How Instagram growth services are scored
Five facts from each service's own pages, weighted and banded the same way for every service.
Where the facts come from
The desk reads each service's public pricing, terms and help pages and copies what they say. Each value is stored with the address of the page and the day it was read, and every value on this site links back to that page.
The score
Each fact earns points out of 10 in fixed bands, and the points are averaged with the weights below into a score out of 10, shown with one decimal. Every service outside the editor's picks is ordered by this score, highest first. Services whose unrounded scores are exactly equal are ordered alphabetically by name, so two services can show the same score and still hold different places.
Editor's picks
Editor's picks are chosen by our editors; all other services are ordered by score. A pick sits above the ranking with the label "Editor's pick" and no rank number; its score is printed and calculated like every other score.
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Weight 25No 10, yes 0.
Money-back terms
Weight 25Written window of 14+ days 10, a written refund if growth falls short 10, under 14 days 7, a guarantee claim without terms 4.
Price per month, cheapest plan
Weight 20Up to $30 10, up to $50 7, up to $100 4, over $100 2.
Free trial
Weight 10Free with no card 10, with a card 7, free with the card rule not stated 7, none 3.
Cancel route written
Weight 10Yes 10, trial only 5.
Rules the desk keeps
- A fact a service's pages leave open, or answer in two ways, is left out of its score: its weight is removed and the other weights count in full. It is shown as "Not stated", never as a weakness.
- Prices are the ones the page displays, in US dollars, per month; nothing is converted from another currency.
- Ratings and badges a service shows about itself are quoted as self-reported and never scored.
The lists
- Best Instagram growth services: Every Instagram growth subscription in the dataset: managed services and automation tools, not one-time follower packages.
- Organic Instagram growth services: Services whose own pages describe managed or targeted growth rather than automation or bought packages.
- Instagram growth services with a free trial: Instagram growth subscriptions whose pages state a free trial.
- Instagram growth services billed monthly: Instagram growth subscriptions with a plan you can pay month to month.
Corrections
When a page changes, the new wording replaces the old and the change log records both. To report a figure that is out of date, use the corrections page.