# KookiOk - full text > KookiOk is a free GDPR cookie consent platform for websites: a customizable consent banner, an automatic cookie scanner, tamper-evident consent records, and Google Consent Mode v2 - with no page-view limits and no credit card. This file concatenates the full text of every KookiOk guide and competitor-comparison page for AI ingestion. The short index lives at /llms.txt. ## The free, GDPR-ready alternative to Cookiebot URL: https://kookiok.com/cookiebot-alternative KookiOk is a genuinely free Cookiebot alternative for GDPR cookie consent. Unlike Cookiebot - which bills per domain, limits its free plan to one domain and 50 subpages, and roughly doubled its base price in August 2025 - KookiOk is free for unlimited sites and page-views, with a real cookie scanner, Google Consent Mode v2, AI banner design and 5-year consent records. No credit card, no per-domain bill. ### Why people switch from Cookiebot Cookiebot (now part of Usercentrics) is a mature, IAB Europe-registered consent management platform running on millions of sites. It is a solid product - but three things send small and mid-sized site owners looking for an alternative: per-domain pricing, the 2025 price increase, and customization that is gated behind code or a paid plan. Pricing is charged per domain, per month, and subdomains count as separate domains - so a handful of sites multiplies the bill quickly, with no multi-domain discount. In August 2025 Usercentrics raised Cookiebot’s pricing: the base Premium tier roughly doubled (about €15 to €30 per domain a month), and from 18 August 2025 the €15 "Small" tier was reserved for accounts with four or more domains - moving one- to three-domain accounts up to the €30 "Medium" tier. Reviewers reported sudden increases with no new features in return. The free plan is real but tightly capped: one domain and up to 50 subpages, with a basic banner. Because Cookiebot scans and prices by pages, a scan that finds more subpages than you expected can also tip you onto a paid tier. Customization is the other friction point. Designing the banner to truly match your brand generally needs custom HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and removing the "Powered by Cookiebot" label can require custom CSS even on paid plans. Extra languages are a paid add-on too. KookiOk flips all three: free on unlimited sites and page-views, no-code and AI banner design, and 34 languages included. > No per-domain bill and no page-view metering - KookiOk is free on every site you run. Note: Competitor details verified June 2026 against Cookiebot's public pricing pages; plans change - check the vendor's site for current terms. ### KookiOk vs Cookiebot: the free plans, side by side Here is how the two free plans compare on the things that matter for a small or growing site. Every cell is factual - and where Cookiebot genuinely leads (it is an officially registered IAB TCF CMP), the table says so. | Free plan | KookiOk | Cookiebot | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | Free | Free (limited) | | Websites | Unlimited | 1 domain | | Pages / page-views | No limit | 50 subpages | | Banner customization | No-code + AI | HTML / CSS | | Cookie scanner | Yes | Yes | | Blocks trackers before consent | Yes | Yes | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes | Yes | | Banner languages | 34 | Paid add-on | | AI banner design | Yes | No | | Consent records | 5-year, SHA-256 | Yes | | Registered IAB TCF CMP | TCF-compatible API | Yes (certified) | | Pricing model | No paid tier | Per domain (€7–€90) | ### How Cookiebot's pricing works Cookiebot’s free plan covers one domain and up to 50 subpages. Beyond that, plans are priced per domain, per month - roughly €7 (Lite), €15 (Small, now for accounts with 4+ domains), €30 (Medium), €50 (Large) and €90 (Extra Large). Each domain is billed separately, subdomains count as their own domains, and there is no multi-domain discount. After the August 2025 increase, many one- to three-domain accounts moved from the €15 tier to the €30 tier - about a 2× jump for the same sites. If you run several brands, microsites or country domains, that adds up fast. KookiOk has no paid tier at all. Every feature on this page is included free, on as many websites as you run, with no page-view metering - the only trade-off is a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge on the banner. Sources: - Cookiebot pricing (official): https://www.cookiebot.com/en/pricing/ ### Everything you get free with KookiOk - Unlimited websites - no per-domain bill, where Cookiebot charges for each domain separately and counts subdomains as extra domains. - No page-view or subpage metering - so a scan that finds more than Cookiebot’s 50-subpage free cap can never tip you onto a paid tier. - No paid tier and no 2025-style price hike to brace for - every feature here is free, the only trade-off a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge. - A real cookie scanner: a headless browser crawls your site and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent. - Prior-consent blocking by default - non-essential scripts and storage stay blocked until the visitor opts in. - No-code banner design: 7 templates, your brand colour, custom CSS, or describe your brand and let AI design it - in 34 languages, no paid add-on. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records, exportable as PDF or JSON for any regulator. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in; an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API is included. ### How to switch from Cookiebot in minutes Moving from Cookiebot to KookiOk is a script swap, not a project: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your domain - KookiOk scans it automatically and classifies the cookies it finds. - Design your banner with a template and your brand colour, or describe your brand and let AI style it. - Remove the Cookiebot script (and its WordPress plugin, if you use one). - Paste KookiOk’s one-line script in its place - tracking stays blocked until visitors consent. Most sites are live again in a few minutes, with no developer required. KookiOk re-scans and re-classifies everything, so nothing carries over stale. ## The free CookieYes alternative with no page-view limit URL: https://kookiok.com/cookieyes-alternative KookiOk is a genuinely free CookieYes alternative for GDPR cookie consent. CookieYes' free plan is capped at 5,000 page-views a month and, by its own documentation, stops showing the banner once you pass it - which means a growing site can quietly collect data without consent. KookiOk has no page-view limit: the banner never stops, on unlimited sites, with a cookie scanner and AI banner design, free. ### The page-view trap: when the banner stops, so does consent CookieYes is an easy, popular consent tool - but the headline reason people look for an alternative is its free-plan page-view cap. On the connected (web-app) plan, the free tier allows about 5,000 page-views per month, and CookieYes’ own documentation states that when you reach 100%, "your cookie banner will no longer be displayed on your website" until the next cycle or an upgrade. That is the opposite of what a consent banner is for. The moment the banner disappears, the scripts and cookies it was gating can fire with no consent prompt shown - exactly the GDPR exposure you installed it to prevent - and it happens precisely when your traffic is highest. KookiOk never caps page-views, so the banner keeps showing no matter how much traffic you get. > There is no 5,000-view cap to hit - the banner keeps showing on any amount of traffic. Note: Competitor details verified June 2026 against CookieYes' public pricing and documentation; plans change - check the vendor's site for current terms. ### A "free" plan that keeps shrinking The cap is part of a pattern. CookieYes has reduced its free plan more than once: the free page-view allowance dropped to 15,000 and then to 5,000 per month for new sites (effective July 2025), automatic scans were limited, multi-language banners moved to paid, and reviewers report custom colours becoming a paid feature too. WordPress reviewers have titled posts "no longer works as a free plugin" and "Paywall". There is also a catch in CookieYes’ own answer to the cap: its standalone WordPress plugin is uncapped and free, but it does not include the cookie scanner - so on CookieYes you choose between no page-view cap or an automatic scanner, not both. KookiOk gives you both, free: a real cookie scanner and unlimited page-views, together. ### KookiOk vs CookieYes: the free plans, side by side Every cell below is factual. Where the trade-offs are genuinely close - both store consent in the EU, for example - the page says so rather than inventing a gap. | Free plan | KookiOk | CookieYes | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | Free | Free (limited) | | Websites | Unlimited | 1 domain | | Page-views | No limit | 5,000 / mo | | Banner past the limit | Keeps showing | Stops showing | | Cookie scanner | Yes | Connected plan only | | Blocks trackers before consent | Yes | Yes | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes | Yes | | Global Privacy Control (GPC) | Yes | Paid | | Banner languages | 34 | 1 on free | | AI banner design | Yes | No | | Remove "Powered by" badge | Small badge on free | Paid ($55/mo) | | Pricing model | No paid tier | Per domain ($10–$55) | Sources: - CookieYes pricing (official): https://www.cookieyes.com/pricing/ ### Everything you get free with KookiOk - No 5,000 page-view cap - where CookieYes stops showing the banner past its monthly limit, KookiOk keeps showing it on any amount of traffic, so a spike never leaves you collecting data without consent. - Unlimited websites on one free account - not CookieYes’ single free domain, and no per-domain subscription. - A real cookie scanner included on the free plan - not CookieYes’ "connected plan only" scanner or its scanner-free standalone WordPress plugin. - Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in and free, not paid as on CookieYes - alongside Google Consent Mode v2 and prior-consent tracker blocking. - No-code banner design in all 34 languages on the free plan, where CookieYes shows one - 7 templates, brand colour, custom CSS, or AI design from a short description. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records, exportable as PDF or JSON. - Self-hosted fonts and EU data residency (France). The only trade-off is a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge - and removing branding is not a $55-a-month feature here. There is no paid tier at all. ### How to switch from CookieYes in minutes Switching is a quick swap: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your site - it scans automatically and classifies your cookies. - Design the banner with a template and brand colour, or let AI style it. - Remove the CookieYes plugin or script. - Paste KookiOk’s one-line script in its place - tracking stays blocked until visitors consent. Most sites are live again in a few minutes, no developer required. ## The free iubenda alternative with no per-site fees URL: https://kookiok.com/iubenda-alternative KookiOk is a genuinely free iubenda alternative for GDPR cookie consent. iubenda bills one plan per website and caps its free banner at 1,000 page-views a month - above that the banner stops showing - while multi-language, logo customization and consent records sit on paid tiers. KookiOk has no per-site fees and no page-view limit: the banner keeps showing on unlimited sites, with a cookie scanner, Consent Mode v2, AI banner design and 5-year consent records, free. (iubenda also auto-generates lawyer-drafted policies; KookiOk focuses on consent - more on that below.) ### Why people switch from iubenda iubenda is a mature, well-regarded all-in-one compliance suite - founded in 2011, part of team.blue, with more than 150,000 clients. Its reviews are strong, so for most small sites the friction is not product quality; it is cost and fit. Three things send small-site owners looking for an alternative: per-website billing, a very small free tier, and essentials gated behind paid plans. Pricing is structured per website: in iubenda’s own words, you need one plan per website, and there is no multi-site bundle on the standard plans. Run a few brands, microsites or country domains and the bill multiplies - a recurring theme in reviews is that the cost “rises significantly for multiple websites.” The free banner is real but tightly capped: about 1,000 page-views a month, and it automatically deactivates once you pass that - so a small traffic bump can leave cookies firing with no banner shown. Free is also limited to roughly three services, a single language, no logo or colour customization, and a “created by iubenda” badge you cannot remove. The pieces a growing site needs most are paid, too: storing proof-of-consent (the Consent Database) is an add-on charged per 1,000 records, multi-language banners and badge removal sit on higher tiers, and the cookie scan runs only every six months on the free plan. KookiOk includes all of these free, on unlimited sites. > One free account covers unlimited websites - there are no per-site plans to stack. Note: Competitor details verified June 2026 against iubenda's public pricing pages and documentation; plans change - check the vendor's site for current terms. ### KookiOk vs iubenda: the free plans, side by side Here is how the two free plans compare for a small or growing site. Every cell is factual - and where iubenda genuinely leads (it generates lawyer-drafted legal policies and is a registered IAB TCF CMP), the table says so. | Free plan | KookiOk | iubenda | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | Free | Free (limited) | | Websites | Unlimited | 1 per plan | | Page-views | No limit | 1,000 / mo | | Banner past the limit | Keeps showing | Stops showing | | Cookie scanner | Yes | Every 6 months (free) | | Blocks trackers before consent | Yes | Yes | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes | Yes | | Banner languages | 34 | 1 on free | | Consent records | 5-year, SHA-256 | Paid add-on | | Auto-generated legal policies | No (consent only) | Yes (lawyer-drafted) | | Remove "made with" badge | Small badge on free | Ultimate plan only | | Pricing model | No paid tier | Per website (€5–€80/mo) | ### How iubenda's pricing works iubenda’s free plan covers about 1,000 page-views a month and roughly three services, in one language, with full iubenda branding. Paid plans are priced per website, billed annually: Essentials at about €5 a month (25,000 page-views), Advanced at about €20 a month (50,000 page-views, the “most popular” tier) and Ultimate at about €80 a month (150,000 page-views), with white-label badge removal only on Ultimate. Two costs catch growing sites out: page-views beyond your tier are billed at about $0.06 per 1,000, and storing proof-of-consent through the Consent Database costs about $6 per 1,000 consents. Each website needs its own plan, so the totals add up across a portfolio of sites. KookiOk has no paid tier at all. Every feature on this page is included free, on as many websites as you run, with no page-view metering - the only trade-off is a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge on the banner. Sources: - iubenda pricing (official): https://www.iubenda.com/en/pricing - iubenda Cookie Solution (official): https://www.iubenda.com/en/cookie-solution ### Everything you get free with KookiOk - No per-feature paywall: the cookie-consent essentials iubenda gates behind paid tiers - proof-of-consent storage, multi-language banners, badge removal, frequent scanning - are all included free here. - Proof of consent at no extra charge: 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) records, exportable as PDF or JSON. iubenda charges for its Consent Database per 1,000 records; KookiOk does not. - No per-site fees and no page-view limit - one free account covers unlimited websites and any amount of traffic, and the banner never stops showing. iubenda needs one plan per website and deactivates its free banner past 1,000 page-views a month. - A real cookie scanner that runs on demand: a headless browser crawls your site and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent - not the once-every-six-months scan iubenda allows on free. - Banner in 34 languages on the free plan, where iubenda free is limited to a single language - plus 7 templates, your brand colour, custom CSS, or describe your brand and let AI design it, no code required. - Prior-consent blocking by default, with Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in and an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API - non-essential scripts and storage stay blocked until the visitor opts in. - Self-hosted fonts and EU data residency (France) - nothing loads from Google Fonts. ### How to switch from iubenda in minutes Moving your consent banner from iubenda to KookiOk is a quick swap: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your site - it scans automatically and classifies the cookies it finds. - Design the banner with a template and your brand colour, or let AI style it from a short description. - Remove the iubenda script or plugin. - Paste KookiOk’s one-line script in its place - tracking stays blocked until visitors consent. Most sites are live again in a few minutes, with no developer required. If you also use iubenda for your privacy policy or Terms, you can keep those and use KookiOk only for the consent banner. ## The free Termly alternative with no view cap URL: https://kookiok.com/termly-alternative KookiOk is a genuinely free Termly alternative for GDPR cookie consent. Termly's free plan stops the banner once you pass 10,000 monthly views - by its own documentation it is “deactivated until the following month” - and keeps consent records, Google Consent Mode v2 and branding removal on its paid Pro+ tier. KookiOk has no view cap and includes 5-year consent records, Consent Mode v2 and a cookie scanner free, on unlimited sites. (Termly also generates legal policies; KookiOk focuses on consent.) ### Why people switch from Termly Termly is a popular, easy all-in-one compliance tool, and to be fair its free plan even includes an auto-blocker that stops trackers before consent - something not every rival gives away free. The reasons small sites look for an alternative are about what the free plan does once you grow: a hard monthly-view cap, and the compliance features that sit on the paid tier. The cap is the big one. Termly’s free banner allows 10,000 monthly unique visitors, and in Termly’s own words, once “that limit has been reached, your banner will be deactivated until the following month.” A consent banner that switches itself off is the opposite of compliance - the moment it disappears, the trackers it was gating can fire with no consent prompt, and it happens exactly when your traffic is highest. KookiOk has no view cap, so the banner never switches off. The proof of consent is paid, too. Termly’s free plan does not include exportable consent records - consent logs sit on the Pro+ tier - so a “free” GDPR setup can leave you unable to demonstrate consent, which GDPR Article 7 requires. Google Consent Mode v2 and removing the “Powered by Termly” badge are also Pro+ features. KookiOk includes 5-year, tamper-evident consent records and Consent Mode v2 free. Finally, each Termly plan covers one website - multiple sites mean the sales-led Agency plan - and even the cheapest paid plan bundles Termly’s privacy-policy and terms generators with the banner, whether you want them or not. KookiOk is free on unlimited sites, with nothing bundled in. > The banner never switches off, because there is no view quota to reach. Note: Competitor details verified June 2026 against Termly's public pricing pages and plugin documentation; plans change - check the vendor's site for current terms. ### KookiOk vs Termly: the free plans, side by side Here is how the two free plans compare for a small or growing site. Every cell is factual - including the places Termly’s free plan genuinely matches KookiOk, like blocking trackers before consent. | Free plan | KookiOk | Termly | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | Free | Free (limited) | | Websites | Unlimited | 1 | | Monthly views | No limit | 10,000 / mo | | Banner past the limit | Keeps showing | Stops showing | | Blocks trackers before consent | Yes | Yes | | Cookie scanner | Yes | Yes | | Consent records | 5-year, SHA-256 | Paid (Pro+) | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes | Paid (Pro+) | | Banner languages | 34 | 1 on free | | AI banner design | Yes | No | | Remove "Powered by" badge | Small badge on free | Paid (Pro+) | | Pricing model | No paid tier | Per site (from ~$10/mo) | ### How Termly's pricing works Termly’s free plan covers 10,000 monthly views on one site, with a basic cookie policy, the auto-blocker and a cookie scan - but no exportable consent records and no Google Consent Mode v2. Paid plans are per website, billed annually: Starter from about $10 a month (50,000 views) and Pro+ from about $15 a month (unlimited views, consent logs, Consent Mode v2, IAB TCF support and branding removal). Running several sites means the custom-priced Agency plan, which starts at a 10-site minimum. Even the cheapest paid plan bundles Termly’s privacy-policy and terms generators with the consent banner - you cannot buy the consent banner on its own. KookiOk has no paid tier at all. Every feature on this page is included free, on as many websites as you run, with no view metering - the only trade-off is a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge on the banner. Sources: - Termly pricing (official): https://termly.io/pricing/ ### Everything you get free with KookiOk - No monthly view cap, where Termly free stops the banner past 10,000 visitors - it keeps showing on any amount of traffic, so a spike never leaves you collecting data without consent. - Unlimited websites on one free account, not Termly's one-site-per-plan model - and no per-site subscriptions. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records, exportable as PDF or JSON - the proof of consent Termly keeps on its paid Pro+ tier, here free. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in - Consent Mode v2 is a Pro+ feature at Termly; an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API is included. - A real cookie scanner and prior-consent blocking of non-essential scripts and storage by default. - No-code banner design: 7 templates, brand colour, custom CSS, or AI design from a short description - in 34 languages. - Self-hosted fonts and EU data residency (France) - nothing loads from Google Fonts. ### How to switch from Termly in minutes Moving your consent banner from Termly to KookiOk is a quick swap: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your site - it scans automatically and classifies the cookies it finds. - Design the banner with a template and your brand colour, or let AI style it from a short description. - Remove the Termly script or plugin. - Paste KookiOk’s one-line script in its place - tracking stays blocked until visitors consent. Most sites are live again in a few minutes, with no developer required. If you also use Termly for your privacy policy or terms, you can keep those and use KookiOk only for the consent banner. ## The free Complianz alternative that works on any website URL: https://kookiok.com/complianz-alternative KookiOk is a free Complianz alternative for GDPR cookie consent. Complianz is a capable free plugin - but only for WordPress and Shopify, and it keeps several features sites need for compliance, including Google Consent Mode v2, Global Privacy Control and full consent records, on its paid plans (€59–€399 a year). KookiOk works on any website as a one-line script, with GPC, Consent Mode v2, a cookie scanner and 5-year consent records included free. ### Why people switch from Complianz Complianz is one of the most trusted consent plugins in the WordPress ecosystem - more than a million active installs and a 4.7-star rating - and its free plugin genuinely blocks trackers before consent and builds a working banner. Two structural reasons send people looking for an alternative: it runs only on WordPress and Shopify, and several features a compliant site needs sit on the paid plans. The first is platform lock-in. Complianz is a self-hosted plugin for WordPress, plus a separate Shopify app - there is no universal script, so it cannot go on a plain HTML site, a different CMS or a web app, and the WordPress and Shopify products are licensed separately. KookiOk is one hosted script that works on any website, WordPress included. The second is the compliance ceiling on the free plugin. Complianz’s own documentation states that Global Privacy Control is “only available for premium users,” and Google Consent Mode v2, multi-region banners, full records of consent and IAB TCF are premium too - €59 to €399 a year, billed annually and auto-renewing. KookiOk includes GPC, Consent Mode v2 and 5-year consent records free. There is operational friction, as well. Because it runs inside WordPress, Complianz has to be excluded by hand from caching and optimization plugins (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, Cloudflare) or the banner can fail to appear, its setup wizard is thorough enough that reviewers note it can overwhelm beginners, and support can be slow even for paying users. A hosted tool sidesteps the plugin-conflict and update treadmill. > One free script runs on any website - WordPress, Shopify, a custom CMS or plain HTML. Note: Competitor details verified June 2026 against Complianz's public pricing pages and documentation; plans change - check the vendor's site for current terms. ### KookiOk vs Complianz: the free plans, side by side Here is how the two free options compare. Every cell is factual - including where Complianz leads, like its 48 plugin locales and its premium IAB TCF v2.2 support with a registered CMP ID. | Free plan | KookiOk | Complianz | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | Free | Free (capable) | | Works on any website | Yes (one-line script) | WordPress & Shopify only | | Blocks trackers before consent | Yes | Yes | | Cookie scanner | Yes (hosted) | Local scan (free) | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes | Premium | | Global Privacy Control (GPC) | Yes | Premium | | Consent records | 5-year, SHA-256 | Premium (full log) | | IAB TCF | TCF-compatible API | Premium (certified) | | Banner languages | 34 (auto-detect) | 48 locales | | Maintenance | Hosted (no updates) | Self-hosted plugin | | AI banner design | Yes | No | | Paid plans | No paid tier | €59–€399 / yr | ### What's free vs premium in Complianz Complianz’s free WordPress plugin is genuinely useful: it builds a consent banner, blocks non-essential scripts before consent, generates a cookie policy, runs a basic cookie scan and shows one regional configuration. What it reserves for premium is most of the compliance toolkit: multi-region and geo-targeted banners, Global Privacy Control, Google Consent Mode v2, full records of consent, A/B testing, IAB TCF, the advanced cookie scan and the wider legal-document suite. Premium is €59 a year for one site, €179 for five and €399 for twenty-five, billed annually. KookiOk includes the compliance features Complianz reserves for premium - GPC, Google Consent Mode v2, full 5-year consent records and a TCF-compatible API - free, on any website, with the only trade-off being a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge. Sources: - Complianz pricing (official): https://complianz.io/pricing/ ### Everything you get free with KookiOk - One hosted script that runs on any website - a custom CMS, a web app or plain HTML - where Complianz, as a WordPress plugin plus a separate Shopify app, simply cannot go. - An official WordPress plugin too: you get the any-stack script and a WordPress-native install, so you are not locked to one platform the way Complianz is. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in, free - the same features Complianz keeps behind its €59-€399/yr premium plans. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records, exportable as PDF or JSON - full proof of consent that Complianz reserves for premium, included free. - A real cloud cookie scanner: a headless browser crawls your site and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent. - Prior-consent blocking by default - non-essential scripts and storage stay blocked until the visitor opts in. - No-code banner design: 7 templates, brand colour, custom CSS, or AI design from a short description - in 34 languages with auto-detect. ### How to switch from Complianz in minutes Moving from Complianz to KookiOk is a quick swap: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your site - it scans automatically and classifies the cookies it finds. - Design the banner with a template and your brand colour, or let AI style it from a short description. - Deactivate the Complianz plugin (or Shopify app). - Paste KookiOk’s one-line script in its place - tracking stays blocked until visitors consent. Most sites are live again in a few minutes, with no developer required, and the same script works the same way on any website you run. ## Do I need a cookie consent banner? URL: https://kookiok.com/do-i-need-a-cookie-banner In most cases, yes. Under the EU's GDPR and ePrivacy rules (often called the 'cookie law'), if your website uses any non-essential cookies - such as analytics, advertising or embedded third-party content - you need a cookie consent banner that asks visitors before those cookies load. Cookies that are strictly necessary to run your site do not require consent. ### When you need a cookie consent banner You almost certainly need a consent banner if your site uses any of these, because they set non-essential cookies or trackers: - Analytics such as Google Analytics, Matomo or Plausible (when it uses cookies) - Advertising or remarketing pixels (Google Ads, Meta Pixel, TikTok, LinkedIn) - Embedded content like YouTube videos, maps or social media widgets - A/B testing, heatmaps or session-recording tools - Live chat or marketing automation that drops tracking cookies If any of these run before the visitor agrees, you are storing or reading information on their device without consent - which the rules do not allow. ### When you might not need one If your website only uses strictly necessary cookies - for example, a login session, a shopping cart, security, or load balancing - you generally do not need to ask for consent for those. You should still tell visitors about them in a short cookie or privacy notice. In practice, very few public websites are truly cookie-free: even a basic theme or an embedded font, video or analytics snippet can add non-essential cookies, which is why most sites do need a banner. ### What the law actually requires Two EU rules work together. The ePrivacy Directive (Article 5(3)) requires prior consent before storing or accessing information on a visitor's device, except for strictly necessary cookies. The GDPR (Article 7 and Article 4(11)) defines valid consent as freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, and says it must be as easy to withdraw as to give. The EDPB's Guidelines 05/2020 add the practical rules most banners get wrong: no pre-ticked boxes, rejecting must be as easy as accepting, and consent must be a clear affirmative action. The CJEU confirmed in the Planet49 case (C-673/17) that pre-ticked consent boxes are not valid. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Your obligations depend on where you and your visitors are and what your site does - check with qualified counsel for your situation. ### Does my blog need a cookie banner? Usually yes. Most blogs run analytics, show ads, or embed videos and social posts - all of which set non-essential cookies. If your blog reaches visitors in the EU or UK, you need a consent banner even if the blog is a hobby or a free platform. A personal page with no analytics, ads or embeds may be able to skip the banner, but as soon as you add Google Analytics or AdSense, consent is required. ### What about the US? CCPA and state laws The US works differently. No US state law requires a GDPR-style consent banner that blocks cookies until visitors opt in. Instead, California's CCPA/CPRA and a growing list of state laws (Virginia's VCDPA, Colorado's CPA, Connecticut, Texas and more) use an opt-out model: you can run trackers by default, but you must give people a clear way to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of their personal information - which includes most cross-site advertising. Several of these laws also require you to honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC), a browser signal that tells your site a visitor has opted out. California, Colorado, Connecticut and others treat a GPC signal as a valid opt-out request you must act on automatically. So if you reach US visitors, the practical question is not "do I need a banner" but "can people opt out, and do I respect GPC": - Offer a clear way to opt out of sale/sharing (often a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link). - Detect and honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal as an automatic opt-out. - Keep a record of opt-out choices so you can show you acted on them. KookiOk supports the signals these laws expect: it detects and respects GPC, works with Google Consent Mode v2, offers a Reject/opt-out flow, and logs every choice - so the same setup that handles EU consent can also serve the US opt-out case. ### What happens if you do not have one? Beyond the risk of complaints and regulator action (GDPR fines can be significant), running trackers without consent erodes visitor trust and can put your Google Ads or Analytics setup out of step with Google's consent requirements. A clear, compliant banner is the simplest way to stay on the right side of all three. ### How to add a cookie banner (free) You can add a compliant banner in minutes with KookiOk: add your site, let it scan your cookies, design the banner (or let AI style it), and paste one line of code. Non-essential cookies stay blocked until visitors consent, and every choice is recorded as proof. It is free, with no website or page-view limits. ### Sources Sources: - ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC, Article 5(3) (cookie consent) - EUR-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32002L0058 - EDPB Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under the GDPR: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/guidelines/guidelines-052020-consent-under-regulation-2016679_en - ICO guidance: cookies and similar technologies (PECR): https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/direct-marketing-and-privacy-and-electronic-communications/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/ ## What is a consent management platform (CMP)? URL: https://kookiok.com/what-is-a-consent-management-platform A consent management platform (CMP) is software that collects, stores and manages website visitors' consent for cookies and tracking. It shows a consent banner, blocks non-essential cookies until the visitor agrees, records each choice as proof, and signals that consent to tools like Google Analytics and ad platforms. ### What a CMP does A consent management platform handles the whole cookie-consent lifecycle so you do not have to build it yourself: - Shows a consent banner that asks visitors which cookies they allow - Blocks non-essential cookies and scripts until the visitor consents (prior consent) - Lets visitors choose by category - necessary, preferences, statistics, marketing - Records each choice as a consent log you can use as proof - Signals consent to other tools via Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) - Scans your site for cookies and lists them in a cookie declaration ### Why websites use a CMP A CMP is how most sites meet the EU GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive and laws like California's CCPA without hand-coding consent logic. It also keeps you aligned with ad-platform rules - Google, for example, expects EEA/UK traffic to pass a consent signal through Consent Mode v2. Beyond compliance, a clear, honest consent experience builds visitor trust and avoids the dark patterns that regulators increasingly act against. ### How a CMP works, step by step - A visitor lands on your site and the CMP blocks non-essential cookies from loading. - The CMP shows a consent banner with clear Accept and Reject options. - The visitor makes a choice (all, none, or per category). - The CMP records the choice and unblocks only the scripts the visitor allowed. - It signals the consent state to Google Consent Mode v2 and honors GPC. - The visitor can reopen the banner any time to change or withdraw consent. ### What to look for in a CMP - Prior-consent blocking - non-essential cookies must stay off until the visitor agrees - An equally easy "Reject all" (required by the EDPB's Guidelines 05/2020) - Granular, per-category choices and no pre-ticked boxes - Consent records you can export as proof - Google Consent Mode v2 and GPC support - A cookie scanner, multiple languages, and a price that fits ### CMP vs cookie banner vs tag manager These three are often confused. A cookie banner is just the visible prompt - the box that asks visitors to accept or reject. A consent management platform is the whole system behind it: it shows the banner, but it also blocks non-essential cookies until consent, stores each choice as proof, signals consent to other tools, and usually scans your site for trackers. A tag manager (such as Google Tag Manager) is a different tool again - it loads and organises your marketing and analytics tags. A tag manager does not, on its own, collect consent or block anything before consent; a CMP is what tells the tag manager which tags are allowed to fire. The two work together: the CMP captures the consent signal, and the tag manager - or the CMP’s own blocking - acts on it. ### CMPs, IAB TCF and Google Consent Mode v2 Two standards shape how a CMP talks to the wider ad ecosystem. The IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) is the industry standard for programmatic advertising: a registered, certified CMP encodes the visitor’s choices into a “TC string” that ad vendors read. If you serve programmatic IAB advertising, you generally need a registered CMP with an IAB CMP ID. Google’s Consent Mode v2 is separate but just as important. Since 2024 Google has required EEA and UK traffic to pass a consent signal to Google Ads and Analytics, and to use a Google-certified CMP for AdSense and Ad Manager. A good CMP supports Consent Mode v2 out of the box, so your Google tools keep working compliantly. KookiOk ships a TCF v2.2-compatible API and Google Consent Mode v2 with Global Privacy Control built in. For full programmatic serving as a registered IAB CMP you would register your own CMP ID; for most sites, Consent Mode v2 plus prior-consent blocking is exactly what you need. ### KookiOk is a free CMP KookiOk is a consent management platform you can use for free: a customizable banner, an automatic cookie scanner, prior-consent blocking, 5-year consent records, Google Consent Mode v2 and GPC - across unlimited sites and page-views, with no credit card. ### Sources Sources: - IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF): https://iabeurope.eu/transparency-consent-framework/ - Google: set up consent mode on websites: https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/security/guides/consent - EDPB Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under the GDPR: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/guidelines/guidelines-052020-consent-under-regulation-2016679_en ## GDPR cookie consent: a practical guide URL: https://kookiok.com/gdpr-cookie-consent-guide To use cookies in a GDPR-compliant way, you must get each visitor's prior, informed, specific and freely-given consent before any non-essential cookie or tracker loads - and make rejecting as easy as accepting. This guide explains what that means in practice and how to set it up. ### What GDPR and ePrivacy require for cookies Cookie consent in the EU comes from two rules working together. The ePrivacy Directive (Article 5(3)) requires prior consent before any non-essential cookie is stored or read on a visitor's device. The GDPR (Articles 4(11) and 7) defines what valid consent is: a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous affirmative action that is as easy to withdraw as to give. The EDPB's Guidelines 05/2020 spell out the details: no pre-ticked boxes, rejecting must be as easy as accepting, and continuing to browse is not consent. The CJEU confirmed in Planet49 (C-673/17) that pre-ticked consent boxes are invalid. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. The right setup depends on your site and audience - check with qualified counsel for your situation. ### The four cookie categories Most consent setups sort cookies into four categories. Only the first runs without consent: - Necessary - required to run the site (login, cart, security). No consent needed. - Preferences - remember choices like language or region. - Statistics - analytics that measure how the site is used. - Marketing - advertising and cross-site tracking. ### How to make your cookie use compliant - Scan your site to find every cookie, pixel and tracker it sets. - Sort them into the four categories above. - Block non-essential cookies and scripts until the visitor consents. - Show a banner with equal-weight Accept and Reject and granular, unticked choices. - Record each choice (what, when, and how) as proof of consent. - Let visitors change or withdraw consent at any time. - Publish a cookie policy that lists the cookies and their purposes. A consent management platform does all of this for you, so you do not have to build or maintain it by hand. ### Common mistakes to avoid - Pre-ticked boxes or "consent" assumed from scrolling - both are invalid. - Making "Reject" harder to find or use than "Accept". - Loading analytics or ad scripts before the visitor agrees. - A cookie wall that forces acceptance to use the site. - Keeping no record of who consented to what, and when. These are exactly the patterns the EDPB and national regulators act on most. ### What a compliant cookie banner looks like A compliant banner makes accepting and rejecting equally easy - the “Accept all” and “Reject all” buttons sit side by side, with the same size, prominence and visual weight. It does not nudge you toward consent with a bright “Accept” next to a greyed-out or hidden “Reject”, and it does not bury rejection two clicks deep behind a “Manage preferences” link. On the first layer, the banner names who is collecting data and why, links to the full cookie policy, and lets the visitor accept, reject, or open granular per-category choices. Non-essential categories are unticked by default, and closing the banner, scrolling, or continuing to browse is never treated as consent. Note: A quick test: if rejecting takes more clicks or effort than accepting, the banner is probably not compliant - regulators treat that asymmetry as a dark pattern. ### Cookie consent fines and enforcement These rules are actively enforced. In December 2021 France’s CNIL fined Google a total of €150 million and Facebook €60 million specifically because rejecting cookies took more clicks than accepting them - the single most-cited objection. Authorities including the CNIL (France), the DSK (Germany) and the ICO (UK) have all published guidance that rejecting must be as easy as accepting. Most enforcement targets the same handful of mistakes: trackers that fire before consent, no genuine “Reject all”, pre-ticked boxes, and consent assumed from scrolling. Getting the banner right - prior blocking, an equal-weight reject, granular unticked choices, and a record of every choice - is what keeps you on the right side of both the ePrivacy rules and the GDPR. ### One setup for the EU and the US (GPC and Consent Mode) GDPR is opt-in: nothing non-essential runs until the visitor agrees. US state laws (California's CCPA/CPRA, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut and others) are opt-out: tracking can run by default, but visitors must be able to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of their data, and a growing number of states require you to honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) - a browser signal that means "opt me out" - automatically. Two signals let one banner serve both worlds. The Global Privacy Control tells your site when a visitor has already opted out at the browser level, so you can suppress non-essential trackers without them clicking anything - which satisfies the EU's "as easy to withdraw" expectation and the US opt-out duty at the same time. Google Consent Mode v2 then passes each visitor's choice (granted or denied) to Google's tags, so Analytics and Ads adjust their behavior to match the consent or opt-out you captured. KookiOk wires these together: it detects and respects GPC as an opt-out, integrates with Consent Mode v2, and records every choice in its consent log. The result is one banner and one record that handle EU opt-in consent and US opt-out signals from the same configuration. KookiOk is not a turnkey CCPA program, but it supports the GPC and opt-out signals these laws expect. ### Do it for free with KookiOk KookiOk is built around these requirements: it scans your site, blocks non-essential cookies until consent, ships a banner with an equally easy "Reject all" and granular categories by default, and keeps 5-year, tamper-evident consent records. It is free, with unlimited sites and page-views. ### Sources Sources: - GDPR, Articles 6 and 7 (lawfulness and conditions for consent) - EUR-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679 - EDPB Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under the GDPR: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/guidelines/guidelines-052020-consent-under-regulation-2016679_en - CNIL guidelines on cookies and other trackers: https://www.cnil.fr/en/cookies-and-other-tracking-devices-cnil-publishes-new-guidelines ## We scanned 21 popular EU websites: 95% load trackers before you consent URL: https://kookiok.com/eu-cookie-tracking-study We used a neutral, automated cookie scanner to check 21 popular EU consumer websites for what loads before the visitor makes any choice. 20 of them - 95% - set non-essential cookies or trackers before consent, the exact thing the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive require sites to wait for. Only one site in the sample loaded nothing non-essential first. ### What we found Of 23 well-known EU websites we scanned, 2 blocked the automated scanner and were excluded, leaving 21 we could analyze. On 20 of those 21, non-essential cookies or trackers fired on the very first page load - before any banner interaction, before any "Accept". The median offending site loaded 11 to 12 such items before consent; the heaviest loaded 73. | Measure | Result | | --- | --- | | Sites scanned (completed) | 23 | | Bot-blocked the scanner (excluded) | 2 | | Analyzable | 21 | | Fired non-essential cookies/trackers before consent | 20 (95%) | | High risk (heavy or marketing trackers pre-consent) | 8 (38%) | | At risk (some non-essential pre-consent) | 12 (57%) | | Compliant (nothing non-essential pre-consent) | 1 (5%) | | Set third-party items pre-consent | 9 (43%) | | Pre-consent items per offending site | median ~11-12, max 73 | Note: We report aggregates only and do not name individual sites. Anyone can reproduce a single result with the free scanner below - it shows the same before/after-consent breakdown. ### How we tested We loaded each homepage in a real headless browser with the free KookiOk cookie scanner, recorded every cookie and tracker that fired on first paint (before any consent choice), then simulated accepting and recorded again. Each item is flagged as fired-before-consent or not. The sample was a convenience sample of 23 well-known EU consumer websites across eight countries (Germany, Czechia, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Poland and Belgium) and several sectors - news and publishing, e-commerce, classifieds and portals. It deliberately skews toward larger, ad-funded sites, so it is a signal about widely used EU sites, not a representative measure of all EU businesses or SMEs. A site counts as tracking before consent if at least one non-essential cookie or tracker fired before any consent interaction. Two sites detected and blocked the scanner; we exclude them because their behaviour cannot be measured reliably. The numbers are a snapshot taken on 23 June 2026; sites change their banners often. Note: Snapshot scanned 23 June 2026 with the free KookiOk cookie scanner. Convenience sample of well-known EU sites - not a random or SME-representative sample - so read it as a signal, not a national statistic. ### Why loading trackers before consent breaks the rules Under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, only strictly necessary cookies may load before the visitor agrees. Everything else - analytics, advertising, social widgets, fingerprinting - has to wait for opt-in. The EDPB's Guidelines 05/2020 add that rejecting must be as easy as accepting, and that scrolling or continuing to browse is not valid consent. Pre-consent tracking is exactly what regulators act on. France's CNIL and other EU data-protection authorities have issued repeated, multi-million-euro fines for cookies dropped before consent and for banners that make rejection harder than acceptance. In most cases it is not malice - it is an implementation gap. The site has a banner, but the tags fire on page load anyway because nothing actually blocks them until the visitor clicks. That is the difference between a banner that looks compliant and one that is. ### How to check - and fix - your own site Run your own site through the free cookie scanner (no signup). If it shows tags firing before consent, you need prior-consent blocking: a banner that keeps non-essential scripts inert until the visitor opts in, rather than one that just sits on top of trackers that already ran. KookiOk does this for free, with no page-view or site limits - see how it compares to other cookie consent tools. The point of this study is the problem, though, not the pitch: whatever tool you use, the test is simple - does anything non-essential load before the choice is made? Sources: - GDPR, Articles 6 and 7 (lawfulness and conditions for consent) - EUR-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679 - ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC (cookies and electronic communications) - EUR-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32002L0058 - EDPB Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under the GDPR: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/guidelines/guidelines-052020-consent-under-regulation-2016679_en - CNIL guidelines on cookies and other trackers: https://www.cnil.fr/en/cookies-and-other-tracking-devices-cnil-publishes-new-guidelines ## The free, GDPR-ready alternative to Osano URL: https://kookiok.com/osano-alternative KookiOk is a genuinely free Osano alternative for GDPR cookie consent. Osano's free plan stops at one domain and 5,000 monthly visitors, and its first real paid tier jumps to $199/month. KookiOk is free for unlimited sites and visitors, with a real cookie scanner, prior-consent tracker blocking, Google Consent Mode v2, AI banner design and 5-year consent records. No visitor metering, no credit card. ### Why people switch from Osano Osano is a broad data-privacy platform - cookie consent is one module inside a suite that also covers data subject requests, vendor monitoring and assessments. That breadth is great for a privacy team, but for someone who just needs a compliant cookie banner it brings two frictions: a tightly capped free plan and a steep first paid step. The free plan covers one user, one domain and 5,000 monthly visitors. Osano meters by monthly visitors, so a small traffic bump can push you off the free tier - and the next self-service step, the Plus plan, is $199 a month for two users, three domains and 30,000 visitors. There is no gentle middle tier; you go from free straight to a $199 commitment. Reviewers also note that the free tier is closer to a starter banner than a full consent setup - several report that automatic script blocking before consent is not clearly part of the free plan, and the richer privacy features sit behind the paid suite and a sales conversation. If you only want a banner that genuinely blocks trackers and keeps records, that is a lot of platform to pay for. KookiOk takes the opposite approach: one job, done free. Free on unlimited sites and visitors, no-code and AI banner design, prior-consent blocking on by default, and 5-year consent records included - with no 5,000-visitor ceiling waiting to bump you onto a $199 plan. > No visitor metering and no $199 step - KookiOk is free on every site you run. Note: Competitor details verified June 2026 against Osano's public plans page (osano.com/plans/cookie-consent); plans change - check the vendor's site for current terms. ### KookiOk vs Osano: the free plans, side by side Here is how the two free plans compare on the things that matter for a small or growing site. Every cell is factual - and Osano is a capable, mature privacy platform; the table sticks to the published self-service plan. | Free plan | KookiOk | Osano | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | Free | Free (limited) | | Websites | Unlimited | 1 domain | | Monthly visitors | No limit | 5,000 | | Users / seats | Included | 1 user | | Banner customization | No-code + AI | Limited | | Cookie scanner | Yes | Yes | | Blocks trackers before consent | Yes (default) | Not clear on free | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes | Yes | | Banner languages | 34 | Multiple | | AI banner design | Yes | No | | Consent records | 5-year, SHA-256 | Yes | | First paid tier | No paid tier | Plus: $199/mo | ### How Osano's pricing works Osano's cookie-consent free plan covers one user, one domain and 5,000 monthly visitors. The first self-service paid tier, Plus, is $199 a month and raises that to two users, three domains and 30,000 monthly visitors, adding privacy and legal templates and a GDPR/UK representative. Above that, the wider privacy platform (compliance checks, data subject rights, the fine guarantee) moves to a custom, demo-led quote. Because Osano prices by monthly visitors and domains, costs scale with both your traffic and the number of sites you run - and the jump from free to $199 is the one most small sites feel. KookiOk has no paid tier at all. Every feature on this page is included free, on as many websites as you run, with no visitor metering - the only trade-off is a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge on the banner. Sources: - Osano pricing (official): https://www.osano.com/plans/cookie-consent ### Everything you get free with KookiOk - No 5,000-visitor cap: where Osano meters its free plan by monthly visitors, KookiOk never counts traffic, so a spike never bumps you onto a paid plan. - Unlimited domains, not one: Osano free covers a single domain; KookiOk runs free on every site you own, with no jump to the $199/month Plus tier. - Prior-consent blocking on by default - where reviewers say script blocking is unclear on Osano free, KookiOk keeps non-essential scripts and storage blocked until the visitor opts in. - A real cookie scanner: a headless browser crawls your site and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in; an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API is included. - No-code banner design: 7 templates, your brand colour, custom CSS, or describe your brand and let AI design it - in 34 languages. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records, exportable as PDF or JSON for any regulator. - Self-hosted fonts and EU data residency (France) - nothing loads from Google Fonts. ### How to switch from Osano in minutes Moving from Osano to KookiOk is a script swap, not a project: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your domain - KookiOk scans it automatically and classifies the cookies it finds. - Design your banner with a template and your brand colour, or describe your brand and let AI style it. - Remove the Osano script (and its plugin or app, if you use one). - Paste KookiOk's one-line script in its place - tracking stays blocked until visitors consent. Most sites are live again in a few minutes, with no developer required. KookiOk re-scans and re-classifies everything, so nothing carries over stale. ## The free, GDPR-ready alternative to Usercentrics URL: https://kookiok.com/usercentrics-alternative KookiOk is a genuinely free Usercentrics alternative for GDPR cookie consent. Usercentrics' free plan stops at one domain and 1,000 monthly sessions with just two languages, and auto-upgrades you to a paid tier once you cross it. KookiOk is free for unlimited sites and sessions, with a real cookie scanner, prior-consent blocking, Google Consent Mode v2, AI banner design, 34 languages and 5-year consent records. No session metering, no credit card. ### Why people switch from Usercentrics Usercentrics is one of the largest consent management platforms in Europe and now owns Cookiebot too - so "Cookiebot by Usercentrics" and the Usercentrics Web CMP are two products from the same company. It is a serious, IAB Europe-registered CMP. But for a small or mid-sized site, three things send people looking for an alternative: the session-metered free plan, language gating, and features locked to the higher tiers. The free plan is real but tightly capped: one domain, 1,000 monthly sessions, one privacy regulation and just two banner languages. Usercentrics counts a "session" as each load of your site with the consent script in a rolling 30-minute window - so a single busy day can use up your monthly allowance, and plans auto-upgrade to a paid tier once you exceed the limit. Paid tiers are session-based: roughly EUR 7 (Essential, 1,500 sessions), EUR 15 (Plus, 3,000), EUR 30 (Pro, 15,000) and EUR 50 (Business, 50,000) a month. IAB TCF support starts at the Pro tier, all 60 languages unlock at Pro and up, and removing the "Powered by Usercentrics" branding is a Business add-on. So the cheaper plans leave out things many sites assume are standard. KookiOk flips the model: free on unlimited sites and sessions, 34 languages included on every plan, prior-consent blocking on by default, and AI banner design - with no session counter quietly upgrading you mid-month. > No session metering and no auto-upgrade - KookiOk is free on every site you run. Note: Competitor details verified June 2026 against Usercentrics' public pricing page (usercentrics.com/pricing); plans change - check the vendor's site for current terms. ### KookiOk vs Usercentrics: the free plans, side by side Here is how the two free plans compare on the things that matter for a small or growing site. Every cell is factual - and where Usercentrics genuinely leads (it is an officially registered IAB TCF CMP), the table says so. | Free plan | KookiOk | Usercentrics | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | Free | Free (limited) | | Websites | Unlimited | 1 domain | | Monthly sessions | No limit | 1,000 | | Banner languages | 34 | 2 | | Banner customization | No-code + AI | Limited | | Cookie scanner | Yes | Yes | | Blocks trackers before consent | Yes (default) | Yes | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes | Yes | | AI banner design | Yes | No | | Consent records | 5-year, SHA-256 | Yes | | IAB TCF | TCF-compatible API | Yes (Pro+, certified) | | Pricing model | No paid tier | Per session (EUR 7-50+) | ### How Usercentrics' pricing works Usercentrics' free plan covers one domain, 1,000 monthly sessions, one privacy regulation and two languages. Beyond that, plans are priced per month by session volume - roughly EUR 7 (Essential, 1,500 sessions), EUR 15 (Plus, 3,000), EUR 30 (Pro, 15,000) and EUR 50 (Business, 50,000), with a custom Corporate tier above that. A "session" is each load of your site with the consent script in a 30-minute window, and a refresh after 30 minutes counts as a new session - so high-traffic or returning-visitor sites burn through sessions quickly. Several features depend on the tier: IAB TCF and all 60 languages are Pro and up, and removing the Usercentrics branding is a Business add-on. Because Usercentrics now owns Cookiebot, the two products price similarly - Cookiebot by Usercentrics is per domain, the Usercentrics Web CMP is per session. Either way you are metered. KookiOk has no paid tier at all; every feature here is free on as many websites and sessions as you run, with only a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge. Sources: - Usercentrics pricing (official): https://usercentrics.com/pricing/ - Usercentrics Web CMP product page (official): https://usercentrics.com/website-consent-management/ ### Everything you get free with KookiOk - Unlimited monthly sessions, never metered - where Usercentrics caps the free plan at 1,000 sessions and auto-upgrades you to a paid tier the moment you cross it, KookiOk has no session counter and no rolling 30-minute window to burn through. - Unlimited websites on one free account, not the single domain Usercentrics allows for free. - All 34 banner languages on every plan - Usercentrics ships two languages free and locks the other 60 behind the Pro tier and up. - A real cookie scanner: a headless browser crawls your site and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent. - Prior-consent blocking on by default - non-essential scripts and storage stay blocked until the visitor opts in. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in, plus an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API - no Pro tier required to get TCF support. - No-code banner design: 7 templates, your brand colour, custom CSS, or describe your brand and let AI design it. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records, exportable as PDF or JSON for any regulator. ### How to switch from Usercentrics in minutes Moving from Usercentrics (or Cookiebot by Usercentrics) to KookiOk is a script swap, not a project: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your domain - KookiOk scans it automatically and classifies the cookies it finds. - Design your banner with a template and your brand colour, or describe your brand and let AI style it. - Remove the Usercentrics script (and its plugin, if you use one). - Paste KookiOk's one-line script in its place - tracking stays blocked until visitors consent. Most sites are live again in a few minutes, with no developer required. KookiOk re-scans and re-classifies everything, so nothing carries over stale. ## The free, small-site alternative to OneTrust URL: https://kookiok.com/onetrust-alternative KookiOk is a genuinely free alternative to OneTrust for small and mid-sized sites. OneTrust is an enterprise privacy platform with no real free plan and custom, quote-based pricing - third-party buyer data puts a typical deal around $11,500 a year. KookiOk is free for unlimited sites, with a real cookie scanner, prior-consent blocking, Google Consent Mode v2, AI banner design and 5-year consent records. No quote, no sales call, no credit card. ### Why small sites look past OneTrust OneTrust is one of the most established names in privacy software - a full enterprise platform spanning consent, data subject requests, vendor risk, assessments and governance. For a large organisation with a privacy team and a programmatic ad stack, that depth is the whole point. For a small business that just needs a compliant cookie banner, it is far more platform - and far more cost - than the job calls for. There is no meaningful free tier. OneTrust offers a few free standalone tools (a cookie-banner gallery, a CCPA opt-out builder), but the actual CMP is sold on custom, quote-based contracts with no published prices. You start with a sales conversation, not a sign-up button. And the contracts are enterprise-sized. Aggregated buyer data points to a median deal around $11,500 a year, with reports of a minimum annual commitment rising toward $10,000 in 2026 - so smaller accounts are being priced up or moved off. For a one-site business, that is an order of magnitude more than a cookie banner needs to cost. KookiOk is the honest opposite for that audience: free, self-serve, and live in minutes. No quote, no minimum, no sales call - just a banner that scans your site, blocks trackers before consent and keeps records, on unlimited sites at no cost. > No quote, no sales call, no minimum - KookiOk is free on every site you run. Note: Competitor details verified June 2026 against OneTrust's public site and aggregated buyer data (OneTrust uses custom, quote-based pricing with no published rates); figures are third-party estimates - confirm current terms with the vendor. ### KookiOk vs OneTrust: what a small site actually needs OneTrust and KookiOk are not really the same category - one is an enterprise privacy suite, the other a free cookie-consent tool. This table compares them only on what a small or mid-sized site needs from a consent banner, and is honest about where OneTrust leads for enterprise. | Cookie consent | KookiOk | OneTrust | | --- | --- | --- | | Price | Free | Quote-based, enterprise | | Free tier | Yes | No (free tools only) | | Sign up without sales call | Yes | No | | Websites | Unlimited | Per contract | | Banner customization | No-code + AI | Advanced | | Cookie scanner | Yes | Yes | | Blocks trackers before consent | Yes (default) | Yes | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes | Yes | | AI banner design | Yes | No | | Consent records | 5-year, SHA-256 | Yes | | IAB TCF | TCF-compatible API | Yes (certified) | | Best for | Small / mid-sized sites | Enterprise / programmatic | ### How OneTrust's pricing works OneTrust does not publish prices. The CMP is sold on custom, quote-based contracts, typically annual, and scoped to your domains, traffic, regulations and which modules you license. The only free things are a handful of standalone tools, not the platform itself. Independent buyer data gives a sense of scale: a median deal of about $11,500 a year, entry as low as roughly $1,600 for a narrow single-domain setup, and enterprise configurations well into the tens of thousands. Reports in 2026 also point to a rising minimum annual commitment near $10,000, with smaller accounts being migrated off. We do not invent a list price here because OneTrust does not have one - the honest summary is "quote-based, enterprise". KookiOk has no paid tier and no quote. Every feature on this page is free, on as many websites as you run, with only a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge on the banner. Sources: - OneTrust pricing (official): https://www.onetrust.com/products/cookie-consent/ ### Everything you get free with KookiOk - No quote and no sales call: where OneTrust starts every CMP deal with a custom enterprise contract, KookiOk is a free sign-up button - live in minutes. - No enterprise minimum: OneTrust's reported annual commitment near $10,000 prices small sites up or moves them off; KookiOk is $0 on unlimited websites with no per-domain contract. - Just the cookie banner, none of the suite: you skip the OneTrust DSAR, vendor-risk and assessment modules a small site never needs, and keep the consent essentials. - A real cookie scanner: a headless browser crawls your site and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent. - Prior-consent blocking by default - non-essential scripts and storage stay blocked until the visitor opts in. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in, plus an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API; no-code or AI banner design in 34 languages. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records exportable as PDF or JSON, self-hosted fonts and EU data residency (France). ### When OneTrust is still the right call KookiOk is for small and mid-sized sites that need compliant cookie consent without a contract. It is not an enterprise privacy suite, and it is not a registered IAB CMP for programmatic advertising - it ships a TCF v2.2-compatible API, and you register your own CMP ID if you need full programmatic serving. If you run programmatic advertising at scale, need a certified IAB TCF CMP, or want one platform that also handles data subject requests, vendor risk, assessments and global multi-regulation governance with dedicated support, OneTrust (or another enterprise CMP) is the right tool. KookiOk is the free choice when the job is the cookie banner, not the whole privacy program. ## How to add a cookie consent banner to Webflow URL: https://kookiok.com/cookie-banner-for-webflow To add a cookie consent banner to a Webflow site, paste KookiOk's one-line script into Site settings -> Custom Code -> Head Code (site-wide) and publish. There is no native Webflow app or plugin - KookiOk installs as a single script you copy into Webflow's custom-code area. Once it is live, the banner shows on every page and non-essential cookies stay blocked until your visitor consents. It is free, with no website or page-view limits. ### How to add a cookie banner to Webflow KookiOk does not have a native Webflow app - on Webflow it installs as a single pasted script, the same way you would add any third-party snippet. Here are the exact steps: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your Webflow site's domain. KookiOk scans it automatically and classifies the cookies it finds. - Design your banner: pick a template and your brand colour, add custom CSS if you want, or describe your brand and let AI style it. - Copy your one-line KookiOk install script from the dashboard. - In Webflow, open Site settings -> Custom Code and paste the script into the Head Code field. This loads the banner site-wide on every page. - Optional - to load it on a single page only, open that page's settings, find the page-level Custom Code panel, and paste the script there instead. - Click Save Changes, then Publish your Webflow site so the change goes live on your real domain. That is the whole install - no developer required and nothing to maintain inside Webflow. When you publish, the banner appears and non-essential scripts stay blocked until the visitor opts in. Note: KookiOk on Webflow is a pasted one-line script, not a native Webflow app, plugin or marketplace listing. After you publish, reload your live site in a private window: the banner should appear and block non-essential cookies until you choose. ### What you get free with KookiOk on Webflow KookiOk is free for Webflow site owners, with no per-site fee and no page-view metering - useful when one Webflow account hosts several projects or client sites. Everything you need for a compliant banner is included: - Unlimited Webflow sites and page-views - the banner never stops showing because of a quota. - A real cookie scanner that crawls your published Webflow site and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent. - Prior-consent blocking by default, so analytics, ad pixels and embeds stay blocked until the visitor agrees. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) built in, plus an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API. - No-code banner design in 34 languages, with 7 templates and AI styling from a short brand description. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records, exportable as PDF or JSON for any regulator. The only trade-off on the free plan is a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge on the banner. ### Why a Webflow site needs a cookie banner Webflow itself is just the platform - it is the tools you add on top that set non-essential cookies and trigger the need for consent. If your Webflow site uses analytics, advertising pixels or embedded third-party content, you are storing or reading information on the visitor's device, which under the EU ePrivacy rules requires prior consent. On a typical Webflow build, the usual culprits are: - Analytics such as Google Analytics, added via Webflow's integrations or Custom Code. - Advertising and remarketing pixels (Google Ads, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn, TikTok). - Embedded content like YouTube videos, Google Maps, social widgets or third-party forms. - Heatmaps, A/B testing or session-recording scripts pasted into Custom Code. The ePrivacy Directive requires consent before these load, and the GDPR sets the conditions for that consent to be valid: freely given, specific, informed and as easy to withdraw as to give. A consent banner that blocks non-essential cookies until the visitor agrees is the standard way to meet both. KookiOk also detects and honours GPC, so the same setup helps with US opt-out signals too. Not sure what your Webflow site actually loads? Run a free cookie scan first - KookiOk crawls your published site with a headless browser and lists every cookie and tracker that fires before consent, so you know exactly what the banner needs to cover. ## How to add a cookie consent banner to Squarespace URL: https://kookiok.com/cookie-banner-for-squarespace To add a cookie consent banner to Squarespace, paste KookiOk's one-line script into Settings -> Advanced -> Code Injection -> Header and save. There is no native Squarespace cookie banner extension and no app to install - KookiOk runs as a small script you add through Squarespace's built-in Code Injection (available on the Core, Plus and Advanced plans - not the entry-level Basic plan). It is free, blocks non-essential cookies until visitors consent, and works with Squarespace Analytics, embeds and ads. ### How to add a cookie banner to Squarespace KookiOk is not a native Squarespace app or plugin - on Squarespace it installs as a pasted one-line script. You add it through Squarespace Code Injection, which is available on the plans that allow custom code (Core and above, not the Basic plan). Here is the full process: - Create a free KookiOk account and add your Squarespace domain - KookiOk scans the site and classifies the cookies it finds. - Design your banner: pick a template and your brand colour, add custom CSS if you want, or describe your brand and let AI style it. - Copy your one-line KookiOk install script from the dashboard. - In Squarespace, go to Settings -> Advanced -> Code Injection. - Paste the script into the Header box (not the Footer), so the banner loads before trackers run. - Click Save - the banner goes live across your Squarespace site, and non-essential cookies stay blocked until visitors consent. Because the script lives in Code Injection, it applies to every page on the site at once - you do not add it per page. If you do not see Code Injection in your settings, your plan does not include custom code yet (see below). Note: After you paste the script and save, open your live Squarespace site in a private window and confirm the banner appears before any analytics or embeds load. Run a free scan to double-check nothing fires before consent. ### What you get free on Squarespace KookiOk is a free GDPR cookie-consent tool, so everything a Squarespace site owner needs for a compliant banner is included at no cost - there is no per-page or per-site metering and no separate paid tier to unlock the essentials: - A consent banner that shows on every Squarespace page and blocks non-essential cookies until the visitor opts in. - A cookie scanner that crawls your Squarespace site and flags every cookie, pixel and embed that fires before consent. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) support, so Squarespace Analytics, Google Analytics and ad pixels respect the visitor's choice. - No-code banner design with 7 templates, your brand colour and custom CSS, plus AI-assisted styling - in 34 languages. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records you can export as PDF or JSON if a regulator ever asks. - Self-hosted fonts and EU data residency, with an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API included. There is a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge on the banner, which is the only trade-off for the free plan. ### Why a Squarespace site needs a cookie banner Most Squarespace sites set non-essential cookies the moment a page loads. Squarespace Analytics, Google Analytics, ad and remarketing pixels, and embedded content like YouTube videos, Google Maps, Instagram feeds or third-party fonts all read or write data on the visitor's device - and under the EU ePrivacy rules that needs prior consent. The ePrivacy Directive (Article 5(3)) requires consent before storing or accessing information on a visitor's device, except for strictly necessary cookies, and the GDPR sets out what valid consent looks like: freely given, specific, informed and as easy to withdraw as to give. A consent banner that blocks non-essential cookies until the visitor agrees is the standard way to meet both. The hard part is knowing what your Squarespace site actually loads - a single embedded video or social widget can quietly add several trackers. KookiOk's cookie scanner crawls your site and lists exactly what fires before consent, so you can see the gap before you publish the banner and prove it is closed afterwards. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Your obligations depend on where you and your visitors are and what your site does - check with qualified counsel for your situation. ### Sources Sources: - ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC, Article 5(3) (cookie consent) - EUR-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32002L0058 - EDPB Guidelines 05/2020 on consent under the GDPR: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/guidelines/guidelines-052020-consent-under-regulation-2016679_en - Squarespace Help: adding custom code with Code Injection: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205815908-Using-code-injection ## How to add a cookie consent banner to Shopify URL: https://kookiok.com/cookie-banner-for-shopify You can add a GDPR cookie consent banner to Shopify by pasting one line of KookiOk script into your theme. KookiOk does not have a Shopify app or marketplace listing - on Shopify it installs as a pasted one-line script you add to your theme.liquid via Online Store -> Themes -> Edit code. Once saved, the banner shows on every page and non-essential cookies stay blocked until visitors consent. It is free, with no website or page-view limits. ### How to add a cookie banner to Shopify KookiOk has no Shopify app to install. On Shopify it works as a pasted one-line script that you add to your theme code. The whole process takes a few minutes and needs no developer: - Create a free KookiOk account, add your Shopify store domain, and let KookiOk scan it to find and classify the cookies it sets. - Design your banner: pick a template and your brand colour, or describe your brand and let AI style it. Copy the one-line install script KookiOk gives you. - In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store -> Themes. - On your current theme, click the three-dot (...) menu and choose Edit code. - Under Layout, open theme.liquid and find the closing tag. - Paste the KookiOk one-line script before (ideally as the first script in the , before any analytics or marketing tags), then click Save. - Open your store in a private window to confirm the banner appears and that trackers stay blocked until you accept. Because the script lives in theme.liquid, it loads on every page of your store automatically. If you switch or duplicate themes later, paste the same line into the new theme.liquid so the banner keeps showing. Note: After you paste the script and save your theme, open your store in a private window: the KookiOk banner should appear before any non-essential cookies are set. Re-run a cookie scan to confirm trackers stay blocked until a visitor consents. ### What you get free for your Shopify store Everything you need to make a Shopify store compliant is included free - there is no paid tier, and no metering by page-views or traffic, which matters for a store that runs sales and ad campaigns: - Unlimited page-views and stores - the banner never stops showing because of a quota, even during a traffic spike or a promotion. - A real cookie scanner that crawls your store and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent. - Prior-consent blocking by default - analytics, ad pixels and embeds stay blocked until the shopper opts in. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) support, plus an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API. - No-code banner design: templates, your brand colour, custom CSS, or AI styling - in 34 languages. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records you can export as PDF or JSON for any regulator. KookiOk is free GDPR cookie-consent software. There is no paid plan to upgrade to - the only trade-off is a small "Powered by KookiOk" badge on the banner. ### Why a Shopify store needs a consent banner Most Shopify stores set non-essential cookies the moment a visitor lands. Shopify's own analytics, Google Analytics, the Meta (Facebook) Pixel, TikTok and Google Ads tags, and embedded content like YouTube videos or review widgets all store or read information on the shopper's device for measurement and advertising - none of which is strictly necessary to run the store. Under the EU's ePrivacy rules and the GDPR, those non-essential cookies need the visitor's prior consent - they must be blocked until the shopper agrees, not loaded by default. A consent banner is how you ask for that consent, block trackers until it is given, and record the choice as proof. The hard part is knowing what your store actually loads, because apps and pixels add trackers you may not have set up yourself. Run a free cookie scan of your store first: KookiOk crawls it with a headless browser and lists every cookie and tracker that fires before consent, so you can see exactly what the banner needs to gate. ## How to add a cookie consent banner to Wix URL: https://kookiok.com/cookie-banner-for-wix You can add a GDPR cookie consent banner to a Wix site for free with KookiOk by pasting a single line of code. There is no native Wix app, plugin or marketplace listing - KookiOk installs as one script you add under Settings -> Custom Code, place in the , apply to all pages, and click Apply. The banner then blocks non-essential cookies (analytics, ads, embeds) until your visitor consents. ### How to add a cookie banner to Wix KookiOk works on Wix as a pasted one-line script, not a native app or plugin. Create a free KookiOk account, add your site so KookiOk can scan it, then copy your install snippet and add it to Wix: - In your Wix dashboard, open Settings -> Custom Code. - Click + Add Custom Code. - Paste your KookiOk script into the code box. - Under Place Code in, choose Head so it loads in the of your site. - Apply it to All pages so the banner shows everywhere. - Click Apply. The banner goes live on your published site right away (your Wix site must already be published with a connected domain). That is the whole install - one script, added once, applied to every page. Wix injects it into the on every page automatically, so you never have to touch each page by hand. Note: KookiOk has no native Wix app or marketplace listing - on Wix you add it as a single pasted script in Settings -> Custom Code. After you apply it, reload your site in a private window and check that the banner appears before any non-essential cookies are set. ### What you get free with KookiOk on Wix KookiOk is a free GDPR cookie-consent platform, so a Wix site owner gets a complete, compliant setup at no cost - no per-site fee and no page-view metering. Everything below is included: - Unlimited Wix sites and page-views - the banner keeps showing no matter how much traffic you get. - A real cookie scanner that crawls your Wix site and flags the cookies and trackers it finds, so you know what to disclose. - Prior-consent blocking by default - non-essential scripts and storage stay blocked until the visitor opts in. - Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) support, plus an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API. - No-code banner design: 7 templates, your brand colour and custom CSS, or describe your brand and let AI style it - in 34 languages. - 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) consent records, exportable as PDF or JSON if a regulator asks. You keep building your site in Wix as usual; KookiOk just sits in front of the trackers and asks for consent first. ### Why a Wix site needs a consent banner Wix sites are rarely cookie-free. The moment you turn on Wix Analytics, add Google Analytics or an ad pixel, or embed a YouTube video, a map or a social feed, your site starts setting non-essential cookies and trackers on the visitor's device. Under the EU ePrivacy rules (Article 5(3)) those need prior consent - you have to ask before they load, not after. The GDPR then defines what valid consent looks like: it must be a clear, freely given opt-in, with rejecting as easy as accepting and no pre-ticked boxes. A banner that simply announces "we use cookies" is not enough; it has to actually block the non-essential cookies until the visitor agrees, which is exactly what KookiOk's prior-consent blocking does. The fastest way to know whether you need a banner is to scan your own site. KookiOk's cookie scanner crawls your Wix pages with a headless browser and lists every cookie and tracker that fires before consent - so instead of guessing, you can see what your theme, apps and embeds actually set and disclose them accurately. ## Key facts - Price: free, with no paid tier and no credit card. The only trade-off is a small "Powered by KookiOk" label on the banner. - Sites and traffic: unlimited websites and no page-view limit - the banner never stops showing. - Cookie scanner: a headless browser crawls your site and flags every cookie, pixel and tracker that fires before consent. - Prior-consent blocking: non-essential scripts, cookies and storage stay blocked until the visitor opts in. - Signals: Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control (GPC) are built in. - Consent records: 5-year, tamper-evident (SHA-256) records, exportable as PDF or JSON. - Banner design: no-code - 7 templates, your brand colour and custom CSS, or describe your brand and let AI design it; 34 languages. - Privacy by design: self-hosted fonts (no Google Fonts), EU data residency (France), anonymized IP addresses, no device fingerprinting. - Install: one hosted line of script that works on any site, or the official KookiOk WordPress plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/kookiok/). - Honest limits: KookiOk ships an IAB TCF v2.2-compatible API - it is NOT a registered or certified CMP, so for full programmatic IAB advertising you register your own CMP ID. It does NOT generate legal policy documents (privacy policies, terms). It is designed to support GDPR, ePrivacy and CCPA compliance, but is not legal advice. ## How KookiOk compares (verified June 2026 against public pricing) - vs Cookiebot: Cookiebot bills per domain (the free plan is one domain and 50 subpages) and roughly doubled its base price in August 2025; KookiOk is free on unlimited domains with no page metering. Cookiebot is a registered IAB-certified CMP; KookiOk ships a TCF-compatible API. - vs CookieYes: the CookieYes free plan caps at about 5,000 page-views a month and then stops showing the banner; KookiOk never caps page-views. - vs iubenda: iubenda bills one plan per website and the free banner stops after about 1,000 page-views a month; iubenda also auto-generates lawyer-drafted legal documents, which KookiOk does not. - vs Termly: the Termly free banner deactivates above 10,000 monthly views and keeps exportable consent records on the paid Pro+ tier; Termly also generates legal documents; KookiOk has no view cap and includes consent records free. - vs Complianz: Complianz runs only on WordPress and Shopify, and keeps GPC and Google Consent Mode v2 on premium; KookiOk is one script for any website with both included free. - vs Osano: the Osano first paid step is around $199/month and the free tier caps at roughly 5,000 unique visitors; KookiOk is free on every site with no visitor cap, though Osano offers a broader privacy-management suite. - vs Usercentrics: Usercentrics meters around 1,000 sessions a month on the free tier and limits free use to two languages (it also owns Cookiebot); KookiOk has no session meter and 34 languages free. - vs OneTrust: OneTrust is an enterprise, quote-based suite with no genuine free plan (typical deals run into five figures a year); KookiOk is free and self-serve, while OneTrust suits large enterprises with broad governance needs.