Companies Using CookieYes

CookieYes is used by over 1.5 million websites globally, from small WordPress blogs to enterprise brands. Our TechnologyChecker.io data identifies 769,048 active domains running CookieYes, including Novartis, Sony, Intuit, Lufthansa, KPMG, and Danone. It's particularly popular with IT services firms (9.0%), software companies (7.8%), and higher education institutions (5.5%).

We detect 769,048 domains running CookieYes across our monthly crawl of live business domains. Company data could be matched for 509,325 of them (66.2%), and every company-size, industry and country breakdown on this page describes that matched subset rather than the full detected base. A further 191,514 domains carried a CookieYes detection previously and no longer do.

CookieYes holds 19.9% of the Consent & Privacy Management category, ranking #1. This is a share of the domains we detect running a platform in this category — not a share of all websites, and not a share of spending — so it is not directly comparable to figures published on other denominators.

The top alternatives to CookieYes include Complianz (11.64% market share), Cookie Control (10.01% market share), Funding Choices (8.17% market share), Cookiebot (7.44% market share) — measured as a share of the domains we detect running a platform in this category.

The United States leads CookieYes adoption at roughly 16.5% of enriched companies, followed by the United Kingdom (10.8%) and Germany (8.0%). European countries collectively represent over 40% of the customer base, reflecting GDPR as the primary demand driver. India (6.2%) ranks fifth, largely driven by IT services firms deploying CookieYes across client websites, per our TechnologyChecker.io data.

Micro-businesses dominate. Our analysis of 63,670 enriched companies shows 40.5% have 1-10 employees and 22.3% have 11-50. Together, 62.8% of CookieYes customers are under 50 employees. However, enterprises like Novartis, Sony, KPMG, and Lufthansa also use CookieYes on specific subdomains, proving the platform scales beyond its small-business core when needed.

Among the CookieYes domains we could match to a company with a known founding date, most were founded in the 2010s (38.39%), followed by the 2000s (18.54%). That matched subset is drawn from 509,325 companies and is not representative of all 769,048 detected domains. This suggests CookieYes is most popular among relatively young companies.

The ideal CookieYes customer is: Company Size: 1-10 employees, Location: US, UK, or Germany, Industry: IT Services, Software, Education, Founded: 2010-2019, Company Age: ~7-15 years old — based on our analysis of 509,325 enriched companies at TechnologyChecker.io.

Yes, CookieYes is built specifically for GDPR compliance. It provides automated cookie scanning, prior consent collection before setting non-core cookies, granular consent categories, and detailed consent logs. CookieYes is also a Google-certified CMP partner, which means it meets Google's standards for integrating with Google Consent Mode for ad-supported websites in the EU and EEA.

CookieYes offers a free plan for personal websites and blogs with basic features. Paid plans start at $10 per domain per month for the Basic tier, $25/month for Pro, and $55/month for Ultimate. Annual billing gives two months free. Each plan increases pageview limits, scan depth, consent log storage, and customization options. The free plan covers up to 100 pages per scan.

CookieYes provides a free plan with limited features suitable for small personal sites. It includes basic cookie banner customization, 100 pages per scan, three pre-built layouts, and 5,000 consent logs. For businesses with higher traffic or advanced needs like auto-translation, custom branding, and geo-targeting, paid plans start at $10 per domain per month with a 14-day free trial.

Both are consent management platforms, but they differ in pricing and audience. CookieYes starts at $10/month with a free tier and focuses on easy WordPress setup. Cookiebot starts at $8/month and offers deeper enterprise compliance features. Our detection data shows CookieYes with 769,048 domains at 19.9% of the category, while Cookiebot's 287,710 domains (7.44%) lean toward larger corporate sites — only 50.56% of Cookiebot domains are 1-10 employee companies against 62.95% for CookieYes.

Yes, CookieYes has one of the most popular cookie consent plugins on WordPress with over 1.5 million installations. Our tech stack data shows roughly half of all CookieYes domains run WordPress (Yoast SEO detected on 49.9%). The plugin handles automated cookie scanning, banner display, consent collection, and script blocking without requiring code changes to the WordPress theme.

Yes, CookieYes is a certified Google Consent Management Platform (CMP) partner. This certification confirms CookieYes meets Google's technical requirements for integrating with Google Consent Mode v2. Websites using Google Ads, Google Analytics, or Google Tag Manager in the EU and EEA need a certified CMP to continue collecting measurement data under consent regulations.

Based on our analysis of 63,670 enriched companies at TechnologyChecker.io, IT Services and IT Consulting leads at 9.0%, followed by Software Development (7.8%) and Higher Education (5.5%). Financial Services (5.0%) and Marketing Services (4.5%) round out the top five. No single industry exceeds 10%, making CookieYes a horizontal platform that serves any business collecting web user data.

Yes, CookieYes supports CCPA and CPRA compliance. It displays region-specific banners using geo-targeting, so California visitors see a "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link while EU visitors see a GDPR-style consent banner. CookieYes also supports the US Privacy User Signal mechanism, which our tech stack data detects on 70.7% of CookieYes domains.

CookieYes targets small-to-mid-size businesses with plans from $10/month and a free tier. OneTrust is an enterprise privacy management platform with broader data governance, vendor risk, and consent features. Our data shows 40.5% of CookieYes customers have 1-10 employees, while OneTrust targets organizations with dedicated privacy teams and multi-jurisdictional compliance requirements. They serve very different segments.

Yes, CookieYes provides automatic cookie blocking (also called prior blocking or script blocking). It prevents non-critical cookies from loading until a visitor gives explicit consent. This is a core GDPR requirement. The feature works by scanning your site, categorizing cookies, and blocking tagged scripts until the user interacts with the consent banner and accepts specific cookie categories.

Yes, CookieYes supports multi-site management through its Organizations feature. You can create organizations to represent different business entities, add team members with role-based access, and associate multiple websites under one account. This structure is popular with agencies using CookieYes's reseller partner program to manage cookie consent across dozens of client websites from a single dashboard.

CookieYes is one of the fastest-growing consent management platforms. Our TechnologyChecker.io detection data shows growth from 2 active domains in May 2020 to 96,536 by April 2025. That's a roughly 48,000x increase in five years. The sharpest monthly jump was May-July 2021 (from 1,317 to 5,087 domains), coinciding with intensified EU privacy enforcement and Google's cookie deprecation announcements.