Complianz vs CookieYes
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| Feature | Complianz v7.5.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | CookieYes v3.5.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 1M+ |
| Last updated | October 13, 2026 | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | Complianz | GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent · Complianz Premium ($) | CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent · CookieYes Premium ($) |
| Pros | Cookie banner and guided wizard for GDPR and CCPA; Generated cookie policy documents via shortcodes; Cookie blocker for third-party scripts and embeds | Free plan with banner, script blocking, scanner and policy generators; Google Consent Mode v2 support for Google tags; Consent logging for audit records |
| Cons | Processing agreements and breach reports are premium; Records of consent and statistics need the paid plan; Large plugin with many settings screens | Scanning, consent logs and premium options need a connected CookieYes account; Advanced consent management and custom branding are paid features |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Cookie banner and consent settings, Cookie and privacy policy document shortcodes, Cookie blocker for third-party embeds and images, Integration manager for third-party plugins, Website cookie scan, Processing agreements (premium) ($), Data breach report generator (premium) ($), Records of consent (premium) ($), Consent statistics (premium) ($) | Customisable cookie banner, Automatic blocking of non-essential scripts, Cookie scanner, Cookie and privacy policy generators, Consent logging, Google Consent Mode v2, Consent shortcodes such as cookie_accept and cookie_audit, Premium plan features on the CookieYes web app ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | Complianz mailing list | — |
| Analytics | — | Google Analytics, Google Ads and Google Tag Manager |
| Social | Vimeo oEmbed | — |
| Plugins | — | Polylang and WPML |
| Other | — | CookieYes cloud app |
| Requires WordPress | 5.9 | 5.0.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | cookiedatabase.org, notifications.complianz.io, vimeo.com, mailinglist.complianz.io, scan.complianz.io, api.complianz.io, consent.complianz.io | app.cookieyes.com, cdn-cookieyes.com, feedback.cookieyes.com, wp-scanner.cookieyes.com |
| Blocks | 2 | — |
| Shortcodes | 8 | 14 |
| Custom tables | — | 3 |