Mawsool vs Cognism (2026): Global Earth Coverage vs Europe-First Phone Data

Open the public proof: [/data/coverage](/data/coverage), country pages (United States ~225.4 million profiles / ~120.3 million personal emails; United Kingdom ~40.6 million / ~17.9 million), and [/data/methodology](/data/methodology). Also compare [Mawsool vs ZoomInfo](/compare/mawsool-vs-zoominfo) and [Mawsool vs Apollo.io](/compare/mawsool-vs-apollo).

Vendor size for Cognism: About 400–440M contacts in public third-party roundups (vendor figures vary). Source class: industry comparison roundups. Treat every vendor headline as a claim until you sample your ICP. Definitions of contact, profile, and email are not identical across vendors — that is why Mawsool publishes both profile and personal-email totals with a date.

Whole-database fill rates from Earth (31 Oct 2026):

These describe the entire Mawsool graph. They are not per-country measurements. Cognism does not publish a matching public fill-rate table on the same basis, so the comparison cell says not publicly published — not “0%.”

Email scale: Earth alone lists 335.5 million personal emails. That sits beside — not inside — the profile count. Mawsool’s product claim is 98%+ email accuracy with triple verification.

Phone: Mawsool’s product claim is 95%+ phone reliability with geo-prioritized verification. Known for phone-verified “Diamond” contacts, especially in Europe.

For buyers, the practical test is simple: export the same ICP from Mawsool and Cognism, then score deliverable emails and reachable phones. Mawsool stands behind volume, quality, and targeting with a money-back guarantee.

Most databases — including many workflows inside Cognism — refresh on a schedule or verify at search/export time against a stored graph. Mawsool is built as real-time lead intelligence: the Earth-scale graph is fused with live online signals so titles, companies, and contact paths stay current for fast markets (Gulf hiring cycles, US job changes, UK reshuffles).

Fresh lists raise connect rates. Stale rows burn domains. That is why freshness sits next to coverage in this comparison — not below a feature checklist.

Cognism is often chosen for European compliance posture and phone-verified contacts. If your ICP is director-level EMEA and you need DNC-aware dialing, Cognism remains a serious option.

Choose Cognism when that strength is the whole job. Choose Mawsool when the job is larger auditable coverage, denser email/phone outcomes, MENA/Gulf depth, and live freshness.

Mawsool was built with serious Middle East and North Africa coverage. Earth examples (31 Oct 2026): Saudi Arabia ~9.1 million profiles / ~2.5 million personal emails; UAE ~8.7 million / ~2.7 million; plus about 21.8 million Gulf profiles across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman. Broader MENA pages include Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Turkey.

Cognism remains a global product, but it does not publish this Gulf proof in the same public Earth format. For Vision 2030, family offices, regional healthcare, and GCC enterprise outbound, that gap matters.

If Cognism (or any competitor) delivers better volume, quality, or targeting accuracy, Mawsool offers a money-back guarantee. That is the commercial expression of confidence in Earth-scale coverage and contact verification — not a slogan without terms.