Fakespot Reviews in May 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

" A REALLY DECEPTIVE FRAUD"

I am the accountant with a U of Michigan MBA upon reviewing the classifications of reviews, It appears their "AI" says reviews less than 10 words are "Real" and long reviews "FAKE" and long reviews with technical terms from an expert in the product area "REALLY FAKE" SO FAKESPOT "AI" I rate as " A REALLY DECEPTIVE FRAUD"

Had I known about Fakespot earlier it…

Had I known about Fakespot earlier it would have saved me a boatload of trouble! I'm so grateful to have found it several months ago. I use Mozilla for every purchase for the Fakespot add-on. Before I knew about Fakespot I bought an item on Amazon that had 10,000+ (!!!) 5 Star reviews! It wasn't as advertised and when I attempted to use the return as stated in the ad page, the seller refused. Amazon wouldn't return my money "because they hadn't shipped it". 10,000 5 STAR REVIEWS! I finally ...

Horrible and Shady

I used this a while back and quickly became disillusioned with its reliability. However, curiosity made me try it out again, and this time I was horrified with the results. I used it on my own products and discovered that it accused me of deception. Wow. I assure everyone that I've never paid for a single review EVER, and I've never coerced anyone into writing one. Then I used it on a competitor whom I thoroughly distrust and saw that that person got an A rating compared to my C. ...

I love the FakeSpot plugin for Amazon

I love the FakeSpot plugin for Amazon. I think it's especially helpful to see how many vendors are butthurt that their products aren't promoted by the company. I HAVE noticed an uptick in vendor reliability when shopping on Amazon since installing and using FakeSpot. And, on EBay, FakeSpot makes it slightly easier to avoid sellers with recent bad reviews.

Fakespot is a fraudulent company

Fakespot is a fraudulent company. They are pretending to be unbiased and legitimate when in fact their "algorithm" is broken and the results are completely incorrect.It's a good thing no one uses fakespot or even knows about this terrible company.

Highly questionable app

Highly questionable app. Does anyone else find it strange that a product from a vendor on one website can have an [A] rating yet the same product on a different vendors site can have a [D] rating?

Unreliable and utter guesswork.

Unreliable and utter guesswork.Use you common sense instead of an app

Seems great at first, but has some serious issues

I have used Fakespot for about a year. At first I loved going on here and looking at a products review ratings and determining what products to trust and what to ignore. However, after using it for quite some time, I have noticed that it has increasingly been over critical of legitimate products that I know are good and I know are getting authentic good reviews. Once you see that a service like this can't be trusted for certain products, you wonder what it can be trusted for. After all, ...

My book was flagged as "highly…

My book was flagged as "highly unreliable" with no indication of why. There are a handful of reviews on amazon, all as verified purchases. There is no reason to flag this as unreliable. I worked SO hard to get the book together and get it out there, so to see some reviews on Amazon was a joy. To then see this inaccurate AI system mark is as 'highly untrustworthy' is not only insulting but potentially damaging to the product.

Unreliable

Unreliable, seems to be all guesswork as well as rigid judgment on keywords. If I were to base what I should buy on it, I wouldn't be able to get the right products