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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","The deterministic identity audit contains qualification notes that must be disclosed where relevant.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"AI Marketing Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-09-17 08:09:19.156338+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"e819621380d1d18bda76c37ca9504189d0180c9b27741988297a8d4c21a8f6f3","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":33,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Software platform or research platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Ahrefs is a qualified but contested fit for AI citation architecture work. Two of the seven platforms in this study named Ahrefs during ranking discovery — DeepSeek (rank 4) and Perplexity (rank 9) — giving it a 28.6% share of included platform responses and an average listed rank of 6.5. The strongest reason to consider it is Ahrefs Brand Radar's combination of source mapping, competitor citation comparison, prompt monitoring, and historical trend data inside an existing SEO workflow (, -6). 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