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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 09:12:23.998703+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"a8c2f55a66d7afddef7f565ce2ad98ca542ef492e9db959091dc2d75050bac79","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":27,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Software platform or research platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Profound is a conditional fit for AI Source Intelligence Platforms. Four of the seven platforms in this study named Profound during ranking discovery — Anthropic, Google, Grok, and Perplexity — and it finished with an average listed rank of 1.25 and a best rank of 1. Its strongest case is citation-level intelligence: Profound states that it identifies the sources answer engines use, compares brand and competitor citations, categorizes sources, and surfaces highly cited publishers . 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