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Which AI model searches the web better on a Taiwan-to-Japan alcohol pricing question?

We gave four AI models the same question about pricing alcohol for export from Taiwan to Japan. 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.

AI-generated · unverified · asked 9 Oct 2026 · links not checked

The test question

As asked, word for word.

we sell alcohol which has $30 wholesale price with 30% gross profit margin in Taiwan. it's from Taiwan to Japan bound export.

we have to keep more or less the similar range of profit, so research and calculate by working backward from the acceptable selling price in the Japanese market

be precise, I want no surprises after we actually started.

Output condition

  • Include fact links after the paragraph or sentence

The question needs figures from three places: Japanese duty and liquor-tax rules, Taiwanese rules, and shelf prices in Japanese shops. It asks for precision. It tests whether a model finds each kind of page and keeps its calculation within what the pages say.

Measured · content density

Which model researched further?

14 websitesGrok 4.7, the widest search
5 to 10GPT-6 Luna and GPT-6.1 Sol at Max
0 websitesQwen3.7-Plus. Its sources sit inside a code block in the saved copy, so the library counts no links.
One dot per answer with links. Across: answer length in words. Up: distinct websites cited. A dot high on the chart drew on more sources. The shape is the vendor. Hover or tab to a dot for its numbers. 1 answer has no links in the saved copy and is not drawn.
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AnswerWordsWebsites cited

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.

Not measured yet · cited links

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.

51cited links across 3 answers, none opened yet
1answer with no links in the saved copy
0passages graded

Cited links · one square per link, none opened yet

One hollow square per cited link, in the order of the answers table. The squares count links, not websites: an answer that cites one page ten times has ten squares and one website. When the check runs, each square turns grey, red, or red-outlined, and this chart becomes the one a checked comparison shows.

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?.

Our reading · Dorado's view, not a measurement

What this means when you pick a model for research.

  1. All three counted answers cite Japanese customs and tax pages.

    GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6.1 Sol and Grok 4.7 each cite customs.go.jp and nta.go.jp. Each also cites at least one Taiwanese government website.

  2. The Japanese shelf price comes from shop listings.

    GPT-6 Luna cites an online liquor shop. GPT-6.1 Sol cites three shops, including Takashimaya. Grok 4.7 cites a Yahoo Shopping listing. GPT-6 Luna and Grok 4.7 each write that the prices they found are not a market average.

  3. Grok 4.7 searched widest and wrote most.

    It cited 14 websites in 2,822 words. The other three answers wrote 1,024 to 1,408 words.

All 4 answers

Every answer, with its numbers.

ModelSettingAskedWordsWebsitesLinks
GPT-6 LunaOpenAIMax9 Oct 20261,02459
GPT-6.1 SolOpenAIMax9 Oct 20261,4081018
Grok 4.7xAIFast9 Oct 20262,8221424
Qwen3.7-PlusAlibabaThinking9 Oct 20261,216–No links in the saved copy

Qwen3.7-Plus has an earlier saved copy that the library replaced with a corrected one at the same address. The table shows the corrected copy. It puts its downloadable markdown file in a code block, so the library counts no links in it. Each model name opens that answer in full. Each model name opens that answer in full.

The research plan
$50 first month, then $200 a month

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