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Cognism vs LeadIQ

LeadIQ 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

LeadIQ

Prospecting platform built around a Chrome extension: verified work emails and mobile numbers, people and company search with technographics, job-change tracking, a GraphQL API and an MCP connector on shared universal credits.

★ 4.2 · 1,269 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #24 of 29	LeadIQ · #17 of 29
Match rate	66.1%	78.3%
Valid email rate	-	61.7%
Latency p50	-	682ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.074
Invalid rate	-	2.1%
Catch-all share	-	34.0%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	95.7%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	0.0%
Confidence-score quality	-	+63.0 pts
Geographic coverage	-	8

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #5 of 24	LeadIQ · #7 of 24
Match rate	73.5%	83.7%
Valid / reachable rate	-	82.9%
Latency p50	-	680ms
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.600
Right-person rate	-	78.3%
Mobile coverage	-	63.3%
Disconnected rate	-	0.0%
Low-activity share	-	17.1%
Landline / mobile classification	-	92.5%
Country accuracy	-	80.5%
Geographic coverage	-	8

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	LeadIQ · #17 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	95.3%
Company name accuracy	-	98.4%
Latency p50	-	306ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.136
Industry accuracy	-	75.4%
Employee count ±20%	-	23.4%
HQ / location accuracy	-	77.0%
Description present	-	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	-	62.3%
Domains / social profiles	-	98.4%
Coverage by country / size	-	84.6%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	LeadIQ · #6 of 10
Coverage	-	93.8%
Detection accuracy	-	51.3%
Latency p50	-	306ms
Cost / lookup	-	$0.139
Live stack recall	-	76.5%
Technologies per domain	-	87
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	84.6%

Questions about Cognism vs LeadIQ

Which is better, Cognism or LeadIQ?

LeadIQ wins 2 of the 2 metrics decided between them, across 2 benchmarks that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: Cognism #24 of 29, LeadIQ #17 of 29; Phone Data: Cognism #5 of 24, LeadIQ #7 of 24.

How do Cognism and LeadIQ compare in user reviews?

Cognism holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,628 reviews on G2 and Capterra; LeadIQ holds 4.2 / 5 across 1,269 reviews on G2, Capterra, Chrome Web Store and Product Hunt. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Cognism and LeadIQ?

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