The best Instamacro alternatives, now that Instamacro is gone
Instamacro review, the short answer: the Instagram like-and-follow tool is gone. instamacro.com does not answer at all (checked 8 September 2026), and the Wayback Machine's last capture of the site is from 13 May 2021, with no closure notice and no successor. While it ran, the software liked and followed as you from settings you chose, the pattern Instagram's terms prohibit. Its appeal was growth that ran "even when you're not online". Instagress has shown a goodbye page since 2017, so neither name is an option. The list below ranks the live alternatives, with Virallized first.
The Instamacro alternatives, ranked by real reviews
That people still search for its reviews five years on says what it always says about this market: the demand outlived the method. The list below is every real alternative, ranked by the same public Trustpilot record, and none of them is a bot, because none of the bots made it to 2026 with a record worth ranking.
Ordered by each service's public Trustpilot score, a number none of us control, including us. We only call an alternative worth considering when its own customers rate it 4.0★ or better, and most of this market does not clear that bar. Three of the biggest names currently have no rating at all — Trustpilot suspended them in August 2026 after removing fake reviews — so they sit last, unranked. Every score here was re-read by hand on the profile itself on the date above; no scraping, no cached feed. The full ranking shows the methodology and every service we track.
Worth considering, rated 4.0★ or better by their own customers
Social Boost — Managed growth — Trustpilot 4.1★ from 388 reviews
Gainsty — Managed growth — Trustpilot 4.0★ from 82 reviews
The rest, with their public record, listed for honest comparison rather than recommended
Social Sensei — Managed growth — Trustpilot 3.1★ from 92 reviews
AiGrow — Managed growth — Trustpilot 2.5★ from 383 reviews
Ampfluence — Managed growth — Trustpilot 2.4★ from 6 reviews
Kicksta — Managed growth — Trustpilot 2.0★ from 626 reviews
Software tools, a different product
You operate these yourself rather than having the account grown for you, so they are listed with their full scores but not ranked against the services above.
Each of these profiles shows "This company's rating is unavailable due to a breach of our guidelines", with Trustpilot's reason quoted on each row. Listed unranked — a service without a score cannot hold a position.
Path Social — Managed growth — no current rating; Trustpilot's notice: "We've removed a number of fake reviews for this company." 77% of the 1401 reviews still visible are 1-star
Plixi — Managed growth — no current rating; Trustpilot's notice: "We've removed a number of fake reviews for this company." 84% of the 388 reviews still visible are 1-star
UpGrow — Follower packages — no current rating; Trustpilot's notice: "We've removed a number of fake reviews for this company." 41% of the 3789 reviews still visible are 1-star
What Instamacro sells — and the record to weigh
Every fact below was read by hand on 8 September 2026, on the company's own site and its Trustpilot page, and is quoted so you can check it in place.
What instamacro.com says today
Nothing: the domain does not respond to a request at all, checked 8 September 2026. No closure notice, no redirect, no successor product.
The last capture the Wayback Machine holds, dated 13 May 2021, sold "Powerful Instagram automation and marketing to give you likes and followers", offered a free trial, and asked users to "Sign in with Instagram" so that Instamacro could "manage your liking and following activity" on their behalf. Every capture after that date is missing.
The record to weigh
Instamacro ran automated likes and follows through the customer's own login, the pattern Instagram's terms prohibit and its enforcement dismantled tool by tool. A service that needed your password to act as you disappearing without a closure notice is the bot era's usual ending.
Any like-for-like replacement sells the same pattern to the same detection systems. The gap Instamacro left is not a gap in the market; it is the market's verdict on the method.
Three checks separate the credible services from the rest. Check the live Trustpilot score, not the rating badge on the provider's own site: the two disagree surprisingly often, and only one of them is written by customers. Check the refund terms: a service confident in its results states a money-back window in plain words on the pricing page. Check what the price includes: growth only, or the content you will need to convert the new visitors too.
Then match the mechanism to your tolerance: automation tools are cheaper and riskier, human-run services cost more and hold up better, and follower vendors are a different product entirely, a number, not an audience. The comparison hub puts every service side by side, and the rankings keep the whole market in one sourced table.
Common questions
What happened to Instamacro?
It went offline in 2021 and never came back. instamacro.com does not answer at all (checked 8 September 2026), and the Wayback Machine's last capture of a working site is from 13 May 2021. No closure notice was ever published, so the reason is not on record.
What did Instamacro do?
It ran liking and following on your Instagram account for you: you chose the settings, a free trial came first, and the software acted as you. Its last archived page, from 13 May 2021, still promised to take care of the rest "even when you're not online". The site has not answered since (checked 8 September 2026), and that kind of activity is what Instagram's terms prohibit.
Is Instamacro safe to use?
It cannot be used; the site is gone. When it ran, it asked users to sign in with their Instagram account so that a bot could like and follow as them, which is the activity Instagram's terms prohibit and the one its enforcement has targeted hardest. Any tool making the same offer today carries the same risk, plus the password.
What is the best Instamacro alternative?
By public record, Virallized: 4.8★ on Trustpilot, and the structural opposite of a bot: real people running conservative, targeted engagement through your own account, no automation, plans from $99 to $299 a month with a 7-day money-back guarantee. The full ranking lines up every live option on the same measure.
Are there still Instagram bots like Instamacro?
Yes, and they come and go the same way. Jarvee, the largest, is permanently closed; Instagress has shown a goodbye page since 2017; the bots still running carry the worst public records in the market. If your reach already looks throttled from a previous tool, the shadowban checker walks through what is measurable.