# Cognism Reviews **Vendor:** Cognism **Category:** [Sales Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sales-intelligence) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1,325 ## About Cognism Cognism is the leading provider of European B2B data and sales intelligence. Ambitious businesses of every size use our platform to discover, connect, and engage with qualified decision-makers faster and close more deals. Headquartered in London with global offices, Cognism’s contact data and contextual signals are trusted by thousands of revenue teams to eliminate the guesswork from prospecting. ## Cognism Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find Cognism to be **easy to use** , with quick access to accurate data and helpful search functions. (216 reviews) - Users appreciate the **accuracy of contact information** provided by Cognism, significantly enhancing their outreach and productivity. (193 reviews) - Users love how Cognism delivers **highly accurate and verified contact data** , enhancing outreach success and productivity. (169 reviews) - Users appreciate the **highly accurate and verified contact data** from Cognism, enhancing their outreach success significantly. (126 reviews) - Users value the **high accuracy** of Cognism's data, which enhances trust and improves overall sales outreach success. (108 reviews) - Users appreciate the **time-saving features** of Cognism, streamlining the process of data access and outreach success. (108 reviews) - Users appreciate the **seamless integrations** of Cognism, enhancing productivity and simplifying data management within teams. (94 reviews) - Efficiency (92 reviews) - CRM Integration (85 reviews) - Accuracy of Information (77 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users report frustrations with **inaccurate data** , leading to misidentifications and ineffective outreach efforts. (99 reviews) - Users often face **incorrect numbers** from Cognism, impacting their outreach efforts and reliability of contact information. (62 reviews) - Users often encounter **outdated contacts** that require manual verification, impacting the reliability of Cognism’s data. (58 reviews) - Users experience significant challenges with **incorrect information** in Cognism, particularly regarding mobile numbers and company data accuracy. (57 reviews) - Users face **missing information** issues with Cognism, particularly with unavailable contact details and data updates. (55 reviews) - Users face challenges with **limited contacts** , as hidden upsells and export fees complicate data access and usage. (54 reviews) - Data Quality (48 reviews) - Users express concern over **outdated data** , noting issues with incorrect and old numbers affecting their experience. (48 reviews) - Users have noted **outdated information** in Cognism, particularly regarding roles and companies in specific industries. (46 reviews) - Limited Contact Information (41 reviews) ## Cognism Reviews ### 1. Very power fil and smart **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cosimo E. | Sales manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 22, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** How easy is to search and import contacts/leads in Salesforce **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Sometime the info are not updated comparse to LinkedIn. I would like to have also the LinkedIn id during the export in excel **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Very fast for importing in Salesforce ### 2. About my expereince as a USER **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Deepa S. | Account Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The plugin to add contacts through Linkedin Cognism into Salesforce makes it extremely easy for a user like me. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** It is limited in certain regions like Oceania, most contact number and email addresses ae not available, and especially for the apparel retail or brand sectors, contacts are limited. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps with lead mining as its easier for me to gather bulk leads and retrieve their details. ### 3. Great software - no complaints **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jack L. | Delegate Acquisition Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 13, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Data usually correct compared with other platforms, incredibly easy to use interface as well **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Sometimes revenue reports can be different to other sources **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Access to data for leads ### 4. Great Filtering Options, But Repetitive HQ Numbers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Various levels of filters are useful when looking for niche targets **What do you dislike about Cognism?** quite often its the same Head Quarters number only **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Lack of numbers in client provided data, allows me to enrich ### 5. Easy to export contacts and speed up sales **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jainil P. | Business Development Representative, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 14, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** It has an easy interface and pops up LinkedIn. It can be hidden and doesn't take up too much space. It connects with Salesforce, which is essential. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** The only thing might be that contact details aren't always updated to the latest role in case someone has changed roles within 3 months. It doesn't always happen, but I noticed it a few times. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Efficiency and contact sourcing. Saving time trying to find correct contacts so I can use my time better spent on calling or value driven work ### 6. Great webintigration **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The web integration for LinkedIn is great! **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Dataquality is sometimes not perfect for me **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding lead informations ### 7. Effortless to Use with Powerful Filtration **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 08, 2026 **What do you like best about Cognism?** ease of use and filtration - also the implementation phase was easy. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** I would recommending adding more leads for other different markets **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding relevant leads to our industry. ### 8. Useful tool for sales team **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexandra L. | Head of Growth, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 26, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Great tool, nice quick integration into HS **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Phone number less available 80% of data is correct **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Find new leads ### 9. Cognism help me to find good contacts **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mariana Paola B. | Digital Automation Specialist-MX, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 14, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** I can integrate it with LinkedIn and find my prospects' contacts more easily. Very up-to-date contacts. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Sometimes I can't find the company name very easily and I have to do everything manually. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Find contacts of the organizations I sell to ### 10. Great Prospection Tool, just a few comments **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Samuel A. | Enterprise Development Representative, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 26, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** It's a great tool for prospecting, organizing, and building your contact lists, whether by position or industry. Really easy to use for keeping track of outreach. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** What I don’t love is that many times I’ve found the emails are just generated by AI or some other algorithm — and often they’re not real. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Fast prospecting, intuitive and easy-to-use list creation for calls and follow-ups. ### 11. The best tool to find phone numbers and email adresses **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Clément R. | Account executive, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Really easy to use tool and in my opinion it has the best accuracy so far, even more with the Diamond Data. I am working on the french market and I love it. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Nothing really, it does what I need -> finding numbers. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding phone numbers ### 12. It's been pretty good, much better with Diamond Verify too. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Security and Investigations | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 30, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** I'd say it's more accurate at getting someones work phone number as opposed to zoom info. I often get people on their personal numbers on zoom info and they get angry. I absolutely love diamond verify. Big big improvement in my call to meeting ratio. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** This is a tiny annoyance but when I load up a prospects Linkedin and click on the pop out banner, it sometimes takes a few seconds to load. I wish it would load itself in the backround so it was ready instantly. Reason being is sometimes you just need to phone a prospect really quickly, be it to remind them about a meeting or whatever it might be. Re diamond verify, it would be great if it verified more numbers . I know of course that sometimes it's impossible, but given how I've had such success with the numbers that do get verified, the more the merrier. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting prospects phone numbers. I honestly couldn't do my job (SDR) without it and that's a big plus. ### 13. Cognism opened so many avenues for me and my team to find new leads **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nik K. | Pod Manager - Summit Event's, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 01, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Ease of use and the different ways to get data **What do you dislike about Cognism?** sometimes the contact information can be wrong **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Giving me the ability to have executive's mobile numbers and corporate emails ### 14. Perfect for any sales team out there. A staple. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Ease of use and quality of data. It's the main tool that me and my team use. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** There isn't anything we dislike about Cognism. However, we wish newer features that are trending in the data scraping tools tech space would be added to Cognism. I've seen waterfall enrichment being a big thing, and it would be amazing to see that be added to Cognism. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Cognism to get decision maker's personal numbers and emails. Cognism is the main reason me and my team are generating revenue for our business. ### 15. Business Development Representative for Swiss Market **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nadine S. | Business Development Representative, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 18, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Insights into Data and Prospects. Organizational View of the Company I'm researching. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Sometimes getting a number or contact diamond verified doesnt happen. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding Prospect Data, Phone numbers and E-mails. My Role relies on this data. ### 16. A great tool, simple as easy to use. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Connor H. | SDR, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2023 **What do you like best about Cognism?** How easy and simple the platform is, the ongoing support is fantastic. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** There is nothing I dislike about the platform **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding contact info for prospects. **Official Response from Elli Jones:** > Hi Connor, Thank you for leaving us a review! We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience of Cognism with us and other professionals. Our Customer Success team remains at your disposal for any help you may need. Best regards, Elli ### 17. Great tool to find new leads and contact details **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lucie H. | Sales and Business Development Representative, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 15, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** I like that I am able to find many important contact details and finding new leads. Also it is useful for finding out who is working on which position in companies that I am prospecting. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Smaller companies from Czech republic are sometimes not included, however big international companies are mostly there. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can find contact details for employees of companies that I need to reach out so I don't have to call the reception of the company and ask for numbers. ### 18. Great tool for intent data **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** UK data is accurate and reliable, easy to use and like the intent feature. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Getting data out of the platform can be difficult in some situations and has to be done in small batches. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping to source new data that is reliable and also helping to target prospects at different stages of the buying journey. ### 19. Using as a sales professional **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 23, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Easy to use and works alongside Sales Nav **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Emails and contact details arent always correct **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding emails and contact details of individuals at businesses ### 20. Impressive Complexity That Stands Out **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David H. | Business Development Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The complexity, looks helpful to my needs in sales **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Nothing found yet, everything is fine.... **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Geting relevant leads ### 21. Cognisism, great tool, but there's always room to improve. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Valeria T. | Sales Development Representative , Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 21, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Cognism has a sleek and user-friendly interface that makes navigation intuitive and efficient. It's clear that thoughtful design went into creating a visually appealing and accessible platform.og **What do you dislike about Cognism?** However, the data accuracy has been a challenge—many of the contact numbers I’ve come across have been outdated or incorrect. While the potential is there, consistent reliability in the data would make it a far more effective tool. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Providing personal and contact information ### 22. Great Contact Data **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tom R. | Graduate Sales Executive , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Great contact data to be used to reach prospects especially mobile numbers. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Data such as technologies used doesn't feel very accurate. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** The correct person to be contacting and the providing a way to reach them. ### 23. Cognism has transformed our prospecting with accurate, up-to-date data and seamless integrations. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 11, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The platform is easy to use, and their support team is responsive and helpful. We’ve seen a clear boost in lead quality and conversion rates since implementing it. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Sometimes the data isn't 100% accurate when it provides the telephone number. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cognism helps us overcome the challenge of finding accurate, compliant, and up-to-date contact data for our target markets. It streamlines our prospecting by providing verified emails, phone numbers, and company insights in one place, reducing time spent on manual research. The platform’s integrations allow us to work directly from our CRM, making outreach faster and more efficient. ### 24. Great tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gregor A. | Partner Sales Executive, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 26, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Powerful tool at finding mob numbers. Like the ability to filter by mobile numbers and direct emails on the web app. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** 25 exports at a time is time-consuming The filter logic sometimes is annoying. It seems to apply and AND logic rather than OR logic so for e.g. if you want to filter your list by mobiles or emails it'll do both emails AND Mobiles. So you then have to do 2 separate lists. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding mobile numbers , getting direct to prospects. ### 25. Great software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Francesca T. | Account Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 15, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** It has the correct data most of the time. Very easy to use and implement/integrate with your browser. I use it daily. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Sometimes it doesn't have the phone number. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Give me contacts details very quickly. ### 26. Getting information fast **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jade O. | Inside Sales Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 02, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Collates all information needed for business' and clients all in one place. Fast and easy to use. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Have come across a few personal mobile numbers which clients wasn't happy about when I've called. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Saves me looking around for information, saves time. ### 27. Critical business insight **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Caine B. | Digital Marketing Manager (Lead Gen & Events), Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 22, 2024 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Cognism is a key piece in helping conduct new business expansion and growh plans but also drilling down into contacts that we identify with high intent and are likely to engage with our products and services. The interface is easy to navigate (the AI search piece reduces the admin in locating information) and the integration piece (along with creating 'lists') makes it easy to pull data out - and fast. Whether your fighting off data degredation, or sourcing key account information for a sales play, the tool is critical in any modern data strategy. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Some functionality will require additional budget to access - but I find that, for the frequency of use (multiple touch points weekly) that we get the value from our current package. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** The major issue is combating data degredation - where data integrity and accuracy rapdily decays. But behind that: we use Cognism to solve gaps in account intelligence (i.e. how to find the right buyers in a wide pool of team members); it's also useful for understanding likeliness to engage. The team publishes a lot of content that's supportive - so there's plenty of thought leadership at your fingertips. ### 28. its a good tool for look for contacts **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Juan Sebastián G. | Sales acceleration, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 28, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** the accuracy of the data in the tool is good **What do you dislike about Cognism?** i dislike that most of the search must be so manual **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** the lack of data in LA ### 29. Boosted my productivity instantly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rian B. | Global Engagement Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 01, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The Chrome extension that opens Cognism alongside LinkedIn is a huge productivity booster. It makes qualifying leads and accessing accurate contact details incredibly fast and efficient — no need to bounce between platforms. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Occasionally, the extension takes a second to load or needs a refresh, which can slightly interrupt the flow when moving quickly through profiles. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cognism is solving the problem of inefficient and time-consuming prospecting. It provides accurate contact data, especially direct phone numbers, which saves me hours that I would otherwise spend researching. ### 30. Cognisim as a prospecting tool **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 15, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The ease it provides you with in terms of obtaining emails and phone numbers. Also, the extension is quite visual. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Sometimes I come across accounts where I can't obtain information either with them, and the revenue data from the company is not very reliable. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** It facilitates my quick search for information about the ICPs I need to contact and allows me to filter easily. ### 31. Great tool for finding numbers and emails **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** I use the Chrome Extension every day, and love how it integrates with Salesforce **What do you dislike about Cognism?** As with every data enrichment tool, sometimes I can't find a number. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use it solely for finding numbers and emails. ### 32. Impressive Lead Generation, But Do Not Call List Limits Outreach **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The lead generation features and the benefits they offer are noteworthy. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** It's frustrating when you discover potential leads, only to realize that the phone numbers provided are on the Do Not Call list. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Identifying the right kind of lead for business opportunities can be challenging. It's important to ensure that the leads you pursue are well-suited to your business needs. ### 33. LinkedIn Research Made Easy with Instant Contact Info **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The contact information that appears when researching via LinkedIn **What do you dislike about Cognism?** I used to use Cognism as well as ZoomInfo. It appeared that if I prospects had refused their details appear on Cognism, I could still source via Zoom. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cognism offers up-to-date contact information, company size and good for filtering additional members within a required department such as marketing, comms, PR etc ### 34. An exceptional partner in the journey of creating new business **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 13, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Cognism has been a great tool in sourcing potential leads. As well as providing valuable into a company. The ability to also provide the contact details of the ideal contact I would like to spkea with has also been ana amazing help. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** sometimes the data regarding the contact is not correct and sometimes there is no information available on the company. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Its solving the challenge of having to to Siff through information on a website and the barricade between created by the receptionist to the company. ### 35. userfriendly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** It is easy to navigate, I didn´t need a tutorial to use it **What do you dislike about Cognism?** The data about the POCs are not always accurate. sometimes a person that is listed there is not working anymore qhen we check in Linkedin **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** We need to find the point of contact that is responsible for buying our product in certain companies. We need accurate position phone and email ### 36. Great tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Accurate & Compliant Data – Their database is one of the most reliable for finding up-to-date contact information, helping sales teams connect with the right people effortlessly. Easy-to-Use Platform – The UI is intuitive, making it simple to search for leads, enrich data, and integrate with existing workflows. Seamless Integrations – It works well with CRMs like Salesforce, HubSpot, and outreach tools, reducing manual data entry and saving time. Strong Support & Customer Service – Their team is responsive, helpful, and always ready to assist with any queries or setup issues. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Limited Coverage in Some Regions – Depending on the market, data coverage may not be as strong in certain industries or geographies. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding the Right Prospects Faster – Cognism provides accurate and enriched contact data, reducing time spent searching for decision-makers and allowing for more focused outreach. Improving Data Accuracy & Compliance – The platform helps ensure that contact information is up-to-date and GDPR-compliant, minimizing bounced emails and compliance risks. Streamlining Prospecting & Outreach – With seamless integrations into CRMs and sales engagement tools, Cognism automates data entry and enrichment, saving time and effort. Boosting Conversion Rates – By providing verified direct dials and emails, sales teams can reach key prospects more effectively, leading to better response rates and higher-quality conversations. ### 37. Informative information about contacts associated with many companies **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Will D. | Business Development Executive, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Most helpful is the clear layout of the contacts title, email address and phone number **What do you dislike about Cognism?** It isn't always obvious when a contact doesn't have an email or phone number - only find out once you hover over, this is a little annoying. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides me with email addresses and phone numbers so that I can outreach to brands. ### 38. High quality data but I would like to do volumen prospect and it can be difficult **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Manuela T. | Sales Acceleration, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 14, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Many contacts of medium Latin American accounts **What do you dislike about Cognism?** I'd like to be able to conduct prospecting from a list of selected accounts that quickly match the account name in my CRM, for example: McDonald's on their website and Arcos Dorados in my CRM. And be able to upload large lists from my region to segment and profile more quickly. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Access to email and phone contact information for outbound campaigns ### 39. With Cognism, lead generation becomes smarter and faster. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luis R. | Account Manager for U.S. Territory, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 27, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The platform accelerates pipeline building, while its CRM integration and advanced filters enhance overall commercial efficiency. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Nothing I can think of. I like Cognism for everything I need it for. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cognism helps me to find accurate contact data for my accounts and prospects. It also reduces the time I spend researching for new prospects. ### 40. Has been a very good tool for prospecting within the SaaS indystry **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 09, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Very good for extracting email addresses in the corporate industry and decent for extracting phone numbers **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Could be better with more direct and mobile phone numbers Could also be a bit more accurate Data does not automatically refresh sometimes **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cognism is solving the need for new prospects within our target accounts Helps me to source new leads and not only rely on data in our Salesforce Helps me make lists which match our Ideal Customer Profile Gives me the ability to directly reach the prospects ### 41. Simple and easy to use **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Will L. | Marketing Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 26, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The filtering system - allowing you to get the search results you're looking for **What do you dislike about Cognism?** There is limited data for certain job titles **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Cognism is providing data for my email marketing campaigns - i can gather data quickly and easily ### 42. Sales Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Seán R. | Snr Sales Dev Rep, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 10, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** All of it is amazing for prospecting! Export, phone number, email etc. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Not much, I like all the features that help me succeed in my role. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Makes sales reps efficient and precise in their outreach to key contacts ### 43. Cognism elevated my teams performance! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Events Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 21, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Cognism gave my team the ability to find new leads, better quality leads and convert more pitches **What do you dislike about Cognism?** I wish that it had a lite subscription plan for better cost savings (it is well priced but in 2025 you always look to save money) **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting new business leads ### 44. Super for finding and following leads! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Simon L. | Corporate Licensing Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 09, 2023 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Cognism has become an indispensable tool in my sales arsenal. After a year of using it, I can confidently say it's revolutionized my contact-finding process. The platform's ability to pinpoint key decision-makers within companies has been a game-changer. It's streamlined my outreach efforts by ensuring I'm connecting with the right people from the start. The seamless integration with LinkedIn Sales Nav has further enhanced my efficiency. The intuitive interface and extensive filtering options make it a breeze to refine my search results. I rely on Cognism daily to identify potential leads and build strong relationships. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** While Cognism has been a reliable tool for finding accurate contact information, I've encountered a few instances where the details were slightly off. However, these occurrences have been minimal, and I've usually been able to quickly correct the information using other search results within the platform. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** One of the biggest challenges in B2B sales is navigating the maze of gatekeepers and receptionists. Cognism has been a lifesaver in this regard. By providing direct contact information for key decision-makers, it allows me to bypass these roadblocks and connect with the right people directly. This has significantly improved my efficiency and increased my chances of securing meetings and closing deals. **Official Response from Elli Jones:** > Hi Simon, Thanks so much for sharing your positive experience of Cognism with us! Great to hear you're finding it so easy-to-use and are getting the most out of it. We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. Our Customer Success team remains at your disposal for any help you may need. Best regards, Elli ### 45. Very Usefull Marketing & Sales Tools **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hicham B. | Partner Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** Easy to use tools. A very good interface that allows define, target, upload personae profile according to your target audience you'd like to reach out. A very accurate results with proven ROI on prospection sales initiatives thanks to Cognism **What do you dislike about Cognism?** No integration with CRM (i.e Salesforce) **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Capacity to define a target audience and upload qualified contacts ### 46. AI powerfull tool. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erick G. | Inside Sales/SDR Source-To-Pay & Order-To-Cash Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 10, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** I love that the tool uses AI to simplify the research process. What used to take minutes to find the right information now only takes seconds. I’m really impressed by this, and the integration with Salesloft is fantastic, it’s seamless and easy to use **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Since I started to use it, I have not encored any issue since the CS are always to help whenever you need help. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Since we have this tool, the data for the leads are really accurate. so i dont loss my time with wrong information. ### 47. Excellent tool for prospecting, would like more thorough data quality checking **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The use of the chrome extension is excellent. Makes it incredibly easy to find prospects numbers simply by going onto their linkedins. I love the integration with my salesloft CRM. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** The amount of incorrect mobile numbers has put a halt in my process many times. It will often be the case that another person of the same name answers but it is the incorrect person. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Without cognism and other platforms similar, cold calling salespeople would be consistently stuck at the reception phone. I can't imagine what I would do without it. ### 48. Easy to use with extremely friendly and supportive staff! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Market Research | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** The easy-to-use browser plugin that works seamlessly with LinkedIn. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** The reporting in the back is not as extensive as I think it could be. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** Lead generation and enrichment. ### 49. Jamaane Ayton Honest Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jamaane A. | Global Acquisition Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** I love the fact that when I get an anonymous call, I can quickly copy and paste the number and know whos calling. Very good when managing so many execs at a time! **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Sometimes I will get a streak of numbers that aren't correct and not up to date. **What problems is Cognism solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can quickly access execs details and makes my day more streamline. ### 50. Good, can be better **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 16, 2025 **What do you like best about Cognism?** User Interface is decent, bright, and clean. **What do you dislike about Cognism?** Poor contact info compared to Lusha, Poor Account Info compared to ZoomInfo, and even when there are contacts mapped, it lets us believe there is contact information, until we click the phone number or Email icon and it tells us there are none. 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