Cognism vs UpLead
Zero of fourteen models named Cognism first on the direct prompt; one named UpLead. Cognism was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and UpLead by eight and Cognism carries 48 labels and UpLead 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Los Angeles, United States, founded 2017. Named in six categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the data enrichment page.
By framing
CognismFirst choices, of fourteen modelsUpLead
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Cognism and UpLead were named in the same answer forty-six times, of the 402 answers naming Cognism and the 107 naming UpLead. In those answers UpLead took the first choice four times and Cognism seven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
Cognism UpLead first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cognism on the left and UpLead on the right.The direct prompt
UpLead first, Cognism not the choice
1 of 14 modelsCognism was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Cognism0%#9 of 10UpLead0%#7 of 10Cognism2%#5 of 12UpLead2%#8 of 12What the models said about Cognism
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“often Cognism — both are generally positioned as enterprise tools” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“use European compliance-first data providers like Cognism or Dropcontact, which strictly adhere to GDPR” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Cognism | GDPR/CCPA certified, human-verified mobile numbers” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about UpLead
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Limited coverage/filters; varying accuracy across industries; poor support.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Top Recommendation: UpLead” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.