Cookiebot is one of the most well-known cookie consent platforms, but for small businesses and individual website owners, it has a significant problem: cost and restrictiveness. Here's an honest look at how it compares to MyCookieKit.
What Cookiebot charges
Cookiebot's pricing starts at around £9/month for a single domain with up to 500 pages. If you have multiple websites, you'll pay per domain. Their "unlimited pages" plan runs considerably higher. For agencies or developers managing several client sites, costs add up quickly. There's a free tier, but it's limited to sites with fewer than 500 subpages and displays Cookiebot branding — which can look unprofessional for client work.
What MyCookieKit charges
MyCookieKit is £2.99/month (or £29/year) for unlimited sites. There are no per-domain fees, no page limits, and no branding on your banner. Whether you're running one website or managing twenty client sites, the price is the same. Every plan includes Google Consent Mode v2, geo-targeting, the cookie scanner, and consent analytics.
Feature comparison
Both Cookiebot and MyCookieKit offer GDPR-compliant consent banners, script blocking, and Google Consent Mode v2. MyCookieKit additionally includes: unlimited domains on every plan, a built-in WordPress plugin, a live banner customiser, a consent audit log, geo-targeting (show the banner only to EU/UK visitors), and a cookie scanner that auto-detects cookies on your site. Cookiebot's scanner is more thorough for enterprise use cases — it crawls your entire site automatically. MyCookieKit's scanner works on-demand per page.
Ease of setup
Both tools require a single script embed. MyCookieKit installs in under 2 minutes: paste one line of code into your site's header, or use the WordPress plugin. The banner is live immediately and customisable from your dashboard without any code changes.
Who should use Cookiebot?
Cookiebot makes sense for large enterprises that need automated full-site scanning, dedicated compliance support, and complex multi-domain setups with SSO. If you're running a large e-commerce platform or a media site with thousands of pages, Cookiebot's enterprise features may justify the cost.
Who should use MyCookieKit?
MyCookieKit is built for small businesses, freelancers, and agencies. If you need a compliant, good-looking cookie banner that's quick to install, easy to customise, and doesn't cost a fortune — MyCookieKit is the straightforward choice. The 14-day free trial means you can have it running on your site and see the results before you pay anything.