Best Male Enhancement Pills Compared: VigRX Plus vs ProSolution Plus vs Erectin vs Fertility Factor 5 vs ExtenZe

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"Best male enhancement pills" is a search phrase that usually leads to a fake laboratory: stock photos of clipboards, "our testers" who do not exist, and a winner chosen by commission rate. This page is not that. We did not buy, swallow, or hands-on test any of these products, and we will not pretend otherwise. What we did is the thing that can actually be checked: we read each maker's published material line by line — the studies they cite, the amounts they disclose (and the ones they don't), the prices, and the guarantee terms — and scored all five on the one rubric this store uses for every product: ingredient quality 30%, evidence 25%, maker credibility 20%, safety 15%, value 10%.

There is also a structural point most roundups hide: these five products are not aimed at exactly the same problem. VigRX Plus is the general erection-quality and libido formula. ProSolution Plus is aimed specifically at ejaculation control. Erectin is an erection-support formula in a gel-capsule format. ExtenZe is a daily erection-and-stamina pill riding the most famous name in the category. And Fertility Factor 5 is not an erection product at all — it is a fertility formula, included here, clearly flagged, because a large share of the men who search this phrase are actually asking a fertility question; it is scored for its own job and never ranked as an erection pill. All five come from the Leading Edge Health family. Four of the five start at $59–$69 for a single box and carry the same 67-day money-back guarantee — so the ranking below turns on evidence and fit, not on price theatre.

Quick Picks: The Short Version

• Best overall: VigRX Plus (9.5/10). The only product here — one of very few anywhere in this category — with a published, placebo-controlled study of the finished product that measured erectile function itself.
• Best for lasting longer: ProSolution Plus (8.5/10). If ejaculation control, not erection strength, is your actual problem, this is the one built for it — with a maker-cited 148-man study behind the aim.
• Best trial-matched value: Erectin (8.5/10). Its evidence window is a 12-week trial, and its three-bottle pack ($59 per bottle) matches that window exactly; the maker also cites a placebo-controlled trial, though it publishes far less of the results.
• Best documented fertility entry: Fertility Factor 5 (8.0/10). A different job — sperm count, motility and morphology — with its hero ingredient at the studied dose. Not an erection product; see its section before buying it as one.
• Cheapest — read the fine print first: ExtenZe (4.0/10). $49 a box and the category's most famous name, against no published ingredient amounts and no trial of the product at all. It is on this page so the comparison searchers actually make is answered with the paperwork shown.
• The original ProSolution — know which one you're buying: ProSolution Pills (5.0/10). The erection-and-libido original behind the Plus name — $59 with the family's best multi-pack pricing, but no human trial and no published dose for any ingredient. Our head-to-head, ProSolution Pills vs ProSolution Plus, separates the two formulas in full.
• The original VigRX — the legacy formula: VigRX (5.0/10). The 2001 original the Plus succeeded: $59.95, seven named herbs with no amounts published and no study of the finished product, despite a "Clinically Studied" bullet on its page. The Plus is the evidence buy; the original is the name's history.

The Comparison Table

Two things the table cannot show. First, ingredient amounts: none of the five makers publishes a complete set of individual ingredient amounts, so no formula here can be audited herb by herb — the evidence, such as it is, attaches to the finished blends as tested, or, for the two newest entries, to a hero ingredient at a stated dose. Second, timelines: all five are daily supplements judged over weeks to months. Nothing on this page works tonight, and anything that promises to is in the "don't recommend" section below for a reason.

VigRX Plus — Best Overall (9.5/10)

VigRX Plus is a daily tablet formula of 11 named botanicals — Korean Red Ginseng, Saw Palmetto, Hawthorn Berry, Ginkgo Biloba, Damiana, Tribulus Terrestris, Catuaba Bark, Muira Puama, Cuscuta, Epimedium and BioPerine — taken as two tablets once daily with meals. It is positioned at erection quality, libido and overall sexual performance, and it is the product this whole category gets measured against, for one specific reason: it has actually been tested as a finished product.

The study — published in a peer-reviewed journal (BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2012) and cited by the maker — was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 78 men aged 25–50 with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction, run over 12 weeks. At the final day-84 reading, the average erectile-function score in the product group had risen from about 16 to about 25 on the standard IIEF scale, while the placebo group barely moved (about 16 to 16.5). Desire and satisfaction scores also favoured the product. That is a real, checkable, product-level result, and it is why VigRX Plus tops this page. Its sub-scores on our rubric: ingredient quality 9.0, evidence 9.5, safety 9.0, value 8.0.

Its honest limits are equally specific. The men in the study took two capsules twice a day — four a day — while today's label directs two tablets a day, so results at the current dose may be smaller or slower than the study's; no published trial has tested the current dose. The study was also sponsored by the company behind the product, and it enrolled men under 50 with mild-to-moderate problems — not everyone. And the trial found no significant effect on testosterone or semen parameters, so it supports erection and desire claims only. Pricing: $69 for a one-month box, $177 for three ($59 per box), $294 for six ($49 per box), with a 67-day guarantee that closes 17 days before the study's 84-day endpoint — your practical decision point is day 60. The full detail is in our VigRX Plus review and its FAQ answers page.

ProSolution Plus — Best for Lasting Longer (8.5/10)

ProSolution Plus is the specialist of the five: a daily tablet aimed at premature ejaculation specifically, positioned for men aged 21 and over — the maker says the issue affects about 30% of men. The dose is two tablets daily with food; one box of 60 tablets is one month, at $69, with the same 67-day guarantee. Its seven named ingredients are an Ayurvedic-leaning list (Tribulus Terrestris, ashwagandha, Asparagus Adscendens, Mucuna Pruriens, Asteracantha Longifolia, Curculigo Orchioides and shilajit), with individual amounts undisclosed.

What earns it a place on a "best" page at all is that its maker also cites a product-level study — rarer than it should be. Per the maker, the formula was tested in 148 men aged 21–60 over two months, published in The American Journal of Therapeutics, reporting a 64% improvement in premature ejaculation against 25% for placebo, plus 67% improvement in erectile quality, 48% in sexual function and 78% in overall satisfaction. The maker advises at least 30 days of consistent use, and its own guarantee framing is built around a 60-day trial — which, unusually, fits: the cited study ran two months, so a full trial fits inside the refund window with about a week to spare. The guarantee arithmetic is the cleanest of the five.

The honest limits: this is one study, cited and reported by the maker, with no independent replication we can point to. The figures are group averages — "64% improvement" describes what happened across 148 men, not a promise of 64% longer anything for you — and the 25% placebo figure is a reminder that expectation and routine move this particular outcome on their own. It is also simply the wrong product if your problem is erection strength rather than control: that is VigRX Plus or Erectin's brief, and our head-to-head VigRX Plus vs ProSolution Plus walks through the difference. See also the ProSolution Plus review and its FAQ answers page.

Erectin — Best Trial-Matched Value (8.5/10)

Erectin is an erection-support formula whose distinguishing feature is physical: enteric-coated, rapid-release liquid gel capsules. The maker says the coating protects the formula from stomach acid and that the capsules dissolve up to five times faster than tablets — a claim about how fast the capsule releases its contents, not about how fast results arrive, and the two should not be confused. The dose starts at one or two soft gels daily with meals, rising to at most four a day; a bottle is a 30-day supply at the starting dose. Pricing mirrors VigRX Plus: $69 for one bottle, $177 for three ($59 per bottle), $294 for six ($49 per bottle), plus the same 67-day guarantee. Its ten named ingredients (including Korean Red Ginseng, Ginkgo Biloba, Damiana, Muira Puama, Catuaba and Saw Palmetto) are fully listed but, again, not dosed.

The evidence is a study in contrasts. The design the maker cites is exactly right: a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial in 78 men aged 25–50 with mild-to-moderate erectile difficulties. But the outcomes the maker actually publishes from it come down to two numbers — sex drive increased by nearly 50%, and 90% of the men on the formula wanted to continue using it. The second is a genuine satisfaction signal. What is missing is the one figure you would most expect: no measured erectile-function result appears in the maker's material. A well-designed trial whose headline outcome is unpublished is a weaker thing than VigRX Plus's fully reported study, and that gap — not the formula — is why Erectin ties ProSolution Plus at 8.5 instead of ranking second alone. Its three-bottle pack does line up neatly with its own 12-week trial window, which is the sense in which it is the trial-matched value pick; decide by day 60 anyway, because the 67-day guarantee closes about two and a half weeks before a 12-week trial ends. Full detail: the Erectin review, its FAQ answers page, and our head-to-heads VigRX Plus vs Erectin and ProSolution Plus vs Erectin.

Fertility Factor 5 — The Fertility Entry, Flagged as Such (8.0/10)

Fertility Factor 5 is on this page under a different flag, and the flag matters: it is not an erection product. It is a male fertility formula, positioned for men and couples trying to conceive where sperm count, motility or morphology is the barrier. It appears in a male enhancement roundup because that is where the searchers asking fertility questions land — and because leaving it out would not make those readers' question go away, it would just leave it to worse pages. It is ranked on documentation for its own job, and nothing in its 8.0/10 should be read as an erection claim.

For its own job, it is genuinely well documented by this category's standards. The formula names five ingredients with no proprietary blend, and its hero — LJ100, the patented Tongkat Ali extract — sits at 200 mg per daily serving, stated by the maker to be the same amount used in the fertility trial it cites. The evidence is ingredient-level (several studies at or near the product dose, including a placebo-controlled LJ100 trial), with no trial of the finished formula, and the maker's own pages disagree about the fertility trial's details — a conflict we lay out in its review rather than smoothing over. The maker recommends judging by a semen analysis after at least three months; its 67-day guarantee closes before that point, so the enforceable decision is day 60. Pricing: $69 for one month, $169 for three ($56 a bottle), $299 for six ($50 a bottle). If fertility is your actual question, start with our Fertility Factor 5, Answered page and its intent-split head-to-head, Fertility Factor 5 vs Semenax — and with a semen analysis, not a supplement, if you have not had one.

ExtenZe — The Famous Name, Scored in the Open (4.0/10)

ExtenZe is the best-known name on this page and the weakest file on it, and both facts belong in the open. It is a daily gel cap — one each morning — positioned around testosterone support, harder erections and stamina, from a maker that claims over one billion pills sold worldwide. At $49 a box (list price $59) it is the cheapest entry here, and its 67-day guarantee terms are plainly explained on its page.

What is missing is everything checkable. The maker names 11 active ingredients and publishes the amount of none of them. No trial of the finished product is cited anywhere on its page — the evidence offered is assertion ("fixes 80% of your sexual, mental and physical issues," in the maker's words) with no named study behind it. The page contradicts itself on the formula's size — "26 pharmaceutical-grade compounds" in one section, "eleven scientifically-backed natural ingredients" in another — and its safety content is an absolute assurance ("entirely safe… zero known adverse side effects") with no medication exclusions stated at all. One identity note: this score covers the Leading Edge Health product we sell; a separate retail storefront sells a different ExtenZe line under the same name. Our sub-scores: ingredients 4.0, evidence 3.0, safety 4.5, value 5.0. The full audit is in ExtenZe, Answered, and the direct comparison most searchers want is VigRX Plus vs ExtenZe.

Why include a 4.0/10 product in a "best" roundup at all? Because readers are comparing it whether we list it or not. A roundup that quietly omits the famous name leaves its buyers to pages that score by commission. Here it is scored by the same rubric as everything else — and the rubric is not kind to undocumented products, whoever makes them.

Two More Names in the Same Family

Two further Leading Edge Health products share names with entries above and are confused with them constantly, so both are recorded here rather than ranked. ProSolution Pills (5.0/10) is the original ProSolution — a thirteen-ingredient erection-and-libido formula at $59, sharing almost no ingredients with ProSolution Plus and none of its evidence: where the Plus has a maker-cited 148-man human study, the Pills have a single pre-clinical laboratory assay and no published dose for any ingredient. The full separation is in our comparison, ProSolution Pills vs ProSolution Plus. VigRX (5.0/10) is the original VigRX, on sale since 2001 at $59.95 (list $69.95): a seven-herb, once-a-day capsule with no published amounts, no Supplement Facts panel on its maker's pages and no study of the finished product — the legacy formula its own successor, VigRX Plus, replaced as the maker's flagship. Both carry the same 67-day guarantee as the five scored above; both are bought, if at all, as undocumented experiments, not as equivalents of the products they are named alongside.

How to Choose: A Short Decision Path

• Your erections are the problem — weaker, less reliable, less satisfying: start with VigRX Plus. It has the strongest and most fully reported evidence of the five, and it is aimed at exactly this.
• Your erections are fine but you finish too fast: that is a different problem, and ProSolution Plus is the only one of the five built for it. Buying an erection formula for a control problem is the most common wasted purchase in this category.
• You want erection support and prefer a gel-capsule format, or a trial matched to a 12-week study: Erectin — bought with open eyes about its unpublished erectile-function outcome.
• You are trying to conceive, or a semen analysis has flagged count, motility or shape: none of the erection products above is aimed at you. The fertility entry is Fertility Factor 5 — judged by a follow-up semen analysis, and discussed with a doctor or fertility specialist if treatment is under way.
• Budget first: ExtenZe starts lowest at $49, and the three $69 products all start equal — so a single-box trial costs roughly the same whichever way you go, and VigRX Plus matches ExtenZe's per-month price at its six-box tier anyway. Do not buy the big multi-box packs first: run one or two boxes inside the 67-day guarantee, set a day-60 decision point, and only scale up if you can honestly describe a change.
• On prescription medication, or erection problems that are new, worsening or persistent: none of the above, yet. The makers' own direction is to ask a doctor first if you take prescription medication — with particular force for blood-pressure, heart and nitrate medication — and persistent erection difficulties can be an early sign of cardiovascular problems. That conversation comes before any supplement.

What We Don't Recommend

Gas-station and convenience-store pills. The single-dose "herbal Viagra" packets sold at counters are the worst end of this market: unlabelled or shifting ingredients, no guarantee, no accountable maker, and a long record of regulator warnings about such products containing undeclared drug ingredients. Whatever you think of the five products above, they at least publish an ingredient list, a price and a refund policy you can hold them to.

Anything promising size. No pill in this category — including all five products on this page — increases penis size, and none of these makers claims otherwise in the material we reviewed. Any product that does claim it is telling you, in its first sentence, that its other claims are also marketing. Leave it.

Anything promising tonight. A daily botanical formula whose own studies ran two to three months cannot work in an evening, and a seller who says otherwise is selling the expectation, not the product. Judge everything in this category on the timeline its own evidence describes.

Marketplace listings of these brands. The guarantees above live in each maker's own order system. Buy through the official store — our product pages link there via the "Buy from Official Website" button — or the refund protection you are counting on may not exist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which of the five has the best evidence?
VigRX Plus, and it is not close: a published, placebo-controlled study of the finished product with erectile-function results reported in full. The honest caveats are that the study used a higher dose than today's label and was sponsored by the maker. ProSolution Plus's maker cites a product-level study with reported figures; Erectin's maker cites a well-designed trial but publishes only desire and satisfaction outcomes from it; Fertility Factor 5's evidence is ingredient-level at honest doses; ExtenZe's maker cites no product study at all.

Is ExtenZe as good as VigRX Plus?
There is no published measurement that would let anyone say so. VigRX Plus's effect was measured in a placebo-controlled trial; ExtenZe's maker cites no trial of the product, publishes no ingredient amounts, and contradicts itself on its own formula size. ExtenZe is cheaper and simpler — $49, one capsule a day — but "unproven" is not "equally good," and the direct comparison is laid out in VigRX Plus vs ExtenZe.

Can I take two of these together?
The makers' material we reviewed does not present these five as a stack, and overlapping formulas are exactly the situation the "ask a doctor first" direction exists for. Pick the one aimed at your actual problem. (ProSolution Plus's maker separately notes its product pairs with a different product in the range, ProSolution Pills — that is a different formula from all five here.)

How long before I can judge any of them?
On the makers' own timelines: ProSolution Plus, two months (its cited study's length, and it fits inside its guarantee). VigRX Plus and Erectin, their studies ran 12 weeks, but their guarantees close at day 67 — so make your keep-or-refund decision around day 60. Fertility Factor 5 asks for three months and a semen analysis, outside its guarantee window — know that before you start. ExtenZe's maker suggests results within about 30–60 days, unattached to any study; judge by day 60 there too.

Are these safe to take with blood pressure or heart medication?
Do not assume so. The makers direct anyone taking prescription medication to ask a doctor first, and products in this category are routinely flagged for possible interactions — nitrates above all. ExtenZe's maker, alone among the five, publishes no medication cautions at all; read that silence as missing information, not as reassurance. No score on this page outranks that conversation.

What if none of them works for me?
Each carries a 67-day money-back guarantee on official-store orders. Use it the way it is written: judge by around day 60 and return the containers within the window if you cannot honestly describe a change. And if erection problems persist off supplements, that is medical information — take it to a doctor, not to a sixth product.

Final Verdict

Best overall: VigRX Plus (9.5/10) — the only fully reported, product-level, placebo-controlled evidence in this comparison, aimed at the most common problem. Best for lasting longer: ProSolution Plus (8.5/10) — the specialist pick, with the cleanest fit between its study length and its guarantee. Best trial-matched value: Erectin (8.5/10) — a sound trial design and a pack sized to it, held back only by what its maker chose not to publish. The fertility entry: Fertility Factor 5 (8.0/10) — a different job, done with a dose-matched hero ingredient; not an erection product and never scored as one. The famous name: ExtenZe (4.0/10) — the cheapest box here and the least documentation behind it; buy it, if at all, as an inexpensive experiment with a day-60 decision, not as a proven alternative. The original ProSolution: ProSolution Pills (5.0/10) — cheaper than the Plus with the family's best pack pricing, but an in-vitro assay where the Plus has a human study; buy it only with the file open. The original VigRX: VigRX (5.0/10) — the name's 2001 starting point, superseded on evidence by its own Plus; a legacy formula with no product trial behind it. All five are daily supplements with weeks-long timelines — so choose by problem first, evidence second, and discount never.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. This article is educational and is not medical advice.

Disclaimer: This article is for general information only and is not medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before starting any supplement, especially if you have a medical condition or take prescription medication. Individual results vary, and no result is guaranteed.

Last reviewed: October 2026