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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":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 14:00:58.111737+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"758966b7e70092aed0312271881d43656d9f886724c16048c4870aa82649e5e0","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":53,"qualified_finalists":5,"ranking_unit":"Agency or consulting partner"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Single Grain is a good, but not conclusively proven, fit for ecommerce brands that want AI citation visibility delivered inside a broader SEO, content, authority, and paid-media program. Two of seven platforms named Single Grain during the ranking stage — a 28.6% share of included platform responses — at an average listed rank of 8.0 and a best listed rank of 8. The strongest reason to consider it is that its public materials directly address GEO/AEO, ecommerce product and category content, comparison guides, schema, digital PR, and revenue-linked measurement. 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