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Cognism vs Prospeo

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

Prospeo

Contact data, email verification and enrichment for outbound via API, bulk endpoints and MCP.

★ 4.7 · 1,000 reviewsA

Access: MCP · API · CSV · Batch · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #24 of 29	Prospeo · #23 of 29
Match rate	66.1%	61.7%
Valid email rate	-	54.1%
Latency p50	-	1,231ms
Cost / valid email	-	$0.037
Invalid rate	-	2.7%
Catch-all share	-	40.5%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	100.0%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Catch-all detection	-	60.0%
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	5

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #5 of 24	Prospeo · #11 of 24
Match rate	73.5%	71.4%
Valid / reachable rate	-	85.7%
Latency p50	-	570ms
Cost / mobile number	-	$0.231
Right-person rate	-	88.0%
Mobile coverage	-	61.2%
Disconnected rate	-	2.9%
Low-activity share	-	11.4%
Landline / mobile classification	-	97.1%
Country accuracy	-	88.6%
Geographic coverage	-	8

People Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Prospeo · #3 of 24
Profile match rate	-	98.0%
Identity accuracy	-	100.0%
Latency p50	-	1,278ms
Price / matched profile	-	$0.020
Current employer accuracy	-	81.3%
Move detection	-	7.7%
Decoy hit rate	-	0.0%
Job title accuracy	-	56.3%
Seniority label accuracy	-	65.1%
Location accuracy	-	95.8%
Work history completeness	-	6.3
Education completeness	-	0.0%
Skills present	-	0.0%
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	Prospeo · #9 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	100.0%
Company name accuracy	-	94.0%
Latency p50	-	1,050ms
Price / matched company	-	$0.020
Industry accuracy	-	78.0%
Employee count ±20%	-	25.7%
HQ / location accuracy	-	81.0%
Description present	-	94.0%
Founding year accuracy	-	58.0%
Domains / social profiles	-	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	-	100.0%

Technographic Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Prospeo · #4 of 10
Coverage	-	94.0%
Detection accuracy	-	79.5%
Latency p50	-	1,050ms
Cost / lookup	-	$0.021
Live stack recall	-	59.9%
Technologies per domain	-	26
Dated results	-	0.0%
Coverage by geo / size	-	90.0%

Questions about Cognism vs Prospeo

Which is better, Cognism or Prospeo?

Cognism wins 2 of the 2 metrics decided between them, across 2 benchmarks that measured both. Leaderboard ranks: Email Data: Cognism #24 of 29, Prospeo #23 of 29; Phone Data: Cognism #5 of 24, Prospeo #11 of 24.

How do Cognism and Prospeo compare in user reviews?

Cognism holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,628 reviews on G2 and Capterra; Prospeo holds 4.7 / 5 across 1,000 reviews on G2 and Capterra. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Cognism and Prospeo?

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