# Costbench.com in the Machine Relations Index

Canonical URL: https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/costbench.com
Canonical domain: costbench.com
Source role: Market and company database
Release mri_score_v2.0+2026-09-18+8fa38e54dd0a; methodology mri_score_v2.0; generated 2026-09-18; window 2026-05-10 to 2026-09-18; artifact 8fa38e54dd0a.

costbench.com appeared as a cited source in 5 of 15,782 monitored answer runs (0.03%) from 2026-05-10 to 2026-09-18.

## Overall Evidence

- Citation rate: 0.03%
- Cited runs: 5 of 15,782
- Days cited: 5 of 125
- Engine breadth: 3 observed engines (chatgpt, claude, perplexity)
- Confidence: Collecting
- Standing: collecting · 0.03% across 5/15,782 observed runs

## Observed Segments

| Category | Question shape | State | Cited runs | Observed runs | Run dates | Rate | Confidence | Standing |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|---|
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | [Is it worth it](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure/is_x_worth) | published | 1 | 106 | 7 | 0.94% | Unavailable | #154 of 265 |
| [AI Infrastructure](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure) | [Top lists](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/ai-infrastructure/top_list) | published | 1 | 108 | 7 | 0.93% | Unavailable | #161 of 270 |
| [Fintech](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/fintech) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/fintech/news_topic) | published | 1 | 616 | 53 | 0.16% | Unavailable | #828 of 1,531 |
| [HR & Talent](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/hr-talent) | [Comparisons](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/hr-talent/x_vs_y) | collecting | 1 | 35 | 2 | Unavailable | Unavailable | Collecting observations; no mature rank |
| [Martech & Advertising](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/martech-advertising) | [News-driven citations](https://machinerelations.ai/index/categories/martech-advertising/news_topic) | published | 1 | 602 | 53 | 0.17% | Unavailable | #676 of 1,244 |

## Citation

Costbench.com (costbench.com), 0.03% citation rate, 5 of 15,782 monitored answer runs, 2026-05-10 to 2026-09-18, mri_score_v2.0, mri_score_v2.0+2026-09-18+8fa38e54dd0a, https://machinerelations.ai/index/domains/costbench.com.

## Public Boundary

The public dataset reports citation rates, rankings, and evidence counts. It excludes internal query identifiers, raw cited URLs, and answer-engine provider payloads. MRI measures observed root-domain citations in monitored prompts; it does not measure all AI answers, recommendation quality, website traffic, or commercial performance. A citation does not prove source support, and MRI confidence is not an Answer-Source Fidelity grade.

## Related Sources

- [Machine Relations Index](https://machinerelations.ai/index)
- [Public JSON artifact](https://machinerelations.ai/data/machine-relations-index.json)
- [Release manifest](https://machinerelations.ai/data/mri-release-manifest.json)
- [AuthorityTech publication intelligence projection](https://authoritytech.io/publications.md) — Practitioner projection derived from the neutral Machine Relations Index. It is not source evidence, citation provenance, or sameAs identity for the neutral dataset.