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Qualia Mind, and the lower-cost swap
Photo: Anirudh / UnsplashBlendBusters analysis A pairing of lower-cost generics covers several overlapping ingredients and a similar intended use, for about 81% less. Some ingredients and exact doses do not carry over.
Prices are estimates from public sources, checked Jul 2026, and change often, verify on the merchant’s site. A “lower-cost ingredient match” shares overlapping ingredients and a similar intended use; it is not a medically equivalent product or a guaranteed result.
Qualia Mind runs about $139 a month. For a nootropic, that is a steep premium: the kind of actives it is built on are widely sold as lower-cost generics. Our match, nootropics depot cognizin citicoline 250 mg, caffeine + l-theanine capsules, and bacognize bacopa 300 mg, covers overlapping ingredients and a similar intended use for about $26 a month, an estimated $1,356/yr less. Because the brand uses a proprietary blend, its exact per-ingredient doses are not published, so some amounts cannot be matched or verified.
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A fully disclosed 28-ingredient nootropic (no proprietary blend): citicoline (Cognizin) 150 mg, bacopa 300 mg, L-theanine 200 mg, rhodiola 300 mg, alpha-GPC 200 mg, DHA, huperzine A, and coffeeberry providing ~90 mg caffeine, plus many more.
Each line is priced from public retail data, checked Jul 2026. Overlapping ingredients and similar intended use, important differences apply.
Our match, nootropics depot cognizin citicoline 250 mg, caffeine + l-theanine capsules, and bacognize bacopa 300 mg, covers the overlapping ingredients behind Qualia Mind at a comparable daily amount where the dose is disclosed. Here is what lines up, and what does not.
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A higher score means the lower-cost match is a stronger, better-value stand-in on ingredients, dose, evidence, and transparency. Any sub-score marked Data unavailable is a value the brand does not disclose, we don’t fill it in.
Contains caffeine (~90 mg) plus many bioactives including huperzine A and cholinergics, stacking raises interaction and tolerability considerations, and long-term safety of the full combination is Data unavailable.
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No. It is a lower-cost ingredient match that shares overlapping ingredients and a similar intended use, with important differences. It is not a medically equivalent product, and results are not guaranteed.
We estimate about $1,356/yr, based on Qualia Mind's roughly $139/mo price versus a roughly $26/mo ingredient-matched alternative. Prices are estimates from public sources and change often, so verify at the merchant.
A specific combination of lower-cost products with overlapping ingredients, listed in the breakdown above. Each item is a real, buyable product, not a vague generic.
No. BlendBusters compares ingredients, doses, and price, not medical outcomes. Statements about supplements are not evaluated by the FDA, and this is not individualized medical advice.