Real Cookie Banner

Real Cookie Banner

Alternative to Complianz for WordPress websites

You find Complianz too confusing, you don’t know after the setup wizzard whether you have collected all services and cookies or you are missing important features? Real Cookie Banner as an alternative to Complianz for WordPress website tries to make the setup of your cookie banner more intuitive for you. Make your website GDPR and ePrivacy Directive compliant!

Cookie banner example
I scan your website and find used services automatically!

Why you should choose Real Cookie Banner

Real Cookie Banner is a cookie and consent management plugin. Obtain consent to load services and set cookies for your visitors in accordance with the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive. In addition, content blockers help you to be compliant even if your theme, plugin or content loads styles, scripts or iframes that would transfer personal data. Start now with our guided-configuration and avoid legal risks!

Look for cookie template in consent management

Consent Management

You can use Real Cookie Banner to store all technical and legal information about services and cookies to obtain informed consent. You can use 150+ service templates and 120+ content blocker templates to quickly and securely provide all the information you need.

Consent to cookies via a content blocker

Content Blocker

Themes, plugins and co. usually load scripts, styles and content that transfer personal data and set cookies before you have the consent of your visitors. You usually cannot control this by yourself. Content blockers make sure that these features are only executed after you have obtained consent.

Customize cookie banner design in WordPress Customizer

Customize design

You can design the cookie banner according to your wishes. 20+ design templates and 200+ options give you the flexibility to customize the cookie banner perfectly to your needs. From colors and effects to texts, you can unleash your creativity! All changes are displayed in a live preview.

Use the checklist to set up the cookie banner

Guided configuration

After installation, the checklist will guide you through all steps to be able to set up Real Cookie Banner in a legally compliant manner. We also explain the legalities of features and the legal consequences if you change settings. So, you can quickly and safely set up your cookie banner!

View documented consent with reproduced cookie banner at time of consent

Documentation of consents

According to the GDPR, you have to prove that a visitor has consented to cookies and processing of personal data if he or she doubts this. We document consent completely and make it possible to trace the origin of the consent afterwards. You are on the safe side even in the worst case!

Open Real Cookie Banner settings in WordPress

Native in WordPress

Real Cookie Banner is a cookie plugin specially designed for WordPress. It is fully installed in your WordPress as a native plugin. All consents are processed and stored on your server. Nothing is downloaded from a cloud in your visitor’s browser, which avoids further legal issues.

Compare us with Complianz

Complianz is a powerful privacy suite for your WordPress website that includes an imprint and privacy policy, as well as a cookie banner. Unfortunately, compared to Real Cookie Banner, Complianz only offers consenting to service groups instead of individual services (without TCF), does not automatically respect youth protection regulations for obtaining valid consents, or does not block data loading by e.g. WordPress plugins before consenting in all cases. Real Cookie Banner tries to do that and much more better. Compare us with alternative WordPress plugins to get your own opinion!

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The comparison of consent mangement solutions for WordPress was created in July 2025 based on Borlabs Cookie 3.3.11, Complianz 7.5.4 Premium, Cookiebot 4.5.10 (WordPress plugin) variant “Admin Interface”, Usercentrics with Cookiebot 4.5.10 (WordPress plugin) variant “v3” and Real Cookie Banner 5.1.12. New versions of the software with modified features may have become available in the meantime.

Real Cookie Banner Borlabs Cookie Complianz Cookiebot Usercentrics
Yearly price
(for one website; up to prices depend on billing units used and are limited to public prices; incl. 19% VAT)
59.00 58.31 59.00 99.96
up to € 714.00
99.96
up to € 10,710.00
Billing unit per website
(unlimited page views/sessions)
per website
(unlimited page views/sessions)
per website
(unlimited page views/sessions)
per user session & domain per user session & domain
Free version available Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Translations of plugin into # languages
(> 90% completeness; language variants not counted)
17 texts in cookie banner are customizable 8 texts in cookie banner are customizable 10 texts in cookie banner are customizable 60 texts in cookie banner are customizable 60 texts in cookie banner are customizable
Audited by external law firm Yes Legally advised by meibers.rechtsanwälte No
no information provided by developer
No
not adverised, but in-house legal team
No
not adverised, but in-house legal team
No
not adverised, but in-house legal team
Cookie & Consent Management
Covered jurisdictions EU/EEA, CH, GB EU/EEA EU/EEA, GB, US-CA, CA, BR, ZA, AU EU/EEA, CH, GB, US (some states), BR, ZA, AU EU/EEA, CH, GB, US (some states), BR, ZA, AU
Service (cookie) templates
(legal and technical information for obtaining consent)
Yes 180+ templates Yes 270+ templates Yes 35+ templates Yes 2,200+ templates Yes 2,200+ templates
Per-service consent in cookie banner Yes Yes Yes disabled by default No Yes
Individual service groups Yes Yes No No Yes
Information obligations per service
(information in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR)
Yes Partial without non-postal contact of controller No
only link to provider’s privacy policy
No
only link to provider’s privacy policy
Yes
Disclosure of cookies used per service
(HTTP cookies and cookie-like information)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Safety mechanism disclosures for third-country transfers
(requirements of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR)
Yes adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses, TADPF No No No No
Consent to unsafe third-country data processing
(according to Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR)
Yes for every third country Partial only USA without consideration of TADPF; no disclosure for which services No No Partial only in individual settings for the respective service described
Minor protection measures
(requirements of Art. 8 GDPR)
Yes age notice Yes age notice No No No
Compliance for CDN use
(e.g. explanations of necessary safeguards)
Yesrecommendations for 28 CDN providers No No No No
Cookie policy generator
(improves transparency for website visitors)
Yescontent automatically allied with cookie banner No Yesrequired to manage consents per service Yescontent automatically allied with cookie banner No
Auto-delete first-party cookies
(upon website visitor opt-out)
Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Executing code on opt-in or opt-out
(enables integration of e.g. Google Analytics directly via cookie banners)
Yes Yes Partial
only per service group, but not per service
Partial
only with implementation via code
Partialscripts must be integrated with code and modified manually
Region-based cookie banner visibility
(shows cookie banner only if legally required)
Yeslocal IP-to-country database used Yeslocal IP-to-country database used; manual country selection Yeslocal IP-to-country database used Yescookie banner adapted by country Yeshiding or showing different cookie banner per region
Transfer of service consents to Google Tag Manager
(allows firing of tags only with legal basis)
Yesusing Google Consent Mode or custom events Yesusing custom events Partialusing Google Consent Mode; only per service group, but not per service Partialusing custom events; only per service group, but not per service Yesusing custom events
Banner-less consent obtaining
(consent management with only content blockers)
Yes No No No No
Anti-adblocker technology
(prevents cookie banner blocking in most cases)
Yes No No No No
Legal pages linked in footer of cookie banner
(e.g. privacy policy or legal notice/imprint linkable)
Yes any link Partial only privacy policy and legal notice (imprint) Partial only cookie policy, privacy statement, imprint & disclaimer No can be added in an “About” tab of cookie banner Partial only privacy policy and legal notice (imprint)
Hide banner on legal pages
(e.g. on privacy policy or legal notice/imprint page)
Yes for any page Yes for any page Yes for any page No only with custom coding No only with custom coding
Automatic service consent for bots
(GDPR only applies to natural persons)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yesdisabled by default
Scanner
Check of for used services
(detects used services across all subpages)
Yes every page indexed in sitemap Partial scans only front page, 3-page preset, or manual URLs (≤ 100 per scan) No scanner reads only the admin’s browser first-party cookies Yes every page found by crawler Yes every page found by crawler or vistited pages by website visitors
Edit-triggered page rescan
(scans pages immediately after editing)
Yes No No No No
Periodic website scans without specific cause
(schedulable and regular scans)
No No No Yes monthly/weekly/daily Yes monthly/weekly
Detection of external services
(with and without service template)
Yes based on HTML markup Yes Partial
detected cookies not always auto-associate with a service
Yes based on found cookies Yes
Detection of known WordPress plugins
(service need to be available)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Detection of unknown external connections
(manual entry of service details required)
Yes Yes No No No
Content Blocker
Content blocker templates
(blocks services until consent is given)
Yes 200+ templates Yes 175+ templates Yes 30+ templates No
one blocker for all services based on regex
No
no templates, but auto-blocking without visible replacement or settings possible
Embeds replaced by similar placeholder
(e.g. YouTube video replaced by dummy video player)
Yes Yes Yes Noone blocker for all services based on regex Noneeds to be developed by website operator
Blocking of already integrated links, styles, scripts & iframes Yes Yes Partial
only scipts & iframes; only per service group, but not per service
Partial
for services known by Cookiebot or manual blocking
Partial
for services known by Usercentrics or manual blocking
Blocking of elements by URL Yes Yes Partial
only per service group, but not per service
No No
Split inline styles per selector
(enables fine-grained inline CSS blocking)
Yes No No No No
Automatic video playback post-consent
(if consent is given via content blocker)
Yes for YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion and Loom videos Yes for YouTube and Vimeo videos No No No
Disclosure parity in content blocker
(same level of as in cookie banner to meet GDPR information obligations for informed consents)
Yes No e.g. missing consent for third-country transfers, revocation rights, and minors’ safeguards No only “I agree” and link to cookie policy No content blockers do not allow consent, but instead ask to reopen cookie banner No no visual content blockers offered without custom coding
Design customization
Cookie banner design presets Yes 20+ design presets No No Yes depending on chosen legislations No
Customizable design of cookie banner
(e.g. colors, fonts, sizes)
Yes 200+ design settings Yes 150+ design settings Yes 60+ design settings Yes 20+ design settings Yes 45+ design settings
Live preview of design changes
(changes immediately visible without saving; displayed as appearing on the website)
Yes Noschematic preview available after saving Yes Yes No
Mobile-optimized design options
(cookie banners design on e.g. smartphones customizable)
Yes No No No No
Interaction-triggered banner loading
(e.g. load after click/scroll; may interrupt user flow)
No Yes No No No
Accessibility
WCAG 2.1 Level AA or later compliance
(to comply with European Accessibility Act)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Accessibility scoring for design settings
(evaluates contrast, font size compliance, etc.)
Yes accessibility score similar to PageSpeed Insights Score No No No No
Consent Mode
Google Consent Mode v2 support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Explicit consent per purpose (consent type)
(to fulfil purpose limitation of Art. 5(1)(b) GDPR for Google Consent Mode)
Yes No No No No
Microsoft UET Consent Mode support Yes in service template pre-configured No Yes feature to activate Yes consent automatically passed once detected Yes consent automatically passed once detected
Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF)
TCF v2 or newer support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Google certified CMP
(for AdSense, Ad Manager, or AdMob)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vendors from GVL selectable
(Global Vendor List provided by IAB Europe)
Yes Yes No
all vendors using at least one selected purpose or feature
Yes Yes
Auto-import of vendor lists from ad servers
(may create hundreds of vendors fully automatically)
Yes for Google AdSense and The Moneytizer Nobut manual import of TCF vendor ID lists No
vendors not freely selectable
No No
Publisher restrictions for vendors
(requested purposes can be reduced)
Yes per vendor No Partialglobally restrictable, but not per vendor Yes per vendor Partialglobally restrictable, but not per vendor
Content blocker for TCF vendors
(prevents loading vendor content and scripts without consent)
Yes No No No No
Stacks for user-friendly visualization Yes Yes No No Yesdisabled by default
Proactive design violation notices
(in accordance with the TCF Policy)
Yes No No No No
Consents and documentation
Documentation of consents
(to fulfill accountability under Art. 5(2) GDPR)
Yes all services, texts, and design settings, as well as the choice of website visitors and interactions leading to consent Partial without text and design settings in the cookie banner; only consented services (not all available onces) Partial without text and design settings in the cookie banner; only consented services (not all available onces) Partial without the services/cookies, text, and design settings displayed in the cookie banner Yes all services, texts (except of manually described services), and design settings, as well as the choice of website visitors
Documentation by contract processor
(proof stored by third party; data processing agreement may be necessary)
Nostored in WordPress Nostored in WordPress Nostored in WordPress Yesstored on Cookiebot’s servers Yesstored on Usercentrics’s servers
Interactive visualization of consent creation
(displays cookie banner and behavior that led to consent)
Yes including player (see how users clicked, scrolled, …) No No No No
Consent history, modification & revocation links
(enables website visitors to exercise their rights)
Yes as menu items, sticky widget (floating) and shortcodes Yes as shortcodes or sticky widget (floating) Yes as shortcodes, Gutenberg blocks or sticky widget (only consent changing) Yes as sticky widget (floating) or JavaScript code Yes as sticky widget (floating) or JavaScript code
Proactive notice for consent re-solicitation on banner modification Yes Nomanually to trigger No No Yesdisabled by default
Statistics on visitor consents Yes three statistics with dynamic time range Partial one statistic with fixed date ranges Partial one statistic with all-time data Yes one statistic for public plans; more for custom quotes Yes six statistics with dynamic time range + reportable reports
Consent documentation fault tolerance
(e.g. delayed logging & auto-retry on overload)
Yeslocal storing & auto-retry to document consent Partial local storing; no documentation for website operator Partial local storing; no documentation for website operator Noconsent not saved; cookie banner reappears every page visit Partial local storing; no documentation for website operator
Multilingual support
WPML support Yes Yes Yes Notranslations stored in cloud Notranslations stored in cloud
Polylang support Yes Yes Yes
TranslatePress support Yes Yes Yes
Weglot support Yes with machine translations Yes with machine translations No
Language switcher in cookie banner Yes Yes No No Yes
Technical solution
Native solution in WordPress
(consent management in WordPress plugin code)
Yes Yes Yes Partial cloud-hosted script + integrations via WordPress plugin Partial cloud-hosted script + integrations via WordPress plugin
Cache clearing after banner modification
(proactive offer to clear page cache)
Yes for 35 page-cache plugins
Supported caching plugins: Asset CleanUp, Autoptimize, Borlabs Cache, Breeze, Cache Enabler, Comet Cache, Hummingbird, LiteSpeed Cache, Merge + Minify + Refresh, Nginx Helper, NitroPack, SG Optimizer, W3 Total Cache, WP Fastest Cache, WP-Optimize, WP Rocket, WP Super Cache, Swift Performance, Themify Cache, Cloudflare, IONOS Performance Cache, One.com, Raidboxes, BunnyCDN Cache, Cloudflare Rocket Loader, Custom Cache, Debloat, NGINX FastCGI Cache, FlyingPress, OptimizePress, Perfmatters, Powered Cache, Swift Performance AI, TheGem Performance, WP Meteor

Yes for 11 page-cache plugins
Supported caching plugins: Autoptimize, Borlabs Cache, FlyingPress, LiteSpeed Cache, SiteGround Speed Optimizer, Themify, W3 Total Cache, WP Fastest Cache, WP Optimize, WP Rocket, WP Super Cache
No No No
WordPress Multisite support Yes Yes Yesseperate plugin needed; starting at 399 € / year Partial no explicitly need, as cloud-hosted Partial no explicitly need, as cloud-hosted
Consent forwarding across multiple websites
(website visitors consent only once; consent applies to all linked websites)
Yes one-way and two-way sync; for standalone- and multisite installations Partial consents shared via cross-domain-cookie, but without e.g. documentation of consent Partial consents shared via cross-domain-cookie, but without e.g. documentation of consent Yes consents shared via cross-domain-cookie Yes consents shared via cross-domain-cookie
Import and export settings Yes Yes Yes No No
Export of collected consents Yes No Yes Yes Yesone by one
Compatible WordPress version 5.9 or newer 4.7 or newer 5.8 or newer 4.4 or newer
for WordPress plugin
4.4 or newer
for WordPress plugin

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