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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.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","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":6,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"AI Marketing Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","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 16:05:53.636051+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"1ccfb2f9a2bf2164d2014d3fd02f72c8dbebe3defde69ded3a549b1d5e99e615","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":27,"qualified_finalists":9,"ranking_unit":"Software, service, or advisory solution provider"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Semrush is a good fit for brands that want competitor source-gap analysis inside an existing SEO workflow. Three of six platforms named Semrush during ranking discovery, at an average listed rank of 4.3 and a best rank of 2. Its strongest reason to consider it is the Competitor Research Sources tab, which flags external domains cited for competitors but not for the buyer, plus prompt-level cited-domain and cited-URL reporting. 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