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D Rating instagram SMM

Krootez Instagram Growth SMM Panel Review

Our Grade – D-

Yet another poor quality SMM panel.

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At a Glance

Krootez is a fake Instagram activity provider. As if the nonsensical name is not enough to dissuade you from making a purchase, the service uses bizarre language and spouts lies in order to try to separate you from your money.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeFake Activity
Quality of ServiceLow
Business Registry / LocationNo
Traceable TeamNo
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity2+ Years
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingTrue
Active BlogNo
External SitesNo
Dashboard / Account ManagementN/A
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingN/A

Pricing

These are fairly typical prices for … fake … followers. These are not real followers. Your satisfaction isn’t guaranteed.

Service Details

It’s one thing when a site sells fake activity. It’s another thing when the site tries to convince you that it’s everything except fake.

The website is loaded with meaningless words and phrases like “quality,” “exclusive assistance,” “intelligent solutions,” “real people,” “The famous are born here!”

They sell fake activity. It’s just a matter of, is Krootez a reliable supplier of fake activity? They mention a refill period on their website. It’s nice to see this acknowledged, but, for me, this still isn’t really sufficient. If anything, it demonstrates just how flaky the followers will be.

In plain English, they’re telling you that they only guarantee your activity for one month. Why would you ever buy activity with such a bad guarantee? They’re pretty much telling you: only buy this if you’re an idiot.

Integrity & Reputation

Fake followers are bad. They’ll get removed. You only have a few weeks to complain to the mastermind behind Krootez. We’ve established that it’s a bad deal.

What else don’t we like about this business?

There is no transparency behind the parent company, location, founders, or any team members. What this usually means is that there’s a single guy in India running the site. At the very least, customer support will be awful.

Next, we have the poor usage of the English language all over the site. You don’t have to be Shakespeare to realize that something is … off. All the website copy has been written by someone who isn’t a native English speaker.

For example: “We are happy to complete any kind of your order. In case you are one step from becoming a customer for a bigger or targeted package.” That’s a little awkward. Basically every statement on the website is written this way.

Since the name of the site is stupid and meaningless, it’s likely you’d only ever find your way to Krootez if you clicked on a targeted ad or a paid blog placement. There’s not much on Trustpilot but there is enough to help you clearly understand what’s going on.

Conclusion

This is another generic SMM Panel that probably leaves a lot of customers disappointed and wishing they didn’t drop the money. Don’t be one of those people, read our reviews first!

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D Rating SMM

Instapromote.me SMM Panel Service Review

Our Grade – D

A typical low-quality SMM provider that stops short of literally stealing your money.

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At a Glance

It’s crazy that there are still so many active services selling blatantly fake activity. This is just another one of those. Nothing to see here, nothing to comment on. We still review services like this in case we end up discovering something unique. While this sometimes happens, we never finish one of these reviews having more faith in such a service.

Don’t get us wrong, it’s possible that the fake activity you purchase will stick for a couple days and weeks, but beyond that there’s a very low chance that it won’t and you’ll be left feeling like every other customer does–like a fool.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeFake Activity / SMM Panel
Quality of ServiceLow
Business Registry / LocationSwitzerland
Traceable TeamOwner
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity2+ Years
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingFalse, uses “Insta” in name
Active BlogNothing for several months, low quality posts
External SitesNo
Dashboard / Account ManagementNo
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingN/A

Pricing

These prices would be great if they could guarantee the follower numbers. But … they can’t. Everything is fake. You might be paying for the followers for 30 minutes or 3 days or even 3 weeks. There are very few scenarios in which a service like this is worth the risk.

Service Details

This service sells fake activity generated by bots they control or that they purchase from other providers for cheaper prices. The accounts will never be actively engaged and they will likely disappear after a short period of time.

Integrity & Reputation

Things don’t start off on a positive note, as you’ll be greeted with an insecure site warning that you’ll have to click through to actually access the site. Though the site does appear to have an SSL certificate, something isn’t set up correctly, and, indeed, your information could be placed at risk.

More to the point, does the business lie about what these followers are? Yep.

A lot of services tell this lie because they know the majority of their customers will only purchase from them once. What’s the lie? The followers are fake accounts. They aren’t sentient. They can’t be “very pumped up about” any aspect of your profile.

Is anything else kind of silly?

The followers won’t be targeted in any way. You’ll be lucky if the accounts are even from the same country as you or speak the same language. The only purpose these followers would serve is to build social proof, there is no demonstrated correlation between massive amounts of fake followers and “success.”

Where is the business located? In a bizarre finding, the registered business is located in… Switzerland! Not a country we usually associated with Instascam services.

Incredibly, this doesn’t seem to be a small operation. Their business registry page claims revenue of almost $1,000,000!

Neorank GmbH has 5 total employees across all of its locations and generates $792,740 in sales

Source: https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.neorank_gmbh.f6479fff18e99aee8de1a9c7790f4f15.html

Their owner is named Fatos Canolli. We found a guy from Lesovo (Eastern Europe) matching this name, but don’t think it’s worth further digging.

So, what about the big question? How long until the followers disappear? Look no further than Trustpilot.

Conclusion

If you’ve read enough of our reviews, hopefully you are starting to see a pattern. These social media marketing sites that guarantee you activity are all different flavors of the same scam. There is no reason to purchase one of these services. This activity will disappear before you know it!

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D Rating SMM

Instafollowers.co Instagram SMM Panel Review

Our Grade – D

Very little transparency, deceptive marketing, awful reviews.

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At a Glance

Instafollowers.co is an Instagram SMM (Social Media Marketing) panel. This is a service that sells bulk fake followers at extremely cheap prices. Generally speaking, these services are not recommended because the followers are all-but-guaranteed to disappear and the services themselves are almost never based in the US for legal reasons. These businesses tend to blatantly lie to customers as well.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeSMM / Fake Followers
Quality of ServiceLow
Business Registry / LocationEstonia
Traceable TeamNo
Functioning PhoneNo
LongevitySince 2010, according to them
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingFalse
Active BlogYes
External SitesLinkedIn
Dashboard / Account ManagementNo
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingN/A

Pricing

Follower packages are cheap to the point of hilarity even before being slashed by perpetual sales.

The prices are telling in that there is no way they are real people. Imagine paying 10 people 5.9 cents each to follow someone. It makes no sense for anyone real to be on the other side of these deals.

Service Details

Instafollowers, though primarily offering Instagram services, also offers Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and other services.

Now, at first glance, the company is kind-of truthful about what the “high-quality” followers actually are.

Do I think that a human would have any problem immediately identifying one of these followers as a fake? Of course not. They might claim to be high quality, but there’s a low chance they are. However, the company gets bonus points for openly stating that these are “real-looking artificial followers.”

In the next sentence, back to a lie. Having more fake followers does absolutely nothing to “make your account more visible,” in absolute terms.

This is also one of those creative passages. “No risk of decrease” does not mean “we will refill your losses in six months.” No risk of decrease means exactly that, that the followers won’t disappear! Here, the company avoids the most important point–what are the risks?

Do you think the company will proactively monitor the followers for when they start disappearing? Of course not! You’ll notice and you’ll have to let the company know and hope that they “refill your losses in six months.” Or, are they saying that they’ll only guarantee the followers for six months? That sucks, too.

Integrity & Reputation

There are so few cases where it’s worth purchasing fake followers. It’s a ticking time bomb. The supplier tells some white lies about the product so for that reason we think this is one you should stay away from.

See Sitejabber reviews. The reviews are awful.

Conclusion

This is a low quality site where you can purchase fake activity. We don’t recommend using these services as it will most likely prove to be a waste of money.

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D Rating instagram SMM

InstaBoostGram Instagram Growth Service Review

Our Grade – D

An SMM service with plenty of red flags.

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At a Glance

InstaBoostGram might take the cake for awful service names in violation of Instagram’s branding. InstaBoostGram is a classic scammy SMM (social media marketing) panel which sells you bulk fake activity. If you just need bulk fake activity and don’t care if these actions disappear in a short period of time, this might fit your needs.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeSMM Panel
Quality of ServiceLow
Business Registry / LocationUnknown, possibly Pakistan
Traceable TeamOne person
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity5+ Years
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingFalse!
Active BlogKind of
External SitesNone
Dashboard / Account ManagementN/A
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingN/A

Pricing

Instaboostgram offers fake Instagram activity as well as fake activity on other platforms for inexpensive rates.

The prices are pretty much irrelevant. It’s not worth comparing prices in this realm, as you’re likely just throwing money into the void.

Service Details

This is a panel service which means that likes and other activities are sold in bulk. Instaboostgram sells Instagram followers, likes, and video views, and youtube, Spotify, and TikTok activity.

They claim that they provide instant delivery and will “refill” the accounts when they inevitably disappear. It is possible that this service is actually re-selling a cheaper service’s activity.

Integrity & Reputation

Instaboostgram has awful reviews on Trustpilot. The few positive ones are all paid reviews from people in India and similar countries. None of the negative reviews have been responded to. This dramatically increases the likelihood of the service being a single-person operation.

The worst part is that they lie about the follower quality. The website copy gives you the impression that the followers are “real” accounts and that they’re “active.” In reality, they are low quality and owned by the service provider. They will never interact with you ever again after the first time.

Also, though this site has been around for a long time, it is worth mentioning that the branding is so old that it matches pre-Facebook Instagram layout. It isn’t a good sign that the site hasn’t seen many major updates over the last half-decade.

Conclusion

We highly advise against SMM panels as they are in direct violation of Instagram’s Terms of Service. This provider isn’t a particularly good or trustworthy service, so we’d recommend looking elsewhere.

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F Rating instagram SMM software

Instavast Instagram Growth Service Review

Our Grade – F

Based on numerous red flags this service seems to be a complete fraud.

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At a Glance

Instavast is a long-running service with a silly name that seems to be effectively dead. The business is still accepting new customers despite there being a stream of unacknowledged negative reviews on Trustpilot.

This service is unique in that it offers several marketing tools in addition to an Instagram growth service and smm panel services.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeMany
Quality of ServiceNone
Business Registry / LocationUnited States
Traceable TeamSingle-owner
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity3+ Years
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingFalse
Active BlogLast post in 2019 explaining how things were difficult
External SitesNo
Dashboard / Account ManagementYes
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingNo

Pricing

Instavast claims to offer the absolute-cheapest Instagram growth service. $15 per month? We truly wonder how they can even begin to offer customer service at such a low price point. Most likely, they can’t.

It’s deeper than that They also require customers to run their own proxies which is really inconvenient. Then, once you log in after paying $15 per month, you basically still need to use your account as normal. In other words, customers claim you pay the $15 per month for no service at all.

You can also install an app which requires full use of your phone, which we don’t recommend.

You can also buy likes and views, but prices aren’t displayed. Always be wary of services that sell bulk activity alongside offering bot growth services. They’re likely using your account to fulfill other customers’ orders!

Service Details

Instavast offers an extremely cheap automated growth product with a free trial. Unfortunately, there is no evidence suggesting it has been functioning for any of the past two years.

Integrity & Reputation

The company’s Trustpilot is filled exclusively with negative reviews. None of them have been responded to. Here’s my favorite one:

Like many others, if I could give no stars, I would. I am always leery and hesitant to do anything that is going to “buy” likes/follows and initially pushed back on a client’s request, but then relented. The homepage made it seem easy and seamless and like their had their poop in a pile to make sure my client wasn’t going to get banned. The options were clear, too. $15/mo for automated likes/follows. $10/mo for direct DM management. Not bad! Then you sign up and pay your initial $15 or whatever and it says you have no money applied and you have to “buy days” to continue. WTH does that mean? Didn’t I just pay for 30 days? I thought maybe I had clicked the wrong thing because the options on the “dashboard” were completely different than on their home/landing/sell page. And I thought, maybe they’re in a transition. But as the days went on (and I only did this for about 2 weeks total) I realized it was a scam. Everything they “automate” actually just makes you go to each individual IG page and follow them yourself and hope that person follows you back. I can do that myself and have it be more targeted. Then there is the app… Apparently, it does do the automated stuff it says it does, but only if you use the app. I went to install the app, and it needed full and complete control over my phone. I’m not one who has a lot of hesitations about installing things, but this made me UNCOMFORTABLE. I backed out thinking there HAD to be ANOTHER WAY! Nope, so I installed it and found that you had to keep Instagram open and your phone couldn’t sleep and then it would do it’s thing, which for me was nothing. To top it off, I made a call and received a call and both times shortly after the call connecting it sounded like someone else was dialing and/or on the line. I immediately removed the app and it hasn’t happened since (I’ve also now run virus scanners on my phone just to be safe). This product is a total rip-off and you’d be better off doing the legwork on your own!

Phew. Sorry you had to go through this, but thanks for sharing your experience.

Conclusion

Instavast was a service that some of our team members would hear about people using back in 2018. While the website has stuck around, the service hasn’t seemed to function for years. The owner should just pull the plug and stop taking money from people.

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C Rating instagram SMM

Instarazzo Instagram Growth Service Review

Our Grade – C

We’re on the fence about this service.

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At a Glance

Instarazzo is an Instagram growth service based in Milan, Italy. The service mainly caters to Italian customers and isn’t well-known in the United States.

Instarazzo offers a wide array of services ranging from Instagram and TikTok growth to “fake” SMM panel services. The prices are very competitive

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeHybrid: SaaS + Panel
Quality of ServiceUnknown
Business Registry / LocationMilan, Italy
Traceable TeamNo
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity2018 – Present
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingFalse
Active BlogUnknown
External SitesYes, presence on nearly every social media platform
Dashboard / Account ManagementYes
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingNo

Pricing

There is no way around it, Instarazzo is one of the cheapest Instagram growth services at just 16 euros per month.

This company also offers pre-paid discounts.

It is worth mentioning that Instarazzo accepts bitcoin.

Service Details

This is an interesting SaaS automation service in which you provide targeting information to the company and they grow your account while attempting to remain within Instagram’s limits. It is interesting because they also seem to provide an app and desktop client to some customers.

Their SMM panel services are also typical–you pay cheap prices for large amounts of fake followers.

Integrity & Reputation

While the website is one of the most impressive in the space and the company has a wide-reaching social media presence, they haven’t responded to a slew of negative Trustpilot reviews, which paints a damning picture.

Now, I don’t speak Italian, but this review says it all. Looks to me like this person is saying that after paying the initial fee, the bot doesn’t function, not on the PC nor in the provided app. Also, the company does not respond to phone calls.

The word “Truffatori” appears all over their Trustpilot page, which is indeed the Italian word for “scammers.”

The business could have built a lot of trust by responding to these reviews, but they haven’t.

Conclusion

Instarazzo is one of the few region-specific services that we’re aware of. A beautiful website cannot hide that there are leagues of dissatisfied customers and that the company, likely run by one person, does not respond to negative reviews. You can safely skip this service.

Ciao tutti!

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instagram SMM X Rating

Social Upgrade / Socialupgrade.co Instagram Growth Service Review

Our Grade – X

This service shut down around the same time as sister site Automatic Viral.

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At a Glance

Social Upgrade was a managed Instagram growth automation service operated by the same people behind Automatic Viral and Buzzoid.

Any websites associated with this group should not be used as there is evidence that Social Upgrade continued to charge clients after shutting down. These customers have no straightforward way to cancel payments.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeManaged SaaS
Quality of ServiceLow
Business Registry / LocationUnknown
Traceable TeamNo
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity2017 – 2019
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingTrue
Active BlogFalse
External Sites
Dashboard / Account ManagementNo
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingN/A

Pricing

Pricing of this service was likely in line with the $50/mo average popular at the time.

Service Details

This was a managed SaaS provider that likely provided the illusion of the followers being real.

Integrity & Reputation

This business has an awful reputation. Socialupgrade continued charging customers after shutting down, leaving them with no way to cancel. This is a shameful business practice.

Conclusion

This business shut down and continued to charge customers while providing them with no way to cancel service. This is among the worst business practices we’ve seen and it casts suspicion on the remaining service attributable to this group–Buzzoid. Avoid at all costs.

If you are a Social Upgrade customer hoping to stop payments, you have no option aside from filing a dispute with your bank or credit card provider.

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D Rating instagram SMM

Buzzoid Instagram Growth Service Review

Our Grade – D+

Though the website is attractive, it’s only a matter of time before Buzzoid meets the same fate as sister sites SocialUpgrade and AutomaticViral

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At a Glance

Buzzoid benefits from a marketing effort that involves total saturation of all platforms. There are tons of glowing blog posts out there regarding Buzzoid but most of those articles are paid placements or sites that the group controls.

It’s difficult not to find yourself checking out Buzzoid, and we admit that the website does inspire confidence. However, this business runs afoul of Instagram’s rules. Buzzoid sells auto-likes, followers, and views, which is not allowed. There is no guarantee that this fake activity won’t disappear. In rare cases, your own account can be placed at risk.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeSMM Auto-likes
Quality of ServiceLow
Business Registry / LocationUnknown
Traceable TeamNo
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity4+ Years
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingTrue
Active BlogTrue
External SitesNone
Dashboard / Account ManagementNo
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingN/A

Pricing

Being a fake, bot service, Buzzoid offers very low prices. They sell 50 likes for as little as $1.47. Be aware–these are not “real” accounts. There is nothing “organic” about the activity.

The claim that these are “REAL likes from REAL people” is fraudulent.

Service Details

This is a fake activity provider that tries to push the illusion that the activity is real. Guarantees don’t mix with real human behavior. You can’t guarantee that real people will do anything.

Integrity & Reputation

Buzzoid is part of what was formerly an empire of Instagram growth services including AutomaticViral and Social Upgrade. Many of these services have been shut down due to blatant violation of Instagram’s rules and customer complaints.

Buzzoid has decent reviews on Trustpilot, but that website has placed a notice on their page informing users that they have detected misuse.

This operation is fairly advanced, so you really have to read into the reviews to determine if they are fake or not. For example, the below review is highly suspicious. Investigating Gabriel Patton’s profile, it is obvious that it is a shill account used to hand out fake 5-star reviews.

Conclusion

You shouldn’t ever buy fake activity, especially from a provider that claims it is real yet offers guarantees a prices starting at pennies per action.

Buzzoid is, as far as we know, the last remaining site in a network that was mostly shut down by Instagram. We’re not sure how they are still operating. We don’t recommend buying services from Buzzoid since the accounts will never again interact with you and one day the followers will surely disappear.

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C Rating instagram SMM

Instamber Instagram Growth Service Review

Our Grade – C-

A service in clear violation of Instagram’s rules, but which may provide decent results for some customers.

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At a Glance

Instamber is a botting service that offers many different automation solutions. The business also sells powerlikes on various platforms. Based on the language used and the fact that the service has not been shut down despite clearly violating Instagram’s guidelines, I suspect Instamber operates in a foreign country, perhaps Iran.

Because Instamber switched from a downloadable app to a cloud-managed platform recently, it is likely that the service is simply using a white labeled service that they haven’t developed in-house.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeCloud-based automation
Quality of ServiceLow
Business Registry / LocationUnknown, likely Iran
Traceable TeamNo, all identities hidden
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity2+ Years
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingFalse
Active BlogYes
External SitesFacebook
Dashboard / Account ManagementNo
Offsite TestimoniesTrustpilot
Forthcoming About Password HandlingSurprisingly, yes

Pricing

Instamber’s pricing is extremely cheap. Though it’s a bot service, these prices make you wonder how they can even afford to offer basic customer support. Due to numerous red flags, we can’t recommend this service.

Service Details

Instamber allows you to use their automation software and also buy fake likes. This is a rare combination service offering that any customer should be suspicious of.

Any business selling fake likes could easily be leveraging existing customers’ accounts in order to provide those likes. Any business offering a growth service could be sending fake likes to customers there.

Ultimately, Instamber demonstrates no real expertise in the space and is likely a low-value provider.

Integrity & Reputation

As soon as I created my account, I was faced with a “password exposed” error.

If Instamber had non-paid features in any of these publications, wouldn’t they want to link to the articles? Also, for those who don’t know, Hackernoon is just a Medium blog aggregator that anyone who creates the right tags can get featured on.

It’s impossible to track down the team, though they do have a fake LinkedIn profile set up. Notice how the profile description is just spammy garbage.

Most importantly, the Trustpilot reviews are awful. Some are responded to, but the company’s attitude seems to be that “Instagram makes automation hard, sorry!” Their responses to customers don’t build any level of trust.

Conclusion

While Instamber has gained decent (paid) placement in other review blogs, we see through the mirage. It’s not a service worth exploring and the long history of dissatisfied customers makes this clear.

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D Rating SMM

YoViral / ViralRace Instagram Growth Service Review

Our Grade – D

A disreputable service selling fake likes and followers.

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YoViral re-branded as ViralRace

First rule of Instagram growth services: If you started with a terrible name, your new name must be just as bad.

At a Glance

YoViral re-launched as ViralRace. These “viral” businesses sell instant “real” likes and followers that are actually fake. In truth, you have to be pretty dumb to fall for a scam like this in the year 2021, but people still do. That’s why this blog exists.

Business Analysis

ItemResult
Growth TypeSMM Panel
Quality of ServiceLow
Business Registry / LocationUnknown
Traceable TeamNo
Functioning PhoneNo
Longevity2+ Years
Doesn’t Misuse IG BrandingTrue
Active BlogNo
External SitesNone
Dashboard / Account ManagementNo
Offsite TestimoniesYes – Bad
Forthcoming About Password HandlingN/A

Pricing

If something seems too good to be true, it is! How can they guarantee the number of likes? Well …

Service Details

ViralRace controls a large amount of bot accounts that they use to provide likes, comments, followers, and views. Because this is against Instagram’s terms of service, these accounts will be regularly banned.

When the accounts are banned, you lose the activity that you paid for, and you have no recourse. If you consistently buy activity from fake accounts, you are placing your account at risk of a ban as well.

Further, none of these “real” followers, even if they do stick, will ever interact with your account again. Your engagement rate will be permanently stunted as a result of this purchase.

Integrity & Reputation

Although we don’t support these “SMM Panel” services, we might give them decent reviews if they were somewhat honest. Being honest can subject a business to legal action from Instagram, which contributes to why they might lie about what they’re selling.

The Trustpilot reviews of this business are awful. They paint a damning picture of what’s on offer here.

Conclusion

If you’re desperate for bot followers because you’re in a hurry to impress someone, this might be something you risk buying. We can’t recommend it because there’s a high chance the followers will disappear after a short time, making the cheap price not worth it.