# Consent and privacy management for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "consent management platform" and as "cookie consent and privacy compliance tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a small B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/consent-and-privacy-management/smb

**Standing:** CookieYes leads with 30% of first choices; verdict contested. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [CookieYes](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/cookieyes/index.md) | 30% | 2% | 57 |
| 2 | [Cookiebot](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/cookiebot/index.md) | 21% | 23% | 60 |
| 3 | [iubenda](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/iubenda/index.md) | 18% | 0% | 44 |
| 4 | [Termly](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/termly/index.md) | 11% | 5% | 40 |
| 5 | [CookieScript](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/cookiescript/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 11 |
| 6 | [Complianz](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/complianz/index.md) | 4% | 4% | 24 |
| 7 | [Usercentrics CMP](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/usercentrics-cmp/index.md) | 4% | 23% | 31 |
| 8 | [Osano](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/osano/index.md) | 4% | 36% | 25 |
| 46 | [Didomi](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/didomi/index.md) | 0% | 77% | 13 |
| 47 | [TrustArc](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/trustarc/index.md) | 0% | 86% | 14 |
| 48 | [OneTrust](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/onetrust/index.md) | 0% | 90% | 39 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 48 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: CookieYes; alternatives AdOpt, CookieScript, iubenda
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Cookiebot; alternatives Complianz, Osano, iubenda
- Perplexity Sonar: Cookiebot; alternatives Complianz, CookieYes, Osano, Reform.app
- Grok 4.20: Termly; alternatives Cookiebot, iubenda
- Mistral Small: Cookiebot, iubenda; alternatives Osano
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: CookieYes; alternatives iubenda
- Llama 4 Maverick: CookieYes, Cookiebot; alternatives Complianz, Termly, iubenda
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: iubenda; alternatives Complianz, Cookiebot, Usercentrics CMP
- Kimi K2: iubenda; alternatives CookieYes
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Cookiebot; alternatives CookieYes, Termly, iubenda
- MiniMax M2.5: Osano, iubenda; alternatives CookieYes, Cookiebot
- GPT-6 Luna: CookieYes; alternatives Termly, Usercentrics CMP
- Muse Glimmer 30B: CookieYes; alternatives Cookiebot, now part of Usercentrics, Termly, Usercentrics CMP, iubenda

## Sources the answers cite

73 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- designrush.com: 32 answers, 32 citations
- cookieyes.com: 24 answers, 33 citations
- g2.com: 23 answers, 32 citations
- geekflare.com: 23 answers, 23 citations
- cookie-script.com: 22 answers, 33 citations
- capterra.com: 22 answers, 28 citations
- github.com: 22 answers, 25 citations
- iubenda.com: 20 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://designrush.com/agency/it-services/trends/best-consent-management-platforms (32 answers)
- https://geekflare.com/guides/best-cmp-solutions (23 answers)
- https://github.com/JermainKroot/best-consent-management-platforms/blob/main/README.md (22 answers)
- https://trustradius.com/categories/consent-management?company-size=small-business (16 answers)
- https://reform.app/blog/top-7-consent-management-tools-for-gdpr-ccpa (15 answers)
- https://cookie-script.com/compare/compare-consent-management-providers (14 answers)
- https://expertinsights.com/compliance/the-top-consent-management-solutions (13 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-consent-management-platforms (12 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/consent-management-platform-cmp/small-business (10 answers)
- https://getdevdone.com/blog/consent-management-platforms.html (10 answers)

## Warned against

- OneTrust: 35 of 39 labels negative. "$10,000+ annual minimum; complex implementation requiring developers; reported 5-10x price increases at renewal; poor support reputation" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- Cookiebot: 14 of 60 labels negative. "What to Avoid - Cookiebot: While solid, it prices by subpage count and has a history of sudden price increases." (Kimi K2, paraphrase prompt)
- Didomi: 10 of 13 labels negative. "Avoid for small teams: OneTrust (starts at ~$10,000/year), Didomi, and TrustArc require custom enterprise quotes." (Kimi K2, comparative prompt)
- Osano: 9 of 25 labels negative. "Some CMPs (like Osano at $199/month or OneTrust at enterprise prices) are overkill for small businesses — avoid them." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: CookieYes at 30%.

- CookieYes: 46% to 30%, −16. Cleared the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 48, unchanged.
- iubenda: 4% to 18%, +14. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 5 → 3 of 48.
- Cookiebot: 16% to 21%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 2 of 48, unchanged.
- Termly: 9% to 11%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 → 4 of 48.
- CookieScript: 7% to 5%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 5 of 48.
- Complianz: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 6 of 48.
- Usercentrics CMP: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 of 48, unchanged.
- Osano: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 8 of 48.
- Enzuzo: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 → 13 of 48.
- Ketch: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 38 → 45 of 48.
- Didomi: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 31 → 46 of 48.
- TrustArc: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 39 → 47 of 48.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.