Gong vs Cognism

A side-by-side comparison of features, pricing, and ratings to help you choose.

Higher rated

Gong

Revenue intelligence from every call

4.7 (6,200)

Custom pricing

Custom annual pricing: platform fee + ~per-seat; enterprise-leaning

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Cognism

Phone-verified data with strong EU coverage

4.6 (1,300)

Custom pricing

Custom annual pricing; unrestricted-data packages available

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At a glance

Spec	Gong	Cognism
Editorial rating	4.7 / 5	4.6 / 5
Starting price	Custom pricing	Custom pricing
Budget tier	Premium	Premium
Complexity	Intermediate	Intermediate
Primary category	Conversation Intelligence	Prospecting & Lead Data
Integrations	100+	30+
Founded	2015	2015

Feature comparison

Gong offers 4 of 11 tracked sales intelligence & signals features; Cognism offers 7.

Feature	Gong	Cognism
Buyer intent data
Account & company research
Waterfall data enrichment
Job-change & hiring signals
ICP / lead scoring
Workflow automation
AI research agents
CRM enrichment
Free plan
API & webhooks
Priority / 24-7 support

Gong

Pros

Best-in-class call analytics and deal-risk signals
Powerful coaching, scorecards, and trackers
Strong forecasting and pipeline intelligence

Cons

Premium pricing with platform fees and annual contracts
More than small teams need
Setup and adoption take real change management

Cognism

Pros

Excellent EU/UK coverage and GDPR/DNC compliance
Phone-verified 'Diamond' mobile numbers
Unrestricted data views on most plans (no credit anxiety)

Cons

Custom annual contracts, no self-serve or free plan
US coverage trails ZoomInfo
Best value only at team scale

The verdict

Gong edges ahead on our editorial score, but the right pick depends on your priorities. Choose Gong if you value revenue teams that want deal risk and coaching insight at scale. Choose Cognism if you need outbound teams selling into europe that live and die by phone connect rates.

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