Creatine Monohydrate
Each format is ranked separately, with its own table and, where one qualifies, its own pick; none is priced against another.
Powder
How these lines are chosen
Among 52 products and 65 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below.
Why this pick, and what's cheaper
Not a score, no weightings to argue with. It is the cheapest per delivered dose among products clearing four factual bars (a certification we confirmed applies to this package, naming it where the certifier names packages; no recall, warning letter or failed test in the sources we checked; a price its retailer let us read within its cache limit; no more than a year's supply at the label's serving) and whose delivery cost we actually know. It is provisional: it is the best answer within the products, retailers and sources we have actually checked, and that universe is still narrow.
Capsules, softgels and tablets
How these lines are chosen
Among 14 products and 14 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below.
A pick has to be independently certified, at the exact package sold where the certifier names packages, with no recall or failed test, a price its retailer let us read recently, and no more than a year’s supply at the label’s serving. Where a retailer does not publish a delivery rate, the pick is priced before delivery and says so. These came closest, with what stopped each one (the first clears the certification bar):
Gummies and chewables
How these lines are chosen
Among 9 products and 9 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of the size in the heading, priced the same way as the per-dose figure beside it. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate; a cheaper product with an unpublished rate is on its own line, or in the full list below. No product here that clears every other bar publishes a delivery rate below its free-delivery threshold, so the pick is priced before delivery.
Why this pick, and what's cheaper
Not a score, no weightings to argue with. It is the cheapest certified option, at this exact package where the certifier names packages, with no recall, warning letter or failed test in the sources we checked, a price its retailer let us read within its cache limit, and no more than a year's supply at the label's serving, priced before delivery: no certified product here publishes a delivery rate below its free-delivery threshold, so what you pay depends on your cart. It is provisional: it is the best answer within the products, retailers and sources we have actually checked, and that universe is still narrow.
iHerb prices here may be out of date. iHerb has not given us access to its price data, so the 21 prices were last read by hand on Oct 7, 2026 and are marked stale where they appear. Each retailer offer carries its own check date.
One compound, sold by many brands. On a pure monohydrate the serving and the creatine in it are the same number, which makes this the one category where a like-for-like price is easy to get at.
Prices are checked daily where a store can be read automatically; Sports Research and iHerb are read by hand, less often, and a price past its date says so. Every figure links to its source. Where the data comes from
Of the 75 products here: 22 named at the exact package by a certifier, 10 certified with no package named, 3 at another size only, 36 in no database we searched, 4 not settled.
| Product | Delivery | |||||
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BULK BulkSupplements.com Creatine Monohydrate (Micronized) Powder (5000 g) powder · 5000 g · 5g per serving | $0.14 $4.20/mo | A? · Listed, not at this package Independently certified package unconfirmed | $139.97 checked today | free | 1,000 2.7 years at 1/day | Buy BulkSupplements.com |
MI | $0.15 $4.49/mo | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $29.95 stale, checked 19 days ago | free after +$0.05 | 200 6.6 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
BULK BulkSupplements.com Creatine Monohydrate (Micronized) Powder (1000 g) powder · 1000 g · 5g per serving | $0.15 $4.50/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $29.97 checked today | not free $29.03 short | 200 6.6 months at 1/day | Buy BulkSupplements.com |
CGN California Gold Nutrition Sport Pure Creatine Monohydrate, Unflavored (1000 g) powder · 1000 g · 5g per serving | $0.161 $4.82/mo | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $32.15 stale, checked 19 days ago | free | 200 6.6 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
MI | $0.199 $5.99/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $19.95 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $10.05 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
BULK | $0.20 $5.99/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $19.97 checked today | not free $39.03 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Buy BulkSupplements.com |
NUTR | $0.21 $6.29/mo | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $41.95 stale, checked 19 days ago | free | 200 6.6 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
CGN California Gold Nutrition Sport Pure Creatine Monohydrate, Unflavored (454 g) powder · 454 g · 5g per serving | $0.21 $6.31/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $19.15 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $10.85 short | 91 3.0 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
SR | $0.215 $6.44/mo | B · Informed Sport Independently tested | $42.95 stale, checked 10 days ago | $7.50 | 200 6.6 months at 1/day | Check price Sports Research (direct) |
FF | $0.22 $6.60/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $21.99 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $8.01 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
DB | $0.22 $6.60/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $21.99 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $8.01 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
NF | $0.221 $6.62/mo + delivery | B · Informed Sport Independently tested | $22.05 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $7.95 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
ON Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Powder, Unflavored (1.2 kg) · our pick powder · 1200 g · 5g per serving | $0.225 $6.75/mo | B · Informed Choice Independently tested | $53.99 checked today | $5.99 | 240 7.9 months at 1/day | Buy Optimum Nutrition (direct) |
ABE | $0.229 $6.88/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $13.75 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $16.25 short | 60 60 days at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
NF | $0.239 $7.18/mo + delivery | B · Informed Sport Independently tested | $10.77 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $19.23 short | 45 45 days at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
NUTR | $0.24 $7.19/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $23.97 checked today | not free $35.03 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Buy Nutricost (direct) |
EN | $0.25 $7.50/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $14.99 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $15.01 short | 60 60 days at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
FF | $0.25 $7.50/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $14.99 stale, checked 19 days ago | not free $15.01 short | 60 60 days at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
MEGA | $0.25 $7.50/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $24.99 checked today | not free $25.01 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Buy MegaFood (direct) |
ON | $0.25 $7.50/mo | B · Informed Choice Independently tested | $29.99 stale, checked 19 days ago | free after +$0.01 | 120 3.9 months at 1/day | Check price iHerb |
ANIM | $0.255 $7.64/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $50.95 checked today | not free | 200 6.6 months at 1/day | Buy Animal (direct) |
ANIM | $0.268 $8.03/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $26.75 checked today | not free | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Buy Animal (direct) |
SR | $0.279 $8.38/mo | B · Informed Sport Independently tested | $27.95 stale, checked 10 days ago | $7.50 | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Check price Sports Research (direct) |
DWS Double Wood Supplements Creatine Monohydrate Powder, Unflavored (500 g) powder · 500 g · 5g per serving | $0.279 $8.38/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $27.95 checked today | not free $2.05 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Buy Double Wood Supplements (direct) |
MUSC | $0.287 $8.62/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $22.99 checked today | not free $7.01 short | 80 80 days at 1/day | Buy MuscleTech (direct) |
SR | $0.299 $8.97/mo | B · Informed Sport Independently tested | $17.95 stale, checked 10 days ago | $7.50 | 60 60 days at 1/day | Check price Sports Research (direct) |
HN | $0.30 $8.99/mo | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $17.99 checked today | $5.00 | 60 60 days at 1/day | Buy Havasu Nutrition (direct) |
HN Havasu Nutrition Creatine Powder for Women, Unflavored (300 g) powder · 300 g · 3g per serving · 1.67 per dose | $0.30 $8.99/mo | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $17.99 checked today | $5.00 | 100 = 60 doses 60 days at 1/day | Buy Havasu Nutrition (direct) |
ANIM | $0.308 $9.25/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $18.50 checked today | not free | 60 60 days at 1/day | Buy Animal (direct) |
NUTR | $0.316 $9.48/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $18.97 checked today | not free $40.03 short | 60 60 days at 1/day | Buy Nutricost (direct) |
EN | $0.33 $9.90/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $32.99 checked today | not free $46.01 short | 100 3.3 months at 1/day | Buy EVLution Nutrition (direct) |
ON | $0.341 $10.24/mo | B · Informed Choice Independently tested | $20.49 checked today | $5.99 | 60 60 days at 1/day | Buy Optimum Nutrition (direct) |
NM Nature Made Micronized Creatine Monohydrate Powder, Unflavored (450 g) powder · 450 g · 5g per serving | $0.367 $11.00/mo | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $32.99 checked today | free | 90 3.0 months at 1/day | Buy Nature Made (direct) |
BULK | $0.379 $11.38/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $18.97 checked today | not free $40.03 short | 50 50 days at 1/day | Buy BulkSupplements.com |
CMS | $0.389 $11.67/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $35.00 checked today | not free $40.00 short | 90 3.0 months at 1/day | Buy Core Med Science (direct) |
THOR | $0.467 $14.00/mo | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $84.00 checked today | free | 180 5.9 months at 1/day | Buy Thorne (direct) |
MOME | $0.478 $14.33/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $42.99 checked today | not free | 90 3.0 months at 1/day | Buy Momentous (direct) |
BN | $0.478 $14.33/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $43.00 checked today | not free | 90 3.0 months at 1/day | Buy BUBS Naturals (direct) |
THOR | $0.489 $14.67/mo | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $44.00 checked today | free | 90 3.0 months at 1/day | Buy Thorne (direct) |
EN | $0.499 $14.97/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $29.95 checked today | not free $95.05 short | 60 60 days at 1/day | Buy Evogen Nutrition (direct) |
EN | $0.533 $15.99/mo + delivery | A? · Listed, not at this package Independently certified package unconfirmed | $15.99 checked today | not free $109.01 short | 30 30 days at 1/day | Buy Evogen Nutrition (direct) |
NM Nature Made Micronized Creatine Monohydrate Powder, Unflavored (200 g) powder · 200 g · 5g per serving | $0.55 $16.49/mo | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $21.99 checked today | $8.00 | 40 40 days at 1/day | Buy Nature Made (direct) |
BPN | $0.583 $17.50/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $34.99 checked today | not free $64.01 short | 60 60 days at 1/day | Buy Bare Performance Nutrition (direct) |
BPN | $0.666 $19.99/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $19.99 checked today | not free $79.01 short | 30 30 days at 1/day | Buy Bare Performance Nutrition (direct) |
MOME | $0.666 $19.99/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $19.99 checked today | not free | 30 30 days at 1/day | Buy Momentous (direct) |
BULK | $0.798 $23.95/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $15.97 checked today | not free $43.03 short | 20 20 days at 1/day | Buy BulkSupplements.com |
ON Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Stick Packs, Unflavored (24 stick packs) sachet · 5g per serving | $1.04 $31.24/mo | D · Not settled A certifier’s entry may cover this package | $24.99 checked today | $5.99 | 24 24 days at 1/day | Buy Optimum Nutrition (direct) |
CMS | $1.11 $33.33/mo + delivery | A? · Listed, not at this package Independently certified package unconfirmed | $49.99 checked today | not free $25.01 short | 45 45 days at 1/day | Buy Core Med Science (direct) |
THOR | $1.20 $36.00/mo | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $36.00 checked today | free | 30 30 days at 1/day | Buy Thorne (direct) |
MOME | $1.53 $45.98/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $22.99 checked today | not free | 15 15 days at 1/day | Buy Momentous (direct) |
SR | Out of stock | B · Informed Sport Independently tested | $34.95 last price, out of stock checked Oct 17, 2026 | not priced | 150 | |
| Out of stock | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $36.95 last price, out of stock checked Oct 17, 2026 | not priced | 90 |
| Product | Delivery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BULK BulkSupplements.com Creatine Monohydrate Capsules (420 count) capsule · 5g per serving · 7.00 per dose | $0.40 $11.98/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $23.97 checked today | not free $35.03 short | 60 60 days at 1/day | Buy BulkSupplements.com |
MI | $0.492 $14.77/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $34.95 checked today | not free $24.05 short | 71 71 days at 1/day | Buy Micro Ingredients (direct) |
NUTR | $0.493 $14.79/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $36.97 checked today | not free $22.03 short | 125 = 75 doses 75 days at 1/day | Buy Nutricost (direct) |
ANIM | $0.626 $18.78/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $46.95 checked today | not free | 150 = 75 doses 75 days at 1/day | Buy Animal (direct) |
NUTR | $0.703 $21.08/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $18.97 checked today | not free $40.03 short | 45 = 27 doses 27 days at 1/day | Buy Nutricost (direct) |
ON Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Capsules, Unflavored (300 capsules) capsule · 2.5g per serving · 4.00 per dose | $0.767 $23.00/mo | D · Not settled A certifier’s entry may cover this package | $57.49 checked today | $5.99 | 150 = 75 doses 75 days at 1/day | Buy Optimum Nutrition (direct) |
ON Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Capsules, Unflavored (200 capsules) capsule · 2.5g per serving · 4.00 per dose | $0.80 $23.99/mo | D · Not settled A certifier’s entry may cover this package | $39.99 checked today | $5.99 | 100 = 50 doses 50 days at 1/day | Buy Optimum Nutrition (direct) |
ON Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Capsules, Unflavored (100 capsules) capsule · 2.5g per serving · 4.00 per dose | $0.92 $27.59/mo | D · Not settled A certifier’s entry may cover this package | $22.99 checked today | $5.99 | 50 = 25 doses 25 days at 1/day | Buy Optimum Nutrition (direct) |
MUSC | $0.92 $27.59/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $22.99 checked today | not free $7.01 short | 50 = 25 doses 25 days at 1/day | Buy MuscleTech (direct) |
SR Sports Research Creatine Monohydrate, Micronized (120 veggie capsules) capsule · 5g per serving · 4.00 per dose | $0.998 $29.95/mo | B · Informed Sport Independently tested | $29.95 stale, checked 10 days ago | $7.50 | 30 30 days at 1/day | Check price Sports Research (direct) |
EN | $1.50 $44.98/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $17.99 checked today | not free $61.01 short | 60 = 12 doses 12 days at 1/day | Buy EVLution Nutrition (direct) |
DWS Double Wood Supplements Creatine Monohydrate Capsules (120 capsules) capsule · 1g per serving · 10.00 per dose | $1.66 $49.88/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $19.95 checked today | not free $10.05 short | 60 = 12 doses 12 days at 1/day | Buy Double Wood Supplements (direct) |
| Out of stock | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $20.97 last price, out of stock checked Oct 27, 2026 | not priced | 30 | ||
HN Havasu Nutrition Creatine + AstraGin Capsules (120 capsules) capsule Second active this price does not pay for: AstraGin 50 mg | Out of stock | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $23.99 last price, out of stock checked Oct 27, 2026 | not priced | 30 |
| Product | Delivery | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EN | $0.777 $23.32/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $13.99 checked today | not free $65.01 short | 30 = 18 doses 18 days at 1/day | Buy EVLution Nutrition (direct) |
ANIM Animal Creatine Chews, Sour Surge (120 chewable tablets) chewable · 5g per serving · 4.00 per dose Second active this price does not pay for: sea salt 25 mg | $0.998 $29.95/mo + delivery | C · Claimed Claimed, not confirmed | $29.95 checked today | not free | 30 30 days at 1/day | Buy Animal (direct) |
DWS | $1.04 $31.19/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $24.95 checked today | not free $5.05 short | 120 = 24 doses 24 days at 1/day | Buy Double Wood Supplements (direct) |
ON Optimum Nutrition Creatine Monohydrate Gummies, Pineapple (105 gummies) gummy · 5g per serving · 3.00 per dose | $1.14 $34.28/mo | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $39.99 checked today | $5.99 | 35 35 days at 1/day | Buy Optimum Nutrition (direct) |
MEGA MegaFood Creatine Monohydrate Gummies, Raspberry (90 gummies) gummy · 4.5g per serving · 3.33 per dose | $1.30 $38.88/mo + delivery | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $34.99 checked today | not free $15.01 short | 30 = 27 doses 27 days at 1/day | Buy MegaFood (direct) |
MUSC MuscleTech Creatine Chews, Boogieman Punch (90 chewable tablets) chewable · 3g per serving · 5.00 per dose | $1.67 $49.98/mo | D · None located Could not locate independent data | $29.99 checked today | free after +$0.01 | 30 = 18 doses 18 days at 1/day | Buy MuscleTech (direct) |
MOME Momentous Creatine Chews, Lemon Lime (150 chewable tablets) · our pick chewable · 1g per serving · 5.00 per dose | $1.67 $49.99/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $49.99 checked today | not free | 150 = 30 doses 30 days at 1/day | Buy Momentous (direct) |
MOME | $2.00 $59.97/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $19.99 checked today | not free | 50 = 10 doses 10 days at 1/day | Buy Momentous (direct) |
MOME | $2.99 $89.70/mo + delivery | A · NSF Certified for Sport Independently certified | $2.99 checked today | not free | 5 = 1 dose 1 day at 1/day | Buy Momentous (direct) |
Common questions
About these numbers
What “per dose” means here: 5g creatine monohydrate
The ISSN position stand gives 3-5 g/day as the maintenance intake once muscle stores are saturated. 5 g is the top of that range and is also what the labels use: most labels in this category state a 5 g serving. Used here purely as a common yardstick for price, not as advice on what to take.
Compared on grams of creatine monohydrate.
Where the data comes from
- Where a servings-per-container figure was not read from the package's own panel, the product page says how it was worked out.
- Amazon and Walmart are not included, so “cheapest” means cheapest among the retailers we track.
- Prices go stale. Each one shows when it was last checked, and says so when it is older than the retailer allows us to cache it.
- iHerb prices cannot be refreshed automatically. iHerb has not given us access to its price data, so those prices are marked stale until they are re-read. Each retailer offer carries its own check date.
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