Name: Cognism
Rating: 4.3 (25 reviews)

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Updated 13th October 2025

What is Cognism?

Cognism is a software designed to support sales and marketing teams by providing access to contact and company data. The software enables users to identify prospects, enrich data, and streamline outbound lead generation processes. It features tools for data segmentation, compliance with relevant data privacy regulations, and automated workflows that integrate with popular customer relationship management systems. Cognism addresses the business problem of inefficient prospecting by delivering up-to-date and actionable business information, allowing organizations to enhance their outreach and improve engagement strategies.

Overall experience with Cognism

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education

FAVORABLE

“Mobile Number Pipeline Generation Effective Yet Data Gaps Limit Product Utility”

5.0

Apr 10, 2026

Great way to obtain mobile numbers for Pipeline generation

HEAD OF SALES ENABLEMENT

50M - 250M USD, Telecommunication

CRITICAL

“High Precision Contact Data Offered Despite Pricing and Add-On Limitations”

3.0

Apr 24, 2026

Overall it's a decent tool but the price tag and paid add ons undermine the experience

About Company

Company Description

Cognism is a company specialized in international sales intelligence. The major business problem it addresses is assisting businesses to find, engage, and finalize transactions with desired prospects. This is achieved through the provision of high-quality company and contact data. The data include firmographics, technographics, sales trigger events, intent data, verified business electronic addresses, and phone-verified mobile numbers. Additionally, Cognism ensures compliance with GDPR & CCPA through innovative technology and collaborations with top CRM and sales engagement facilitators. This helps businesses establish a predictable pipeline, locate their next beneficial business chance, and overcome international compliance barriers.

Company Details

Company type

Private

Year Founded

2015

Head office location

London, United Kingdom

Number of employees

501 - 1000

Website

https://www.cognism.com

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Cognism Likes & Dislikes

Connectivity to LinkedIn and the ability to import data in Salesforce

The most precise contact data of all the competitors

The chrome extension is extremely easy to use and straightforward with mostly accurate information.

Incomplete data

Price tag and add ons for bulk

The integrations are not very well built out for an enterprise business information tool. It would be a game-changer for us if we were able to take cognism lists or entries from the chrome extension and enrich them into other tools like Chili Piper rather than just HubSpot. Additionally, there are some unique nuances with CRM data transfer with Cognism that make it difficult to build independent processes, such as when you move information from Cognis, to other platforms, it will make the user who initiated the transfer the contact/company owner, which ends up making SDRs contact/company owners and interferes with standing processes.

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50M-1B USD

Telecommunication

Review Source

High Precision Contact Data Offered Despite Pricing and Add-On Limitations

Gov't/PS/Ed

Education

Mobile Number Pipeline Generation Effective Yet Data Gaps Limit Product Utility

OPERATIONS MANAGER

<50M USD

Software

Cognism Provides Reliable Data but Faces Integration and Process Automation Limitations

4.0

Sep 8, 2025

Cognism is a very easy to use tool with really good information, leading to my 4 star review. Overall, my team does get information to make calls and great outreach. Cognism lacks in integrations and ease-of-use when it comes to automated process building, otherwise we really enjoy the tool.

Marketing Manager

Effective tool with regional data limitations.

2.0

Jul 28, 2025

Cognism is a nice tool, but its effectiveness depends heavily on the region. While the data quality is great in some regions, in others it leaves much to be desired. Overall, it's a very useful platform, though it comes with a high price.

ACCOUNT MANAGER

Services (non-Government)

Advanced Filtering Options Facilitate Precise Company Lists and Lead Identification

Jun 30, 2025

Definitely one of the better sales information tools out there!