Comparison: Kaspr vs. Cognism
Kaspr is part of Cognism. Here’s what you need to know about Kaspr.
- A credit-based consumption pricing model.
- No credit card is required to sign up.
- Strong database in the US & Europe.
- Access to unlimited B2B email addresses.
- Seamless experience between Chrome Extension and web app.
- All-in-one prospecting tool with workflows and automation included.
- Real-time verified data from 150 sources.
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What are the core differences between Kaspr and Cognism?
Let’s talk about the data
Kaspr and Cognism share information between datasets. But specific subsets of data, such as Diamond Data®, intent data, and other premium data points, are only available in Cognism.
Kaspr mainly supports individual contributors who are founders or working in sales or recruitment.
Kaspr is just for prospecting
Cognism is designed for revenue teams. This is because it has additional features to prospecting, such as TAM analysis, list-building workflows and intent data.
Kaspr, on the other hand, is for individual prospecting. There are various ways the tool can get you key contact info like phone numbers, email addresses and company data while you prospect on LinkedIn.
Kaspr is more than just a LinkedIn Chrome Extension, though and has features for lead management, outreach and automation within the web app.
Different compliance levels
Kaspr is GDPR and CCPA aligned. This means we don’t give legal support or update legal documentation.
Cognism, on the other hand, is GDPR and CCPA compliant. This is ideal if you require a legal team to review your tools. It also means Cognism has additional compliance best practices in place, like scrubbing against do-not-call (DNC) lists.
Credit-based pricing model
Kaspr has a credit-based pricing model and a freemium version. This means contact details are shown in exchange for your credits on the platform. Depending on your plan, credits are refreshed on a monthly or annual basis.
Cognism has pricing that is tailored to your company’s needs. Their consumption model is unrestricted, so credit limits or geographical restrictions do not affect you.
If you need a sales intelligence platform to serve your revenue teams and wider organization, Kaspr is not for you.
Kaspr enriches B2B phone numbers and email addresses from LinkedIn. If you need intent data, Cognism is for you.
Kaspr is GDPR and CCPA aligned, but we don’t give legal support or update legal documentation. Cognism provides legal support.
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Side-by-side comparison: Kaspr vs. Cognism
Both Kaspr and Cognism have a strong database in the US and Europe.
Being part of Cognism means that Kaspr users also benefit from Cognism’s large cell phone database. We share information between our data sets, and this helps to make Kaspr’s phone numbers incredibly accurate.
Kaspr checks and verifies data against 150 sources when you request the contact info. Cognism has its own machine-learning algorithm to verify data, plus Diamond Data®, where people manually verify phone numbers.
Cell phone numbers
Yes
Yes
Email addresses
Yes
Yes
Company data
Yes
Yes
Intent data
No
Yes
Diamond Data®
No
Yes
Kaspr has a Chrome Extension that works on LinkedIn, Sales Navigator and Recruiter Lite. With Kaspr, users can also access contact info from LinkedIn groups, posts and more.
Cognism, on the other hand, has a Browser Extension. This can be used across LinkedIn, Sales Navigator, Recruiter Lite, company websites and CRMs like Salesforce.
LinkedIn profiles
Yes
Yes
LinkedIn people search
Yes
No
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Yes
Yes
LinkedIn Recruiter Lite
Yes
Yes
LinkedIn posts
Yes
No
LinkedIn Groups
Yes
No
LinkedIn Events
Yes
No
Company websites
No
Yes
CRMs
No
Yes
Both Kaspr and Cognism aim to help their users save time on prospecting by giving instant access to contact details. You can also enrich data and export contacts from both tools.
As an all-in-one prospecting tool, Kaspr also has additional automation features that help users to automatically send LinkedIn connection requests and subsequent messages.
LinkedIn connection requests
Yes
No
LinkedIn messages
Yes
No
Data enrichment
Yes
Yes
Contact export
Yes
Yes
Kaspr and Cognism allow teams to share lists and contacts easily by being in the same workspace.
In Kaspr you can also collaborate on the next tasks, see notes attached to prospects and add tags.
Both tools also offer key metrics. Kaspr shows the user how many phone numbers have been provided, helping demonstrate ROI.
Share workspace
Yes
Yes
Stats & metrics
Yes
Yes
Add notes
Yes
No
Assign tasks
Yes
No
Tags
Yes
No
Kaspr is GDPR and CCPA aligned. This means it’s suitable if you don’t require a legal team to review your tools.
Cognism is fully GDPR and CCPA compliant. Data is scrubbed against DNC lists, and their internal legal team can support customers and update legal documentation.
GDPR aligned
Yes
Yes - Fully compliant
CCPA aligned
Yes
Yes - Fully compliant
Data checked against DNC lists
No
Yes
Kaspr has various basic integrations, which is great for individual contributors with a smaller tech stack.
In Kaspr, you can directly integrate with several CRMs and sales apps, including HubSpot, Salesforce and Pipedrive. You can also connect to a range of other apps through Zapier integration.
Cognism has a wide range of integrations including Outreach and Salesloft, which are popular amongst revenue teams.
HubSpot
Yes
Yes
Salesforce
Yes
Yes
Pipedrive
Yes
Yes
Lemlist
Yes
Yes - Through Zapier
Aircall
Yes
No
Ringover
Yes
No
Brevo
Yes
Yes - Through Zapier
Kaspr and Cognism both have strong G2 profiles. Kaspr has a score of 4.4/5 from 500+ user reviews.
In terms of support, both platforms offer 24/7 chat and an Account Manager or CSM. Though with Kaspr, a dedicated Account Manager is only available for users on the Organization plan.
24/7 chat
Yes
Yes
Account Manager
Yes
Yes
Kaspr and Cognism pricing
Kaspr pricing:
$0 per month
$49 per month
$79 per month
About Cognism’s pricing
Cognism’s pricing is tailored to your needs as a business. For this reason, it’s not displayed on the website, and you’ll need to contact the team.
“Used other contact finders for LinkedIn, and I would say this is the best one on the market”
500+ reviews on G2
“Find cell phone numbers
that other tools don’t!”
“I am using three other tools: Lusha, ZoomInfo and RocketReach. Not only is Kaspr finding the goldmine of cell numbers that the other tools are not, it’s also finding alternative email addresses.”
"Great to
scale sales"
"Kaspr has become an invaluable tool in my networking on LinkedIn. This software has revolutionized how I check contact details, making it effortless to gather accurate and up-to-date information about potential connections.”
“Such a
timesaver”
"It is so simple, easy to start, and get your first cell phone numbers! It would take me so much longer to get my first touchpoint while trying to qualify new leads [without Kaspr]."
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FAQs about Kaspr and Cognism
Here are the commonly asked questions around Kaspr vs. Cognism.
Kaspr gets contact details (phone numbers, email addresses, and company info) directly from LinkedIn. You can extract, enrich, and send your leads to the dashboard using the Chrome Extension.
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- No credit card is required to sign up
- GDPR & CCPA aligned
- Accurate phone numbers for cold calling