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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

    Perfect Audience (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/APerfect Audience was a retargeting solution for X.com (Twitter), and part of Marin Software. The service is no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    CognismPerfect Audience (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CognismPerfect Audience (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    CognismPerfect Audience (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Cognism
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    CognismPerfect Audience (discontinued)
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Cognism and Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cognism
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    -
    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 Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cognism
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Contact information8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Cognism and Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cognism
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    -
    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 Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cognism
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Cognism and Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cognism
    -
    Ratings
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Cognism and Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cognism
    -
    Ratings
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Cognism and Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Cognism
    -
    Ratings
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CognismPerfect Audience (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CognismPerfect Audience (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CognismPerfect Audience (discontinued)
    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
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    Discontinued Products
    I would recommend Perfect Audience to anyone who wants to use a 3rd party to scale up. I find the audience builder pretty terrible in Google AdWords so I was looking for something a bit easier to use and this fit the bill easily.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Great to up your inbound marketing game
    • The bulk uploading feature is great and makes it easy to upload numerous ad campaigns
    • Can customize each ad easily
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • Constantly left Googling how to do things because the system is sometimes confusing
    • Weak native reporting
    • Landing page editor needs work
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The bulk uploading feature is certainly my preferred feature of Perfect Audience. This tool has made creating new ad campaigns quick and easy. I used to have to upload facebook then Instagram then another social media page and instead I upload everything all at once and it certainly makes it easier for all of us.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Cognism
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The support team could be a little more useful. After our implementation calls and getting everything setup, we did feel that they were not as responsive and I did find myself googling solutions to things that the support team could have helped us with.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    I have used Google Ads which has a difficult interface to use as well as Ad Roll. Perfect Audience beats them both in functionality and usability.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • The convenience of Perfect Audience has made things smoother for us. This convenience means less time spent managing ads and more time focusing on running our business.
    • Re-marketing features have been superior to AdWords.
    Incentivized
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