Pricing analysis Cognism sells two plans, Standard and Pro, with 5 seats included in each and no public price: you get a personalised quote. Each seat includes an allocation of credits, extra credits can be bought at any time, and 1 credit equals 1 revealed contact. Pro adds intent data and on-demand mobile verification. Contract length, billing period and the credit allocation per seat are not published. Any price you may see for Cognism elsewhere is a third-party estimate, not a vendor figure.
Plans
Cognism ships 3 tiers. Per-seat pricing combined with a credit system for data lookups - the listed price is rarely the real cost.
Cognism pricing, checked against the vendor's own pricing page. Cognism publishes no price and no currency: every plan is sold on a personalised quote.
| Plan | Price | Seats | Limits / Inclusions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Quote only | 5 included | For core prospecting workflows · emails, mobiles, job titles and work history · MCP & API access · AI company research, AI persona builder, AI search |
| Pro | Quote only | 5 included | Everything in Standard, plus intent data and mobile verification on demand |
| CRM Enrichment | Quote only | n/a | Standalone product or add-on · price not shown |
Credits
Cognism bills actions in credits with non-equal costs. A 5,000-credit plan does NOT mean 5,000 lookups.
Cognism bills in credits, but the amounts are not public. What the vendor states:
Not published: the credit allocation per seat, the price of extra credits and every plan price.
Compare
How Cognism stacks against Derrick, Hunter, and the other tools we benchmarked.
Because Cognism publishes no price, no cost per credit or cost per seat can be calculated from vendor data. Here is what is public on each side:
| Tool | Plan | Price | Seats | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognism | Standard | Quote only | 5 included | Allocation per seat, amount not published |
| Cognism | Pro | Quote only | 5 included | Allocation per seat, amount not published |
| Derrick | FREE | €0 | n/a | 100 credits/month |
| Derrick | STANDARD | €20/month | n/a | 10,000 credits/month |
| Derrick | PLUS | €47.50/month | n/a | 25,000 credits/month |
| Derrick | PRO | €175/month | n/a | 100,000 credits/month |
| Derrick | SCALE | €320/month | n/a | 200,000 credits/month |
On Derrick, a work email found costs 5 credits and is already verified (about €0.01 on STANDARD, where 1 credit is €0.002), and a phone number costs 200 credits (about €0.40). The lowest price per credit is €0.0016 on SCALE. Email finding is a paid feature on Derrick, so it is not available on the FREE plan. To compare with Cognism, ask Cognism for a written quote that states seats, credit allocation per seat and the price of extra credits.
What's included
What the Cognism pricing page and product pages list:
The verdict
Cognism is a sales-led data platform for teams of 5 or more, with MCP & API access, AI research features and, on Pro, intent data and on-demand mobile verification. Its main weakness for a buyer who is still comparing is transparency: no price, no currency, no credit allocation per seat and no contract terms are published.
It is a hard fit for a solo founder or a small team, since both plans include 5 seats and no smaller option is shown, and there is no free plan on the pricing page.
If you want published prices and a free plan to start with, Derrick starts at €0 (100 credits/month) and €20/month for STANDARD (10,000 credits). It runs as a web app, a Google Sheets sidebar, an MCP server and a REST API, so you can test it on your own list before committing to anything. For a wider view, see the Cognism alternatives guide.
derrick •
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Switch to Derrick
Derrick is a web app: nothing to install, no credit card, 100 free credits every month.
Sign up on the Derrick web app. Nothing to install, no credit card required: you start with 100 free credits per month.
Upload the CSV you exported from Cognism, paste LinkedIn URLs, or import from LinkedIn Sales Navigator. The same actions also run in Google Sheets, in Claude (MCP) and via the API.
Pick the column to enrich and the data you need: emails, phone numbers, LinkedIn data, company info, tech stack. Derrick fills the columns, and the email and phone finders only charge for what they find.
Cognism does not publish its prices. It sells two plans, Standard and Pro, with 5 seats included in each, and every price comes from a personalised quote. The pricing page shows no price and no currency. Any figure you see elsewhere is a third-party estimate, not a vendor figure.
The Cognism pricing page shows no free plan and no trial credits, only a personalised quote. Derrick has a permanent FREE plan with 100 credits/month (email finding is a paid feature on Derrick, so it needs a paid plan).
1 credit equals 1 revealed contact, and credits are not itemised per email or per phone. Each seat includes an allocation of credits as part of the subscription, and additional credits can be purchased at any point. Viewing a previously revealed contact is free; a credit is used again only if the contact changes jobs. The same credits apply across the platform, Enrich and the API.
Yes. The Cognism pricing page lists "MCP & API access" in both Standard and Pro. On Derrick, the REST API and the MCP server (Claude, ChatGPT) are available from the PLUS plan.
Cognism publishes no price, so the main risk is what is not stated: the credit allocation per seat, the price of extra credits, the contract length and the renewal rules. Intent data and on-demand mobile verification are listed under Pro, and CRM Enrichment is a separate product or add-on with no price shown. Ask for all of these in writing before you sign.
The contract length, billing period and cancellation rules are not published on the pricing page, so we cannot say. Ask for the exact term and the renewal and notice rules in writing before signing.
For a small team that wants published prices, Derrick starts free (100 credits/month) and costs €20/month on STANDARD (10,000 credits). It works as a web app with nothing to install, a Google Sheets sidebar, an MCP server and a REST API. See the full Cognism alternatives guide for a wider comparison.
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