Groundery vs Scrutinly

Groundery extracts factual claims from live or recorded material and checks them against sources chosen for each session. Live inputs include a microphone, a browser tab playing audio, or a stream URL such as YouTube Live, Twitch, or Vimeo. The site says live results usually arrive while the speaker remains on the same topic, ranging from seconds to about a minute depending on the evidence. For recordings, it accepts MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, MOV, YouTube links, or pasted transcripts. Claims are timestamped so reviewers can revisit the relevant moment, inspect evidence, and share or export reports. Source controls can search the web, limit checks to selected sites, or exclude sites. Groundery says it prioritizes authoritative sources and provides direct links for review. It is available on the web and as a Chrome extension. The Free plan includes 3 hours of fact-checking and 10 instant text checks per month; Pro costs $599 a month. Its terms warn that AI-generated results may be inaccurate or incomplete and are informational aids, not definitive judgments. Uploaded content and results remain until deleted or the account closes, with backups potentially persisting for up to 30 days after deletion.

Scrutinly is a web-based fact-checking service for articles, claims, URLs, social posts, and images. It extracts checkable statements from supplied text and evaluates each against current web sources. URL checking fetches the article directly, avoiding manual copying. Results classify claims as Supported, Unsupported, Mixed, or Satirical and provide links to the sources used. A stacked bar summarizes the proportions of Supported, Unsupported, and Mixed claims in a check. Image analysis is in beta: it estimates signs of AI generation or changed context, then gives a probability score and explanation; the service warns that these evaluations may be unreliable. Results remain in search history, and identical content can reuse cached output without consuming tokens. Security features listed by the site include two-factor authentication, PBKDF2 password hashing, and JWT sessions; searches are private to each account and not sold or shared. The Free plan costs nothing and includes 150,000 tokens. Pro costs $12 a month, while Max costs $49 a month.