Free Cookie Consent Banners
Which cookie consent and consent management tools a startup can add a compliant cookie banner with for free today, how many pageviews or pages the free plan covers, whether the free banner carries branding, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, read from each provider's own page.
Free allowances read on each provider's own pages, all checked on or after . Consent tools change their free plans from time to time: confirm the terms on the provider's page before you rely on it.
Cookie consent tools a startup can use for free today include CookieYes (Free: 5,000 pageviews/mo, 100 pages per scan), CookieConsent (Free, MIT-licensed open source), Cookiebot (Free: up to 50 subpages, 1 domain), Klaro! (Free open source, commercial use allowed), and Complianz (Free WordPress plugin, extra features paid). Each of the 9 free plans below links to the provider's page that states it, with its main limit, whether the free banner carries branding, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs.
Visitors in the EU, the UK and several US states must be able to accept or refuse non-essential cookies before analytics and ad tags load. Consent tools scan your site, show the banner and record each choice, and several have a free plan for a small site; open-source libraries add a banner in code for free.
The headline rarely tells you how far it goes. Free plans cap pageviews, sessions or scanned pages, allow one domain and often keep the tool's branding on the banner. A banner on its own does not make a site compliant. Each tool below shows what is free, its main limit, whether the free banner carries branding, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, quoted from the provider's own page with the date we read it. Termly, iubenda and Enzuzo, which also generate policies, are compared in our free privacy policy generators guide.
Which tools we picked and the order they appear in are our editorial choices; the terms are the providers'. Some of these providers pay us a referral commission when someone signs up through our link: those links are labeled, and they play no part in which tools are listed or where.
Cookie consent platforms with a free plan
Scan your cookies and show a consent banner, free for small sites.
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CookieYes
Blogs and small sites with up to 5,000 pageviews a month
CookieYes's Free plan allows 5,000 pageviews a month and 100 pages per scan, and the CookieYes branding stays on the banner. Its first paid plan, Basic, is $10 a month per domain.
- Branding on banner
- CookieYes branding stays on Free (source: cookieyes.com)
- First paid plan
- Basic: $10 a month per domain (source: cookieyes.com)
Start free at CookieYesTerms read on cookieyes.com on CookieYes: the free allowance and how to start - 2
Cookiebot
Small sites on one domain with up to 50 subpages
Cookiebot's Free plan covers up to 50 subpages on one domain, with no credit card needed. Only Premium adds your own logo and branding, and Premium starts at $8 a month.
- Branding on banner
- Own logo and branding is Premium (source: cookiebot.com)
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: cookiebot.com)
- First paid plan
- Premium: $8 a month (Lite tier) (source: cookiebot.com)
Start free at CookiebotTerms read on cookiebot.com on Cookiebot: the free allowance and how to start - 3
Complianz
WordPress sites that want a free GDPR plugin
Complianz's free WordPress plugin is the no-cost version, and its paying plans add extra features. The Personal plan is $59 for one website.
- First paid plan
- Personal: $59 for 1 website (source: complianz.io)
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Usercentrics
Sites under 1,000 sessions a month on one domain
Usercentrics's free CMP plan is for everyone with fewer than 1,000 monthly sessions and one domain, with core features included. No credit card is required.
Start free at UsercentricsTerms read on usercentrics.com on Usercentrics: the free allowance and how to start - 5
CookieHub
Small sites under 1,000 sessions a month
CookieHub's Free tier covers any subscription with fewer than 1,000 sessions a month and scans up to 50 pages. No credit card is required.
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: cookiehub.com)
Start free at CookieHubTerms read on cookiehub.com on CookieHub: the free allowance and how to start - 6
Axeptio
Small sites with up to 200 visitors a month
Axeptio's Free plan covers up to 200 visitors a month on one domain, which suits a small site or a test.
Open-source cookie consent libraries
Add a consent banner in code and manage it yourself, free.
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CookieConsent
Developers who want a free banner in plain JavaScript
CookieConsent is released under the MIT License, so the library is free to use and change.
Start free at CookieConsent (orestbida)Terms read on cookieconsent.orestbida.com on CookieConsent: the free allowance and how to start - 2
Klaro!
Teams that host their own free consent setup
Klaro's open source version is free forever, for commercial and non-commercial use. It comes without email support.
Start free at Klaro! (KIProtect)Terms read on klaro.org on Klaro!: the free allowance and how to start - 3
tarteaucitron.js
Sites that want a free French banner, set up by hand
tarteaucitron.js is open source and free with no time limit. The free version needs each service declared by hand.
Start free at tarteaucitron.ioTerms read on tarteaucitron.io on tarteaucitron.js: the free allowance and how to start
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How this comparison is built
The list covers cookie consent and consent management tools a founder can use for free today without applying to a program. The order and the "best for" notes are our editorial reading of each tool's terms. Every term comes from the tool's own pricing or help page on the date shown, never from a third-party list; follow each link for the full conditions. A cap on pageviews or subpages a month, the tool's branding on the free banner, scans or consent logs kept for paid plans can matter more than the headline, so the comparison quotes them wherever the provider states them. Some of these tools pay StartupPerks a referral commission, and their links are labeled as referral links; that decides neither whether nor where a tool appears, and no tool pays for a placement on this page.
Read the full methodologyCommon questions
What is the best free cookie consent tool?
By the terms each provider states, CookieYes is free for 5,000 pageviews a month, Cookiebot for up to 50 subpages on 1 domain, and Usercentrics and CookieHub for under 1,000 sessions a month, while CookieConsent and Klaro! are free open-source libraries.
Is Cookiebot free?
Cookiebot's free plan covers up to 50 subpages on 1 domain, and adding your own logo and branding is a Premium feature; Premium Lite is $8 a month.
Is CookieYes free?
CookieYes is free for 5,000 pageviews a month with 100 pages per scan, but CookieYes branding stays on the free banner; Basic is $10 a month per domain.
Is there a free open-source cookie banner?
Yes. CookieConsent is MIT licensed, Klaro! is open source with commercial use allowed, and tarteaucitron.js is free and open source with no time limit.
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