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Cognism vs Icypeas

Icypeas 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

Icypeas

Contact data and enrichment API: email discovery, verification, reverse lookup, find-people and bulk.

★ 5.0 · 1 reviewsA

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

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #24 of 29	Icypeas · #7 of 29
Match rate	66.1%	68.3%
Valid email rate	-	68.3%
Latency p50	-	6,284ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.013
Invalid rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all share	-	31.7%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	10.0%
Catch-all detection	-	46.2%
Confidence-score quality	-	+53.8 pts
Geographic coverage	-	10

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #5 of 24	Icypeas · 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	Icypeas · #12 of 24
Profile match rate	-	83.7%
Identity accuracy	-	100.0%
Latency p50	-	1,511ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.013
Current employer accuracy	-	90.2%
Move detection	-	75.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	-	87.8%
Seniority label accuracy	-	-
Location accuracy	-	78.0%
Work history completeness	-	7.5
Education completeness	-	100.0%
Skills present	-	24.4%
Social / profile URLs	-	100.0%
Coverage by geo / function / seniority	-	58.3%

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Icypeas · #16 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	97.0%
Company name accuracy	-	94.8%
Latency p50	-	1,893ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.013
Industry accuracy	-	77.3%
Employee count ±20%	-	21.9%
HQ / location accuracy	-	81.4%
Description present	-	96.9%
Founding year accuracy	-	59.8%
Domains / social profiles	-	97.9%
Coverage by country / size	-	94.3%

Questions about Cognism vs Icypeas

Which is better, Cognism or Icypeas?

Icypeas wins 1 of the 1 metrics decided between them, across 1 benchmark that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: Cognism #24 of 29, Icypeas #7 of 29.

How do Cognism and Icypeas compare in user reviews?

Cognism holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,628 reviews on G2 and Capterra; Icypeas 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 Icypeas?

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