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Cognism vs Forager

Cognism wins 2 of 2 decided metrics across 2 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

Forager

People, organisation and job-post APIs for sourcing and talent intelligence, with contact reveal.

★ 5.0 · 1 reviewsA

Access: API · Dataset · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #24 of 29	Forager · #28 of 29
Match rate	66.1%	4.1%
Valid email rate	-	50.0%
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / valid email	-	$0.190
Invalid rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all share	-	50.0%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	-
Catch-all detection	-	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	1

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #5 of 24	Forager · #19 of 24
Match rate	73.5%	42.9%
Valid / reachable rate	-	90.5%
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.316
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Mobile coverage	-	38.8%
Disconnected rate	-	0.0%
Low-activity share	-	9.5%
Landline / mobile classification	-	-
Country accuracy	-	90.5%
Geographic coverage	-	7

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Forager · #8 of 24
Profile match rate	-	95.9%
Identity accuracy	-	97.9%
Latency p50	-	-
Price / matched profile	-	$0.020
Current employer accuracy	-	91.5%
Move detection	-	-
Decoy hit rate	-	-
Job title accuracy	-	85.1%
Seniority label accuracy	-	-
Location accuracy	-	95.7%
Work history completeness	-	8.6
Education completeness	-	100.0%
Skills present	-	91.5%
Social / profile URLs	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	83.3%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Forager · #5 of 10
Coverage	-	95.0%
Detection accuracy	-	63.5%
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / lookup	-	$0.020
Live stack recall	-	44.0%
Technologies per domain	-	64
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	85.0%

Questions about Cognism vs Forager

Which is better, Cognism or Forager?

Cognism wins 2 of the 2 metrics decided between them, across 2 benchmarks that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: Cognism #24 of 29, Forager #28 of 29; Phone Data: Cognism #5 of 24, Forager #19 of 24.

How do Cognism and Forager compare in user reviews?

Cognism holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,628 reviews on G2 and Capterra; Forager holds 5.0 / 5 across 1 reviews on G2. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Cognism and Forager?

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