AI Web Research with Cited Sources

Ask a question in plain English and get an answer where each sentence cites the page it came from. The answer also lists what the sources couldn't confirm and gives a confidence grade, so you can judge how far to trust it. Run one question or a batch of 50. You pay only for questions that get an answer.

What you get for each question

Field	What it holds
answer	The answer. Each sentence ends with the URL of its source in brackets
sources	The pages the answer relies on, with their titles
gaps	What the sources couldn't confirm, and how many claims the checker dropped
confidence	high, medium or low, based on how many claims held up against their sources
answered	false when no source backed an answer. You aren't charged for these
searches	The web searches it ran

How it checks its own answer

The research engine searches the web, reads the pages and drafts an answer. A separate step then compares each claim with the text of the page it cites, drops the claims that page doesn't support, and counts them in gaps. You can check any remaining sentence in one click. Sources can disagree with each other, so for anything important, open the cited page.

How to use it

1. Type your questions into Questions, one per line.
2. Add Context if it applies to all of them, such as who the answer is for.
3. Click Start. The Answers tab in Output shows one row per question. Sources and gaps shows what each answer rests on.

A question takes about a minute, and two run at a time. After a quiet period, the first question can take up to a minute longer while a GPU starts. You can also call it through the Apify API, run it on a schedule, or connect it to Make, Zapier and n8n.

What to ask it

Questions about markets, products, prices, companies, regulations, places, events and published research. For example:

• What do the top three payroll providers charge a 20-person company?
• Which EU countries require e-invoicing for B2B sales in 2026?
• What did recent studies find about four-day work weeks and productivity?

It won't look up private people: no addresses, phone numbers, relatives or profiles of individuals. It declines those questions and doesn't charge for them.

How much does it cost?

$0.15 per answered question. Declined questions and questions without a sourced answer cost nothing.

Questions answered	Cost
1	$0.15
50 (one full batch)	$7.50
1,000	$150.00

Example

Input, using the question prefilled in the form:

{ "questions": ["What does Stripe charge for online card payments in the US, and how does that compare to Square and PayPal?"] }

Real output from that run, which took about a minute (3 of its 8 sources shown):

{
  "question": "What does Stripe charge for online card payments in the US, and how does that compare to Square and PayPal?",
  "answered": true,
  "confidence": "medium",
  "answer": "Stripe charges 2.9% + 30 cents for standard online domestic card payments in the US [https://www.swipesum.com/insights/guide-to-stripe-fees-rates-for-2025][https://eco.com/support/en/articles/17338153-stripe-vs-square-2026-fees-payouts-and-which-fits-your-business][https://checkoutpage.com/blog/stripe-processing-fees]. Stripe and Square charge the same 2.9% + 30¢ for standard online card payments [https://orbitforms.ai/blog/stripe-vs-square-vs-paypal]. Square charges 2.9% + $0.30 for online payments through Square APIs [https://www.swipesum.com/insights/square-fees-explained-understanding-your-payment-costs]. PayPal's standard merchant fee is 3.49% + 49¢ per online transaction [https://merchantinsiders.com/blogs/paypal-fees/][https://orbitforms.ai/blog/stripe-vs-square-vs-paypal]. PayPal Checkout fees for online transactions are 2.99% plus 49 cents for debit and credit card payments [https://www.nerdwallet.com/business/software/learn/paypal-fees][https://merchantinsiders.com/blogs/paypal-fees/].",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.swipesum.com/insights/guide-to-stripe-fees-rates-for-2025",
      "title": "Stripe Fees & Rates 2026"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://eco.com/support/en/articles/17338153-stripe-vs-square-2026-fees-payouts-and-which-fits-your-business",
      "title": "Stripe vs Square 2026: Fees, Payouts and Which Fits Your Business - Eco"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://checkoutpage.com/blog/stripe-processing-fees",
      "title": "Stripe fees 2026"
    }
  ],
  "gaps": [
    "2 claims left out because the sources found did not clearly support them."
  ]
}

Use it from an AI agent

Add this Actor to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client through Apify's MCP server. With a citation on each sentence, you can check any claim your agent repeats.

FAQ

Which model does it use?

Qwen3.6, an open-weight model, on GPUs Patchwell rents, plus the separate checking step described above. Your question stays off outside AI companies' servers. The short search queries the model writes do go to web search engines.

Is my question stored?

By default, Patchwell keeps the question text and basic quality signals for 30 days, with contact details removed, and uses them to improve accuracy. Turn off Let Patchwell keep questions in the input and Patchwell keeps nothing. Results stay in your own Apify storage.

Why was my question declined?

It asked about a private person, or tried to get the tool to ignore its rules. Ask about the topic instead of the person. You don't pay for declined questions.

Can it read a specific page or PDF I give it?

Not yet. It finds its own sources on the open web.

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