The best Cognism alternatives in 2026 for teams that cold call into Europe and the Nordics are Tables, Kaspr, FullEnrich, Lusha, Surfe and Apollo for decision-maker phone numbers, plus Vainu and Lasso for Nordic and Danish company data. Tables and FullEnrich ask multiple data providers for each mobile. Kaspr is owned by Cognism and sold per seat. Cognism is still the stronger choice if you need phone-verified mobiles and do-not-call screening for high-volume UK calling.
We make Tables. It's on this list, and we've tried to be fair. Updated 10 November 2026.
How we picked. We chose tools that sell contact data for calling Europe and publish checkable facts. We left out ZoomInfo (median spend $33,500 a year), Clay (a workflow builder; phone data starts at $167 a month), Leadfeeder, formerly Dealfront (website visitor identification first) and The Right People (a research agency with a 9,000 DKK minimum order).
Quick comparison
| Tool | Best for | Mobile numbers | How you buy |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tables | Cold calling decision makers in Europe | Multiple providers per person; 89.4% find rate | 100 free credits; no public team price |
 Kaspr | Reps prospecting from LinkedIn | 100–200 phone credits per user a month | Free; from €45/user/month annual |
 FullEnrich | Enriching lists you already have | Carrier-checked; 10 credits each | 50 free credits; from $55/month |
 Lusha | Cheap one-off lookups | 5 credits per phone | Free; from $37.45/month annual |
 Surfe | LinkedIn-to-CRM, email-led teams | 50–100 mobiles per user a month | Free; from $39/user/month annual |
 Apollo | Email sequences plus data | No phone accuracy figure published | Free; $49–$119/user/month annual |
 Vainu | Choosing which Nordic companies to call | "Direct phone number"; no mobile claim | From €250/month, annual, demo first |
 Lasso | Danish calling to company numbers | Best company number, validated live | From 12,000 DKK/year, demo first |
 Cognism (reference) | Mid-size and enterprise teams calling Europe | Phone-verified on request (Pro) | Sales-led, 5 seats, no public prices |
What to look for in a Cognism alternative
- Mobiles, not switchboards. Ask what share are mobiles and how they are checked.
- Find rate and accuracy, separately. A find rate is how often you get a number. Accuracy is how often it reaches the right person.
- Compliance where you call. GDPR, plus do-not-call registers such as the UK's TPS or Denmark's reklamebeskyttelse.
- How you buy. Seat minimums and demos, or a free start you can test today.
1. Tables
Tables is cold calling data for B2B teams that sell into Europe. Describe the decision makers you want in plain language, and Tables builds the list. For each person it asks multiple data providers in turn for a mobile (waterfall enrichment). It is built in Aarhus, Denmark, under GDPR.
In a reproducible random sample of 5,000 customer lookups (1 October to 9 November 2026), Tables found a mobile for 89.4% of people: 89.0% in Denmark, 91.0% outside it. That is a find rate, not an accuracy rate: it counts numbers returned, not right people reached.
AI agents research each company for the criteria you set and score every lead against your ICP, with sources for each answer. A mobile costs 10 credits and an email 1 credit, and the 100 free credits cover your first 10 mobiles. It syncs with HubSpot, Pipedrive, Attio, Zoho and Close, with SuperOffice in alpha, has a Chrome extension for LinkedIn, and works from Claude, ChatGPT and Grok through MCP.
Where Cognism is ahead: its team calls numbers to confirm the right person answers (on demand within 48 hours on Pro). In its 1,000-mobile study, the right person picked up 45% of the time on verified numbers vs 18% on standard ones. It screens 16 do-not-call lists, including UK TPS and CTPS. Tables doesn't phone-verify numbers and publishes no right-person rate or team price.
Pick it if you want AI agents to research every lead against your own criteria, every lead scored against your ICP so reps only call the best ones, strong mobile coverage in Denmark and the rest of Europe, a Chrome extension for LinkedIn, sync to HubSpot, Pipedrive, Attio, Zoho, Close or SuperOffice, or to work in Tables from Claude, ChatGPT or Grok.
Look elsewhere if you need phone-verified numbers, a published right-person rate, built-in DNC screening for UK calling, or Salesforce sync.
Full comparison: Tables vs Cognism.
Sources: Tables' random sample of 5,000 lookups; Cognism Diamond Data; Cognism pricing.
2. Kaspr
Kaspr is a Chrome extension that shows phone numbers and emails on LinkedIn and Sales Navigator profiles. It pitches "accurate European contact data". Cognism bought it in 2022, and Kaspr says the two share data.
Starter costs €45 per user a month (annual) with 100 phone credits a month; Business is €79 with 200. Free has 5 phone credits a month.
Kaspr publishes no find rate. An independent test found numbers for 54% of Nordic directors, with 40% reaching the right person; for Nordic C-suite, 38% and 27%. France's CNIL fined Kaspr €240,000 in December 2024 over LinkedIn data collection and closed the order in March 2026 after Kaspr complied.
Pick it if your reps work from LinkedIn, use Salesforce, Aircall or Ringover, and 100–200 phone reveals per seat a month is enough.
Look elsewhere if you want lists without a profile open, or more phone volume per rep.
Full comparison: Tables vs Kaspr.
Sources: kaspr.io; data sharing; pricing; workflow credits; acquisition; DEV Community test; CNIL fine; CNIL closure.
3. FullEnrich
FullEnrich queries 20+ contact-data vendors in turn to find emails and mobiles for contacts you already have, via CSV, API or MCP. You can choose which providers it uses. It is a US company (San Francisco) that hosts data in the EU.
It says every number is checked with the carrier network, dead lines are removed, and line ownership is matched to your lead's name. A mobile costs 10 credits, and "if we can't find the data, you don't pay." Pro starts at $55 a month for 1,000 credits, with unlimited users.
It publishes no Nordic figures, has no Chrome extension, and HubSpot is its only native CRM.
Pick it if you run RevOps, already have the list, and want carrier-checked mobiles by API or MCP, with SOC 2 Type II.
Look elsewhere if your reps need help deciding whom to call, or want a LinkedIn extension or Pipedrive sync.
Full comparison: Tables vs FullEnrich.
Sources: fullenrich.com; trust; pricing; privacy policy; integrations; no extension.
4. Lusha
Lusha is a self-serve contact database and LinkedIn extension from Tel Aviv. It lists 103.1M+ European contacts and about 7.5M in the Nordics (Sweden 3.1M, Denmark 1.9M, Norway 1.4M, Finland 1M). These are contacts, not mobiles.
A phone costs 5 credits and an email 1. Free gives 40 credits a month; Starter is $37.45 a month (annual) for 400. Lusha reports 86% global phone accuracy but describes no phone-specific check such as calling.
In July 2026 Italy's data protection authority fined Lusha €2M and ordered it to delete data on people in Italy. Its DNC screening covers only the UK (TPS and CTPS) and the US.
Pick it if you're a solo rep or small team calling mostly the UK or US and want the lowest sticker price.
Look elsewhere if you call Italy or need DNC screening beyond the UK and US.
Full comparison: Tables vs Lusha.
Sources: data; sourcing; pricing; Italian fine; DNC.
5. Surfe
Surfe, formerly Leadjet, is a prospecting sidebar for LinkedIn and your CRM. It enriches through a waterfall of "15+ enrichment providers", which it doesn't name, and calls itself Pipedrive's official data enrichment provider.
Mobiles are capped by plan: 5 a month on Free, 50 on Essential (from $39 per user a month, annual) and 100 on Pro (from $79). Pro also gives 1,000 email credits, so Surfe leans towards email. It claims an 85% find rate but publishes no Europe-specific coverage.
Pick it if your reps live in LinkedIn and Salesforce, HubSpot or Pipedrive, run email-led outreach, and need a few dozen mobiles a month.
Look elsewhere if calling is your main channel and reps need hundreds of mobiles a month.
Full comparison: Tables vs Surfe.
6. Apollo
Apollo is an all-in-one sales platform: 240M+ contacts, email sequences, a dialer and AI features, including plain-language search. Paid plans cost $49, $79 and $119 per user a month (annual), and there is a free plan.
Apollo publishes 96% email accuracy, but no phone accuracy or European coverage. Third-party reviews report more outdated data outside North America. Apollo says its admin-configured waterfall has sources that "may consume credits for a lookup even when they don't find a phone number." DNC screening is opt-in, lists no Nordic registers, and still charges for DNC-listed numbers.
Pick it if email sequences drive your outbound, you sell mostly in the US, and you want one low-cost tool.
Look elsewhere if phone calls into Europe are your main channel.
Full comparison: Tables vs Apollo.
Sources: apollo.io; plan prices; accuracy; AI Assistant; waterfall; DNC; review.
7. Vainu
Vainu is a Nordic company database from Helsinki. It covers 5.1M+ companies in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, refreshed daily from business registers. It adds 10.5M+ Nordic decision makers, buying signals, AI agents that cite sources, and an MCP server.
It isn't a mobile-number tool. Contacts come with "a direct phone number, an email address or a LinkedIn profile", and manual review covers Finland and Sweden only. An annual licence starts at €250 a month for one country, after a demo.
Pick it if you need to decide which Nordic companies to call, with financials, ownership and Salesforce, Dynamics 365 or SuperOffice sync.
Look elsewhere if you need decision makers' mobiles or markets outside the Nordics. Many teams pair it with a mobile tool.
Full comparison: Tables vs Vainu.
Sources: vainu.com; Nordic data; contacts; sales teams; pricing.
8. Lasso
Lasso (Lasso X) is a Copenhagen registry data platform covering 800,000+ Danish companies. Its Live Nummer feature returns "the best available phone number" for a company, validated in real time, and checks every number against reklamebeskyttelse and the Robinson list each time it updates.
It connects to the Danish dialers Adversus, Enreach and LeadDesk. Sales Insights costs 12,000 DKK a year and Sales Pro 24,000 DKK, after a demo. Lasso doesn't say whether its decision-maker numbers are personal mobiles or company lines.
Pick it if you run a Denmark-only team that dials company numbers through a Danish dialer and wants screening built in.
Look elsewhere if you need named decision makers' mobiles, or call outside Denmark.
Full comparison: Tables vs Lasso.
Sources: lassox.com; Live Nummer; pricing; company count.
How to test them fairly
Don't trust any vendor's headline number, including ours. Run the same list through every tool.
- 1Pick 200 decision makers you plan to call, split across your countries. Include 50 whose numbers you know are right.
- 2Run that exact list through each tool on free credits or a trial. Ask Cognism's sales team for a sample.
- 3Record mobiles returned, matches with known-good numbers, and total cost.
- 4Call 50 new numbers from each tool. Log right person, wrong person or dead line.
- 5Compare cost per right-person mobile, not cost per reveal.
FAQ
What is the best Cognism alternative for calling the Nordics?
For decision-maker mobiles, test Tables and FullEnrich on your own list. For Nordic company data, look at Vainu, or Lasso for Denmark.
Is Kaspr part of Cognism?
Yes. Cognism bought Kaspr in 2022, and Kaspr says the two companies share data.
Is there a free Cognism alternative?
Tables, FullEnrich, Lusha, Kaspr, Surfe and Apollo all have free starts. Tables' 100 credits cover 10 mobiles. Cognism publishes no free plan.
Is a find rate the same as accuracy?
No. A find rate is how often a tool returns a number; accuracy is how often it reaches the right person. Cognism publishes a right-person figure (45%); Tables publishes a find rate (89.4%).
Sources
- Cognism Diamond Data and pricing
- Kaspr pricing and CNIL decision
- FullEnrich pricing
- Lusha data coverage
- Surfe pricing
- Apollo waterfall docs
- Vainu Nordic data
- Lasso Live Nummer
- Tables: random sample of 5,000 customer lookups, 1 October to 9 November 2026
Find the mobile numbers of the people you want to call
Describe who you want to call, and Tables finds the decision makers and their mobile numbers.
