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    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

    Persana AI

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/APersana AI is an AI sales agent used to find, engage, and close deals on autopilot.

    $85

    per month

    Pricing
    CognismPersana AI
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CognismPersana AI
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    CognismPersana AI
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CognismPersana AI
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Cognism and Persana AI
    Feature
    Cognism
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Persana AI
    -
    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 Persana AI
    Feature
    Cognism
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Persana AI
    -
    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 Persana AI
    Feature
    Cognism
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Persana AI
    -
    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 Persana AI
    Feature
    Cognism
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Persana AI
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CognismPersana AI
    Small Businesses
    Owler
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Clay
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Gmail (discontinued)
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Conversica
    Score4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CognismPersana AI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CognismPersana AI
    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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    Persana AI
    We find Persana AI effective for outreach. One of the benefits is the speed with which we can now launch campaigns. Earlier, preparing prospect lists, enriching data, and gathering context used to take time. With Persana AI, this process has become faster for sure. Building the audience campaigns have also became quite easier for us. The tool isn’t really built for ROI calculation, and that’s something we’ve noticed in our usage.
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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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    Persana AI
    • They have accurate lead enrichment. This reduces manual research and saves time.
    • The insights they provide are quite helpful while reaching out. This has helped us a lot in response rate
    • Seamless CRM integration.
    • Segmentation and targeting have also become much easier.
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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
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    Persana AI
    • Some niche industries and regional markets are not covered.
    • UI could be more better. We find a bit difficult in filtering large datasets.
    • AI generated suggestions can be better. We find them quite generic. They can be more engaging and energetic.
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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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    Persana AI
    Some features, like filtering and finding leads, are pretty simple, but others take a bit of time to figure out. For someone new, the UI can feel a little overwhelming at first. Once you spend some time with it, it gets smoother, but it’s not as easy or intuitive as it could be.
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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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    Persana AI
    Both the tools offer similar features for things like data enrichment and prospecting. But the main reason to go with Persana AI was cost. Even though Clay is also a strong tool, Persana AI gave us a good balance of functionality and price, so we decided to go with it.
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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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    Persana AI
    • Positive Impact - Speed and efficiency on the revenue generation teams
    • Higher response rate due to personalisation
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