Head-to-head · B2B data

Cognism vs Crustdata

No suite in this run measured both Cognism and Crustdata; each block below shows one of them alone.

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

Crustdata live

Unified B2B data API for company, people, jobs, web and social data, with email and phone enrichment as paid add-ons; built for agents, official CLI.

★ 4.4 · 15 reviewsB

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

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #24 of 29	Crustdata · not measured
Match rate	66.1%	-
Valid email rate	-	-
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / valid email	-	-
Invalid rate	-	-
Catch-all share	-	-
Business email	-	-
Right-person rate	-	-
Decoy hit rate	-	-
Catch-all detection	-	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	-

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #5 of 24	Crustdata · not measured
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	Crustdata · #9 of 24
Profile match rate	-	95.9%
Identity accuracy	-	97.9%
Latency p50	-	1,046ms
Price / matched profile	-	-
Current employer accuracy	-	91.5%
Move detection	-	85.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	-	87.2%
Seniority label accuracy	-	80.4%
Location accuracy	-	87.2%
Work history completeness	-	7.5
Education completeness	-	100.0%
Skills present	-	0.0%
Social / profile URLs	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	83.3%

Jobs Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not in suite	Crustdata · #6 of 6
Employer coverage	-	83.3%
Postings recall	-	47.6%
Latency p50	-	2,858ms
Cost / job	-	-
Closed or unknown postings	-	35.4%
Duplicate postings	-	13.8%
Location accuracy	-	96.6%
Posted-date accuracy	-	66.8%
Description present	-	100.0%
Coverage by country	-	81.3%

Questions about Cognism vs Crustdata

Which is better, Cognism or Crustdata?

No benchmark in this run measured both, so they have no metric in common. Cognism is ranked on Email Data and Phone Data; Crustdata is ranked on People Data and Jobs Data.

How do Cognism and Crustdata compare in user reviews?

Cognism holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,628 reviews on G2 and Capterra; Crustdata holds 4.4 / 5 across 15 reviews on Product Hunt. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Cognism and Crustdata?

Cognism offers an MCP server, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints and native integrations; Crustdata offers an MCP server, a command-line tool, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints, webhooks and native integrations. Both offer an MCP server, an API, dataset delivery, CSV export, batch endpoints and native integrations.