CiteRanger CiteRanger

For publishers and media Beta

An archive that stays accurate after the news cycle moves on

Thousands of articles, every one of them cited somewhere. CiteRanger finds the facts that have expired and the sources that have vanished, and shows you what each one should say now.

Claim 15 Free Credits

Why publishers use it

Evergreen pieces are the risk

The explainers, guides and rankings from three years ago still bring traffic and still get cited. They are also where the stale numbers live. Nobody on the desk is assigned to re-read them.

Reference rot is measurable

A Harvard study found that about half the links in U.S. Supreme Court opinions no longer led to the cited material. Journalism archives are not more robust than court opinions.

Corrections with the source attached

Every flagged claim comes with the current value and where it comes from, so a correction is an editorial decision and a quick edit rather than a research assignment.

How a newsroom runs it

  1. 1

    Scan the evergreen archive

    Import the sitemap or a section feed into a project. Start with the guides, explainers and rankings that still rank; breaking-news pieces rarely need it.

  2. 2

    Route the fix list

    The report groups flagged claims by article with corrected values and sources. Export as CSV to the corrections desk or PDF to the section editor.

  3. 3

    Monitor what keeps earning

    Scheduled scans with alerts on the top 100 evergreen pieces. When a statistic is superseded or a cited page disappears, the desk hears about it within the cycle.

Built for large archives

Sitemap import at scale

Thousands of URLs into one project, scanned in the background, results by email.

Source validation

Not only whether a cited page loads, but whether it still says what the article says it says.

Projects per section or brand

Keep titles and sections separate with their own schedules and alert recipients.

APIAPI access is in development. Agencies and teams that want to trigger scans from their own systems can join the early access list.

Start free, scale by credits

One credit checks one article. The free plan includes every feature with 15 credits and no credit card.

No credit card

Free

$0

15 credits to start

1 credit = 1 article scan

  • Multi-provider AI scan
  • Source validation (does the source still say it?)
  • Report with corrected values and sources
  • CSV export
  • PDF report
Claim 15 Free Credits
Most popular

Pro

$49 /month

300 credits per month

1 credit = 1 article scan

  • Multi-provider AI scan
  • Source validation (does the source still say it?)
  • Report with corrected values and sources
  • CSV export
  • PDF report
Get started

Compare all plans →

Frequently asked questions

How large an archive can CiteRanger handle?
Import via sitemap or CSV and scan in batches; one credit per article. Publishers above the Business plan get custom credit volumes. Most start with the evergreen section rather than the full archive.
Does it check the facts in news articles?
It can, but the value is in evergreen content: guides, explainers, rankings, reference pieces. Those keep ranking and being cited long after their facts have moved.
Who sees the results?
Whoever you set as alert recipients per project, plus anyone you share the exports with. Corrections desks typically get the CSV; section editors the PDF.
Can we connect it to our CMS?
API access is in development. Join the early access list if you want to trigger scans or pull results from your own systems.

Scan your 15 most-cited evergreen pieces, free

Those are the articles other sites link to. Find out which of their facts still hold.

Claim 15 Free Credits

CiteRanger is in beta. Features and plans may change before general availability.