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Cognism pricing, plans and alternatives

Cognism does not publish prices. Its pricing page, read 19 October 2026, lists Standard and Pro plans with 5 seats included each, a CRM Enrichment product and a personalised quote. It focuses on European data, with Do Not Call coverage. The alternatives below are grouped by need, and the ones with a published price show it with the unit.

Published by Sellinger AI. Numbers and settings checked on 19 October 2026 against the fact register. Report an error.

seats included in each of Cognism's Standard and Pro plans, by quote: 5
refresh cycle Cognism states for Director level and above data: 30 days
per revealed contact; each seat includes an allocation of credits: 1 credit

What Cognism is and what its pages state

Cognism is a B2B sales intelligence and data platform with a Europe focus. Its plans are sold by quote, so no price can be shown here. What its pricing page states is below.

Cognism, as stated on its pages
Point	What the page says	Note
Plans	Standard and Pro, each with 5 seats included	CRM Enrichment is sold standalone or as an add on
Price	A personalised quote for your team	No price is shown
Credits	1 credit is 1 revealed contact; each seat includes an allocation	Extra credits can be bought, price not shown
Signals	Intent, hiring and funding signals	Pro intent data is limited to 12 topics for admins
AI access	MCP access inside Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants	Listed on the home page

Source: cognism.com, read 19 October 2026; cognism.com, read 19 October 2026. Database size is not published on the pages checked, and a free trial is not mentioned. Contract length is not specified.

Who should stay with Cognism

You prospect in Europe and want data with Do Not Call coverage across Europe and a compliance first approach, as Cognism describes it.
You want phone verified mobile numbers. Cognism claims up to 3x higher connect rates with them, which is its own figure.
You want intent, hiring and funding signals in the data product, with Salesforce, HubSpot and Pipedrive exports.
You want MCP access to the data inside an AI assistant.

Who should look elsewhere

From the vendor's own pages, not from user reviews, which this page does not collect. These describe scope, not faults.

You want a price you can read before talking to sales. No price is shown (cognism.com, read 19 October 2026).
You want outreach included. The pages describe sales intelligence, enrichment and API access, and list no sending channel.
You want an AI that writes and answers. The pages describe data, signals and MCP access.
You want a stated database size to compare. It is not published on the pages checked.

Alternatives by need

Prices are each vendor's list price on the monthly view, with what the price counts. They are not equivalent units, so compare what the price includes before comparing the number.

Alternatives to Cognism, grouped by need
Need	Tool and price as stated	What the price counts
Data with a published price	Lusha: Free $0, Starter $49.9, Professional $69.9 monthly	Credits a month: an email reveal is 1, a phone reveal is 5
Email data with a free tier	Hunter: Free 0€, Starter 49€	Credits a month
Data per seat with sequences	Apollo: Free $0, Basic $65, Professional $99 per seat	Per seat per month plus pooled credits
Data plus a built in CRM and sequences	Snov.io: Starter $39, Pro S $99 monthly	Flat per Sales Suite tier
Large enterprise data by quote	ZoomInfo: no prices on its pricing page	Quote on request
Data plus an agent that writes and answers	Sellinger: LinkedIn $198 per agent per month for 1 to 2 agents, $168 at 10 or more agents; lookups from $0.01	Per agent per month, and per lookup

Sources: lusha.com, read 19 October 2026; hunter.io, read 19 October 2026; apollo.io, read 19 October 2026; snov.io, read 19 October 2026; zoominfo.com, read 19 October 2026. Sellinger from the pricing page, checked 19 October 2026.

Where Sellinger fits, and where it does not

Sellinger fits when

You want the search and the outreach in one product: people and companies searched over a database of 700M+ contacts, then written to by the agent.
You want contact lookups priced per lookup from $0.01, not a seat price with a monthly credit pool.
You want intent signals on LinkedIn included with every bundle, with 26 ready made templates in 8 categories.
You want the agent to answer replies and book the meeting, with a CRM that holds the conversation.

Sellinger is the wrong choice when

You prospect mainly in Europe and need phone verified mobiles with Do Not Call screening as a data service. That is Cognism's stated focus, and this page makes no equivalent claim for Sellinger.
You want a data vendor's compliance position as a procurement item.
You need Salesforce connected natively today. Sellinger lists Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho as coming soon, with a two way HubSpot sync today.

Switching notes

Ask for your contract end date and the credits left, since Cognism's contract length is not stated on its pages.
Export the contacts you revealed and your CRM enrichment settings before you leave.
Check Do Not Call handling in whatever replaces it before you dial from a list.
A Sellinger campaign can start in approval mode, so you read the first messages before they go out.

Common questions

How much does Cognism cost?

No price is published. The pricing page offers a personalised quote for Standard and Pro plans with 5 seats each (read 19 October 2026).

How big is Cognism's database?

The size is not published on the pages checked. It states that Director level and above data is refreshed every 30 days.

Does Cognism have a free trial?

A free trial is not mentioned on the pages checked.

Does Cognism do outreach?

Its pages describe sales intelligence, CRM enrichment and API or MCP access. They list no sending channel.

Sources and method

Cognism cells read from its own pages on 19 October 2026: cognism.com, read 19 October 2026; cognism.com, read 19 October 2026. Other vendors as linked in the table. Sellinger from the facts page.