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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.","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 09:22:35.101186+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"db6e23a384af2d70f879f2e9b94576f4a52999b40eec9868b9f652ad82c8660b","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":27,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Software platform or research platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Ahrefs Brand Radar is a good-to-mixed fit for AI Source Intelligence Platforms, depending on how much of the buyer's need is citation discovery versus citation architecture analysis. Four of seven platforms named it during the ranking stage (57.1% of included platform responses), at an average listed rank of 4.0 and a best rank of 2. Its strongest reason to consider it is direct reporting on cited pages, cited domains, and competitor source patterns across major AI assistants . Its main limitation is that it is a directional, sample-based measurement tool: indexes refresh monthly for most…","target_buyer":"Companies seeking AI Source Intelligence Platforms across AI search, generative-answer, and recommendation platforms","topic":{"base_category":"AI citation and authority building","category_criteria":["Know which sources are cited most often","which sources support competitors","where source concentration exists","how citation architecture differs by brand","and which source gaps may represent strategic opportunities"],"geography":"United States","slug":"best-ai-source-intelligence-platforms","title":"Best AI Source Intelligence Platforms","use_case":"AI Source Intelligence Platforms"}}