Honest comparison
OneTrust is an enterprise privacy platform with a full CMP and a broad suite of governance modules — pricing reflects that, with a median buyer paying ~$11,500/year and a new $10,000/year minimum from Q2 2026. CookieInspector focuses on one job: auditing and continuously verifying cookie and consent behavior, at a price that any team can justify.
Last reviewed · April 2026
Custom-quoted. Individual module pricing from ~$827/mo for a single-domain CMP to ~$3,680/mo for the Privacy Essentials Suite. Median buyer pays ~$11,500/year; enterprise deals can reach $120k–$500k+/year. New $10,000/year minimum effective Q2 2026.
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 | OneTrust | CookieInspector |
|---|---|---|
| Serves a consent banner / CMPOneTrust is a CMP; CookieInspector audits CMPs. | Yes — flagship product | No — scanner only |
| Privacy governance modules (DSRs, vendor risk, etc.)If you need DSAR automation or vendor risk, OneTrust covers far more than we do. | Yes — broad suite | Out of scope |
| AI-generated insights & action planOur AI is tuned specifically for cookie and consent evidence. | AI features marketed across the suite | Scan-focused AI insights in Pro/Team |
| Scheduled recurring scansOur monitoring is independent of which CMP (if any) is live. | Included in CMP scanning | Daily/weekly scheduling, up to 5 sites on Pro |
| Third-party verification badgeThird-party proof is usually more persuasive to auditors than CMP-self-reporting. | Not offered — they are the CMP | Public verification badge per domain |
| Time to first valueCookieInspector gives you a baseline before a procurement cycle. | Weeks (sales cycle, SOW, setup) | Minutes (free first scan, no credit card) |
| Exports (Notion / Confluence / CSV)We fit into existing docs tools instead of replacing them. | Reporting dashboard + exports | Notion, Confluence, CSV, PDF |
| Pricing modelWe publish pricing; OneTrust does not. | Enterprise, annual, custom | Flat per-account, self-service |
Most teams keep their CMP and add us for evidence, monitoring, and external audit proof.
Leave your OneTrust CMP live. CookieInspector sits alongside it.
Capture a baseline snapshot per domain to see what cookies and trackers actually fire on delivered pages.
Turn on weekly or daily scans on the domains where pre-consent leaks or tag drift would hurt most.
When CookieInspector flags something OneTrust missed (or vice-versa), use both evidence sets in your investigation.
Publish the public badge on domains you want to externally attest to visitors and partners.
No. OneTrust is a CMP and a broad privacy governance suite. CookieInspector is a focused auditing scanner that complements a CMP with independent verification. Most customers keep both.
CMP-included scanners report on what the CMP was configured to observe. An independent scanner tests the page as a visitor sees it — including rogue tags added via GTM or partners that bypass the CMP.
Pro/Team covers unlimited domains and up to 5 monitored sites on schedule. For larger monitoring footprints our Agency plan supports custom site counts and SLAs.
GDPR, ePrivacy, and CCPA signals are all evaluated in every CookieInspector scan. OneTrust adds enforcement via the banner; CookieInspector adds independent evidence that the banner (from any CMP) is actually working.