Cookiebot is probably the biggest, most used cookie consent system out there.
I have also used it for many many client projects.
It’s very good! But it’s not free..
When I was creating Kansleri Cookie Consent I wanted to make it as close to Cookiebot as I can. So in this article I will list the clear differences and similarities of both tools
Basics.
| Kansleri Cookie Consent | Cookiebot | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | WordPress plugin | Cloud service (CMP) with plugins/scripts for many platforms |
| Platforms | WordPress only | WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow, Drupal, Joomla, plain HTML, any site via script tag |
| Price | 🙂 Free, no pro version, no upsells, no need for registration, no emails. | 🙁 You need to create an account and receive marketing emails. Free tier limited by subpage count and 1 domain, paid plans per domain/month* |
| Where it runs | 🙂 Entirely on your own site | 🙁 Banner script and consent storage on Cookiebot’s servers |
| Where consent data lives | 🙂 Your WordPress database | 🙁 Cookiebot cloud (EU) |
| Account needed | 🙂 No | 🙁 Yes |
| Cookie scanning | 🙂 Local scanner, scheduled recurring scans | 🙂 Cloud crawler, scheduled recurring scans |
| Cookie policy page | Auto-generated page + shortcodes | Embedded script/shortcode pulling from their cloud |
| Consent Mode v2 | 🙂 Yes | 🙂 Yes |
| Google-certified CMP (only required for AdSense/Ad Manager/AdMob publishers) | 🙁 No (read more) | 🙂 Yes |
| IAB TCF certified | 🙁 No (read more) | 🙂 Yes |
| Multi-domain management | 🙁 No. You need to install separate plugins on each WordPress. | 🙂 Yes, central dashboard |
| Multilingual | 🙂 WPML + Polylang, per-language texts and policy | 🙂 Auto language detection, many languages |
| Support | 🙂 Free wp.org forum support | 🙁 Paid support tiers* |