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Nordic Data vs Cognism

Honest comparison. We're a global B2B intelligence API; Cognism is a sales-prospecting tool. We overlap on company data but differ significantly on positioning, depth, and architecture.

Capability	Nordic Data	Cognism
Companies indexed	38M+ canonical (NO+SE+FI+DK+UK+US deep + 304 LEI)	Variable; sales focus emphasises US/EU contact records
Per-fact provenance	✓ source + confidence + fetched_at on every field	— black box
MCP / AI-agent native	✓ 78 tools at `api.nordicdata.cloud/mcp`	—
Sanctions screen	1.6M entities (international sanctions + UK + PEP)	— sales-focused, not compliance
Universal ID resolver	310 schemes (orgnr / LEI / EIN / CVR / CH / DUNS / sanctions IDs)	— internal IDs only
Cross-jurisdiction officer match	NO + UK officers joined	—
EU procurement	EU + national procurement tenders + awards	—
GDPR Art 15/17 self-serve	✓ POST /gdpr/access + /gdpr/opt-out	Manual via support
Entry pricing	Free tier 100/mo · €49/mo Starter	Sales-led, usually $/seat/month
API-first, no UI required	✓ REST + MCP, sandbox playground only	Web UI primary, API secondary
Self-serve sandbox (no signup)	✓ `sandbox_try_2026` 30/hr	Booking call required
EU-hosted	✓ Vultr Amsterdam	US-hosted, EU data via SCCs

When Cognism is the better choice

You're a sales rep who lives in a CRM (Salesforce/HubSpot) and wants 1-click prospecting
You need US contact-data depth (LinkedIn-scraped emails of named individuals)
You don't care about source provenance or audit trail

When Nordic Data is the better choice

You're building an AI agent or LLM integration (MCP-native)
You're doing KYB / AML / compliance work (per-fact provenance + 1.6M sanctions)
You need cross-jurisdiction officer graph (NO + UK + sanctions)
You prefer EU data hosting (no US transfer for the canonical layer)
You want an API that's self-serve and priced for developers (€49 starter, not €500/seat)

Try Nordic Data — no signup

Sandbox key: sandbox_try_2026 (30 calls/hour, all features unlocked)

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