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Complianz vs Termly

Complianz is a WordPress-native plugin priced per site per year; Termly is a universal cloud CMP with the same legal-document bundle, usable on any platform.

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Complianz Termly
Vendor Complianz Termly
Pricing model Free tier + paid plans Free tier + paid plans
Free tier Yes Yes
Deployment Self-hosted Cloud
Open source No No
Best for WordPress site owners and agencies wanting native, plugin-based consent management priced per site rather than per pageview. Small businesses and agencies wanting consent plus legal-policy generation billed per site, not per pageview.
Pricing

Priced per year by number of websites covered, not traffic; a free WordPress plugin tier exists alongside paid plans.

Personal $59/year
Professional $179/year
Agency $399/year

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Per-website monthly plans (not traffic-based); IAB TCF and full Google Consent Mode support require the Pro+ tier or above.

Free $0/month
Starter $10/month (billed annually)
Pro+ $15/month (billed annually)

Prices read from the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026. Vendors change prices; check the source before you budget.

Features
  • IAB TCF registered CMP (CMP ID 332) and Google CMP certified
  • Google Consent Mode v2 on all plans
  • Auto-generated legal documents (privacy statement, disclaimer, processing agreement)
  • Consent recordkeeping and data-subject-request handling
  • Hybrid cookie scanning
  • Multisite and cross-domain support (Agency plan)
  • Cookie consent banner with category-based blocking
  • Privacy policy, terms & conditions and cookie policy generators
  • IAB TCF 2.3 support (Pro+ and Agency tiers)
  • Google Consent Mode v2, basic and advanced (Pro+ and Agency)
  • Per-website pricing rather than traffic-based
  • Agency plan for managing multiple client sites

Verdict

Both pair a cookie-consent banner with generated legal documents — privacy statement, terms, cookie policy — and both price per website rather than by traffic. The difference is architecture. Complianz is a self-hosted WordPress plugin: it runs inside your WordPress install rather than loading a third-party script, and it holds its own IAB TCF CMP registration and Google CMP certification. Termly is a universal cloud, script-embed service that works on any platform, WordPress included, but requires its Pro+ tier or above before IAB TCF and full Google Consent Mode v2 support kick in — the Free and Starter tiers don't include it.

Choose Complianz if

  • Your whole site runs on WordPress and you'd rather avoid an additional third-party script call.
  • You want IAB TCF and Google Consent Mode v2 included from the start, without needing a higher paid tier to unlock them.
  • You manage many WordPress sites and want the Agency plan's multisite and cross-domain consent handling.

Choose Termly if

  • You run a non-WordPress site, or a mix of platforms, and need one consent tool that works everywhere.
  • You're comfortable starting on a free or low-cost tier and upgrading to Pro+ only once TCF becomes a real requirement.
  • You want an Agency plan for managing legal documents across multiple unrelated client sites from one dashboard.

What they share

Both bundle consent management with generated legal documents rather than selling the banner alone, both are priced per website rather than per pageview or session, and both offer a genuinely free entry tier. Neither is the deepest option for GDPR compliance at true enterprise scale — for that, see Didomi or Usercentrics in how to choose a consent management platform.

The honest caveat

A generated privacy policy from either vendor covers common cases, not your specific data flows — treat both as a strong starting point for a small site, not a substitute for legal review once your data processing gets more complex than a typical marketing site's.

Last reviewed September 22, 2026

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