The Fakespot alternative that shows its work
Mozilla shut down Fakespot on July 1, 2025, leaving the 10 million people who relied on it without a way to check Amazon reviews. SureVett is a free Chrome extension that brings back the A–F trust grade, and unlike the old tool, it shows you the reasoning behind every score.
Works with Chrome, Brave, and Edge
Get SureVett for Android
Share any Amazon product to SureVett and get an A to F trust grade for its reviews, with the five signals behind it.
Get it on Google Play →SureVett runs on your computer
Already on a computer? Add to Chrome — Free →
What happened to Fakespot
Mozilla acquired Fakespot in 2023 and retired it on July 1, 2025. At the announcement in May 2025, Mozilla reported more than 10 million users. Overnight, all of them lost the tool they used to sanity-check a product's reviews before buying. The full timeline, and why it isn't coming back, is in what happened to Fakespot.
The replacements that filled the gap have been uneven. Some return nearly the same score for every product. Others quietly rewrite your Amazon links to carry their own affiliate tags. SureVett was built to be the one you can actually trust: a grade that moves with the product, and reasoning you can inspect.
How SureVett compares
| Feature | SureVett | Fakespot (discontinued) | RateBud | NullFake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto-analysis on page | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Trust grades (A-F) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shows reasoning | Yesevery score explained | No | Partial | Yes |
| Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| No affiliate links on Amazon | Yesno URL rewriting | Yes | No | Yes |
| Multi-platform | Chrome ✅ / iPhone soon | Chrome, Firefox, iOS | Chrome only | Chrome only |
| Open source | No | No | No | Yes |
| Active development | Yesthresholds tuned in 2026 | No | Yes | Yes |
RateBud is the closest like-for-like replacement, but it carries documented trust caveats around affiliate links and scores that barely move; here's how RateBud compares head-to-head. For the wider field, including the tools this table leaves out, read our full rundown of the best Fakespot alternatives.
What SureVett does
SureVett grades every Amazon product page from five review-trust signals, and shows you the score and a plain-English explanation for each one.
Rating distribution (the J-curve test)
Genuine products tend to follow a J-shaped curve of star ratings. Manipulated listings often don't.
Review velocity
How fast reviews arrived relative to the product's age. Sudden bursts are a flag.
Review count
How much data there is to judge, and how confident the grade can be.
Seller trust
Whether the listing ships from Amazon, FBA, or a third-party seller.
Brand and product signals
Brand-name patterns, Best Sellers Rank, answered questions, and listing age.
Prefer to do it yourself? The same red flags SureVett automates are ones you can check in a couple of minutes: how to identify fake reviews by hand.
Private by design
SureVett grades products in your browser, from public review data on the page you're already viewing. No account is required, there is no tracking, and no data is sold. It only asks for access to the retail sites it supports, Amazon today, not “all websites.” The full privacy policy spells out exactly what SureVett does and doesn't touch.
Read the privacy policy →A second opinion on every Amazon page
See the reasoning behind every trust grade, before you buy.
Get SureVett for Android
Share any Amazon product to SureVett and get an A to F trust grade for its reviews, with the five signals behind it.
Get it on Google Play →SureVett runs on your computer
The grade comes from a Chrome extension, so it installs in a desktop browser. Send yourself the link and open it there.
Already on a computer? Add to Chrome — Free →