TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    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

    Outreach

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AOutreach is an agentic AI platform for revenue teams that infuses purpose-built agents, conversation intelligence, and assistive insights to power use cases across revenue motions, from new logo prospecting to expansions, deal acceleration, driving retention, and forecasting.N/A

    Yesware

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AYesware, from Vendasta since the October 2022 acquisition, is a service for salespeople that helps them close deals faster. An email service tracks email, templates responses and syncs to CRM.

    $19

    per month

    Pricing
    CognismOutreachYesware
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Pro
    $19
    per month
    Premium
    $45
    per month
    Enterprise
    $85
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CognismOutreachYesware
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAnnual plans save up to 23%.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CognismOutreachYesware
    Considered Multiple Products
    Cognism
    Chose Cognism
    Data quality for phone numbers in APAC
    Incentivized
    Outreach
    Chose Outreach
    Yesware is better and has a better user experience for account executives and people selling to named accounts.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Outreach has so many more features than I was ever able to find when using Yesware. The support team is an even keel and I was able to do similar things but with less automation. Storing and creating templates and snippets in Yesware was easier and it integrated more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Good! The last remaining feature that I had used Yesware for was their bump to the top of the inbox and send later feature and now that Outreach has those, I have no need for Yesware!
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Outreach sequenced feature saves time compared to Yesware. Has a lot of the same features but Outreach does more!
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Yesware's integration into Gmail was much better. Creating templates for individual emails was easier mainly because of the Gmail plugin, and alerts capabilities were nicer. Other than those which all involve the Gmail plugin I really enjoy Outreach and get much nicer …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Outreach is like SF is for CRM, absolutely the leading software to use. Wouldn't change it for another option even if they made me pay for it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    OutReach is an awesome tool & I would recommend it to any other sales team looking to improve outbound efforts & new business sales results!
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Outreach is easily one of the leaders in this space. I would say the other would be Salesloft.

    I've been pleased with the UI, product releases, support, and Peak learning center.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    I've only used Outreach so my experience is limited.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    • The Outreach UI is more intuitive than any that we evaluated
    • Outreach structure is significantly more automated than competitors -- We have used Pardot, and their structuring of email sequences is difficult to do at scale
    • We have been working to build internal infrastructure off …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Outreach is 10x better than anything else I've used (and that's a lot) due to a great UI and continuous innovation.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Yesware...Outreach is totally better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Outreach is easily pulling ahead in features and ease of use
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    I wasn't the DM for Rainforest, but would have picked Outreach. Although there's issues, the product is better overall.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    I think Outreach is probably the most comprehensive tool I've used of its kind.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    Outreach is better because you can do more and it organizes your day so you know exactly what you need to do.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    It was more affordable and allowed for more dynamic outreach campaigns. Took a bit of time to get up and running, loaded with copy, and the team trained but now saves us time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outreach
    We selected Outreach after using ToutApp, then switching to SalesLoft.

    The one thing we really liked was the bi-directional sync with Salesforce.com which saves our teams a lot of time (no more manual updates of lead/contact stages, etc.).
    Incentivized
    Vendasta
    Chose Yesware
    Yesware is less robust than Outreach. Outreach might be overkill for your needs. Outreach is a great SDR tool. Yesware is great for strategic email outreach.
    Incentivized
    Chose Yesware
    I think they compliment one another. While Outreach also provides great analytics, Yesware is more seamless.
    Incentivized
    Chose Yesware
    Yesware is much more reliable compared to others. The tracking feature is the most outstanding feature of this software which is not provided to the same extent by other software. Users can track each and every email, whether email has been opened or not, which device has been …
    Incentivized
    Chose Yesware
    Very similar, but I really like the alerts & ease of the available calendar feature.
    Incentivized
    Chose Yesware
    Yesware was a lot quicker and easier than other prospecting email tools I've used. The integration with Gmail was also much cleaner and easier than others. They also sent more helpful tips on how to send the best email campaigns and utilize the tool most effectively.
    Incentivized
    Chose Yesware
    Yesware's main benefit versus the 3 other apps that we use/have used are the ease of use and stability - it performs well while not overloading users with a ton of options.
    Incentivized
    Chose Yesware
    I prefered Yesware over ClearSlide. Much cleaner functionality, however yesware does not have the screensharing capabilities that ClearSlide has. I find that Outreach although it has glitches, is much cleaner when looking to track stats regarding drip campaigns.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    67 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    85 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    CognismOutreachYesware
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Cognism and Outreach and Yesware
    Feature
    Cognism
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Outreach
    -
    Ratings
    Yesware
    -
    Ratings
    Advanced search8.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads8.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality8.24 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download9.34 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting8.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access9.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Cognism and Outreach and Yesware
    Feature
    Cognism
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Outreach
    -
    Ratings
    Yesware
    -
    Ratings
    Contact information8.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information7.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information7.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Cognism and Outreach and Yesware
    Feature
    Cognism
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Outreach
    -
    Ratings
    Yesware
    -
    Ratings
    Lead qualification process7.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations7.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration9.73 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles8.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders9.33 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene8.33 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh7.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags7.74 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation9.34 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Cognism and Outreach and Yesware
    Feature
    Cognism
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Outreach
    -
    Ratings
    Yesware
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates10.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records9.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CognismOutreachYesware
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    HubSpot Sales Hub
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Mailtrack
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Mixmax
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Mailtrack
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Groove (legacy product)
    Score7.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    CognismOutreachYesware
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (263 ratings)
    9.0
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (213 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (25 ratings)
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (62 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CognismOutreachYesware
    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.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Outreach
    Outreach is very useful for all aspects of work organization. I can keep my tasks organized and complete them quickly and efficiently. I'd like to see an app-based tracking feature to keep my tasks up-to-date with reminders, which would make things much more efficient and eliminate the need to constantly check the website. Outreach es muy útil en todo lo que refiere a organización de trabajo, puedo mantener un orden de actividades y me permite completarlas de manera ágil y rápida. Quisiera un seguimiento desde aplicativo para tener siempre al dia las tareas con recordatorios lo que haría mucho más eficiente y así no ingresar todo el tiempo a la pagina This review was originally written in Spanish and has been translated into English using a third-party translation tool. While we strive for accuracy, some nuances or meanings may not be perfectly captured.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    It works for my company and my problems. If you need a Sales CRM you can go for higher-end products that will give you what Yesware gives along with other stuff. Wherein we had specific problems we wanted to solve. -We needed a solution for a smaller team within our bigger sales team. -We needed a solution to be easy to use point and click and did not require any setup. -We needed to have a better solution to YAMM.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Outreach
    • Outreach is great at managing my data to day tasks and reminders for next steps with prospects
    • The click to dial works great from Salesforce, and I love the integration with Salesforce where I can upload contacts into Outreach to start a sequence
    • Outreach Kaia is perfect to capture calls and search provide actionable next steps. I also like going in and listening to other reps calls
    • I like the overview section for reports where I can see how I am doing compared to my peers. Especially on all metrics
    • The accounts tab is great to see at a glance which accounts have had the most engagement
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    • Tracking open rates, link click rates, and reply rates. This allows us to compare different templates in order to see which allows for the most interactions and meetings set directly from email engagement.
    • Seeing exactly when someone opens an email and whether it is in their normal location. Also if they are opening on a mobile device versus a computer to be able to organize the set up of the email in a more beneficial way.
    • Being able to save Templates for Mail Merges to avoid the duplication of effort that other mass email systems utilize.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Outreach
    • The Salesforce-to-Outreach connection can be weak if a record is converted; Outreach holds onto stake values.
    • Outreach can be hard for new hires to grasp, ongoing training in platform would help.
    • Customization in report views from Salesforce into outreach could be enhanced.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    • The ability to unwrap iframe embeds on email (e.g. if I send a Vimeo link over email, have that video thumbnail show and link out to a video)
    • Removing recipients from a campaign. If my ruleset is to remove a contact from a sequence after he/she replies, sometimes a person will reply from another email and Yesware doesn't recognize it. (e.g. if I add jeff@amazon.com to my campaign and jeff.bezos@amazon.com replies to my thread, Yesware will still send an email to jeff@amazon.com unless he is manually removed)
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Outreach
    It's a strong tool that helps our sales development team manage a large number of qualified leads. The sequence framework ensures that every lead receives enough contact attempts that we have confidence that we're not abandoning our prospecting too early without the overhead of managing those activities manually.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    I like the product, but due to the limitations I don't love it. I'm curious to revisit other options, particularly in lieu of Yesware's recent price increases (although I'm on a legacy plan). Some of my challenges to be browser related (I'm on an older computer) -- I'll have to see how things go when I receive my new computer. If the glitches (especially with regard to tracking accuracy and send later feature) go away, I'd be much more inclined to renew
    Read full review
    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
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Outreach
    It's not as simple as it used to be -- getting pretty bloated, and I'm not a fan of the UI. I think it could be a far more usable product (and indeed, at one point it was) if the most important things for a seller were the most prominent. Take cold emailing, for example: the window where messages are being composed is tiny, and it's frustrating to use—maybe that's just me, though.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    Yesware is easy to setup and get connected in existing systems. We were able to get started sending the day we puchased our subscription because of the addon for Gmail and easy connection to our CRM. It's also very easy to use in the day to day, kicking off campaigns and seeing their status to as about as easy as it gets. I have not concerns about usability
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Reliability and Availability
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Outreach
    In our years as Outreach customers, I can count the number of outages we've experienced on one hand. Generally, outages have been very brief and have not completely frozen our access to the platform. Scheduled maintenance is always proactive communicated and the hours never interfere with standard business hours or scheduled sequences.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Outreach
    Outreach's performance overall is very high quality. Pages load right away. Occasionally it might take a minute to generate a report, but not any slower than in other platforms I've used. Outreach is integrated into many of our other tools and seems to be a very clean integration. Everything runs very quickly.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Outreach
    There is almost zero customer support. What they do offer is a live chat feature which is active during "normal" business hours which is nice for instant inquiries if someone is available. However, you do not have a dedicated representative to address questions or concerns and their billing process is confusing and messy without any support.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    Because it deserves this rating. The features and functionality provided are great. Our Sales team is very satisfied with this software as it integrates very well with our other software like Outlook, Salesforce, etc. Yesware provides great follow up with customers, which is essential for sales. Meeting scheduling is also flawless.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    In-Person Training
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Outreach
    We were trained in person and it was very easy to understand. And if we missed any pointers there was more training given to us. So i always like this tool. The drafts were also prepared for us to sync outreach with our devices so it was straightforward. Highly recommend
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Outreach
    Lots of attention from the Outreach training team, with a great willingness to customize to our needs. To be clear, you get out what you put in. If you don't work with them, you'll get cookie-cutter training. But we asked for a lot of customization, and they delivered what we asked for.
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Outreach
    I expected more assistance in connecting Outreach with Salesforce. We have a basic connection, but many fields were left without a sync. We can apparently sync data without adding the app into Salesforce, but believe we could get more functionality with a better integration. The basics of setting up our sequences and using Outreac to run them was was fine.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Outreach
    They're not direct competitors, but they share many of the same functionalities. Gong has a greater focus on spoken communications, such as calls and demos, rather than emails. I think Gong also has stronger AI capabilities at the moment. However, I don't believe so, Gong would be ideal for prospecting and mass outreach, as Outreach is. Outreach is more suitable for exploration and outbound communications management, whereas Gong is better suited for deal and pipeline management and analysis.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    All of these tools do what Yesware does, and more; but Yesware does the follow-up email portion best, in my experience. It is reasonably priced and is regularly adding new functionality to make it a sticky license for us to have. Yesware does not have predictive analytics or a particularly strong dialer solution, but it does provide team-wide and template efficacy tracking, and a basic dialer.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Scalability
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Outreach
    As a business of 100+ people, we are on the smaller side. We took it on when we were 50 people overall with 15 sellers. We are now double that it has scaled brilliantly. We would completely trust the system to scale with us if we doubled in size
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Outreach
    • Increase in meetings booked
    • Increase in call metrics as it is easy to make more calls using Outreach features. Basically cutting down admin work time before the call.
    • Prospect journey and experience has been a positive flowing through a set amount of emails and calls rather than just being blasted with random emails. Helps BDRS stay focused on more important parts of the job.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Vendasta
    • I think net positive ROI from generating meetings that lead to closed deals. Ultimately very difficult to quantify the ROI since it is essentially automating a lot of the manual prospecting done by BDRs/AEs - so ROI is likely higher than just that quantifiable number around deals closed.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Outreach Screenshots

    Screenshot of Outreach’s pipeline management capabilities, which help sales and revenue operations leaders assess pipeline quantity, quality, and maturity. Built-in win modeling helps leaders spot risk early for every team and seller to ensure there is enough coverage to deliver on their goals.Screenshot of Kaia, Outreach’s conversation intelligence solution, used to automatically take notes, flag action items, summarize meetings, and receive in-the-moment product and competitive information so you can nail every sales meeting.Screenshot of Outreach Research Agent, which automatically uncovers targeting signals from conversations, engagements, and public sources to drive your account strategy and ensure every touchpoint is timely, relevant, and focused on the right accounts.Screenshot of the Revenue Agent, which helps sales leaders optimize team efficiency, generate more conversations and improve pipeline predictability.Screenshot of the Outreach Deal Agent, which eliminates the burden of manual updates by surfacing AI-recommended changes to opportunity fields. AI deal management helps maintain pipeline health while keeping reps focused and sales teams aligned.Screenshot of the Personalization Agent, used to turn research and buyer context into simple, effective messages that convert, then deliver messaging that resonates across every channel.

    Yesware Screenshots

    Screenshot of CampaignsScreenshot of Email Templates