s what the full ingredient list looks like:

  • Vitamin B6 (as pyridine HCl): 2mg
  • Vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin): 14mcg
  • Vitamin C (ascorbic acid): 100mg
  • Vitashine vegan vitamin D (as cholecalciferol): 2,000IU
  • Vitamin E (as D-alpha-tocopheryl Succinate): 134mg
  • Folate: 1,020mcg
  • Selenium chelate: 70mcg
  • Zinc citrate: 15mg
  • L-Arginine: 200mg
  • L-Carnitine: 100mg
  • N-Acetyl L-cysteine: 25mg
  • CoQ10 (ubiquinone): 100mg
  • L-Taurine: 110mg
  • Shilajit extract: 250mg

While it is well-balanced, the multivitamin side of Beli’s Vitality is missing a number of vitamins you get from Bird & Be for nearly an identical price. But Beli’s inclusion of shilajit and an increased dose of vitamin D help bring it in line with Bird & Be’s performance, especially where testosterone is concerned.

Beli Vitality pricing

Beli has the easiest pricing structure to understand of any product in this guide. There is no option to buy a single bottle just once, nor are there any bulk levels to offer you additional savings. That said, the one and only way you can purchase Beli Vitality for Men — as a subscription — comes at a competitive price of $50/month.

Fortunately, it’s free and easy to cancel if you so choose, and you never have to pay for shipping in either direction. If you request a refund within 30 days of your first purchase, Beli will give you your money back without you having to return the product to them. This is slightly more generous than the policy from Innerbody Labs, which expects a return shipment, but it’s less forgiving than the 100-day guarantee from Ultraload.

Volume Pills

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Pros

  • Made up mostly of botanical ingredients
  • Very low monthly price at highest bulk level
  • Good live chat support
  • 67-day money-back guarantee

Cons

  • Too many ingredients lack research
  • Proprietary blend obscures most ingredient doses
  • Company makes too many unverifiable claims

Volume Pills is another product by Leading Edge Health, the parent company that produces Semenax. It uses a formula made mostly from botanicals with roots in ancient Eastern medicines. Because of that, a lot of its ingredients weren’t included in our list of common ingredients earlier. The formula does include zinc, a known testosterone booster, but it’s worth looking into some of its other components.

Evidence shows that emotional and mental health can play an enormous role in sexual satisfaction and even semen volume. That’s why Volume Pills says it includes Solidilin in its formula. The website says that this ingredient contains L-Dopa, a dopamine precursor that can help regulate mood. The only problem is that there are no studies looking at Solidilin. In fact, outside of the Volume Pills website, there’s barely any information on the substance. Another ingredient, Emblica officinalis, is a fruit from India that the site claims can increase nitric oxide production, which, according to studies, leads to better erections. But the study cited by Volume Pills says nothing about nitric oxide or semen parameters, and it was conducted in fruit flies. We could not find studies into the ingredient’s nitric oxide interaction.

Does this mean Volume Pills is a joke or a scam? Well, the zinc dose might be enough to supplement an otherwise healthy diet for men who have a slight deficiency. And one significant review looked at several ingredients common to traditional Chinese medicine and examined their influence on semen quality. The study included several ingredients found in Volume Pills. Results were generally positive, but it’s worth noting that the paper was part of a doctoral thesis, not a peer-reviewed journal.

Ultimately, Volume Pills might be a good place to start for those who are confident in traditional Chinese medicine or who want to stick to a predominantly botanical ingredient profile for one reason or another. For most people, though, it’s not something we’d recommend for starters. Here’s the full list of ingredients in Volume Pills (remember that, other than the 24mg of zinc gluconate, the formula is hidden behind a proprietary blend measured at 1,458mg):

  • Zinc gluconate (24mg)
  • Solidin
  • Rou gui
  • Ku Gua
  • 4,5,7-Trihydroxyflavanone
  • Arjuna
  • Dong chong xia cao
  • Ling zhi
  • Xian nao
  • Tian men dong
  • Drilizen
  • Fucus vesiculosus
  • Hong hua fen
  • Emblica officinalis

Volume Pills pricing

Pricing from Volume Pills is decidedly similar to that of Semenax, as they both come from the same parent company. Here’s a quick breakdown:

CostCost per bottleCost per dose
1-month supply (once)$59.00$59.00$1.97
1-month supply (subscription)$49.00$49.00$1.63
3-month supply$159.00$53.00$1.77
6-month supply$289.00$48.00$1.60
12-month supply$399.00$33.00$1.10

As with Semenax, you can take $10 off any of those prices with the coupon code INNERBODY10.

Shipping for Volume Pills is free at any purchasing level, and the company gives you Leading Edge Health’s standard 67-day money-back guarantee. As with Semenax, this is just enough of a guarantee that you might see an effect or two before the time comes for you to decide whether to stick with the product or request a refund. A slightly longer guarantee, like Ultraload’s 100 days, would be better.

Learn more with our complete Volume Pills review.

Alternatives to volume pills

Many men look into volume pills based on one or more of the claims manufacturers tend to make. These range from increased fertility to cures for erectile dysfunction. Many of these claims are inappropriately overblown or don’t apply exactly to the ingredients included in a given supplement. But some of them are reasonable, especially among the volume pills aimed at fertility.

If you’re mostly interested in improving the quantity or quality of your ejaculate — and especially if you’re looking for a nutritional supplement that might help boost fertility — volume pills and fertility boosters are where you want to look. But there are other product categories that can solve similar problems, as well as categories that can address different male sexual health needs altogether. Let’s take a close look at these alternative options to make sure you get exactly what you need.

Male enhancement pills and testosterone boosters

Male enhancement pills and testosterone boosters share a lot of ingredients with volume pills., but male enhancement pills differ in some ingredients and ingredient quantities. Volume pills will often contain more ingredients that target fertility and semen quality, often in larger quantities, whereas male enhancement pills focus on increasing blood flow to improve erectile performance.

Testosterone boosters often boast a superior ingredient crossover with volume pills. That’s because they seek to treat male sexual health issues from the root by increasing testosterone first and letting it provide the benefits. That means they contain things like zinc and ashwagandha, which studies show can both improve testosterone and reduce anxiety.

Among the three types of pills — male enhancement pills, testosterone boosters, and volume pills — we would likely steer most men concerned with sexual performance and fertility toward volume pills, specifically the subset that are marketed as fertility supplements. The best of these tend to offer the widest range of well-researched ingredients at doses similar to what researchers use in their studies.

For a closer look at these types of pills, check out our guides to the best testosterone booster and the best male enhancement pills.

Multivitamins

When you see things like vitamin complexes, zinc, selenium, magnesium, and other vitamins and minerals in volume pills, you might reasonably ask yourself whether you’d be better off just taking a good multivitamin. After all, really good multivitamins often cost less than the average volume pill. You’re also less likely to see in multivitamins some of the questionable ingredients used in a few volume pills.

The main drawback to using a multivitamin rather than a volume pill or fertility supplement is that some of those ingredients — the type you don’t often see in multivitamins — might make a real difference. Ingredients like shilajit, L-arginine, maca, and ginseng aren’t in the average multivitamin, and there’s some clinical evidence that they can help with sexual function.

Another reason to opt for volume pills over regular multivitamins is dosing. Most multivitamins try to give you a little bit of a lot of vitamin and mineral ingredients. But volume pills tend to be more focused on the components that studies show can help with semen parameters, and they provide those in higher doses than the average multivitamin.

Take one of our top-rated multivitamins for men: Ritual Multivitamin for Men 18+. Here’s how the doses of its ten ingredients compare with two of our top volume pills:

Ritual Multi for Men 18+Bird & Be Male Fertility Power PackBeli Vitality for Men
Vitamin A180mcg540mcgN/A
Vitamin D350mcg25mcg50mcg
Vitamin E6.7mg2.5mg134mg
Folate200mcg1mg1,020mcg
Vitamin B128mcg500mcg14mcg
Magnesium30mg20mgN/A
Zinc2.4mg50mg15mg
Boron0.7mgN/AN/A
Omega-3 DHA330mg300mgN/A
Vitamin K290mcgN/AN/A

As you can see, there are a few small areas in which Ritual’s multivitamin can compete, namely in its magnesium, vitamin D, and DHA content. But there are several important ingredients left off Ritual’s list, such as CoQ10, L-arginine, and selenium.

Due to a risk of over-supplementation and toxicity for certain ingredients (often vitamin D or zinc), we do not recommend combining a multivitamin with any volume pill.

Lifestyle changes

If you’re trying to do everything you possibly can to improve your semen quality and fertility, there are several lifestyle changes that can give you an edge. Some of these are easier to accomplish than others, but attempting at least some should yield results.

Diet and exercise

Maintaining a good nutritional balance is critical for maximizing your fertility. Fruits, vegetables, and other foods rich in antioxidants can improve sperm health, And maintaining a healthy weight is important for preventing decreases in sperm count and motility.

Dr. Agarwal says, “It’s recommended that you eat a healthy, balanced diet, full of rich greens and antioxidants, and take essential vitamins and a right balance of specially formulated fertility-enhancing supplements daily to improve your overall reproductive health.”

Eliminate toxins

Toxin levels in the body can seriously hamper semen quality, but you can easily eliminate the worst of them by stopping certain behaviors or not starting them to begin with. Do what you have to do to avoid alcohol, cigarette smoke, pesticides, and lead. This is why we like to see supplement companies perform heavy metal testing, which is rare among volume pills but more common with fertility supplements.

Watch your temperature

The male scrotum does a remarkable job regulating its internal temperature, but it has its limits. Research indicates that certain activities that expose the scrotum to high temperatures or prevent it from effectively regulating itself can hinder fertility. Avoid tight-fitting underwear, hot tubs, and saunas.

Penis extenders

Penis extenders rely on physical forces to create micro-tears in the penile tissue. This works in much the same way as lifting weights. Unlike muscle that you lose if you aren’t consistent over many years, gains in penis length can reach upwards of an inch and will remain after using a device for at least 12 weeks.

If you’re more interested in the size of your penis than in the output of your testicles, these devices might be worth your consideration. Check out our guide to the best penis extender for more information.

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