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Cognism vs Surfe

Surfe 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

Surfe

Sales intelligence platform cascading emails and mobiles across 15+ providers, with people and company search, CRM sync, REST API and a native MCP server.

★ 4.4 · 69 reviewsB

Access: MCP · API · Batch · Webhooks · Integrations

Email Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #24 of 29	Surfe · #1 of 29
Match rate	66.1%	90.0%
Valid email rate	-	66.7%
Latency p50	-	-
Cost / valid email	-	-
Invalid rate	-	1.9%
Catch-all share	-	29.6%
Business email	-	100.0%
Right-person rate	-	98.1%
Decoy hit rate	-	-
Catch-all detection	-	-
Confidence-score quality	-	-
Geographic coverage	-	10

Phone Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · #5 of 24	Surfe · 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	-	-

Company Datacore + suite-specific metrics

updated 2026-09-25

Metric	Cognism · not measured	Surfe · #6 of 23
Domain-to-company match rate	-	100.0%
Company name accuracy	-	96.0%
Latency p50	-	-
Price / matched company	-	-
Industry accuracy	-	47.0%
Employee count ±20%	-	18.9%
HQ / location accuracy	-	66.0%
Description present	-	100.0%
Founding year accuracy	-	17.0%
Domains / social profiles	-	100.0%
Coverage by country / size	-	100.0%

Questions about Cognism vs Surfe

Which is better, Cognism or Surfe?

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

How do Cognism and Surfe compare in user reviews?

Cognism holds 4.5 / 5 across 1,628 reviews on G2 and Capterra; Surfe holds 4.4 / 5 across 69 reviews on Chrome Web Store, Product Hunt and Trustpilot. Ratings belong to their platforms and play no part in the benchmark grades.

How can you get data out of Cognism and Surfe?

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