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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":"2026-09-19 12:37:35.963132+00","research_date":"2026-09-19","source_snapshot_sha256":"fd63b210645b3209efde461c59e5ad8aee36394d85d55ea106efe4040ac801b6","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":37,"qualified_finalists":7,"ranking_unit":"Software platform or research platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Rankscale is a mixed-to-good fit for AI Visibility Platforms for Citation Architecture Analysis. Two of six included platforms named Rankscale during the ranking stage — Kimi (rank 8) and Perplexity (rank 5) — giving it an average listed rank of 6.5 and a 33.3% share of included platform responses. Its strongest reason to consider it is a purpose-built citation stack: cited-domain and cited-URL mapping, source-box analysis, query-fanout reporting, competitor citation benchmarking, and 17+ engine coverage on every plan, starting at $20/month. 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