Cookiebot is one of the most widely used consent management platforms in Europe. It is reliable, Google-certified and supports the IAB TCF. Yet many site owners start looking elsewhere when their plan jumps after a content update or when they add a second domain. This guide explains what drives that decision, compares nine alternatives on public prices and features, and shows how to switch cleanly. If you are still defining your requirements, our guide on how to choose a consent management platform covers the full list of criteria.
Prices below are the public prices listed by each vendor in October 2026, excluding VAT. Check the vendor's pricing page before you buy: CMP prices change often.
Why look for a Cookiebot alternative?
Pricing based on subpages, per domain
Cookiebot charges per domain according to the number of subpages its scanner finds on your site. According to its pricing page, the free plan covers up to 50 subpages on one domain. Premium Lite costs €7/month for the same 50 subpages. Above that, plans go from €15/month per domain (up to 350 subpages, with a minimum of 4 domains) to €30 (3,500 subpages), €50 (7,000 subpages) and €90 per domain for larger sites.
The consequence: a blog or an online shop pays more as it publishes more pages, even if its traffic does not change. A site with 2,000 product pages and modest traffic already sits on the €30 plan. Each extra domain or subdomain adds its own subscription.
A free plan that few real sites fit into
Fifty subpages is enough for a small brochure site. Most blogs, online shops and multilingual sites go past it quickly.
Other reasons people switch
- Setup and maintenance: some teams want a banner that installs with one script and does not need Google Tag Manager to configure Consent Mode.
- Ownership: Cookiebot belongs to the Usercentrics group. Some buyers prefer to diversify vendors or to work with a smaller provider.
- Fit: a site that does not run programmatic ads may not need the IAB TCF, and a site that does needs it on day one.
What to check before you switch
A cookie banner is only one part of a CMP. If you need a refresher on what the tool should do, read our explainer on what a consent management platform is. Before comparing prices, check these five points:
- Real blocking before consent. Analytics and advertising scripts must not load before the visitor accepts.
- Google Consent Mode v2. Mandatory if you use Google Ads or GA4 with European visitors.
- Proof of consent. Article 7 of the GDPR requires you to demonstrate consent, so the tool should keep a consent log you can export.
- IAB TCF. Only needed if you sell ad inventory through programmatic platforms.
- Performance. A heavy script can hurt your Core Web Vitals; our analysis of CMP impact on web performance shows what to measure.
Then work out the real cost for your site: number of domains, pages, sessions or page views, and the plan you would need. You can compare the cost of your current CMP in a few seconds with our free CMP cost comparator.
The 9 best Cookiebot alternatives in 2026
1. FlowConsent
FlowConsent bills by sessions, not pages. It is free up to 25,000 sessions per month, then €14.99/month up to 100,000 sessions on the Pro plan, which covers up to three sites in one workspace. Installation takes about ten minutes with one script. It includes Google Consent Mode v2, script blocking before consent, automatic cookie scanning, an exportable proof of consent and hosting in Europe. Limits to know: FlowConsent does not offer IAB TCF today. Detailed comparison: Cookiebot vs FlowConsent.
2. Usercentrics
Usercentrics owns Cookiebot but sells its own CMP with session-based pricing: free up to 1,000 sessions, €7/month for 1,500, €15 for 3,000, €30 for 15,000 (3 domains, IAB TCF 2.3, 60 languages) and €50 for 50,000. It is a natural move if you want to stay in the same group with a traffic-based model. Comparison: Usercentrics vs FlowConsent.
3. CookieYes
CookieYes is popular with WordPress sites. Its free plan covers 5,000 page views per month and 100 pages per scan. The Basic plan costs about €9/month (around $10) for 100,000 page views, then Pro and Ultimate go up to about €50/month. Paid plans charge $0.30 per 1,000 extra page views. It is Google-certified and supports the IAB TCF. Comparison: CookieYes vs FlowConsent.
4. CookieHub
CookieHub, an Icelandic vendor, bills per domain by sessions: free under 1,000 sessions, then from €6/month for 5,000 sessions up to €120/month for one million. IAB TCF, white label and cross-domain consent start on the Business plan at €30/month. It supports 62 languages.
5. CookieScript
CookieScript, from Lithuania, offers paid plans from €9 to €29/month per domain, billed yearly, with no page view limit. Consent recording and IAB TCF are reserved for the Plus plan at €29/month. A good option for one very high-traffic site, less so for several small ones.
6. iubenda
iubenda combines a cookie banner with generators for privacy policies and terms. Its entry plan costs €4.99/month billed annually for 25,000 page views, plus €0.05 per 1,000 extra page views, and each site is billed separately. Choose it if you also want your legal documents in the same tool.
7. Axeptio
Axeptio, a French CMP known for its design, bills by page views: free up to 200 visitors per month, then from €7/month (billed annually) to €129/month. IAB TCF is available from the €29/month plan. Comparison: Axeptio vs FlowConsent.
8. tarteaucitron.io
tarteaucitron.io is an open source script under the MIT licence, free to self-host. A Pro licence at €190/year covers unlimited sites and traffic, which suits agencies. By the publisher's own choice, it has no consent log and no IAB TCF, so you need another way to prove consent.
9. Termly
Termly targets small businesses, with policy generators included. It charges per website: Starter at $10/month and Pro+ at $15/month billed annually. Its free plan is limited to 10,000 banner views per month, and IAB TCF and consent logs require Pro+.
For large organisations: OneTrust and Didomi
OneTrust and Didomi sell on quote only. They cover web, mobile apps and connected TV, with IAB TCF and many languages. They are built for groups with a privacy team and a budget to match, not for a single website.
You can browse all our side-by-side reviews in the CMP comparison hub.
Is there a free Cookiebot alternative?
Yes, with different trade-offs. FlowConsent is free up to 25,000 sessions per month, with a consent log included. tarteaucitron.io is free if you host it yourself, but does not keep proof of consent. CookieYes, Usercentrics and CookieHub have free plans, but they stop at 5,000 page views or 1,000 sessions per month, which a growing site passes quickly. Cookiebot's own free plan stops at 50 subpages.
Which Cookiebot alternative fits your site?
- Content-rich site with moderate traffic: choose a session-based tool such as FlowConsent or Usercentrics, so new pages do not raise the bill.
- Programmatic advertising: you need IAB TCF. Look at Usercentrics, CookieHub, CookieYes, Axeptio, or stay on Cookiebot.
- Agency with many small sites: a licence that covers several sites (tarteaucitron.io Pro) or a plan with several domains is cheaper than per-domain billing.
- One site with very high traffic: CookieScript or Cookiebot itself can be cheaper, since their price does not depend on traffic.
- Legal documents needed too: iubenda or Termly.
How to switch from Cookiebot without a compliance gap
- Export your Cookiebot data: cookie declaration, categories and consent logs. Keep the logs as long as you may need to prove past consents (see what proof of consent to store).
- Recreate your services and categories in the new tool and check the scan result against the old list.
- Match the banner texts, with Accept and Reject buttons of equal weight.
- Replace the Cookiebot script (
uc.js) with the new snippet in the same release, so the two banners never run together. - Test three scenarios in a private window: before any choice, after Accept, after Reject. No tracking request should leave before consent.
Expect visitors to see the banner again after the switch: the new tool does not read Cookiebot's consent cookie, so it asks again. This is expected and keeps consent valid.
How FlowConsent handles a switch from Cookiebot
FlowConsent was built for teams that want a compliant banner with a price that does not grow with page count. After you create your banner, the automatic scan detects the cookies and third-party services on your site, which you can compare with your Cookiebot declaration. Scripts are blocked before consent, Google Consent Mode v2 is built in, and each choice is stored as exportable proof, hosted in Europe. Installation takes about ten minutes, without Google Tag Manager. The plan is free up to 25,000 sessions per month, then €14.99/month up to 100,000 sessions. Our guide to migrating from another banner walks through each step, including how to keep the script attributes you used with Cookiebot.