SIMPLY MARY AND HELLO MARY ALTERNATIVES: FLOWER SHOPS WORTH SWITCHING TO

Best for: shoppers who want potency figures in the listing title and a shelf for every budget

• Price per gram: Top Shelf ounces run $9.11 to 9.82(255 to $275), Exotic Shelf ounces $10.36 to 11.07(290 to $310) and Budget Shelf smalls $5.71 in an $80 half ounce
• Freshness: listings carry storage tips, with no harvest date or humidity figure
• Testing: THCA in each listing title, with reports sorted by strain type in a separate lab library
• Shipping: 11 excluded states, 1 to 2 business days to process, and two different free shipping minimums ($25 in the FAQ, $99 on listings)

Carolina Hemp Cafe's shelf system is easy to read, and its Exotic Shelf posts some of the highest THCA figures we saw. The Budget Shelf ounce of mixed exotic smalls lists at $150, but only the smaller bags were in stock when we checked.

Where it wins: a $25 free shipping minimum in its FAQ, well under every other shop on our list, if that figure holds at checkout.

The catch: you'll pay at least $255 for an ounce that's in stock, which would buy five of our Essential ounces with change left over.

3. CRYSP

Best for: concentrate shoppers who only pick up flower once in a while

• Price per gram: $5.71 for a Tier 1 ounce at $159.99 and $7.68 to $8.93 for Reserve Batch ounces at $214.99 to $249.99
• Freshness: flower listings print a harvest date, such as August 10, 2026 on Coco Runtz
• Testing: Crysp keeps lab results apart from its listings, and the flower listings show tier, effects and harvest date with no THCA percentage or batch COA link
• Shipping: orders ship within 3 business days and skip 10 states; its site advertises a free shipping upgrade from $150, while its policy names no standard free shipping minimum

Concentrates drive Crysp's catalog. Its store lists 86 concentrates against 42 flower products.

If Crysp is the shop you’re leaving, our Crysp alternatives breakdown prices its flower against four other shops.

Where it wins: a harvest date on each flower listing, so you know the age of the batch before you pay.

The catch: one Tier 1 ounce at $159.99 costs more than three of our Essential ounces at full list price.

4. ARETE

Regular prices for Simply Mary THCA products that day ran as follows:

• Flower Smalls: listed as whole micro buds, with 14g at $59.99, 28g at $99.99, and Waffle Cone and Z Smalls at $119.99 an ounce
• Classic Flower: its own indoor flower in 7g bags from $74.99 to $129.99, plus an 818 OG ounce listed at $229.99 that was sold out
• Boutique Flower: craft brands like Fresh Vibez, Entropy Farms and Norcal Nemo, with eighths from $49.99 to $199.99 and most 7g bags at $99.99 to $159.99
• Greenhouse: $59.99 half ounces and $99.99 ounces, every listing sold out
• Rosin: its own rosin at $39.99 a gram or $69.99 for 2 grams
• Vapes and gummies: rosin vapes from $34.99 up to $89.99 for a dual chamber live resin vape, and rosin gummies from $14.99

For flower, that mix keeps the price per gram high unless you buy smalls. A $74.99 Classic 7g bag works out to $10.71 a gram, three times the per gram cost of its smalls ounce.

Simply Mary also takes no returns for any reason, outside of replacements for damaged or wrong items.

FLOWER PRICES PER GRAM, SIDE BY SIDE

The per gram figures use each shop's regular price on October 9, 2026 for flower that was in stock, and the weight printed on the bag. Shops without an ounce in stock for a tier are shown at the sizes they did have.

Grades a shop advertises with no product listed, such as Arete's A and A+ ladder prices, are left out, and no figure includes tax, shipping or temporary discounts.

The next cheapest ounce after ours is Shop Hello Mary's $89.99 greenhouse bag at $3.21 a gram, roughly double what our Essential ounces cost. Simply Mary's $99.99 smalls ounce and Arete's $99 AA ounce sit just over it, at about $3.55 a gram.

Budget buyers will find more low cost picks in our cheap ounces guide.

WHAT BUYERS SAY ABOUT SIMPLY MARY QUALITY

Public feedback on Simply Mary flower is thin.

We found this Reddit discussion where one buyer complained about jars that didn't seal properly, slower processing and declining product quality. Another buyer reported fast shipping and properly sealed jars. Since the thread centers on concentrates, it says little about Simply Mary's THCA buds.

On Trustpilot, Simply Mary had only four reviews on October 9, 2026. Adrain All Day praised responsive customer service and fast delivery, and Noah Castellanos spoke well of its rosin vapes, while Diego received melted gummies and criticized the customer service.

Shop Hello Mary's Trustpilot reviews average under 3 stars across about two dozen ratings, and experiences vary. Aspen Muttington praised quick shipping and the quality of its small buds, while Michael complained about processing and shipping delays.

More concerning for flower buyers, David Lukens reported receiving an ounce that was extremely dry, smelled of ammonia and took two weeks to arrive.

With so few independent flower reviews to go on, your own unboxing is another useful test. Nine flower shops go head to head in our full vendor ranking.

CRYSP VS SIMPLY MARY VS LIT FARMS

Shoppers compare Crysp vs Simply Mary because both shops lean on rosin. Carolina Hemp Cafe's August 2025 comparison of the two gives no Simply Mary prices at all, so we added ours and put a number on each shop's flower.

For a flower order, the numbers lean our way by a wide margin. Simply Mary's cheapest ounce costs twice what a full price Essential ounce costs here, and Crysp's costs more than three times as much.

Crysp does have one edge on freshness. It prints a harvest date on each flower listing, which neither Simply Mary nor we do.

WHAT TO CHECK WHEN YOUR FLOWER ARRIVES

A star rating can't tell you how your bag held up in transit, so give every order a quick check before you smoke it. None of these replaces a lab test, but they take a few minutes and work on flower from any shop, ours included.

1. Weigh it. Put the flower on a kitchen scale without the bag, and an ounce should come to about 28 grams. If it comes up short, photograph the reading.
2. Feel how dry it is. Bend a small stem. If it snaps instantly and the bud crumbles to powder, it's overdried. If it feels unusually wet or spongy, set it aside and contact the seller before using it. We pack ours in a room kept at 65% to 72% relative humidity, so it's meant to land in between: soft and a little sticky, with stems that give slightly when you bend them.
3. Smell it. Fresh flower should smell loud and match the strain's description. A hay or cut grass smell can point to a rushed dry, and a musty smell can mean trapped humidity, so set that bag aside without smoking it and contact the shop.
4. Look at the buds. Trichomes should coat the surface. White or gray fuzz, webbing or dark spots can be signs of mold, so don't smoke it and contact the shop.
5. Match the COA. Pull up the report for your exact batch, then compare its THCA and Delta-9 THC numbers with what the listing promised. A report from another lot says little about the flower you received. Simply Mary's reports are images in one library, so search by strain name, while ours download from the listing itself, and our COA lookup explains how to find them.
6. Report problems fast. Simply Mary replaces damaged or wrong items only when you send photos within 7 days, and we ask you to email support@litfarms.com right away.

Buying small buds? Our smalls comparison shows what a good bag of smalls should look like.

TESTING, SHIPPING AND STATES SERVED

Lab access and shipping rules differ a lot from shop to shop. Each row reflects the shop's own policies and listings on October 9, 2026.

Simply Mary's shipping policy only says it skips states with restrictions on hemp THCA and Delta-9 THC, so you'll find out at checkout. Our 17 excluded states are spelled out in our shipping policy, so check it before you order.

WHEN SIMPLY MARY IS THE BETTER CHOICE

For rosin, concentrates, vapes or gummies, Simply Mary has what we don't. Our hemp lineup centers on THCA flower and THC drinks, so these orders fit Simply Mary better:

• Rosin and concentrates: its own rosin at $39.99 a gram, plus hash and diamonds from craft brands
• Vapes and gummies: rosin vapes from $34.99 and gummies from $14.99, packed in the same box as your flower
• Craft flower by the eighth: boutique brands like Fresh Vibez and Norcal Nemo in 3.5g and 7g bags
• A small order that ships free: free shipping starts at $99, $26 lower than ours
• Faster dispatch: Simply Mary sends most orders out the same or next business day, and ours take 2 to 3 business days to process

Chasing potency? The batches that tested highest on our menu are collected in our strongest THCA flower list, sold by the ounce.

START WITH A LIT FARMS ESSENTIAL OUNCE

One Simply Mary smalls ounce costs $99.99, enough for two Essential ounces here at full list price, and adding a third brings the order to $149.97 with free shipping. 

Want to stretch it further? Smalls run $34.99 to $49.99 an ounce, most listings show THCA next to the price and link the COA, and the packing room stays at 65% to 72% relative humidity. 

Shop Essential flower and build your first order around this week's strains, or mix grades from the whole menu.

SIMPLY MARY ALTERNATIVES FAQS

IS SIMPLY MARY LEGIT?

Simply Mary takes orders and ships THCA flower, rosin, vapes and gummies by USPS, with free shipping over $99 and its lab reports posted as images in one library. Only four people had reviewed it on Trustpilot by October 9, 2026, for a 3.7 average, so there's little independent feedback to go on. Expect a possible ID check, too: its shipping policy reserves the right to ask for a government ID photo and proof of address first. Returns aren't accepted.

IS HELLO MARY THE SAME AS SIMPLY MARY?

Partly. A Nugg Notes profile reports that the team behind the original Hellomary.com later launched Simply Mary. Shop Hello Mary at shophellomary.com runs as a separate store with its own menu, prices and shipping rules, and neither site states who owns it.

IS THERE A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE TO SIMPLY MARY?

Yes. LIT Farms had the lowest regular price per gram of the six shops we priced on October 9, 2026, with Essential ounces at $1.43 to $1.79 a gram against $3.57 for Simply Mary's cheapest ounce of smalls. Shop Hello Mary's $89.99 greenhouse ounce also undercuts it, and Arete's $99 AA ounce costs about the same.

HOW IS SIMPLY MARY THCA FLOWER PRICED?

Simply Mary THCA flower started at $59.99 for a 14g bag of smalls on October 9, 2026, with smalls ounces at $99.99 to $119.99. Its Classic 7g bags cost $74.99 to $129.99, and boutique eighths from craft brands ran $49.99 to $199.99 at regular price.