The Best Fakespot Alternatives in 2026 (and What Happened to Fakespot)

Fakespot shut down on July 1, 2025. Here are the fake review checkers that still work in 2026, compared by store coverage, price and method.

What happened to Fakespot?

Fakespot's owner, Mozilla, announced on May 22, 2025 that it would shut the service down. The Fakespot website, mobile apps and browser add-ons stopped working on July 1, 2025. Firefox's built-in Review Checker, which ran on Fakespot's technology, was switched off a few weeks earlier, on June 10, 2025.

Mozilla said the service didn't fit a model it could sustain, and that winding it down would free people to work on Firefox. There has been no sign of Fakespot coming back.

What happened to ReviewMeta?

ReviewMeta, the other well-known checker, never announced a shutdown. But through 2026 users and software directories have reported the site down or erroring, and reviews of its Firefox helper say it stopped working. When we tried reviewmeta.com on November 1, 2026, it didn't load for us. Our ReviewMeta alternatives guide covers what to use instead.

What to look for in a replacement

• Works where you shop. Most tools only cover Amazon. If you also buy on Walmart, eBay or Etsy, check coverage first.
• Shows its working. A grade is only useful if you can see why. Look for tools that list the red flags they found.
• Uses more than the reviews themselves. Sellers control what's on the product page. Independent discussion, like Reddit threads, is much harder to fake.
• Asks for nothing. No account, no email, no access to your browsing history.
• Admits uncertainty. When a listing has too few reviews, a good tool says so instead of inventing a grade.

Fakespot alternatives compared

We checked each tool's own website or store listing on November 1, 2026. These tools change quickly, so confirm the details on the listing before you install anything.

1. ReviewLens: best if you shop beyond Amazon

ReviewLens is a free Chrome extension. On a product page it grades the listing from A to F using four review-pattern checks (bursts of reviews, five-star clustering, unverified buyers and very short reviews), then searches Reddit for real discussion of the product. You see each red flag it found and the Reddit threads it used. It works on Amazon, Walmart, eBay and Etsy, and our web checker grades Walmart, eBay and Etsy links without installing anything. The full method is on how ReviewLens scores reviews.

Good to know: it reads a sample of reviews plus the full star chart, so it's fast but not exhaustive, and it runs on Chrome only for now. Disclosure: ReviewLens is our tool.

2. FakeFind: quick Amazon checks without installing anything

FakeFind is a website. Paste an Amazon link and it returns a Trust Score from 1 to 10, a recalculated "FakeFind Rating", and pros and cons drawn from the reviews. Checks are free and need no account, and an optional Premium plan adds deeper reports. It covers 10 Amazon stores. FakeFind says it earns affiliate commissions on purchases and that commissions never change a score.

3. Null Fake: free and open source, Amazon only

Null Fake is a free, open-source Amazon review analyzer with a website, a Chrome extension and a Firefox add-on. It covers more than 14 Amazon country stores. Its Chrome extension asks for an API key from nullfake.com during setup.

4. TheReviewIndex: review summaries with a spam score

TheReviewIndex rates a product's reviews out of 10 and runs a spam test on reviewer behavior. Its Firefox listing covers Amazon US, UK, Canada and India. Its website returned a server error when we checked on November 1, 2026, so it may be unreliable right now.

5. BuyWise: A to F grades on more US stores

BuyWise is a Chrome extension that, according to its store listing, gives A to F trust grades on Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and eBay. It doesn't list Etsy.

Is there a Fakespot alternative for Etsy?

Yes. Of the tools above, ReviewLens is the only one that lists Etsy. Every Etsy reviewer is a buyer, so ReviewLens skips the unverified-buyer check there and focuses on five-star clustering, review bursts and very short reviews. More in our Etsy review checker guide.

How to check reviews without any tool

1. Look at the whole star chart, not the average. Real products usually collect some 2 and 3 star reviews. A wall of 5 stars with almost nothing in between is a warning sign.
2. Sort by most recent. A sudden run of 5-star reviews in the same week, especially after a quiet period, often means a campaign.
3. Read the 3-star reviews first. They tend to be the most honest and the most specific.
4. Check a few reviewers. Accounts that only review one brand, or post many reviews on the same day, are suspect.
5. Search Reddit. Type the product name plus "reddit" into a search engine. Independent threads are far harder to fake than a product page.

ReviewLens runs the star-chart and timing checks for you, along with the Reddit search.