
Which AI model searches the web better on a Japan e-commerce cost question?
We gave seven AI models the same question about e-commerce channels in Japan for overseas food providers. Haiku 5.5 answered at two settings, so there are eight answers. This page measures how far each answer searched. Its cited links are not checked yet, so it does not say whether the pages back what the models wrote. It compares the models, not their advice.
As asked, word for word.
What are the top 10 e-commerce channel for overseas food providers in Japan. We have limited budget, but we want to do more than testing.
My goal here is not to compare superficial price and functions, but I want to compare the total cost of 6-12 months project including creatives, ads, and commissions to the channels if exists.
Output condition
- Include fact links after the paragraph or sentence
The question needs fee tables from the platforms and cost figures for creatives and ads from other sources. It tests whether a model finds both and adds them into one total for 6 to 12 months.
Which model researched further?
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| Answer | Words | Websites cited |
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More websites means the model looked further. It does not mean the answer is right. That needs the link check below, which has not run for this question.
Do the cited pages back what the models wrote? Not checked yet.
In a checked comparison, we open every cited link and compare the page with the passage that cites it. For this question that has not happened. The numbers below say how much there is to check.
Cited links · one square per link, none opened yet
Until then, treat every figure in these answers as a lead, not a fact. Open the page before a number goes into your plan. To see what a finished check looks like, read the comparison How effective are interpreters and translation tools at trade-show booths in Japan?.
What this means when you pick a model for research.
Haiku 5.5 doubled its websites with a small gain in words.
At Medium it cited 10 websites in 1,036 words. At Extra it cited 20 in 1,158 words.
Six answers cite Amazon's seller pages, and five cite Rakuten's.
Haiku 5.5 at Medium cites neither, and no Yahoo page either. Commission rates sit on the platforms' own pages, so those are the first pages to open.
The shortest answer did not search the least.
GPT-6 Luna at Max wrote 1,007 words and cited 14 websites. Haiku 5.5 at Medium wrote 1,036 words and cited 10.
Every answer, with its numbers.
| Model | Setting | Asked | Words | Websites | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Luna | Max | 8 Oct 2026 | 1,007 | 14 | 15 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | Max | 8 Oct 2026 | 1,659 | 18 | 25 |
| Gemini 3.6 | Thinking | 8 Oct 2026 | 1,497 | 12 | 13 |
| Grok 4.7 | Fast | 8 Oct 2026 | 1,356 | 18 | 19 |
| Qwen3.8-Max | Thinking | 8 Oct 2026 | 1,115 | 19 | 21 |
| Haiku 5.5 | Medium | 8 Oct 2026 | 1,036 | 10 | 15 |
| Haiku 5.5 | Extra | 8 Oct 2026 | 1,158 | 20 | 23 |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | Max | 8 Oct 2026 | 1,499 | 14 | 14 |
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