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Comparison of 9 leading consent management platforms

Consent Manager Comparisons

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Published November 20, 2020 · Updated January 20, 2023

Comparison of 9 leading consent management platforms

The need for data consent started with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. It has set the gold standard for data privacy regulations. And served as an inspiration for legislation in other countries.

For example, the scope of Brazil’s General Law for the Protection of Personal Data is similar to the GDPR. The California Consumer Privacy Act is one of the most strict data protection privacy laws in the US. And it borrows heavily from the GDPR.

Differences aside, most data privacy regulations share one goal – to give individuals more control over their personal data. At the same time, with the rising popularity of the web and mobile analytics, organizations have to take compliance seriously.

With a consent management platform (CMP), consent collection is easier and more transparent. That’s why companies implement CMPs.

“People are actively demanding privacy protection — and legislators are reacting. If your organization operates globally, focus on standardizing operations in accordance with the GDPR, and then adjust for local requirements.”

Bart Willemsen, Vice President and Analyst at Gartner

A consent management platform is a piece of software that enables a website or app to comply with GDPR, CCPA, and other data privacy regulations. CMPs allow websites to inform visitors about the types of data they want to collect. And ask users for consent for specific processing purposes.

Consent management platforms let you:

  • Collect and handle user consent
  • Display consent banners and pop-ups to users
  • Prevent tags from running before you obtain legal consent
  • Manage data subject requests 
  • Fire tags used in ad networks based on a user’s consent decision
Piwik PRO Consent Manager Platform

There are two types of consent management platforms available on the market today. 

Standalone consent management platforms focus on one task and offer a variety of features related to consent. The team responsible for its maintenance has to synchronize it with other tools, such as marketing automation platforms, analytics systems, customer data platforms, BI tools, etc. 

Integrated consent management platforms are chosen by organizations that want to manage everything in one place. With one stack, where data collection and consent processing happen, your team will save time and effort.

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Getting visitors’ consent is required to collect data. A CMP helps effectively manage your stack’s compliance. To find out whether you should use one or not for your website, app, or product. Check if it performs any of these actions: 

  • applying personal data for purposes such as remarketing, content personalization, behavioral advertising, analytics, email marketing
  • automation of decision making e.g., profiling
  • transfer of data overseas: mostly applicable to organizations processing EU residents’ data outside of the EU

If any of these points apply to your business, getting a CMP will probably help. Though the laws differ from country to country. 

What’s covered in our CMP comparison 

We’re aware that getting the right software for your business is a complex task. We’ve done in-depth research on leading consent management platforms to help you find the best fit for your business. 

From that detailed research, we present you with key features of, and differences between, 9 consent management platforms.

We covered TrustArc, OneTrust, Cookiebot, consentmanager.net, Tealium, Quantcast, Crownpeak, UniConsent, and Piwik PRO. 

Here’s what you’ll learn from this comparison.

General overview:

  • Hosting options 
  • ISO 27001 certified organization
  • GDPR and CCPA compliance
  • Data ownership
  • Overall performance and the latency

Features and functionalities

  • Cookie banner and policy
  • Reporting and dashboards
  • Re-consent options
  • Export report
  • Real-time geotargeting
  • Language auto-detection
  • Cookie whitelisting
  • Zero-cookie load
  • Set consent for specific purposes
  • Visual personalization
  • Pop-up and banner layout
  • Customize consent text
  • A/B testing

Data subject requests

  • Handle data subject requests
  • Verify data subject identity
  • Store the history of consent
  • Data subject request widgets

Customer care

  • Email support
  • Dedicated customer success
  • Personalized implementation and onboarding
  • Custom integration and development
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Comparison of the 9 leading consent management platforms

Compare the 38 key differences to determine which CMP fits your business needs: Piwik PRO, TrustArc, OneTrust, Cookiebot, consentmanager.net, Tealium, Quantcast, Crownpeak and UniConsent.

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