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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":6,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Moving Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["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 14:33:46.345806+00","research_date":"2026-09-30","source_snapshot_sha256":"41ff9b1e7c610e26dc101e6b4249f69009671cca04d2c795a9d3ee60447a8e52","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":12,"qualified_finalists":7,"ranking_unit":"Portable storage container company"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"U-Box is a good fit for budget-conscious container rental pricing, but not automatically the cheapest option. Five of the six included platforms named U-Box during the ranking stage, and all six evaluated it for this use case. The strongest reason to consider it is a low base monthly container rate — independent estimates cluster around $80 to $200 per container per month — combined with self-haul and on-site loading options that can eliminate delivery and pickup fees . 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