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Kavex vs Cognism

Cognism's enterprise plans start at $15k/year. Kavex covers similar B2B scrape surfaces at $0.005/lead. When to switch.

Cognism is an enterprise B2B database with strong EU coverage — priced like enterprise software: contracts typically start around $15,000/year with annual export caps and per-seat structures. That is a procurement project, not a tool you try on a Tuesday.

Kavex covers the same surfaces — LinkedIn, websites, public records — scraped live, at pay-per-result with no annual contract and no seat fees. Start in five minutes on 1,000 free credits instead of a quarter-long sales cycle.

Pricing summary

Cognism: contract-based, typically $15k-$50k/year for 5-10 seats with annual export caps. Kavex: pay-per-result, no annual contract.

Where Kavex wins
  • Massively cheaper for any team under 20 seats
  • No annual contract — turn off scraping at any time
  • LinkedIn cookie-based scraping (yours, not theirs) — fresh data, your sessions
  • Free 1,000 credits to evaluate before commit
Where Cognism wins
  • Pre-built EU compliant database with explicit consent records
  • Mobile numbers at scale
  • Dedicated customer success + onboarding
  • Compliance reports for enterprise procurement

Feature-by-feature

FeatureKavexCognism
PricingPer result$15k+/year contracts
EU/GDPR compliant✅ (B2B legitimate interest + delete endpoint)✅ (consent-based)
Pre-built contact DB❌✅
Mobile numbersPublic only✅
Custom onboardingSelf-serve✅ Dedicated CS
Pick Kavex if…

SMB and startups — you can't justify $15k/year and you don't have enterprise procurement requirements. You want to start in 5 minutes.

Pick Cognism if…

Enterprise sales orgs with strict procurement + compliance review processes. Budget already allocated for an enterprise data contract.

Frequently asked

Is Kavex EU/GDPR compliant?

For B2B contact data we rely on "legitimate interest" under GDPR Article 6(1)(f) — the same basis Cognism uses. We provide a public deletion endpoint at /privacy.

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