Honest comparison
iubenda is a mature Italian privacy suite built around a cookie banner, consent database, and policy generator with pageview-based pricing. CookieInspector focuses purely on deep auditing and continuous monitoring, adding AI insights and independent verification on top of any CMP — iubenda included.
Last reviewed · April 2026
Free plan (banner for up to 25,000 pageviews/mo on sites under 1,000 pv/mo). Paid plans: Starter (50k pv/mo), Essentials (150k pv/mo), Advanced and Ultimate. Overage: $0.06 per extra 1,000 pageviews. All paid plans include the Consent Database with pay-as-you-go. 14-day risk-free trial.
Free: 1 scan per domain, 1 page, 45s, summary-only. Pro/Team: $9.99/mo billed annually (or $11.99/mo monthly) — unlimited domains, AI insights, scheduled monitoring, up to 5 monitored sites, Notion/Confluence exports. Agency: custom.
Where each product focuses, without pretending we do the same job.
| Feature | iubenda | CookieInspector |
|---|---|---|
| Serves a consent banner / CMPiubenda is a CMP with a Consent Database; we audit CMPs. | Yes — core product | No — scanner only |
| Policy generator (privacy, cookies, ToS)Keep iubenda if policy generation matters. | Yes | Not offered |
| Consent Database / recordsWe don't store user consent records; iubenda does. | Yes — Consent Database included in paid plans | Not offered |
| Deep audit scannerPre/post-consent capture, full network log, consent mode verification. | Basic scanning via CMP | Dedicated evidence-grade scanner |
| AI-generated insights & action planNarrative summaries and prioritized remediation. | Not a core feature | Included in Pro/Team |
| Scheduled recurring scans & alertsIndependent monitoring across any CMP. | CMP-included scanning | Daily/weekly, up to 5 sites on Pro |
| Third-party verification badgeExternal, audit-ready proof. | Not offered | Public verification badge per domain |
| Pricing modelOur pricing doesn't scale with pageview bursts. | Pageview-tiered + $0.06/1k overage | Flat per-account, unlimited domains |
Most teams keep their CMP and add us for evidence, monitoring, and external audit proof.
CookieInspector does not replace any of those. Leave iubenda as-is.
Run a scan to capture what visitors actually experience, independent of iubenda's scanner.
Enable weekly or daily scheduled scans on the domains that matter most.
Subscribe to email alerts for new pre-consent cookies, trackers, or CMP regressions.
Export to Notion/Confluence and optionally publish the verification badge.
No. We do not store user consent records. Keep iubenda (or another dedicated consent database) for that legal requirement.
An independent scanner catches things the CMP was never configured to observe — GTM tags, partner scripts, A/B testing hooks, etc. It's a separate evidence source when auditors ask for proof.
No. CookieInspector Pro/Team is a flat subscription that covers unlimited domains and scheduled monitoring on up to 5 sites. iubenda charges by pageview tier with overage fees.
Yes. We capture the Consent Mode signals sent by the page so you can verify iubenda's integration is behaving correctly in production.