Comparison
Consentico vs Cookiebot
Cookiebot is the gold standard for enterprise compliance — and priced accordingly, especially after Usercentrics doubled Premium pricing in August 2025. Consentico is the Shopify-native alternative for the 95% of merchants who need real compliance without enterprise complexity or cost.
Where Consentico wins
- Theme app extension install — no theme.liquid edits, survives theme updates, one-click removal (Cookiebot requires theme code edits at install and removal).
- Roughly 10× cheaper at typical Shopify volume; free tier covers 5,000 banner views with all Pro features included.
- Built-in cookie scanner crawls your storefront directly (Puppeteer); Cookiebot scans by URL pattern with a page-count cap on the free tier.
- Settings live in the Shopify admin alongside your other apps — no separate dashboard to context-switch to.
- Designed around Shopify's Customer Privacy API and GDPR webhook lifecycle (customers/data_request, customers/redact, shop/redact all handled natively).
- No history of surprise price hikes; Cookiebot's Premium tier doubled in August 2025 without notice.
Where Cookiebot wins
- Longest track record of any CMP — referenced by name in many EU DPA guidelines and enterprise procurement docs.
- IAB TCF v2.2 framework support — required if you sell ad inventory programmatically or participate in EU RTB auctions.
- Vendor-level granularity (per-IAB-vendor opt-out, not just category-level) — matters for ad-tech and media operators.
- Larger automated cookie database for categorisation (millions of pre-classified cookies).
- Legal-team friendly — extensive documentation, audit trails, and DPIA templates.
- 47 UI languages (Consentico ships 8).
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Consentico | Cookiebot |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan Cookiebot pricing scales by domain + page count; Consentico is flat per Shopify install | $7.99/mo | ≈€30/mo (Aug 2025 hike) |
| Free tier | 5,000 views/mo, all features | Up to 50 pages scanned |
| Shopify-native install Cookiebot is a script snippet pasted in theme.liquid | ||
| Theme app extension | ||
| Settings in Shopify admin | ||
| Three-layer script blocking | ||
| Google Consent Mode v2 (defaults in <head>) Cookiebot's snippet loads later in the page, weakening default-deny | Partial | |
| June 2026 ad_storage gate handled | ||
| GPC honouring | ||
| Cookie scanner | Direct Puppeteer crawl | URL-pattern scan |
| Geo-targeting | Pro and above | All paid plans |
| IAB TCF v2.2 Matters only if you sell programmatic ad inventory | ||
| Vendor-level granularity | ||
| Consent log CSV import (from Cookiebot) | ||
| Multi-store on Shopify Plus | Unlimited on Business | Per-domain billing |
| Languages supported | 8 | 47 |
| Custom CSS | Business | Premium tier |
| Auto-theme banner (one click) | Business | |
| Remove branding | Business ($16.99/mo) | Premium tier (€39+/mo) |
Migration guide
Migrating from Cookiebot to Consentico
Total time: about 20 minutes for a typical store. Consent history is preserved, so your audit trail stays continuous — critical if a regulator asks for evidence.
- 1
Export your Cookiebot consent log
In Cookiebot admin → Reports → Consent Log → Export as CSV. Grab the last 12 months minimum. This is your defence if a DPA requests proof of past consent during the switchover window.
- 2
Install Consentico from the Shopify App Store
Install Consentico from the App Store — free, no card. Approves the
read_themesscope so we can auto-detect the embed status. - 3
Import your Cookiebot consent log
During onboarding, upload the CSV. Consentico maps Cookiebot's category names to its own (essential / functional / analytics / marketing) so the audit trail is continuous and searchable.
- 4
Enable the Consentico theme app embed
Online Store → Themes → Customize → App embeds → toggle Consentico. This injects the GCM v2 defaults into
<head>before any tracking script fires — closing the default-deny gap Cookiebot's snippet approach leaves open. - 5
Remove the Cookiebot script snippet from theme.liquid
Online Store → Themes → Edit code → open
layout/theme.liquid→ find the<script src="https://consent.cookiebot.com/uc.js"...>line → delete → Save. If you're not comfortable editing theme code, email support and we'll do it for you at no cost. - 6
Re-scan your storefront
Consentico admin → Scanner → Run scan. Puppeteer crawls up to 500 pages (Business plan) and rebuilds the per-cookie disclosure from scratch. Cookiebot's pattern-based scan can miss cookies set by dynamically-loaded scripts — a direct Puppeteer crawl catches them.
- 7
Cancel your Cookiebot subscription
Only after you've verified Consentico is live and the consent log is intact. Cookiebot's cancellation is self-service in their billing portal. If you paid annually, Usercentrics prorates refunds on request but not automatically — you have to email them.
Need help migrating? Email support@consentico.com and we'll walk you through it live — screen-share, log import, theme.liquid cleanup, the lot. No charge, even if you end up not switching.