Coverage is still narrow. Live prices have been read from 1 of 129 panels (2,182 services). The rest are listed because they are real, reachable operators — not because we have seen their rates. Panels with no synced catalogue show no prices rather than an estimate. How the data is gathered.
PanelCompare tracks 2,182 live service prices across 129 SMM panels and 43 platforms. Every rate is a price per 1,000 units, normalised to USD and mapped onto a shared catalogue, so the same service on two different panels sits in the same row and can actually be compared. Rankings come from a published formula, and money is not one of its inputs.
Reading taken . 2,182 prices from 129 panels, 125 of them confirmed reachable, across 43 platforms and 182 services. Cheapest rate on the board: $0.00010 per 1,000. Nobody paid for a position on it.
Every directory in this market says it is independent. Here is what that claim is worth here, stated as things you can check.
The formula is published, not described
The scoring code is rendered on the methodology page with every weight and every trust component. You can check that no term in it refers to money, because the terms are listed.
Every price carries its provenance
Each rate shows whether it was synced from the panel’s own API or entered by hand, and when it was last seen. A price we cannot re-read gets marked stale rather than quietly kept.
The underlying data is downloadable
The price index is available as CSV and through a free API, so anyone can check a claim we make against the numbers behind it.
Common questions about SMM panels
What is an SMM panel?
An SMM panel is a storefront that resells social media engagement — followers, likes, views, subscribers — usually sourced from a smaller number of upstream providers. Buyers deposit a balance, pick a service, paste a link, and the panel routes the order to whoever actually fulfils it.
How do you compare SMM panel prices?
Every price on PanelCompare is a rate per 1,000 units for one specific service on one specific panel, normalised to USD. We map each panel’s own service names onto a shared catalogue of 149 canonical services, so "IG Followers [Real HQ]" on one panel and "Instagram Follower — Premium" on another land in the same row and can be compared directly.
Is the cheapest SMM panel the best one?
Usually not. The cheapest tier of any service is normally recycled bot accounts with no refill guarantee, so a large share of what you buy disappears within weeks. The price that matters is the price of what survives, which is why we show a refill window and a trust score next to every rate rather than ranking on price alone.
How is the ranking decided?
By a published formula, not an editor. Price position counts 30%, trust 30%, features 18%, reliability 14% and support 8%. Trust itself is broken into domain age, uptime, catalogue freshness, verified reviews, independent verification and published policies. Money is not an input at any stage — the formula is in the open source of this site and rendered in full on the methodology page.
Do you make money from these links?
Some outbound links carry a referral parameter and are labelled as partner links. Commission never affects position, because position is computed from the formula above and a panel’s commercial relationship with us is not one of its terms. Paid placements exist, appear only in slots labelled Sponsored, and sit outside the ranking.