A QUESTION. A RESEARCH TRAIL.
Investigate questions, examine sources, and discover what the evidence actually supports.
A citation indicates a traceable source; it does not guarantee truth.
Quick source discovery. Deeper evidence checks.
No subscription. No promise of certainty.
YOUR NEXT QUESTION
One free guest Quick Scan, then five additional Quick Scans after verified registration, once. No card required.
Create or access your account ↗THE PLATFORM
RealityEngine connects a question to source excerpts, evidence checks and a private case you can revisit. The useful outcome may be a finding—or a clearer account of what is still unknown.
Explore the platform ↗Clarification is available before execution. Deep Scan can save a private case; Quick remains transient source discovery.
TWO DEPTHS. ONE CLEAR CHOICE.
Source links and excerpts related to your question. Quick is source discovery: no AI synthesis, verified conclusion or saved investigation case. A completed retrieval uses one Quick credit, including an empty result.
Prepare a Quick questionBounded analysis, claim-level excerpt checks, conflicting findings and visible unknowns. A private saved case preserves the research trail. One Deep credit is used when the case is saved, including uncertain findings. Automated checks can miss errors.
Prepare a Deep questionBUILT FOR INSPECTION
Inspect the excerpts assessed and source references. Read each source in context.
See the examplePrepare supported links, documents, photos and video locally. Retrieval, private storage and limited AI review are separate, explicit actions.
Understand material limitsRead private cases and return to durable investigation progress through your account. Status checks do not start research.
Open your accountREALITYENGINE FOR BUSINESS
Explore a proposed Evidence API for research workflows and developer integrations. Our commercial prototype is locally tested. Production provider-backed business execution is not yet available.
Invitation-only interest intake is live. An inquiry is not an API key, acceptance or purchase.
CLEAR BOUNDARIES
Account and ownership checks protect private histories. Public sharing is opt-in. Local preparation is separate from uploads or provider review.
Sources can be incomplete or wrong. Automated analysis can miss conflicts. Review original sources before acting on important findings.
Preparing a question does not start research. Running a scan uses the displayed allowance or credits. Payments never start scans automatically.
BEFORE YOU INVESTIGATE
Deep Scan applies automated claim-level checks to retrieved source excerpts and preserves supporting material, conflicts and unknowns in a saved case. Excerpts can omit context, sources can be wrong and automated checks can miss errors. Read the original source before relying on a finding. Read the evidence standards.
A citation indicates a traceable source; it does not guarantee truth. A link makes a source inspectable. It does not by itself establish that the source supports every nearby claim, that independent sources agree, or that a finding is complete.
Quick returns source links and excerpts. It does not produce an AI synthesis, verified conclusion or saved investigation case. Deep adds bounded analysis and claim-level excerpt checks, with a private saved case. Either can return insufficient evidence; neither guarantees an answer.
Quick and Deep have separate balances. A completed Quick retrieval uses one Quick credit, including an empty result. Deep reserves one Deep credit and uses it when a private case is saved, including uncertain findings. Check the displayed balance, eligibility and terms before running. Credit packs are one-time purchases: no subscriptions, auto-renewals or automatic top-ups. Buying credits does not start a scan. See current credit packs.
Account histories and saved private cases require account or ownership access. Public sharing is opt-in. Local material preparation is separate from uploading or provider review; running research can send submitted content to research providers. Private does not mean that no service provider processes your input. Read storage, processing and retention details.
RealityEngine offers Quick source discovery and credit-funded Deep investigations with excerpt checks and private saved cases. Perplexity Research and ChatGPT Deep Research also research and synthesize sources. The table below describes documented workflows. We have not measured comparative accuracy, speed or privacy, and do not claim superiority.
DOCUMENTED WORKFLOWS
Documentation checked October 14, 2026. This is a product description, not a performance benchmark. Availability and limits can change. On a small screen, scroll the table horizontally to see all three products.
| Aspect | RealityEngine | Perplexity Research | ChatGPT Deep Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research workflow | Quick source discovery; Deep analysis with claim-level excerpt checks. | Iterative searches and source analysis followed by a research report. [P1] | Reviewable research plan followed by a documented report. [C1] |
| Inspecting evidence | Source references, assessed excerpts, conflicts and unknowns in a saved Deep case. | Source-based synthesis; Pro documentation describes citations. [P1] [P2] | Citations or source links and a sources-used section. [C1] |
| Model controls | Existing bounded Quick and Deep workflows. | Research automatically selects its model combination. [P1] | Latest model by default; legacy choices may be available. [C1] |
| Access and payment | Separate Quick and Deep credits; one-time packs. Current offers. | Limited free Research access; extended access with Pro subscription. [P1] | Availability and task allowance depend on plan and region; an in-product counter shows remaining tasks. [C1] |
| Comparative performance | Not measured here. No comparative accuracy, speed, privacy or capability ranking is asserted. Read the proposed benchmark methodology. | ||
Sources: [P1] Perplexity Research · [P2] Perplexity Pro · [C1] OpenAI Deep Research help. Descriptions summarize vendor documentation; they are not independent audit findings.