Factward vs Trusul

Factward checks text, URLs, and PDFs by identifying factual claims and comparing them with web sources. Its AI model filters out opinions, predictions, and subjective statements, then retrieves up to five independent sources for each claim. Reports classify claims as Supported, Conflicting Sources, Refuted, or Insufficient Evidence, and include confidence, reasoning, linked sources, and a Trust Score. The service tracks when claims may have become stale and prompts users to check them again. A bookmarklet can send article text for review, and the Pro API can be used in a CMS or publishing pipeline. A beta Chrome extension highlights claims alongside verdicts and evidence, including when checking selected text from its context menu. Factward says submissions are used to produce results and are not sold or shared with third parties, though jobs and reports are stored in its database. Niche, paywalled, or very recent claims may lack evidence, and nuanced claims can be misinterpreted. The free plan allows two verifications per day; Pro costs $9 a month.

Trusul is a web tool for analyzing claims, comparing news coverage, asking about current events and reviewing cited evidence. Its analyzer examines credibility signals in claims, articles, messages and public URLs, including sensational wording, emotional pressure, clickbait, all-caps patterns and forceful punctuation. Reports combine a credibility score, risk verdict, explanation, evidence breakdown, warnings, missing information, limitations and cited sources. The site describes its 0–100 score as a composite drawn from three independent signals.

Compare Coverage places two reports or pieces of content side by side; differences are prompts to investigate, not proof on their own. Ask Trusul answers current-news questions in English using available citations and notes evidence and coverage limitations. For this feature, users can upload PNG, JPEG, WebP, PDF, DOCX or TXT files up to 5 MiB, processed temporarily for the request. Optional claim-verification queries may send short excerpts to Google Fact Check Tools API or NewsData.io. Plans include a free option, monthly subscriptions and one-time analysis credits, though some subscriptions and credit packs are listed as opening soon. Trusul describes itself as decision support, not a fact-checking authority.