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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Chargebee

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AChargeBee is an all in one subscription billing solution designed to handle all the complexity of recurring billing. The product integrates with a range of other SaaS applications including SalesForce, accounting, and order fulfillment systems. Some key features include: Managed Subscription Billing, Flexible Billing Support and Automated Notifications.

    $599

    per month for up to USD 100K of billing per month; 0.75% on billing thereafter

    Cognism

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACognism is GDPR-compliant B2B sales and marketing lead generation platform, providing B2B revenue teams with a blend of real-time company, people and event data to streamline prospecting.N/A
    Pricing
    ChargebeeCognism
    Editions & Modules
    Scale
    $599
    per month for up to USD 100K of billing per month; 0.75% on billing thereafter
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChargebeeCognism
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsNo transaction based fees. No setup cost.—
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    Community Pulse
    ChargebeeCognism
    Considered Both Products
    Chargebee
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    Cognism
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    69%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    77%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ChargebeeCognism
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Chargebee and Cognism
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Cognism
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Advanced search00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Identification of new leads00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    List quality00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    List upload/download00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Load time/data access00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Chargebee and Cognism
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Cognism
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Contact information00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Company information00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Industry information00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Chargebee and Cognism
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Cognism
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Lead qualification process00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Salesforce integration00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Company/business profiles00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Data hygiene00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Tags00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Chargebee and Cognism
    Feature
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Cognism
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Sales email templates00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Append emails to records00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ChargebeeCognism
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (22 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    ChargebeeCognism
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Chargebee
    Well-suited:
    • In a B2B set up - Post achieving some scale and having outgrown Google Sheets/ Excels. Won't add much value if you are dealing with fewer than 400-500 invoices a year.
    • We haven't explored their B2C subscription management side - but that is one of the key strengths of the platform.
    Incentivized
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    Cognism
    Cognism works great for startups, scale-ups and large enterprises. It helps us close deals faster because we can very easily find the right people who can move our deal forward fast, and reach them directly instead of having to go through an HQ number/gatekeeper. It also saves us hours and hours on research we'd otherwise have to do manually.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Chargebee
    • Reliable: We've had virtually no issues since launch.
    • Care about customers: Chargebee's account managers/support team have always been very helpful/responsive.
    • Feature-rich: Chargebee has a ton of features that help us do what we want and they are consistently adding new features every quarter.
    Incentivized
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    Cognism
    • They give us a headsup if the phone number is direct, mobile, or HQ
    • They advise us if the email is verified - that reduces our bounce rate.
    • They also advise us if our prospect's number is in the DNC list
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Chargebee
    • It wasn't allowing us to add a one time purchase without making it an ongoing subscription with only one payment. They may have fixed it very recently but that was a big pain from a reporting perspective (it was including one time purchasers as subscribers)
    • Email automation is not very robust. Difficult to customize triggers by subscription, you have to send the same message to all subscribers for a specific action
    • Wish it had a way to write off and cancel the subscription of customers who haven't updated their cc info. That can be a long painful and very manual process. And if that feature is available somewhere they don't do a good job of making that clear.
    Incentivized
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    Cognism
    • The mobile number quality needs to improve as the connect rate is lower
    • It should also add sub industries to contract the list and find ICP
    • The AI assistant is not ideal
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Chargebee
    It's very easy to use once you know what you're doing. I found it very straight forward once I got the hang of things and was able to create plans easily for my business. I was also able to just charge my clients right away easily. Refunding was also easy when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Cognism
    Cognism's UI is modern and sleek. While some functions like setting up sequences required a few more clicks than I think is necessary, every other feature is intuitive and easy to use. Everything is easy to find and users are able to quickly navigate to where they need to go for different use cases like research, email creation and sequence building
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Chargebee
    Chargebee is simple to use, and we have had little need for support.
    Incentivized
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    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Chargebee
    The major reason to go with chargebee is its costing as compared to its competitors it is much useful and value for money.Also it has many features that is very practical and efficient to use it.I recommend to the people who involves low costing as well as futuristic features.
    Incentivized
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    Cognism
    Cognism is great as its positioned itself in the middle of the pack from a pricing perspective, as it provides quality data for campaigns. The lower and cheaper options do offer it at a fraction of the cost but that just means that data quality is lower. Cognism is the best allrounder
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Chargebee
    • It was a step in the right direction compared to ReCharge
    • It had negative impacts on our revenue before we had our developers put some work into improving its capabilities with our website and software
    • Now, we are seeing some positive results (after some costly updating from our end)
    Incentivized
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    Cognism
    • The bounce rate is lower now by 50%
    • The lead quality is improved by 20%
    • We need all in one platform so we dont have to navigate between bundle of tools
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Chargebee Screenshots

    Screenshot of Chargebee's metrics and reportingScreenshot of the Recurring Business Command CentreScreenshot of customer subscription nanagement organized onto a single page, where users can change plans, edit card details, add add-ons, apply credits, apply ad hoc charges and delay billing dateScreenshot of the customizable hosted checkout page