How does Osano compare with CookieConsentHQ?
Osano combines cookie consent with a wider set of privacy management tools, while CookieConsentHQ focuses on website consent banners, scanning and records. Their allowances also differ, because Osano counts monthly visitors and CookieConsentHQ counts pageviews.
List prices checked on 20 October 2026:
| CookieConsentHQ plan | What it covers | Monthly price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 site, 25k pageviews | $0 |
| Starter | 1 site, 150k pageviews | $8 |
| Growth | 1 site, 750k pageviews | $18 |
| Agency | 25 sites, 10M pageviews pooled | $79 |
| Osano plan | What it covers | Monthly price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 user, 1 domain, 5k monthly visitors | $0 |
| Plus | 2 users, 3 domains, 30k monthly visitors, privacy and legal templates | $199 |
| Basic Privacy and higher | Unlimited users and domains, subject rights forms, No Fines Guarantee | Custom |
Osano supports IAB TCF and IAB GPP. CookieConsentHQ supports neither.
One visitor can view several pages, so you need your site's own pageview and visitor counts to place it on each list.
What would a small website pay?
CookieConsentHQ Free covers one site and 25,000 monthly pageviews at $0. Osano Free covers one domain, one user and 5,000 monthly visitors at $0.
A site inside both allowances can use either free plan. Check each allowance against the right measurement: pageviews for CookieConsentHQ, visitors for Osano.
A site with 5,000 visitors can produce very different pageview totals depending on how its visitors browse, so one traffic number does not settle it.
Above Free, CookieConsentHQ has Starter at $8/month for 150,000 pageviews and Growth at $18/month for 750,000 pageviews. Osano's next listed plan is Plus at $199/month.
See pricing for every CookieConsentHQ allowance.
How do the multi-site plans compare?
CookieConsentHQ Agency costs $79/month and covers 25 sites with 10 million pooled monthly pageviews. Osano Plus costs $199/month and covers two users, three domains and 30,000 monthly visitors.
The site counts compare directly: 25 sites on CookieConsentHQ Agency against three domains on Osano Plus. The traffic allowances do not, because one is pageviews and the other is visitors.
CookieConsentHQ Agency includes daily scans, a five-year consent log and every Business feature. Each site gets its own script, settings and consent records in one dashboard.
Osano Plus includes privacy and legal templates. CookieConsentHQ does not provide those documents.
Which privacy management features does Osano provide?
Osano supports Global Privacy Control, Google Consent Mode, IAB TCF and IAB GPP. It also offers data mapping, assessments, subject rights tools and other privacy management features.
CookieConsentHQ supports GPC, all four Consent Mode v2 signals and automatic blocking of known trackers on every plan, with a consent log and CSV export.
From Starter, CookieConsentHQ adds custom geo-targeting and Consent Mode Health Monitor checks. From Growth, it adds consent-rate A/B testing and new-tracker alerts.
Osano's plan page does not list its scan schedules, banner-editing controls or consent retention periods, so this page does not compare those.
If you only need website cookie consent, the consent log and geo-targeting pages describe what CookieConsentHQ offers.
What is Osano's No Fines Guarantee?
Osano's Basic Privacy and higher plans include a No Fines Guarantee covering regulatory fines caused by its platform, up to $500,000 under its terms of service. CookieConsentHQ does not offer a fines guarantee.
The guarantee belongs to Osano's custom-priced plans, not its Free or Plus plans.
Read Osano's contract for the exact conditions. The plan page describes a coverage limit and a condition about the cause of the fine.
CookieConsentHQ provides consent controls and technical records and does not promise any regulatory outcome.
The difference matters when your organization requires a vendor to take contractual responsibility for qualifying penalties.
When is Osano the better choice?
Osano is the better choice when you need an organization-wide privacy program rather than a website consent tool alone. Its subject rights tools, data mapping, assessments, IAB TCF, IAB GPP and fines guarantee are good reasons to pick it.
Its Basic Privacy and higher plans include unlimited users and domains at custom prices. That may fit an organization that needs more than the 25 sites in CookieConsentHQ Agency.
Osano Plus also includes privacy and legal templates, which CookieConsentHQ does not provide.
A company that needs IAB GPP should not choose CookieConsentHQ, because it does not support that framework.
Is CookieConsentHQ the right Osano alternative?
CookieConsentHQ is worth considering when your main need is running consent banners and keeping consent records across small-business or agency websites. Osano suits you better when you need privacy workflows, more frameworks or a contractual guarantee.
CookieConsentHQ keeps banners and automatic blocking of known trackers on after the pageview allowance is used up, without overage fees. On Free, new consent records pause after 25,000 monthly pageviews until the next month.
You can run the free checker on one public page before setting up a banner. It looks for cookies set before consent, hardcoded tracker tags and Consent Mode defaults.
Prices and features are as listed on 20 October 2026. This page does not establish any legal outcome and is not legal advice.