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

Fakespot screwing over the businesses they claim to be helping

My small business was disastrously affected by COVID so I had to adapt with the times and place a few listings of new products we've developed since. Fakespot has erroneously given "F" and "D" grades on my products because my few product reviews don't have the right keywords for their bots.I've emailed their support twice over the last month but no response.I would hire a lawyer to litigate but I don't have the resources.Great work Fakespot! You're screwing over the businesses you claim to ...

It is ironic that Fakespot is fake

It is ironic that Fakespot is fake. Their analysis seems mostly guesswork, that's based on whether reviewers review other products, and some wording combinations, and whether the same people write reviews for the same company. As an author who doesn't give af about reviews, I have never wasted my time soliciting them. There's a comment at the end of each of my books asking the reader to write one. But, I think we all know they mean so little. As a reader who doesn't trust reviews, I read ...

It's easier just to use common sense.

Products are given D and F ratings for no apparent reason, no details are really given as to why they consider them fake. Websites that are legit are flagged as fake. Overall more trouble than it's worth.

Their algorithms are nothing but guesswork

I added Fakespot as an extension and aturally I ran it on my company's products first, knowing that all Amazon reviews are legit as they have been built up slowly and naturally over the years and we've never solicited reviews (the only reviews that we worked on was participating in Amazon's Vine program for two of our products). When our ratings were coming back as Ds and even one F (we also got one C), I ran it on Amazon on three companies I know that operate with integrity and don't ...

Nonsense Ratings

I have used Fakespot for several years as a consumer and the more I have used it the more I have become convinced it's nonsense. More often than not the ratings defy common sense. Forget this ridiculous app and use your own noggin. Go straight to the 1 star reviews and read a bunch of those and see if they make sense, even if they are in the extreme minority.

False Claims about Reviewing Shopify…

False Claims about Reviewing Shopify Stores with No Data. I used to use their rating app on Chrome, but realized after doing some more digging that it isn't that accurate, but it also doesn't actually compile any data on Shopify stores that it claims to rate. This is completely a disservice to anyone trying to use their services. If you want to get into the why's, I think it's because they have more desire to put companies down than to help with valid ratings based on the language they're ...

Cannot be trusted Fakespot is FAKE

Completely unreliable and inaccurate. Company should be sued for displaying false information and defamation against other businesses.

not good

Good idea, but just never works very well, not sure i can trust it

Defamatory and Harmful to Legitimate Businesses

I thought this was brilliant until I ran it on a company I know has 0% fake reviews. It came up with loads of F's and D's that are all incorrect. I now believe this can be a devastating tool for legitimate and honest businesses and hope it will be improved to actually provide correct information that can be relied on. It's a shame that Fakespot.com do not respond to businesses they are incorrectly (defamatorily) promoting as fake to resolve this issue. To everyone who thinks it is ...

Fakespot get's an F

Fakespot get's an F! I'm the most discriminating buyer on earth and past products purchased that I would give a A+ too, Fakespot gives an F? Great concept, poor execution. Use your common (purchasing) sense over this near useless app.