Compare Real Cookie Banner with Alternatives
Compare our consent management solution with well-known alternatives for WordPress and decide which solution fits the best for you! All solutions compared with Real Cookie Banner can be used in WordPress websites, according to its producer.
Real Cookie Banner is a cookie and consent management plugin designed to be an easy-to-use, powerful solution. All the features of our plugin are based on the legal texts in order to provide a solution that complies with the legal requirements of the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive. Compare us with alternative plugins!
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The comparison was made in November 2023 on the basis of the following versions of the WordPress Plugins: Real Cookie Banner v4.0.0, Borlabs Cookie v2.2.66, Complianz v6.5.6, Cookiebot v4.3.1. Prices and supported languages updated in November 2024.
| Real Cookie Banner | Borlabs Cookie v2.2.6 (newer versions available) |
Complianz | Cookiebot | |
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| Yearly price (starts from; per site; incl. 19 % VAT) | €59.00 | €58.31 | €59.00 | €84.00 |
| Free version available |  |
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 only for one domain |
| Translations of plugin into # languages (> 90% completeness; language variants not counted) | 17 all texts in cookie banner are customizable |
7 all texts in cookie banner are customizable |
12 all texts in cookie banner are customizable |
48 all texts in cookie banner are customizable |
| Audited by lawyer | Legally advised by meibers.rechtsanwälte |
Unknown or not advertised | Unknown or not advertised | Unknown or not advertised |
| Cookie & Consent Management | ||||
| Service (cookie) templates | 150+ templates |
28+ templates |
35+ templates; best results if the cloud service is activated |
visible after site scan |
| Individual service groups | |
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custom coding necessary |
predefined groups |
| Consent possible per service directly in cookie banner | |
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only in legal documents outside cookie banner |
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| Technical specifications of HTTP cookies and cookie-like information | |
one complete technical cookie definition per service |
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| Execution of opt-in and opt-out HTML/JavaScript code | |
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not assignable to the consent of a service |
you have to code this feature by yourself |
| Automatic deletion of 1st-party cookies in case of opt-out | |
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for predefined cookies |
client-side |
| Legal texts linkable in footer of cookie banner | any link depending on the country law |
only privacy policy and legal notice (imprint) |
only privacy policy, cookie policy and legal notice (imprint) |
only via custom link in e.g. description text |
| Hiding of cookie banner on legally relevant pages (e.g. privacy policy or legal notice/imprint) | configurable for all legal links |
only privacy policy and legal notice (imprint) |
only privacy policy and legal notice (imprint) |
only via JavaScript SDK |
| Accepting all services for bots | |
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| Use of “Do Not Track” header | |
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| Age notice to comply with GDPR youth protection regulations | |
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| Obtaining consent for data processing in unsafe countries | configurable per country |
only USA; no disclosure for which services |
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| Geo-restriction to show cookie banner only if necessary | |
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predefined country list, not configurable |
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| Native Swiss DSG compatibility | |
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| Scanner | ||||
| Automatic check of all subpages for used services | each page indexed in sitemap |
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each page indexed in sitemap |
| Detection of external services (with and without template) | based on HTML markup |
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based on first-party cookies in browser of administrator |
technical cookies not always automatically associated with a service |
| Detection of known WordPress plugins | |
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automatically blocks known plugins; services for consent must be manually created |
| Content Blocker | ||||
| Content Blocker templates for popular services/plugins | 120+ templates |
7+ templates |
16+ templates |
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| Content blockers replace embeds with similar content (e.g. YouTube video replaced with video player) | |
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| Block already integrated link, inline style, (inline) script and iframe HTML tags until the consent of the visitor | |
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works for 16 predefined services |
client-side for known or manually marked services |
| URL blocking to block entire elements using a URL | |
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always unblocks when opt-in for marketing services |
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| Custom element blocking for blocking entire elements without modifying HTML markup | |
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| Splitting of inline styles to block individual CSS selectors | |
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| Automatic video playback after consent via content blocker | for YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and Loom videos |
for YouTube and Vimeo videos |
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| Design customization | ||||
| Cookie banner design presets | 20+ design presets |
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| Customizable design of cookie banner | 200+ design settings |
110+ design settings |
60+ design settings |
8 design options |
| Live preview of design changes | |
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if TCF support disabled |
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| Design options for optimized display on mobile devices | |
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| Accessibility | ||||
| Cookie banner compliant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA or later | |
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| Scoring of design settings for accessibility requirements (to protect against inappropriate contrasts, font sizes, etc.) | Accessibility Score similar to PageSpeed Insights Score |
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| Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) | ||||
| TCF v2 or newer support | |
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| Google certified CMP (AdSense, Ad Manager, or AdMob) | |
no version designated as stable available for use |
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| Vendors can be selected from GVL | |
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all vendors that use least one selected purpose or feature |
programmatic implementation through custom script tag |
| Publisher restrictions can be applied to vendors | |
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programmatic implementation through custom script tag |
| Stacks for user-friendly visualization | |
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| Individual selection for visitors integrated in cookie banner | |
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visitor must switch to cookie policy |
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| Proactive notice of design violations (e.g. contrast too low) | |
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| Content blocker for content/scripts from vendors without consent | |
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| Consents and documentation | ||||
| Documentation of consents | |
without design settings and list of all cookies |
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without design settings |
| Creation of consents afterwards traceable through interactive visualization | including player (see how users clicked, scrolled, …) |
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| Proactive obtain new consents after changing the content or behavior of the cookie banner | |
manually to trigger |
on adding new service, but not on changing e.g. texts |
when adding new services, but not when changing texts |
| Statistics about visitor consents | three statistics with dynamic time range |
statistic with fixed date choice |
one opt-in chart |
one opt-in chart |
| Links for viewing the history of consent, changing and revoking consent | as menu items or shortcodes |
as shortcodes or widget (floating) |
as shortcodes |
as HTML links or widget (floating) |
| Technical solution | ||||
| Native solution in WordPress | |
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Cloud service loaded as external script |
| Anti-Ad-Blocker system to get consents from users with aggressive Ad-Blocker | |
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| Import and export settings | |
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| Export of collected consents | |
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| Support for Google Tag Manager (GTM) and Matomo Tag Manager (MTM) that loads tag manager only after consent | |
according to the documentation, GTM should also be loaded without consent |
GTM loads before user consent |
GTM loads before user consent |
| Support for multilingual websites with WPML and Polylang | with cookie/service synchronization between languages |
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| Support for multilingual websites with TranslatePress (advanced integration) | |
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| Support for multilingual websites with Weglot (advanced integration) | with machine translations |
with machine translations |
with machine translations |
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| Support for WordPress Multisites | |
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| Consent Forwarding to avoid multiple consents of a visitor on multiple sites of an organization | one-way and two-way sync |
consents shared via cookie, but without e.g. documentation of consent |
consents shared via cookie, but without e.g. documentation of consent |
within same domain group |
| Support for automatic emptying of all known page caches after a change to the cookie banner | for 26 page-cache plugins |
for 6 page-cache plugins |
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| Compatible WordPress version | 5.9 or newer | 4.7 or newer | 4.9 or newer | 4.4 or newer |
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