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Cognism vs Coresignal

Cognism wins 1 of 1 decided metrics across 1 shared suites; the loser still leads where its column is highlighted. Same frozen test sets, same run; the better value in each row is highlighted.

Cognism

Compliance-first sales intelligence with strong European coverage and phone-verified mobiles.

★ 4.5 · 1,628 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · Dataset · CSV · Batch · Integrations

Coresignal live

Structured public-web B2B datasets (employees, companies, jobs) with API, MCP and agentic search, a real-time employee endpoint that fetches at request time, and gated contact enrichment.

★ 4.8 · 12 reviewsA

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Dataset · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #24 of 29	Coresignal · #27 of 29
Match rate	66.1%	55.1%
Valid email rate	-	37.0%
Latency p50	-	928ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.654
Invalid rate	-	25.9%
Catch-all share	-	33.3%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	11.1%
Confidence-score quality	-	-16.7 pts
Geographic coverage	-	3

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #5 of 24	Coresignal · not in suite
Match rate	73.5%	-
Valid / reachable rate	-	-
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / mobile number	-	-
Right-person rate	-	-
Mobile coverage	-	-
Disconnected rate	-	-
Low-activity share	-	-
Landline / mobile classification	-	-
Country accuracy	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	-

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Coresignal · #5 of 24
Profile match rate	-	98.0%
Identity accuracy	-	97.9%
Latency p50	-	928ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.133
Current employer accuracy	-	93.8%
Move detection	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	-	77.1%
Seniority label accuracy	-	82.1%
Location accuracy	-	95.8%
Work history completeness	-	7.0
Education completeness	-	87.5%
Skills present	-	95.8%
Social / profile URLs	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	83.3%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Coresignal · #19 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	97.0%
Company name accuracy	-	93.8%
Latency p50	-	1,039ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.133
Industry accuracy	-	78.4%
Employee count ±20%	-	27.4%
HQ / location accuracy	-	80.4%
Description present	-	97.9%
Founding year accuracy	-	59.8%
Domains / social profiles	-	97.9%
Coverage by country / size	-	94.3%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Coresignal · #8 of 10
Coverage	-	86.0%
Detection accuracy	-	32.1%
Latency p50	-	1,039ms
Cost / lookup	-	$0.150
Live stack recall	-	14.6%
Technologies per domain	-	51
Dated results	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	75.0%

Questions about Cognism vs Coresignal

Which is better, Cognism or Coresignal?

Cognism wins 1 of the 1 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: Cognism #24 of 29, Coresignal #27 of 29.

How do Cognism and Coresignal compare in user reviews?

Cognism holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,628 reviews on G2 and Capterra; Coresignal holds 4.8 / 5 across 12 reviews on Datarade. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Cognism and Coresignal?

Cognism offers an MCP server, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints and native integrations; Coresignal offers an MCP server, an API, CSV export, dataset delivery, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints and native integrations.