An honest look at the alternative.
Cookiebot is the incumbent, and a capable one. PlainConsent is the small, flat-priced alternative. Here is the honest difference, including where Cookiebot is the better choice.
The core difference: how you are priced
Cookiebot Core is priced per domain, by the number of subpages: a free tier up to 50 subpages on one domain, then paid plans from roughly €7 to €90 per month per domain as your site grows. Several things (custom branding, geotargeting, 47+ languages, CSV consent exports, extra domains) sit in the higher or paid tiers.
PlainConsent has one flat price per site, and every plan includes every feature. Your site growing does not move you up a pricing ladder, and nothing is greyed out.
| PlainConsent | Cookiebot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat, per site | Per domain, by subpage count |
| Entry price | €5 / mo (Solo, 1 site) | Free up to 50 subpages; paid ~€7–€90 / mo |
| Features across tiers | Every feature in every plan | Branding, geotargeting, languages, CSV gated by tier |
| Audit trail (Art. 7) | Yes, unique consent ID to your endpoint | Yes (consent logs; CSV export on paid tiers) |
| Languages | 5 built in (EN, NL, DE, ES, FR) | 47+ |
| Automatic cookie scanner | No (by design) | Yes |
| IAB TCF framework | No | Yes |
| Third-party calls by the script | Zero | Loads from the vendor's CDN |
| Source code | Published + SRI-pinned | Proprietary |
| Self-host the script | Yes | No |
| Login to manage the banner | Not required | Account required |
Where Cookiebot is the better fit
We would rather you pick the right tool than the wrong one. Choose Cookiebot if you need any of these:
- Automatic cookie scanning and classification. Cookiebot crawls your site and categorises trackers for you. PlainConsent does not; you configure your categories.
- The IAB TCF framework for programmatic advertising.
- Very broad language coverage (47+ languages) out of the box.
- A large enterprise setup with many domains and team management already built around Cookiebot.
Where PlainConsent wins
- Predictable, flat pricing. One price per site, no per-subpage ladder, and a lowest-price guarantee.
- Every feature included, so no greyed-out fields or upsell banners.
- Zero third-party calls and published source, so you can verify exactly what runs in your visitors' browsers, or self-host it.
- Live in minutes, with no login needed to manage your banner.
Cookiebot pricing and features as published on cookiebot.com and checked on 2026-07-09; their plans may change. PlainConsent is not affiliated with Cookiebot.