Eustace vs Veritier

Eustace is a web-based fact-checking workspace for writers and researchers working with AI-assisted drafts. Users can paste text or import a URL, PDF, or Word file; scanned PDFs are processed with OCR. The service extracts candidate factual claims and displays their original quotes so users can select which to verify. Approved claims are checked against fresh web sources rather than the submitted document. Its ledger uses ten verdicts and three confidence levels, and the product says it signals uncertainty when evidence is thin or mixed. Users can inspect sources, attach private evidence, override a verdict with the change recorded, and export a Markdown report with claims, verdicts, confidence, and citations. Eustace says it does not sell user data or use documents to train AI models. The Free plan provides 25 lifetime verifications; Pro costs $19/month for 500 each month, with optional $0.05-per-claim overage turned off by default. Automated verdicts, confidence labels, and summaries can be wrong, incomplete, or out of date, so they are intended to support rather than replace editorial judgment.

Veritier extracts checkable claims from text, URLs, PDFs, and images, then compares them with live web evidence or private references. Results provide a verdict, confidence score, plain-language explanation, and source links. The service is available through a REST API, MCP server over Streamable HTTP, local stdio proxy, and browser interface, with parsing and OCR built into its pipeline. The attest_action endpoint checks named records such as npm, PyPI, CourtListener, SEC EDGAR, and the U.S. Code, blocking actions when records cannot be confirmed. Attestations create Ed25519-signed Claim Credentials that can be checked through JWKS and revoked; credentials remain for 400 days. Requests can use webhooks and signed retries. Free-tier text may be retained and used to improve models, while paid-tier payloads are processed ephemerally and excluded from foundation-model training. The free tier allows 25 verifications monthly; paid plans start at $19.99 a month. Verdicts and confidence scores are probabilistic.