Our Grade – B-
A service that may be worth trying, but isn’t a category leader
At a Glance
Social Network Elite is an Instagram growth service claiming that they grow your account via outsourced manual actions.
Because the agency makes reasonable claims and is US-based with a transparent team, we are willing to trust them more than some other services.
Business Analysis
| Item | Result |
| Growth Type | Manual F/UF |
| Quality of Service | Low |
| Business Registry / Location | New Jersey |
| Traceable Team | Yes |
| Functioning Phone | No |
| Longevity | 4 Years |
| Doesn’t Misuse IG Branding | True |
| Active Blog | No |
| External Sites | |
| Dashboard / Account Management | No |
| Offsite Testimonies | Trustpilot |
| Forthcoming About Password Handling | No |
Pricing
The $99 per month plan, if it’s actually serviced by humans, is an incredible deal. However, the price is so low that it’s hard to believe it’s a legitimate offering. See more in the Services section.
The price triples to $299 per month and you get better targeting, machine learning optimization (?), and some other features. At this price, I can believe that a human is able to do the job.
Service Details
The service claims to offer outsourced manual growth. This means that there’s someone sitting in a foreign country logging on to your Instagram and liking/following as if they’re you.
This business model does not scale particularly well, so it’s highly doubtful that for $99 per month you could fund a part-time consultant and still get anything resembling decent results. For this reason, if customers are satisfied with their cheapest plan, it’s probably because the results are bolstered using an engagement group.
While this service may just be 100% Instagram compliant, there are inherent risks to having real people access your Instagram. Your DMs could be read and certain scams could be carried out using your account if the growth consultant is not trustworthy. Also, the results can only be as good as a botting service in the best case, since both are governed by the same action limits.
Integrity & Reputation
Though the team isn’t displayed on the website, they are easy enough to track down. The company is US-based. However, it is concerning that all aspects of the services may be outsourced to those in different timezones and who may not speak English as their first languages.
We respect that the company provides very reasonable, realistic claims on their website. For example, they say they have 500+ clients. That strikes me as a trustworthy claim.
The story on Trustpilot is, well, the same old story. There are a few great reviews, but they tend to sound rather scripted. I don’t think that this business paid for fake reviews, but it’s likely that they enticed clients and friends to post them. There isn’t enough volume to fully understand what’s going on here.
Conclusion
This business is one we’ve known for many years but haven’t personally purchased. There is enough transparency that we think it’d be worth trying out.
However, the value proposition is dubious. At the more expensive price points, you should probably just be running ads. It isn’t clear how they could offer a better quality service than Ampfluence at a lower price point unless they are employing some software-based tactics, which defeats the purpose.