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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.","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 13:15:14.838902+00","research_date":"2026-09-19","source_snapshot_sha256":"9bfe4cde9deaf47c48956212851f9bf6b20d4ad21ff26da1820bc44b343490d1","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":33,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Software platform or research platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"AthenaHQ is a good fit for marketing teams that need cross-model AI visibility with source and citation analysis, prompt monitoring, and competitor intelligence, provided they can validate source-level depth and credit economics during a trial. Three of the seven platforms in this study named AthenaHQ during ranking discovery, at an average listed rank of 5.3 and a best rank of 2. The strongest reason to consider it is documented source-level citation tracking across multiple AI models with domain and URL breakdowns. The main limitation is that public materials do not clearly document…","target_buyer":"Marketing team seeking AI Visibility Platforms for Source Intelligence across AI search, generative-answer, and recommendation platforms","topic":{"base_category":"AI visibility and LLM monitoring platforms","category_criteria":["Source-level citation data","domain analysis","prompt mapping","competitor comparisons","historical changes","and enough context to understand which sources may influence AI recommendations"],"geography":"United States","slug":"best-ai-visibility-platforms-for-source-intelligence","title":"Best AI Visibility Platforms for Source Intelligence","use_case":"AI Visibility Platforms for Source Intelligence"}}