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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 17:21:36.860533+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"f76dbfe50a3cfd3fd26009defaba047763cc4488452ad491d2e59c2ced15b2d3","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":27,"qualified_finalists":7,"ranking_unit":"Software tool or content optimization platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Semrush is a good fit for companies that want directional AI citation and recommendation visibility inside an existing SEO workflow. Four of the six platforms that evaluated fit named Semrush during ranking discovery, and four of six rated it a good fit; two rated it mixed and one weak. Its strongest asset is integrated citation, cited-source, competitor-gap, and historical trend reporting across ChatGPT, Google AI surfaces, Gemini, and Perplexity. 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