Shortbread vs CookieScript
A CookieScript alternative with monthly billing and a design suite
CookieScript bills yearly only, records consent only on its €29 Plus plan, and changes fonts only through custom CSS. Shortbread bills monthly or yearly, records every decision on every plan, and lets you set fonts, shapes, and surfaces from the dashboard.
Feature by feature
Prices are for the plan that removes the vendor's branding, so both columns buy the same thing. The rest are yes-or-no questions answered from CookieScript's own pricing page and help centre. A dash means its docs don't say.
| Feature | CookieScript | Shortbread |
|---|---|---|
Price for 1 domain, no vendor branding Per month, on the cheapest plan with no vendor logo or "Powered by" line. | €9 Lite, billed €108 a year | €9 Pro |
Price for 20 domains, no vendor branding Per month for an agency with 20 client sites, on the same terms. | Not listed 10 domains cost €37 a month | €46.50 Agency |
Banner size, gzipped Everything the banner downloads on a visitor's first page view. | 87.0 KB Measured on cookie-script.com | 9.5 KB Script, settings, and region check |
Install by asking a coding agent Claude Code, Cursor, and similar tools can add the banner through an MCP server or documented agent instructions. | No. No MCP server or agent docs found | Yes. MCP server, no account needed first |
Edits go live without touching your site Change the banner in the dashboard and every page shows the new version, with no code to re-paste or redeploy. | Yes. Settings load from its servers | Yes. Settings load on each page view |
Custom colours on the free plan Change the banner's colours without paying. | No. Paid plans only | Yes. Every plan |
Your logo on the free plan Put your own logo on the banner without paying. | No. Paid plans only | Yes. Every plan |
Gradient, frosted-glass, and pattern backgrounds Set them in the editor, without writing CSS. | No. Custom CSS only | Yes. All three, every plan |
Matches your site's colours for you The editor reads your site and suggests a matching banner. | No. Not in its editor docs | Yes. Reads your site's CSS |
Font choice without code Pick the banner's font in the editor, on any plan. | No. Custom CSS only | Yes. Headline font and weight |
Branding removed for under €10 a month The cheapest plan with no vendor logo or "Powered by" line costs less than €10 a month. | Yes. Lite, €9 a month | Yes. Pro, €9 a month |
No traffic cap on the first paid plan A busy month doesn't push you onto a bigger plan or switch the banner off. | Yes. Unlimited on paid plans | Yes. No traffic caps on any plan |
Consent log on the free plan Each visitor's decision is recorded with a timestamp, without paying. | No. Plus only, €29 | Yes. 30 days free, 5 years on Pro |
Monthly billing Pay month to month instead of a year up front. | No. Yearly only | Yes. Monthly or yearly |
Google Consent Mode v2 Sends consent signals to Google tags before they run. | Yes. All plans | Yes. Every plan |
IAB TCF Needed to sell programmatic ads in Europe through AdSense or Ad Manager. | Yes. Plus | No. Not supported |
In detail
| Attribute | CookieScript | Shortbread |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | Each domain, billed yearly, with a scan limit per plan | The domain. Pages and visitors are unlimited. |
| First paid plan | Lite, €108 a year, shown as €9 a month | Pro, €9 a month or €79 a year per domain |
| Free plan | 10,000 pageviews a month, 10 pages scanned, no custom colours, no consent recording | 1 domain, unlimited pages, every design control |
| Banner design | Dark, light, or custom colours per element with opacity, a full-page overlay, a logo, and custom CSS. Fonts change only through CSS. Colours and logo need a paid plan. | 12 starter looks, 7 shapes, patterns, gradients, frosted glass, motion, your logo and fonts, and an auto-match to your site's colours |
| Their branding on your banner | "Powered by CookieScript" on Free. Every paid plan removes it. | A small "Consent by Shortbread" link on the free plan only |
| Banner script (gzipped) | 87 KB in one file, measured on cookie-script.com | 9.5 KB across 3 files: the script, its settings, and a region check |
| Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes, on all plans | Yes, defaults sent before any tag runs |
| IAB TCF | Yes, on Plus | No. Sites that sell programmatic ads need a TCF-registered tool. |
| Install | Official WordPress plugin and Shopify app. Webflow, Wix, and Squarespace use a pasted snippet. | One script tag, or one prompt to a coding agent. No account needed to start. |
CookieScript details read from its public pages on 2026-10-26. Prices excl. VAT. Sources are listed at the bottom of this page.
Price
One website, per month
CookieScript
€9
Lite, billed €108 a year
Shortbread
€9
Pro, any number of pages
An agency with 20 client sites, per month
CookieScript
Not listed
10 domains on Lite cost €37 a month. The pricing page doesn't list 20.
Shortbread
€46.50
Agency plan, any number of pages per site
Banner design
The banner is the first thing a visitor sees on your site. It should look like your site made it.
What CookieScript lets you change
- Dark, light, or custom themes with a colour picker per element, opacity, and an accent colour. Custom colours need a paid plan.
- A full-page overlay on every plan.
- A logo on paid plans.
- Custom CSS. Fonts change only through CSS.
What Shortbread lets you change
- 12 starter looks
- Paper, Playful, Night, Editorial, Rounded, Mono, Sticker, Ticket, Bubble, Torn, Brutal, and Pill. Start from one and change anything.
- 7 shapes
- Card, bubble, ticket, sticker, torn paper, pill, and brutalist. Tilt the box up to 6 degrees either way.
- Surfaces
- Solid colour, a two-colour gradient at any angle, or frosted glass that blurs the page behind. Add dots, grid, stripes, or grain on top.
- Type and logo
- Your logo beside or above the title, a separate headline font and weight, and an illustration that hangs off the corner.
- Buttons and borders
- Contrast, filled, or outline buttons in square, rounded, or pill shapes. Six border styles and four shadow styles, including hard and glow.
- Matches your site
- Paste your URL and Shortbread reads your CSS for brand colour, background, font, and icon, and checks the contrast.
- Saved looks
- Design a banner once and apply it to every site you run. Agencies keep one look per client.
- On the free plan
- Every control above works on the free plan. Paying removes the byline and adds history, not design features.
yoursite.com
The real Shortbread script, cycling through starter looks. Nothing you click here is recorded.
Weight
The banner script loads on every page view, before most of your page. Smaller files show the banner sooner on slow phones.
CookieScript
87.0 KB
Shortbread
9.5 KB
Gzipped size of every file the banner loads on first view, measured on one customer site per vendor. The source list names each site.
Install
CookieScript
Official WordPress plugin and Shopify app. Webflow, Wix, and Squarespace use a pasted snippet.
Shortbread
<script src="https://tryshortbread.com/shortbread.js" async></script>
Paste it before the closing head tag. The site exists on first load and you claim it by email. Guides cover WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, and coding agents.
When CookieScript is the better choice
- You sell programmatic ads in Europe. That needs an IAB TCF-registered tool, and CookieScript Plus includes it.
- You want a Shopify App Store app today. CookieScript has one.
Questions about switching from CookieScript
- Do my visitors have to choose again after I leave CookieScript?
- Yes, once. Shortbread can't read CookieScript's stored choices, so returning visitors see the new banner on their next visit. Shortbread carries over stored choices only from Cookiebot today.
- Will Google Tag Manager keep working?
- Yes. Shortbread sends Google Consent Mode v2 defaults before any tag runs and updates them when the visitor decides. It also pushes consent events to the dataLayer, so triggers built on consent keep firing.
- Is Shortbread enough for GDPR?
- For sites that don't sell programmatic ads, yes. Accept and Reject carry equal weight, non-essential scripts stay blocked until consent, every decision is recorded with a timestamp, and the banner renders a cookie declaration. Your privacy policy is still yours to write.
Try it on your site
The free plan covers one domain with every design control. No card.
Set up Shortbread freeSources
- CookieScript pricing
- CookieScript: free and paid plans
- CookieScript: custom colours
- CookieScript: replacing the default font
- CookieScript: consent recording
- Google certified CMP list
- CookieScript measured on cookie-script.com on 2026-10-26: one per-site bundle of 89,061 bytes gzipped, which includes TCF code for that site. The banner didn't display in that session.
- Shortbread measured on 2026-10-26: shortbread.js, its settings file, and the region check, 9,732 bytes gzipped in total.
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