CiteRanger checks published web pages for outdated facts and dead or drifted sources. You give it URLs; it gives you back, per page, the claims that no longer match current sources, with the corrected value and a link to where that comes from.
What you need
- An account. The free plan includes 15 credits and every feature; no credit card.
- One or more public URLs. CiteRanger reads pages the way a visitor does, so anything behind a login is out of scope.
Credits in one paragraph
A credit is the unit CiteRanger bills in. Scanning one page uses one credit. Scanning the same page again later uses another credit, because every claim is checked afresh against current sources. Monthly plans reset their credits at the start of each billing period; the 15 free credits do not expire. Details are on the pricing page.
Your first scan
- Create a project. Projects group pages by site, client or section. Start with one project for the site you want to check.
- Add a URL. Paste the address of a published article. For your first scan, pick a page that quotes numbers, prices or dates; you will see more in the report.
- Run the scan. A single page takes about 30 to 60 seconds. You can add more pages while it runs.
- Open the report. Every factual claim CiteRanger found is listed with a status: confirmed, outdated or unverifiable. Outdated claims show the current value and the source that supports it.
That is the whole loop. Everything else in these docs is about doing it for many pages, on a schedule, and getting the results to the people who fix them.
Where to go next
- Scan a URL for what happens during a scan and what to expect in the report
- Import a sitemap or CSV to check a whole site
- Reading the report for the statuses and how to act on them
- Scheduled scans and alerts to keep pages current without re-scanning by hand