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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.","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 19:35:32.943483+00","research_date":"2026-09-17","source_snapshot_sha256":"43fb2b42dda9af241e703be5a3ddd8a88791d21c499e62877a8ee98dc3696849","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":40,"qualified_finalists":7,"ranking_unit":"Software, service, or advisory solution provider"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Profound is a good fit for companies that need to map which third-party sources AI answer engines cite, compare citation visibility against competitors, and monitor changes across tracked prompts — but it is a partial solution for third-party corroboration because it primarily diagnoses and measures external authority rather than securing it. All seven platforms that named Profound in the ranking stage included it, with an average listed rank of 2.14 and a best rank of 1. 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