Comparison

SIE Data vs Cognism

Cognism is the best phone-verified contact database in Europe. SIE Data is built for US-based teams that need government-verified contacts in regulated industries with built-in intent signals and US compliance.

Feature

Cognism

SIE Data

Primary market

Europe (EMEA-first)

United States (all 50 states)

Data source

Phone-verified, web scraping

Federal registries (NPI, FINRA, FMCSA)

Starting price

$1,000+/mo (no free tier)

$0 (free pilot)

Mobile numbers

98% accuracy (phone-verified)

Multi-source verification

Intent signals

Bombora integration

Built-in surge detection + buying readiness

Auto-buy rules

Yes — automated lead delivery

Government data

NPI, FINRA, FMCSA, state boards

EMEA coverage

Excellent

US-focused

Dialer

Built-in

Export to your dialer

Diamond Data (phone verified)

Yes (premium tier)

Government-verified (different approach)

Regulated industry support

Generic contacts

Purpose-built for healthcare, finance, legal

Intent Type

Inferred from content consumption

Declared intent from actions + consent-verified behavioral data

Built-in Outbound

None — export to external tools

Email, SMS, voice, auto-dialer — 33 channels built in

Consumer Signals

B2B only

517 signals — buying readiness, vendor evaluation, switching intent across 46 industries

Signal taxonomy

Phone-verified B2B contacts

517 signals — 27 FCRA-blocked by design

Compliance

GDPR focus, limited FCRA

FCRA + DROP + 7-stage pipeline

A note on honesty

Cognism is excellent for European prospecting with industry-leading phone-verified mobile numbers. If your primary market is EMEA and you need a built-in dialer, Cognism is hard to beat. SIE Data is a different tool — built for US regulated industries with government-verified data and built-in intent signals.

Who SIE Data is best for

US-focused sales teams that need government-verified contacts in regulated industries

Companies that need US compliance (FCRA, CCPA, DROP) rather than GDPR-only

Teams that want built-in intent signals instead of paying extra for Bombora

Organizations that need data provenance for audit and compliance reviews

Companies that need automated daily lead delivery, not manual searching

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