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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    HG Insights Platform

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    The HG Insights platform provides a view into global industries, markets, and companies allowing users to identify the most valuable opportunities and build strategies to maximize revenue and accelerate growth.N/A
    Pricing
    CognismHG Insights Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    CognismHG Insights Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    CognismHG Insights Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Cognism
    No answer on this topic
    HG Insights
    Chose HG Insights Platform
    We have evaluated all of these vendors and some are used in tangent with the HG Insights Platform. We found that for technographic data in particular HG gave the best coverage, but a few of these do help "fill the gaps" when occasion calls. We also use multiple intent engines …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    Features
    CognismHG Insights Platform
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Cognism and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Cognism
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    HG Insights Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Advanced search8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Cognism and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Cognism
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    HG Insights Platform
    9.1
    36 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Contact information8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information7.74 Ratings8.336 Ratings
    Industry information7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Cognism and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Cognism
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    12% above category average
    HG Insights Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Lead qualification process7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Cognism and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Cognism
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    24% above category average
    HG Insights Platform
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    Ratings
    Sales email templates10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Research
    Comparison of Financial Research features of Cognism and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Cognism
    -
    Ratings
    HG Insights Platform
    8.3
    34 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Industry-Specific Information00 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    Search Tools00 Ratings8.130 Ratings
    Market Research
    Comparison of Market Research features of Cognism and HG Insights Platform
    Feature
    Cognism
    -
    Ratings
    HG Insights Platform
    8.1
    36 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Competitor Research00 Ratings7.933 Ratings
    Market Insights and Reports00 Ratings8.334 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CognismHG Insights Platform
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Comscore Ad Metrix
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Sprinklr Insights
    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CognismHG Insights Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.2
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (41 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CognismHG Insights Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    HG Insights
    If you're trying to find or build prompts for your team to get the data they need to make them go ahead. For example, we use it to find our accounts and prospects who are using voice agents. It was very valuable to get that information. So yeah, definitely you can use that.
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    Pros
    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
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    HG Insights
    • It works great for seeing if the site or app for a company is hosted on AWS.
    • Intricately uses a different approach (vs the other tools we use) - which helps confirm from another angle.
    • It has a great google chrome plug-in.
    • UI/UX is modern and clean.
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    Cons
    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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    HG Insights
    • integration with SFDC could be better
    • Sometime provides back an incorrect/no match when a better is available from an uploaded file, though this is getting slightly better
    • A way to gauge how many hits you will get off an intent topic before selecting them so you don't feel like one is going to waste could be useful.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    HG Insights
    We are using it to identifying Account that uses Support tool and it has been a huge game changer for our organization as it has helped Sales team when they are prospecting Accounts to target these Accounts with knowledge that gives them the edge to win the deal. Plus using it with clay integration is very helpful for us.
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    Usability
    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
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    HG Insights
    It’s very easy to use, and the team is very responsive and friendly to work with. The information is unique and usable and can complement some of the data we get from call recordings. The integration with Salesforce is easy to implement and offers good insights into our database.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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
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    HG Insights
    - Sales Intel seems to be more of a direct competition. Their human research seems to be something interesting. Also the claim to focus on firmographics - We went with Bombora for intent technology in the past - We did not move forward with 6sense
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    Return on Investment
    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
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    HG Insights
    • I don't massively get involved in financial matters, but the propensity models we use internally to help run our campaigns are certainly a big factor when our sales people approach our clients.
    • Every campaign sold now comes with a flat data fee for us to run and use a propensity model for the activity we complete on behalf of our clients.
    • Whilst the client will never see the raw data behind the model (of which HG does play a part along with our other data sources) they are briefed on the methodology and reasoning behind them.
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    HG Insights Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of the welcome screen.Screenshot of the HG Insights Opportunity Generator.Screenshot of HG Insights' Market Analyzer, used to interactively explore and act on your total addressable market, competitive dynamics, and whitespace with speed and confidence.