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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.","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 09:17:01.239612+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"3cc8a788c198144e166f29466c3a682bd480ed76dd788a097a8790f2b63a3097","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":27,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Software platform or research platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Scrunch is a good fit for companies that need source-level intelligence across AI search and generative-answer platforms. Four of the seven platforms in this study named Scrunch during the ranking stage, a 57% share of included platform responses, with an average listed rank of 3.75 and a best rank of 1. Its strongest reason to consider it is direct URL- and domain-level citation tracking, including an Influence Score that prioritizes frequently and consistently cited sources . 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