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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":"Home Services 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":"2026-09-30 21:59:19.388403+00","research_date":"2026-09-30","source_snapshot_sha256":"24d06b42681b4468f0590569f5466c260d448ec8f455c77e8da2345f56512177","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":25,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Commercial security system provider"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Frontpoint is a mixed fit for commercial security for small business retail. Three of seven platforms named it during the ranking stage (43% of included platform responses), at an average listed rank of 4.67 and a best listed rank of 4. The strongest reason to consider it is a combination of 24/7 professional monitoring, cellular backup, employee user codes, and app-based multi-location management at a published monitoring price of $44.99–$49.99 per month. 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