Shortbread vs CookieYes
A CookieYes alternative without pageview caps or a "Powered by" line
CookieYes and Shortbread both charge per domain, and the entry prices match. CookieYes caps pageviews on each plan and keeps "Powered by CookieYes" on the banner unless you pay for Ultimate. Shortbread has no traffic cap, and Pro removes the byline.
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 CookieYes's own pricing page and help centre. A dash means its docs don't say.
| Feature | CookieYes | Shortbread |
|---|---|---|
Price for 1 domain, no vendor branding Per month, on the cheapest plan with no vendor logo or "Powered by" line. | €50 Ultimate | €9 Pro |
Price for 20 domains, no vendor branding Per month for an agency with 20 client sites, on the same terms. | €1,000 Ultimate at €50 per domain | €46.50 Agency |
Banner size, gzipped Everything the banner downloads on a visitor's first page view. | 28.6 KB Measured on cookieyes.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. | Yes. MCP server, after you sign up | 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. From Basic, €9 | Yes. Every plan |
Your logo on the free plan Put your own logo on the banner without paying. | No. Paid plans; its docs conflict on which | Yes. Every plan |
Gradient, frosted-glass, and pattern backgrounds Set them in the editor, without writing CSS. | No. Custom CSS from Basic | Yes. All three, every plan |
Matches your site's colours for you The editor reads your site and suggests a matching banner. | Yes. Auto-generated theme | Yes. Reads your site's CSS |
Font choice without code Pick the banner's font in the editor, on any plan. | No. Not in its editor docs | 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. | No. Ultimate only, €50 | 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. | No. 100,000 pageviews on Basic | Yes. No traffic caps on any plan |
Consent log on the free plan Each visitor's decision is recorded with a timestamp, without paying. | Yes. 1 year export on Free | Yes. 30 days free, 5 years on Pro |
Monthly billing Pay month to month instead of a year up front. | Yes. Monthly or yearly | 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. Pro and Ultimate | No. Not supported |
In detail
| Attribute | CookieYes | Shortbread |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay for | Each domain, with a monthly pageview cap per plan and $0.30 per 1,000 pageviews over it | The domain. Pages and visitors are unlimited. |
| First paid plan | Basic, €9 a month or €90 a year, 100,000 pageviews | Pro, €9 a month or €79 a year per domain |
| Free plan | 5,000 pageviews a month, 100 pages per scan, one language, no custom colours | 1 domain, unlimited pages, every design control |
| Banner design | Box, banner, or popup layout; light, dark, auto-generated, or custom colours; editable text; custom CSS from Basic. Popup needs Pro. | 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 CookieYes" shows on Free, Basic, and Pro. Only Ultimate, at €50 a month, removes it. | A small "Consent by Shortbread" link on the free plan only |
| Banner script (gzipped) | 29 KB across 6 files, measured on cookieyes.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 Pro and Ultimate | No. Sites that sell programmatic ads need a TCF-registered tool. |
| Install | Official WordPress plugin, Shopify app, and Wix app. Webflow and Squarespace use a pasted snippet. | One script tag, or one prompt to a coding agent. No account needed to start. |
CookieYes 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
CookieYes
€9
Basic, up to 100,000 pageviews a month, with "Powered by CookieYes" shown
Shortbread
€9
Pro, any number of pages
An agency with 20 client sites, per month
CookieYes
€180
Basic at €9 per domain, each under 100,000 pageviews a month
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 CookieYes lets you change
- Three layouts: a box in any corner, a bar at the top or bottom, or a centred popup. The popup needs Pro or Ultimate.
- Light, dark, auto-generated from your site's colours, or custom colours per element. Custom colours aren't on the free plan.
- Every label and message is editable. Custom CSS comes with Basic and above.
- No separate font control is documented.
- "Powered by CookieYes" stays on the banner until you pay for Ultimate.
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.
CookieYes
28.6 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
CookieYes
Official WordPress plugin, Shopify app, and Wix app. Webflow 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 CookieYes is the better choice
- You sell programmatic ads in Europe. That needs an IAB TCF-registered tool, and CookieYes Pro and Ultimate include it.
- You run a Shopify store and want an app from the Shopify App Store today. CookieYes has one.
Questions about switching from CookieYes
- Do my visitors have to choose again after I leave CookieYes?
- Yes, once. Shortbread can't read CookieYes'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
- CookieYes pricing
- CookieYes: customize the cookie banner
- CookieYes: record user consent
- CookieYes: MCP server
- Google certified CMP list
- CookieYes measured on www.cookieyes.com on 2026-10-26: script.js, banner.js, and four configuration files, 29,318 bytes gzipped in total.
- 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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