Cookiebot alternative
Consentful vs Cookiebot: an honest comparison
Cookiebot is a long-established consent management platform (by Usercentrics) with automatic cookie scanning and Google Gold-tier CMP certification. Consentful is a lighter cookie banner you design inside Framer, Webflow, WordPress or Shopify, with script blocking and Google Consent Mode v2 at a flat per-site price. Here is where each one fits.
Updated · By Mihir Vaghani, founder of The Plugins Company
Choose Consentful if…
- Flat per-site pricing that does not grow with page count
- Native editors in Framer, Webflow, WordPress and Shopify
- About 20 KB gzipped, loaded deferred; visitor choices stay in the visitor’s browser
- Free plan for one site of any size
Choose Cookiebot if…
- Google Gold-tier certified CMP with IAB TCF support, which matters if you run programmatic ads
- Automatic cookie scanning and a generated cookie declaration
- Server-side consent logs for proof of consent
Best for: Ad-funded or large sites that need a Google-certified CMP, IAB TCF and stored consent logs.
Consentful vs Cookiebot, feature by feature
| Feature | Consentful | Cookiebot |
|---|---|---|
| Script blocking until consent | ||
| Google Consent Mode v2 | ||
| Google-certified CMP / IAB TCF | ||
| Automatic cookie scanning | Tracker scan | |
| Server-side consent log | Visitor receipt only | |
| Design the banner inside Framer / Webflow | ||
| Pricing grows with page count | ||
| Pricing | Free for one site; $12/mo per site, or $299 lifetime for 3 sites | Free tier; paid per domain by subpages |
Cookiebot: Free for one small domain; paid plans priced per domain by number of subpages. Check Cookiebot for current pricing. Based on public information at the date above.
Why people look for a Cookiebot alternative
- Pricing rises with the number of pages on your site
- You want to design the banner inside Framer, Webflow or WordPress, not in a separate dashboard
- You want a lighter script and no visitor data sent to a third-party consent server
- You run several small sites and want one flat per-site price
Questions
Is Consentful a good Cookiebot alternative?
For most small business, portfolio and SaaS marketing sites, yes: it covers consent, script blocking and Google Consent Mode v2 at a flat per-site price, with native editors in Framer, Webflow, WordPress and Shopify. If you rely on programmatic ads that require a Google-certified CMP with IAB TCF, Cookiebot is the safer choice.
Is Consentful a Google-certified CMP?
No. Consentful implements Google Consent Mode v2, but it is not a Google-certified CMP and does not support IAB TCF. Publishers who need certification for AdSense, Ad Manager or AdMob traffic in the EEA should use a certified CMP.
Does Consentful scan my site for cookies?
Consentful can scan your site for known trackers so you can add them to the right category, but it does not generate a full automatic cookie declaration the way Cookiebot does.
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