SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON

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Review features, pricing signals, strengths, and trade-offs before choosing.

Generated from current catalog profiles Catalog profile signals Use-case comparison
AI Sales Prospecting Software

Lusha

SF 8.2

B2B contact data and prospecting platform

Free · PaidPro from $36/moFree plan available; paid plans start at $36 per user per month annual

Quick decision guide

Choose based on your workflow

Lusha may fit better if...

  • Chrome Extension
  • Verified Contacts
  • API Access

Cognism may fit better if...

  • Diamond Data
  • GDPR Aligned
  • Intent Signals

Overview

How each tool is described

Lusha

Lusha is an established prospecting and contact data platform with AI enrichment, used by sales teams and founders to find verified contact data and enrich prospect records through a Chrome extension, web app, and API, with AI enrichment layered on top of the established contact data product line that the team has built around prospecting data for many years across global sales teams and customers across markets and segments today.

Lusha fits sales teams, founders, and SDR teams that want an affordable prospecting data platform with a free starting tier and a Chrome extension workflow, rather than an enterprise data tool with sales led pricing and complex contracts across the prospecting program at scale. Public reviews note data coverage varies by region and segment. Pricing has free and published paid tiers across global sales markets and customers today across markets.

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Cognism

Cognism is an established B2B data and prospecting platform with AI assistance, used by sales teams across Europe and globally to find verified contact data with strong GDPR aligned coverage, mobile numbers branded as Diamond Data, and intent signals across the prospecting program, with AI assisted workflows layered on top of the established data product line that the team has built around B2B data for many years across global teams.

Cognism fits sales teams that want strong European contact data with GDPR aligned compliance and mobile number coverage, rather than a North America focused data platform with weaker European coverage across the prospecting program at scale. Smaller teams may find pricing built for serious sales programs. Pricing is custom with quote based plans aligned to scope and seats across global sales markets and customers across many language communities today globally.

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Side-by-side

Key differences

Criteria
AI Sales Prospecting SoftwareLusha
AI Sales Prospecting SoftwareCognism
Best for
AI Sales Prospecting Software
AI Sales Prospecting Software
Score
8.2/10
8.4/10
Pricing
Free · PaidPro from $36/mo
Contact sales
Category / audience
AI Sales & CRM Software › AI Sales Prospecting Software
  • api access
  • chrome extension
  • prospecting
+4 more
AI Sales & CRM Software › AI Sales Prospecting Software
  • prospecting
  • intent signals
  • european b2b data
+4 more

OVERLAP

Where Lusha and Cognism are similar

Both tools cover similar catalog signals. The deciding factor is usually workflow fit, implementation needs, and ecosystem fit.

1 capabilities0 workflows

Shared capabilities

Capability overlap

  • CRM IntegrationSync prospect data across major CRM platforms

Feature check

Side-by-side feature check

Feature
Lusha
Cognism
Chrome ExtensionLinkedIn Chrome extension across captured prospect profiles
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Verified ContactsVerified email and phone across B2B contacts
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API AccessAPI access across paid Lusha account plans
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Free TierFree starting plan available across new users
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AI EnrichmentAI driven enrichment across captured prospect records
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Diamond DataVerified mobile numbers across European contact data
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11 capabilities compared.10 differentiating rows are shown first.

Use cases

Who they're built for

Lusha

  • Capture LinkedIn prospects fast todayCapture LinkedIn prospects fast across Chrome extension workflow
  • Find verified B2B contacts todayFind verified B2B contacts across captured prospect records
  • Enrich CRM contact records todayEnrich CRM contact records across captured Lusha data
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Cognism

  • Find European B2B contacts todayFind European B2B contacts across GDPR aligned data
  • Access verified mobile numbers todayAccess verified mobile numbers across captured European prospects
  • Run European prospecting programs todayRun European prospecting programs with GDPR aligned compliance
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The trade-offs

Pros & cons of each tool

Trade-offs

Lusha

Pros
  • Affordable prospecting platform with free starting tier
  • Chrome extension workflow across LinkedIn captured prospects
  • Verified email and phone across captured B2B contacts
Cons
  • Public reviews note data coverage varies by region
  • Limited depth relative to enterprise sales intelligence platforms
Trade-offs

Cognism

Pros
  • Strong European contact data with GDPR aligned compliance
  • Verified Diamond Data mobile numbers across European prospects
  • Established B2B data vendor across European sales teams
Cons
  • Pricing is sales led; quote based plans only
  • Smaller user base relative to North America focused

Shared trade-offs

Catalog data lists these trade-offs for both tools.

Cons
  • AI features are layered, not deeply AI native

Final verdict

Best fit depends on your workflow

Catalog verdict · low confidence

Current catalog data shows meaningful overlap between Lusha and Cognism. Use the signals below to decide based on workflow, ecosystem, pricing, and implementation fit.

Shared catalog overlap

Lusha and Cognism share 1 catalog signal, so the decision should focus on fit rather than broad capability alone.

Differentiators available

Lusha has 4 visible decision signals and Cognism has 4.

Score signal

Cognism has the higher SoftFinders Score in the current catalog data.

TRY THEM YOURSELF

See which one fits your workflow

Both tools have their strengths, the best way to decide is to spend a few minutes inside each.