Cognism and NumberBroom get compared because both promise better contact data, but they are answering different questions. One is a place to get contacts. The other is a check on contacts you already hold. The distinction matters most when you are deciding which problem you actually have.
The pricing difference is structural, not a discount
Cognism prices by seat and subscription. Both Sales Prospecting packages on its pricing page state that five seats are included, and the page carries no dollar figures at all — every route forward is a conversation with sales, and CRM Enrichment and Data-as-a-Service are quoted separately on top. That is a normal enterprise motion, and for a team of five reps prospecting daily it can be the right one.
It is the wrong shape for a different, common situation: you already have a list, you need to know what is in it before Monday, and there is one person doing the upload. A five-seat annual subscription cannot be sized down to that. NumberBroom prices the job instead of the team — $0.55 per row with a $5 minimum, quoted from your actual row count before payment, with nothing owed between jobs.
Two different questions about the same phone number
Will it connect? This is a data-quality question, and it is what a prospecting database's mobile verification is built to improve.
Is calling it a risk? This is a compliance question. A number can be perfectly accurate, freshly verified, and still belong to a serial TCPA litigator. Accuracy does not screen for that.
What each one actually returns
Cognism returns records: emails, mobiles, job titles, work history, company firmographics, and signals like hiring, funding and intent. You spend a credit to reveal a contact, and the record stays yours for the contract unless the person changes jobs.
NumberBroom returns a judgement about rows you supply. Every number gets carrier-level validation, an activity score that drops disconnected lines, and a TCPA litigator check. On the verification tier, each contact also comes back graded A–F on how contactable the phone is and whether the name on your record actually belongs to that number — plus, if your file has emails, whether the email is deliverable and matches the same person. The output is your original CSV with the extra columns appended, so you can sort by grade before anyone dials.
Which one you need
- You have no list yet and need to build one from filters and intent signals. That is a prospecting database's job, and NumberBroom cannot do it.
- You have a list — bought, skip-traced, inherited, or exported from a tool you are no longer sure about — and need to know which rows are real before spending calling hours on them. That is this product.
- You have both, which is most teams. Source contacts wherever you like, then verify the export. The check costs a fraction of what the contacts did.
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Frequently asked questions
Is NumberBroom a Cognism alternative?
Not a replacement, no — and it would be misleading to say otherwise. Cognism's job is to find contacts you don't have: you search a B2B database by firmographic and intent filters and reveal records. NumberBroom has no database to search and sells no contacts. Its job starts once you have a list, from Cognism or anywhere else, and answers whether the rows are real and safe to call. Teams that buy contact data usually still need the second step; the two sit next to each other in a workflow rather than competing for the same budget line.
What does Cognism cost?
Cognism does not publish it. As of a scrape on 4 September 2026, no dollar figure appears anywhere on cognism.com/pricing. There are two Sales Prospecting packages, Standard and Pro, each described as including five seats, plus CRM Enrichment and Data-as-a-Service as separately quoted add-ons. Every button on the page routes to "Talk to sales", "Talk to an expert" or a personalised quote form. Their FAQ explains the credits model — "one credit is used each time a contact record is revealed", and a credit is only spent again on that contact if the person changes jobs — but not what a credit costs. NumberBroom's price is on its pricing page and is calculated for your exact row count before you pay.
Does Cognism check whether a number is a TCPA litigator?
Its pricing page does not mention TCPA, DNC or litigator screening, and that is as far as we will characterise it here — an absence from one page is not proof of an absent feature, and you should ask them directly if it matters to you. What Cognism's pricing page does describe on the phone side is data quality: a "Premium mobile filter" and "on-demand mobile verification" on the Pro tier, aimed at connect rates. That is a different question from legal exposure. Whether a number reaches a human and whether calling it is a risk under the TCPA are separate checks, and NumberBroom's job includes the second one.
Can I use both?
That is the common case. Source contacts wherever they come from — a prospecting database like Cognism, a skip trace, a list purchase, an inbound form — then verify the export before your team dials it. NumberBroom takes a CSV, so anything that exports one works. There is no integration to build and no seat to buy for the person doing the upload.