Is there a Cognism alternative for AI agents?

It depends on the job. An agent running looot gets a verdict of kinda for Cognism: 2 of 5 jobs covered, 1 partly.

Is there a free Cognism alternative?

looot is not free. It is pay per call, and each endpoint shows its price before the run, so you can see what a Cognism job costs before you start. We do not state what Cognism costs.

Cognism vs looot, which fits an agent?

Cognism is an app you open and use. looot is a catalog of endpoints your own agent calls. Cognism vs looot comes down to whether you want an app or an agent doing the jobs, and whether the jobs you need are in the covered list.

Which Cognism jobs can an agent do with looot?

search people by title, find work emails and find mobile numbers. Coverage is checked against the live catalog, so a job drops to not covered when no priced endpoint exists.

Which Cognism jobs can an agent not do?

do-not-call list checks and sales intent signals. Keep Cognism for these, or use another tool beside looot.

How do I replace Cognism with an agent?

Set up looot from https://looot.ai/skill.md, then paste the prompt on this page into the agent you already use. Edit it to match your own inputs.

How does looot price a Cognism alternative?

looot charges per call. The jobs above show the cheapest live price for each, read from the catalog. When no priced endpoint exists the page says price on request.

Sales and outreachKinda

Cognism alternatives for AI agents

Looking for a Cognism alternative? An AI agent can do some of its jobs by calling looot endpoints. Here is what it covers and what it does not.

Give this to your agent

set up looot - https://looot.ai/skill.md

Alternatives for AI agents

The honest answer

A B2B contact database sold with a focus on phone numbers and compliance checks. For an AI agent running looot, the verdict on Cognism is kinda. 2 of the 5 jobs we compared are covered and 1 more partly.

50%of jobs

Kinda

2 covered, 1 partly, 2 not covered

See the full Cognism coverage page

Covered 2

Search people by title
Find work emails

Partly covered 1

Find mobile numbers

Not covered 2

Do-not-call list checks
Sales intent signals

For these, keep Cognism or use another tool beside looot.

Sales and outreach

Other tools in the same job

Jobs

Or let your agent do the jobs

Kinda2 of 5 jobs covered right now

Search people by title
$0.005391 / search
Find work emails
$0.0089 / lookup
Find mobile numbers
Phone coverage varies by provider and country, so check each result.
$0.0445 / lookup
Do-not-call list checks
looot does not screen numbers against do-not-call lists.
Sales intent signals
looot has no ready-made intent feed.

Prompt

Ask your agent

Prompt to replace Cognism

Use looot to find people with a given title at the companies I list, then find work emails and mobile numbers and flag the numbers each provider could not return. If you have not yet, set up https://looot.ai/skill.md first. Then search the looot catalog for each step, check the price of each endpoint before you call it, run the cheapest one that fits, and show me the results as a table.

Side by side

Cognism versus an agent running looot

Compared

CognismAgent running looot

What it isA B2B contact database sold with a focus on phone numbers and compliance checks.Your own agent calling looot endpoints and writing the result where you ask.

Jobs compared5 jobs2 covered, 1 partly

Not covereddo-not-call list checks and sales intent signals2 jobs the agent cannot do through looot

How you use itThe Cognism appA prompt to the agent you already use

How you paySee Cognism for its own termsPay per call, with the price shown before each run

Last reviewed2026-10-02Prices read live from the catalog

Providers behind it

People Data Labs, Coresignal, AI Ark, Hunter, Findymail, Tomba, Icypeas, LeadMagic