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Consent and privacy management · November 2026 Edition

CookieYes vs iubenda

Zero of fourteen models named CookieYes first on the direct prompt; one named iubenda. CookieYes was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and iubenda by fourteen and CookieYes carries 37 labels and iubenda 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

CookieYes

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

iubenda

accepted challenger

Italy. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share16%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%9%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3734A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, CookieYes reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Usercentrics CMP was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Osano vs CookieYes · Osano vs iubenda · Cookiebot vs CookieYes

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the consent and privacy management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CookieYesFirst choices, of fourteen modelsiubenda
Direct011 against CookieYes
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained92
Scale-constrained00
Negative102 against CookieYes · 3 against iubenda
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, CookieYes and iubenda were named in the same answer sixty-five times, of the 103 answers naming CookieYes and the 83 naming iubenda. In those answers iubenda took the first choice six times and CookieYes twenty-two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where CookieYes and iubenda stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
CookieYes iubenda first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, CookieYes on the left and iubenda on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where CookieYes and iubenda stood in it.

iubenda first, CookieYes not the choice

1 of 14 modelsCookieYes was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 Maverickiubenda alternatives: Cookiebot, OneTrust, Usercentrics CMP, consentmanager

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniUsercentrics CMP alternatives: CookieScript, CookieYes, Cookiebot, OneTrust
Grok 4.20Usercentrics CMP alternatives: CookieYes, OneTrust
MiniMax M2.5Osano, Usercentrics CMP alternatives: CookieYes, Ketch, Secure Privacy

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Osano alternatives: Cookiebot, Enzuzo
Gemini 3.5 FlashOsano alternatives: Didomi, Ketch, Usercentrics CMP
Perplexity SonarOsano alternatives: Cookiebot, Enzuzo, Usercentrics CMP
Mistral SmallOsano, Usercentrics CMP alternatives: Enzuzo, OneTrust
DeepSeek V4 FlashOsano alternatives: Cookiebot, Ketch, Usercentrics CMP
Qwen 3.7 FlashOsano alternatives: Cookiebot, Usercentrics CMP, consentmanager
Kimi K2Osano alternatives: Ketch, Usercentrics CMP
GLM 4.7 FlashXOsano, Usercentrics CMP alternatives: Cookiebot, Ketch
GPT-6 LunaOsano alternatives: OneTrust, Usercentrics CMP
Muse Glimmer 30BCookiebot, Osano, Usercentrics CMP alternatives: Ketch

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
CookieYes leads by twelve points.
CookieYes30%#1 of 11
iubenda18%#3 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
CookieYes leads by eleven points.
CookieYes16%#4 of 13
iubenda5%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
CookieYes0%#– of 9
iubenda0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about CookieYes

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Too basic; built for small businesses and WordPress sites. Lacks DSAR, vendor governance” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Frequent complaints about poor/slow customer support, bureaucratic processes, high costs” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“tools such as CookieYes may be fine for basic sites, but check support for GPC, IAB GPP, Google Consent Mode, TCF, multilingual regional rules” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“CookieYes is frequently recommended as the best overall budget choice.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually CookieYes. It has a free plan” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“For a small company managing website cookies, I'd start with CookieYes.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about iubenda

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“Limited advanced developer capabilities & publisher controls.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Be especially cautious with iubenda's TCF activator” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Tools like Iubenda get mixed feedback for complexity.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Iubenda: Best for small to mid-sized SaaS teams that need attorney-quality compliance without a legal vendor.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“For most small businesses with a limited budget, CookieYes or iubenda will be the best fit” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Cookiebot, CookieYes, and iubenda are top choices” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Osano vs CookieYesOsano vs iubendaCookiebot vs CookieYesCookiebot vs iubendaUsercentrics CMP vs CookieYesUsercentrics CMP vs iubendaCookieYes vs EnzuzoCookieYes vs KetchCookieYes vs Complianziubenda vs Enzuzoiubenda vs Ketchiubenda vs ComplianzAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full consent standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.