Cognism
Verified B2B contact and company data platform offering compliance-first decision-maker information for sales teams
- Also known as
- cognism
Available worldwide · Popular in: GB, EU, US
What is Cognism?
A data company that provides accurate, compliance-first contact and company information to help sales and marketing teams find decision-makers and build pipeline with verified business profiles.
Cognism pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Subscription model (5 seats included) plus credit-based usage. Specific pricing requires contact with sales.
Standard
Contact salesFor teams that need core prospecting workflows
- Find and reach the right contacts with accurate B2B data
- Build targeted lists using firmographic, technographic and signal-based filters
- AI company research and persona builder
- CSV enrichment
Pro
Contact salesFor teams that need advanced prospecting workflows
- Everything in Standard, plus
- Higher-quality accurate mobile data
- On-demand verification
- Intent data prioritization
Add-ons
- CRM Enrichment
- Data-as-a-Service
What Cognism does
The capabilities that matter for sales software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Sub-type
- Sales intelligence / data
- Pricing transparency
- Transparent
- Free tier / trial
- ✓
- Pricing model
- Hybrid
- Native Salesforce sync
- ✓
- Native HubSpot sync
- ✓
- Multichannel sequences (email + call + LinkedIn)
- -
- Dialer / native calling
- None
- Conversation intelligence / call recording
- -
- AI deal / forecast intelligence
- -
- B2B contact / company database included
- ✓
- Intent data
- ✓
- E-signature / CPQ / quoting
- -
- EU / regional data residency
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Salesloft
- Outreach
- Snowflake
- S3
- BigQuery
Security & compliance
Independently observed- ISO 27001active · UKAS-accredited certification body
- ISO 27701active · UKAS-accredited certification body
- SOC 2 Type II · Type IIactive
Cognism FAQ
Common questions about Cognism, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Cognism?
A data company that provides accurate, compliance-first contact and company information to help sales and marketing teams find decision-makers and build pipeline with verified business profiles. It is indexed under Sales Software.
How much does Cognism cost?
Cognism does not publish its prices. Pricing is quoted on request, across 2 plans (Standard and Pro), so the figure depends on your seat count and requirements. We record this as a pricing-transparency signal rather than guessing a number. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.cognism.com
What platforms does Cognism support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Cognism. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Can Cognism be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Cognism, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Cognism integrate with?
We have confirmed 7 integrations for Cognism, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Salesloft, Outreach, Snowflake, S3 and BigQuery. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Cognism have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Cognism. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cognism not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.cognism.com/security
Where is Cognism available?
Cognism is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United Kingdom, the EU and the United States.
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Compare Cognism
Side by side against other sales software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Cognism, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 75 | 0.07 | 5.5 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.05 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Dialer: none · Sub type: sales_intelligence · Free tier: Yes · Intent data: Yes · B2b database: Yes · Pricing model: hybrid | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
| Certifications | ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2 Type II | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
| Trust center | https://www.cognism.com/security | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
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