Key takeaways
- Cognism is a B2B data provider offering verified mobile numbers, with intent data on its Pro package.
- Pebbles Ai does not offer phone numbers or intent data.
- Pebbles Ai finds work emails at named companies and drafts outreach from Company Intel.
- Pebbles Ai is CASA II and Microsoft 365 certified and GDPR compliant; SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 are pending.
- Contacts move across as a CSV.
What is the main difference between Pebbles Ai and Cognism
Cognism supplies contact data, while Pebbles Ai uses leads as one step in a wider workflow. Cognism offers verified mobile numbers and data it describes as compliance-first, with intent data on its Pro package and a CRM Enrichment add-on, sold in quote-based packages with five seats included.
Pebbles Ai's assistants find people by role and location at up to ten named companies, add them to a built-in CRM, research each account with cited sources and write outreach from your business knowledge and brand voice.
Where is Cognism stronger
Cognism is stronger for phone-led prospecting. Verified mobile numbers matter to teams that call, and Cognism describes its data as compliance-first, which speaks to teams selling into Europe who want their data vendor to answer that question.
Intent data adds a buying signal Pebbles Ai does not offer, and the CRM Enrichment add-on keeps an existing CRM's records topped up.
How does Pebbles Ai work differently
Pebbles Ai focuses on what you do with a lead once you have one. Leads arrive in a CRM segment, each with a work email where one is found and a confidence score, plus personalisation angles drawn from the person's public LinkedIn posts, falling back to their role and company.
The assistants write email and LinkedIn outreach of up to seven touches from Company Intel and save emails as drafts in Gmail or Outlook. On security, Pebbles Ai is CASA II and Microsoft 365 certified and GDPR compliant, with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 pending, target Q2 2027. Every business works in its own secured tenant, and no customer's data trains a model.
Which teams should choose Cognism and which Pebbles Ai
Choose Cognism if your team calls into European accounts and needs verified mobile numbers and intent data. Choose Pebbles Ai if email and LinkedIn are your channels and your gap is research and writing rather than data coverage.
An illustrative telesales team covering Germany and France fits Cognism. A small consultancy writing to fifteen named manufacturers in the Midlands, where every email needs to show it understands the business, fits Pebbles Ai.
What should you check before switching from Cognism
Check whether phone numbers or intent data drive your pipeline, because Pebbles Ai does not offer either. If they do, keep Cognism and use Pebbles Ai for research and drafting.
- Export the contacts you work as a CSV and import them into the Pebbles Ai CRM.
- Check your contract renewal date and seat count before you plan a change.
- Read the Pebbles Ai trust page if your buyers ask how data is handled.
- Connect Gmail or Outlook so drafts land in your own mailbox.
Pebbles Ai and Cognism side by side
How each product approaches the same jobs, in its own terms.
| Pebbles Ai | Cognism | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | A workspace of AI assistants for research, leads, outreach drafting, CRM and inboxes | B2B contact data with verified mobile numbers |
| Contact details | A work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag; no phone numbers | Verified mobile numbers |
| Signals | No intent data | Intent data on Pro |
| CRM | Built-in CRM, labelled Beta, with deals, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes | A CRM Enrichment add-on |
| Outreach | Email and LinkedIn drafts of up to seven touches, saved in Gmail or Outlook | See their site |
| Security marks | CASA II and Microsoft 365 certified; GDPR compliant; SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 pending | See their site |
| Pricing structure | Per-seat plans with monthly AI credits and leads | Standard and Pro, quote-based, five seats included |
Checked 2 November 2026 on each vendor's public pages. The other product's cells state only what its own site says; where it says nothing on a point, the cell reads See their site.
About Cognism
B2B contact and mobile data
A B2B data provider selling verified mobile numbers and contact data it describes as compliance-first, with intent data on Pro and a CRM enrichment add-on in quote-based packages.
Best for: Teams that call prospects and want phone-verified mobile numbers, with intent data and CRM enrichment from the same data vendor.
What its own pages say
- Verified mobile numbers, and data Cognism describes as compliance-first. Source: Cognism
- Intent data on Pro; CRM Enrichment add-on. Source: Cognism
- Standard and Pro, quote-based, 5 seats included; 1 credit = 1 revealed contact. Source: Cognism
Where Cognism is stronger
- Verified mobile numbers for phone outreach.
- Intent data on its Pro package, and CRM Enrichment as an add-on or standalone product.
Where Pebbles Ai differs
- Finds fresh leads inside 1 to 10 named target companies by role and location, 1 to 100 per run, landing as CRM contacts with a work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag.
- Writes email and LinkedIn outreach, up to seven touches, from your company knowledge and brand voice; emails are saved as drafts in your connected Gmail or Outlook mailbox and LinkedIn messages are drafted for you to send; it drafts, it does not run an automated sending sequence.
- A built-in CRM (labelled Beta) with custom fields, deals with stage, amount and probability, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes, and import from Google, Microsoft or a CSV.
- Seat-based plans with monthly AI credits and leads. Pebbles Ai has no free plan; Pro and Team start with a 1-month free trial.
Before you switch
- Pebbles Ai does not offer phone numbers or intent data.
- Contacts export as CSV into the Pebbles Ai CRM.
We make Pebbles Ai. Facts about other products come from their own public pages, checked on .
Where Pebbles Ai fits
- CapabilityProspecting & customer recordsFind fresh leads takes one to ten target companies, at least one role and one location, and returns 1 to 100 leads per run as CRM contacts in a segment.
- CapabilityOutreach contentThe assistants write email and LinkedIn outreach of up to seven touches and save emails as drafts in your connected Gmail or Outlook mailbox for you to send.
- FoundationCompany IntelCompany Intel holds your business knowledge and brand voice, and it is working context only: your company information never trains an AI model.
Common questions
Does Pebbles Ai offer mobile numbers like Cognism?
No. Pebbles Ai finds work emails, with a confidence score and a catch-all flag, and does not offer phone numbers or intent data.
Is Pebbles Ai GDPR compliant?
Yes. Pebbles Ai is GDPR compliant, and its trust centre holds the documents and policies behind that.
Does Pebbles Ai train AI models on our data?
No. Your company information is never used to train an AI model, and each business works in its own secured tenant.
Can I move Cognism contacts into Pebbles Ai?
Yes. Export them from Cognism as a CSV and import the file into the Pebbles Ai CRM, then group them into segments for outreach.
About this page. Written by the Pebbles Ai team for people who run sales, marketing and growth. Last updated .
