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D&B helps you research companies. Cognism helps you talk to decision-makers.

Power your global GTM engine with premium B2B data. Built for US companies prospecting in Europe.

Get 90% coverage of EU decision-makers and 3x higher connect rates with phone-verified mobiles.

That’s why 4,000+ businesses choose Cognism.

“Cognism’s data quality was about 30% better than everything else we were looking at at the time.”

Dave Smallwood - Managing Director @ Mollie
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 Trusted by 4000+ businesses scaling globally

Selling into Europe? Compare Cognism's data quality to D&B and get your questions answered.

Why switch from D&B Hoovers, Optimizer or Connect Discover?

Where D&B offers firmographic breadth, Cognism provides depth - the highest European contact data quality. 

Improve EMEA pipeline by 42%

Cognism is purpose-built for companies selling into EMEA markets, providing you with unmatched European coverage, GDPR-aligned sourcing and more DNC lists tracked than any other provider.

Increase connect rates by 8%

Cognism’s phone-verified mobiles are tested and validated by human and AI-powered methods to ensure the highest accuracy. 

Connect to Salesforce & other CRMs

Keep your CRM clean, complete, and up-to-date. Sync Cognism's best-in-class B2B data, and enrich contacts in just a few clicks.

Already use D&B? Add the specialist European data layer.

Cognism is often used alongside D&B by revenue teams who are scaling outbound in EMEA. Keep your global master data in D&B while powering your European sales with Cognism.

Designed for GTM

D&B is a research platform, not a sales-first tool. A reference and risk data company that also sells sales intelligence and CRM enrichment. Cognism is purpose-built for GTM and supports outbound sales.

European coverage

US data-providers often have large gaps in their European data quality. Cognism fills those gaps with compliant, verified and up-to-date contact data for the decision-makers you want to reach.

AI-powered signals

AI-powered signal data and smart contact suggestions remove the guesswork for your reps - helping them reach the right decision-makers at the right time, with the right context.

Don’t take our word for it. Hear from real customers.

50%
increase in team performance
“In the evaluation process, we compared Cognism against five other competitors. We naturally expected Cognism’s data not to perform as well as the others, as it is a UK-based company. However, our results showed that the coverage of US mobile data far outperformed the others.”
Paul Thomas - CEO @ Lead Forensics
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If there's a fit, we'll make the switch or onboarding as seamless and stress-free as possible.