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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":"2026-09-19 11:39:26.23165+00","research_date":"2026-09-19","source_snapshot_sha256":"2f8beb38f93facae5ac736262b2bfba3f504d56ec1f4b2019a17ab224782cfe9","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":39,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Software platform or research platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Ahrefs is a qualified but contested fit for AI Visibility Platforms for Recommendation Tracking. Four of seven platforms named Ahrefs during ranking discovery, and its Brand Radar product is the relevant offering. The strongest reason to consider it is scale: a large search-backed prompt index, competitor AI Share of Voice benchmarking, and Custom Prompts for exact buyer questions. The main limitation is that public documentation does not clearly prove a separate, audited recommendation-versus-mention classifier, and platform coverage excludes some major assistants. 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