The Social Growth Engine helps you grow Social Media. Get real followers on autopilot, without bots and with targeted marketing. Really simple pricing.
Social Growth Engine (socialgrowthengine.com) has 480 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.3 out of 5.
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2026
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Social Growth Engine is a scam. I trusted them because I read many positive ratings in Trustpilot, but after a couple of weeks, I had no results. When I emailed them, they said they were going to take care. Nothing happend. After writing again, the same day, Instagram suspended my account, saying they detected I hired a service that wasn't allowed, and got shadow banned for a few days after recovering the account. SGE doesn't have a refund policy, obviously. And they claim to be partners with Meta, when they offer a service that goes against Meta's guidelines. Don't throw away your money. The only thing they did right was canceling my susbcription.
Response from Social Growth EngineOct 9, 2023
Good Day Adrian, Our team always work to resolve any issues with customer accounts. We are a Meta partner you can search for our company name directly on META's website (Facebook is the easiest to find us). I am sure our customer service team can assist you on live chat given your account is in Ecuador we may need to find a localized solution so that Instagram does not detect 2 different countries being logged in at the same time.
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Nicole
Total waste of money
Total waste of money. All they do is keep adding and adding followers. When I asked them (almost a month before) to unfollow all the thousands that they added they waited until my subscription ended and said I would have to resubscribe (and pay) to have them removed. Such a scam. The reason is....is that once they start unfollowing you loose all the those that started following you...in the end you pay subscription service for nothing! What a joke.
Response from Social Growth EngineJun 27, 2023
Dear Nicole, Please email me directly and I will ensure all those we followed are unfollowed. You do not have to pay for this it is a service we offer at any point of cancellation. Apologies if the customer service agent got this wrong. My email is [email protected]
Also our process is organic, we perform 400-600 daily actions on your account to ensure more people see your account, we also unfollow those we followed during that process. Its up to the follower if they remain following you or not.
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Rohit
They not only follow bot accounts but also accounts offering sexual/ tantric services
My suggestion would be to trust the note on Trustpilot that says a number of fake reviews were removed. I would say a number of positive fake reviews are still here.
This is the first company I have ever seen which has 0 accountability over its services. I gave them a list of competitor IG accounts for targeting but they kept on engaging with bot accounts based in Mexico. I spent my initial first week sending them snapshots of the bot accounts they were following and kept on receiving a standard response that they will convey the message with the account manager and I should see better results in the coming days.
They not only followed bot accounts and accounts outside my target audience but also followed accounts offering tantric service, accounts providing sexual services etc. I spent more time looking at each and every account and unfollowing them that their bot would have spent following them.
After giving so many feedbacks, I thought may be the algorithm would give better results which eventually hasn't happened until now. I have already given a notice to cancel my plan.
If you do not want to waste your money, time and worry about your brand image then stay away from them. That will be your best decision ever.
Happy to provide evidences of my communication and emails where I have escalated all those accounts snapshots with them.
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Stacey S.
Still waiting for my refund after being…
Still waiting for my refund after being miss sold the product.
Over two thirds of new followers were fake accounts. I have taken screenshots of the majority,
I have emailed every week for two months and been passed onto 'billing' multiple times but no response from there. If you are looking for genuine growth please avoid at all costs.
Response from Social Growth EngineMay 26, 2023
Thank you for your review Stacy, we put a lot of effort into only engaging real accounts on Instagram. For example
We filter all accounts looking for the following
- Does have a real profile image and bio.
- Does have a recent story posted.
- Does not contain Arabic, Asian, Russian letters or similar characters.
- Does not contain 5000+ invalid words.
- Does not have a high ratio of followings to followers.
- Has engaged with hashtags / competitor accounts in your niche.
- Has 50+ posts including one within 14 days.
There is only so much we can do to ensure the accounts we engage with are real and only then we engage with them. If you have suggestions for how we can improve our search for real accounts be sure to let us know. We have reached out for copies of these screen shots mentioned to you.
Our refund policy can be found here, I am also checking your case in case there was an billing issue and in fact you are due a refund https://socialgrowthengine.com/pages/refund-policy
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Sin City C.
THEY BUY FAKE REVIEWS READ TOP OF TRUST PILOT PAGE (SAYS WE’VE REMOVED A NUMBER OF FAKE REVIEWS FOR THIS COMPANY)
This service is the worst I ordered the service on Thursday they said they had problems getting into my account because of my two factor verification and that caused a delay. I turned it off per their request even though they told me it was okay to turn it back on after they logged it. I contacted them two days later I asked them why my growth was so low and they said my two factor verification was causing a problem and they still couldn’t log in even though it showed they logged in when they allowed me to turn it back on. They asked me to turn it off permanently, which I did. Two days later I contacted them again about my account not growing and their excuse this time was that my account is losing followers at the same rate it’s gaining followers. I asked them for a refund and they said they had a no return policy but were happy to stop the service and charge me for 1 days worth of work. I’ve never heard such BS in my life what a bunch of crooks! Don’t trust this service they are frauds! Pretty sure all these positive reviews on here are fake just like their service!!! Their reply is hilarious, I changed my password after I asked for a refund and cancelled the service because they had the audacity to tell me I’m not growing because I have fake followers. The conversation they posted in their reply is a joke you can see at the top of trust pilot it states multiple reviews were deleted do to them buying reviews!!! What a joke this company is, as you can see on their site it says two form verification isn’t a issue straight lies. I’ve grown my account a extra 400 followers since I dropped their service. They’re upset because they can’t deliver. I know how to grow my account myself I only hired them as a convenience but they gave me nothing but BS excuses, I don’t need excuses I need result. Any company that has a no return policy already is sketch from the start. DONT TRUST THIS COMPANY!!! I am a verified account it’s should be easy for them to grow my account I’ve gain over a 100 followers in two days growing my account on my own, all they provided me with was sorry excuses like I said look at the top of trust pilot it has a warning which I didn’t notice at first that states they buy fake reviews. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME LOOK FOR YOURSELF. Also read all the one star comments it’s seems to be the same issue I had, they tell you oh your two form verification is causing issues even though on their site it says it’s not an issue. When I signed up they said turn it off let us log in and turn it on which I did and these clowns still came up with more excuses. I’m okay I don’t need their service I can grown my account on my own, these frauds are just after your money don’t trust them what so ever!!! THEY ARE SCAM ARTISTS!!!
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Response from Social Growth EngineMay 20, 2023
We regret to hear about your dissatisfaction with our Instagram Growth Engine service and appreciate your feedback. We understand that you experienced issues related to two-factor authentication and account growth. We apologize if our service did not meet your expectations.
Our team consistently strives to provide an optimal experience for our clients. We understand that the two-factor authentication issue caused delays, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Upon gaining access to your account, we noticed a significant fluctuation in your followers' count, which can impact the growth rate. We'd like to clarify that the security and privacy of our clients' accounts are of paramount importance to us, and we only request changes in settings when necessary to provide our service effectively.
Regarding the refund policy, we'd like to emphasize that it's clearly stated in our terms and conditions. Prior to the actual growth process, a substantial amount of work is carried out on our part, including account access, audience targeting, and strategic planning, all of which involve costs. We're transparent about this policy to ensure there are no misunderstandings.
We believe in providing evidence and transparency about our interactions and service. Here's a screenshot of your conversation with our support team to demonstrate the efforts we made to address your concerns: https://prnt.sc/a4grt9j3awsk.
You can also review our refund policy on our website: https://socialgrowthengine.com/pages/refund-policy.
As for the methodology we employ to grow accounts, it's a labor-intensive process involving our team manually engaging with your audience for 8 hours a day, 6 days a week. The service we provide, for the fee of $104 a month, is a valuable time-saving measure for our clients.
When our team conducts an account audit, we utilize sophisticated analysis software to provide accurate results. We found some fake followers on your account, which is a common occurrence and can affect the growth rate. You can review these results here: https://prnt.sc/WG8bLlb6JPx8.
We respect your decision to manage your Instagram growth personally, and we're glad to hear that you've seen positive results. Our intention is always to support our clients' success.
We appreciate your feedback and always aim to improve based on our customers' experiences. Thank you for bringing these concerns to our attention, and we wish you the best of luck with your future Instagram growth.
Sincerely,
Ryan - Senior Management
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Sophie D.
When I signed up I explained I only…
When I signed up I explained I only wanted UK accounts and only personal accounts but they kept following non UK accounts, businesses, accounts which looked like bots, accounts which sold fake goods. After a few days I needed to change my password. I had no contact from the company to say they couldn’t login. Complete scam, avoid!
UPDATE: and they’re still charging me despite cancelling the subscription when o signed up! Absolute con artists! Refund my money!
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Brad C.
Total Scam
I bought the 'Get Monetized' package, and after two months had nothing to show for it. The very limited watch hours they helped me with were eventually removed by YouTube a couple of days later. Their support team repeatedly reassured me that they would correct the issue and monitor my account's progress closely, but that clearly wasn't the case. They refused a refund so this ended up being a total waste of money.
Response from Social Growth EngineMar 24, 2023
Dear Brad, Things change with social media platforms. In February there was a major update to watch time (public vs private) our existing service did not continue to work so we set about fixing it. The subscribers as part of the package were delivered and the watch hours using the new process have been accruing on your channel. Please check again your analytics and you will see that these are adding up and in about 15 days the 4000 hrs will be delivered.
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Tasneem S.
Don’t bother. Total waste of time and money
Total waste of time and money. When canceling they didn’t even ask why or try to resolve my issue, and gladly accepted assuming they get cancellations often.
Felt very unsafe, I would log in requests every day, a few times a day. They have you enter a near by location but log in from multiple devices very far off from your location so you naturally feel scared to approve the request. I didn’t see any accounts that resonated with the audience I defined. Lots of bots. Lots of accounts from India. I didn’t even request a refund after canceling 5 days into the service because I just wanted to be done with this company.
Response from Social Growth EngineDec 17, 2022
Hi Tasneem,
All our US logins are from our office in Utah, they don't change. In addition to this and in response to suggestions that we don't monitor cancels our cancellation form is public here https://socialgrowthengine.com/pages/cancel-my-account which asks about your experience and we usually touch base with all cancellations. We also have live 24/7 support via chat something we spend a lot of money on to staff to make sure our customers get the best experience.
UPDATE: I reviewed your contact with our customer service team, you assisted them to login to your account on the 6th of December, then on the 14th you said "please cancel" there was no discussion about any concerns about targeting or multiple logins. Any of that can be addressed by our team who are experts in targeting and growth. We would be happy to assist you to correct your issues and I believe we should be given that option before you leave a 1 star review sighting your concerns.