--- title: "Cognism Pricing (2026): Plans and Costs" description: "Cognism pricing checked Oct 17, 2026: no monthly plan price, plans sold by quote, plus hidden costs." path: /compare/cognism/pricing family: pricing updated: 2026-10-17 html: /compare/cognism/pricing sources: - "https://www.cognism.com/pricing" - "https://www.cognism.com/mcp-api" - "https://www.cognism.com/our-data" - "https://www.cognism.com/faq" - "https://www.cognism.com/integrations" - "https://www.cognism.com/sales-intelligence" - "https://www.cognism.com/datasample" - "https://legal.hubspot.com/hubspot-product-and-services-catalog" - "https://rocketreach.co/pricing" - "https://hunter.io/pricing" - "/pricing" facts: starting_price: "Contact sales" billing: "Contact sales" free_plan: "No" unit: "Custom quote" verified: "Oct 17, 2026" --- # Cognism Pricing (2026): Plans and Costs Cognism lists no monthly plan price: its plans are sold by quote through sales, as of Oct 17, 2026. No free plan or trial is listed. **Disclosure:** Ken is our product. Every fact about other tools comes from their public pages on the date shown. ## Cognism Plans and Prices **In short:** Cognism lists 3 plans, all sold by quote (checked Oct 17, 2026). **Cognism plans and prices** | Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | Unit | Includes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | Contact sales | Contact sales | Custom | 5 seats included; Emails, mobiles, job titles and work history; Hiring, funding and job-change signals; MCP and API access; CSV enrichment and AI search | | Pro | Contact sales | Contact sales | Custom | 5 seats included; Everything in Standard; Premium mobile filter and on-demand mobile verification; Bombora intent data, up to 12 topics | | CRM Enrichment | Contact sales | Contact sales | Custom | Standalone or as an add-on to Standard or Pro; Enriches and maintains CRM records; A credit is used again only when key details change, like a job move | USD per unit per month, from Cognism's pricing page, checked Oct 17, 2026. ## Is There a Free Plan? **In short:** No. Cognism's pricing page lists no free plan or trial (checked Oct 17, 2026). Paid plans are sold by quote through sales. ## Hidden Costs and Limits **In short:** 5 costs and limits from Cognism's public pages to check before you buy. - Contact sales: Cognism publishes no prices. Standard, Pro, CRM Enrichment and Data-as-a-Service are quoted. - 1 credit = 1 revealed contact. Each seat includes an allocation of credits, and more can be bought at any point. - Viewing a contact you already revealed is free for the rest of the contract; a credit is used again only if the contact changes jobs. - One credit pool covers the platform, the browser extension, Enrich, the API and the MCP connector. - No free plan or self-serve trial. Cognism offers a free data sample of mobiles and emails for your target accounts and aims to send it within 72 hours. ## Is Cognism Worth the Price? **In short:** Ken's view: Cognism is worth it if you cold call European decision-makers and want phone-verified mobiles screened against Do Not Call lists. Ken's view, from Cognism's public pages. It is worth the price if: - You cold call European decision-makers and want phone-verified mobiles screened against Do Not Call lists. - You sell into EMEA and need contact data with compliance checks built in. - You want contact data inside Claude or ChatGPT through an MCP connector on the same credits. Limits to weigh against the price: - No public prices; every package is quoted through sales. - No free plan or self-serve trial, only a free data sample on request. - Intent data, the premium mobile filter and on-demand mobile verification are Pro only. - No built-in email sequencing; contacts go out to CRMs or tools like Outreach and Salesloft. ## Cheaper or Simpler Options **In short:** Ken is listed first: free to start, then $200 a month with unlimited seats. The table lists 3 other tools from the same category with a published starting price, cheapest first, each with the date we checked it. **Starting prices of other tools to compare with Cognism** | Tool | Starting price | Free plan | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Ken](/pricing) (ours) | Free, then Platform at $200 a month, or $160 a month billed annually, unlimited seats | Yes: 1,000 credits once, no card | Oct 17, 2026 | | Clearbit (HubSpot Breeze Intelligence) | $20 per seat a month (HubSpot Starter (Core Seat), monthly billing) | No | Oct 17, 2026 | | [RocketReach](/compare/rocketreach/pricing) | $33 per seat a month (Essentials, billed annually; $69 on monthly billing) | Trial only | Oct 17, 2026 | | [Hunter](/compare/hunter/pricing) | $34 a month (Starter, billed annually; $49 on monthly billing) | Yes | Oct 17, 2026 | Starting price is the lowest published price on each tool's pricing page, on the date shown. Cognism quotes every package and leads on phone-verified mobiles, which Ken does not offer. Ken Search covers 250M people and 24M companies with free search and 1 credit ($0.02) per valid email found, charged only on success, and Platform ($200/month) includes unlimited seats and Campaigns over email and LinkedIn in the same product. - [Cognism alternatives](/alternatives/cognism) ## Frequently Asked Questions **In short:** 3 common questions about Cognism pricing. ### How much does Cognism cost per month? Cognism lists no monthly plan price: its plans are sold by quote through sales, as of Oct 17, 2026. ### Does Cognism have a free plan? No. Cognism's pricing page lists no free plan or trial (checked Oct 17, 2026). ### Is Cognism cheaper annually? Cognism lists no monthly plan price (its plans are sold by quote through sales), so there is no annual discount to compare. ## Related - [Ken vs other tools](/compare): Comparisons and pricing guides - [Cognism alternatives](/alternatives/cognism) - [ZoomInfo pricing](/compare/zoominfo/pricing): Sold by quote or priced by usage - [Apollo.io pricing](/compare/apollo/pricing): From $49 per seat a month - [LinkedIn Sales Navigator pricing](/compare/linkedin-sales-navigator/pricing): From $89.99 per seat a month - [RocketReach pricing](/compare/rocketreach/pricing): From $33 per seat a month - [Seamless.AI pricing](/compare/seamless-ai/pricing): Sold by quote - [Ken pricing](/pricing): Free and Platform plans, credit prices ## Sources | Source | URL | Checked | | --- | --- | --- | | Cognism pricing | https://www.cognism.com/pricing | 2026-10-17 | | Cognism MCP and API | https://www.cognism.com/mcp-api | 2026-10-17 | | Cognism data | https://www.cognism.com/our-data | 2026-10-17 | | Cognism FAQ | https://www.cognism.com/faq | 2026-10-17 | | Cognism integrations | https://www.cognism.com/integrations | 2026-10-17 | | Cognism sales intelligence | https://www.cognism.com/sales-intelligence | 2026-10-17 | | Cognism free data sample | https://www.cognism.com/datasample | 2026-10-17 | | HubSpot Products and Services Catalog | https://legal.hubspot.com/hubspot-product-and-services-catalog | 2026-10-17 | | RocketReach pricing | https://rocketreach.co/pricing | 2026-10-17 | | Hunter pricing | https://hunter.io/pricing | 2026-10-17 | | Ken pricing and plans | /pricing | 2026-10-17 | ## Changelog - 2026-10-17: Page published with Cognism prices checked on Oct 17, 2026.