Commanders Act, a whole platform with a consent module
Commanders Act is a serious European enterprise vendor, and the consent module is genuinely well documented. Its own documentation covers IAB TCF, Google Consent Mode v2 in both Basic and Advanced form, and Google's Additional Consent mechanism for ad technology providers that sit outside the TCF vendor list. If you run a publishing or ad-tech operation with a lot of vendors to manage, that depth is real and it is not something every small CMP can match.
The thing to weigh is scope. Consent at Commanders Act lives inside a larger stack — enterprise tag management, first-party data collection, data governance — and the banner is one layer of it. That is the right purchase if you want the whole stack. It is a lot of platform if you want a banner. The second thing to weigh is that no public rate card exists. There is no published price list, no published free tier and no self-service sign-up in the public material, so the cost of your consent banner is whatever the engagement is scoped at. You cannot compare it to anything until you have talked to someone.
Conzent vs Commanders Act at a glance
| Conzent | Commanders Act | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per site, published — from a few euros per site per month, and the price drops as you add sites. See current tiers | Quote only — no public pricing tiers or amounts are published; the platform is sold through enterprise sales and scoped per engagement |
| What happens when you grow | You add a site — the per-site price goes down, and traffic never enters the calculation | Not publicly established. With no published tiers or thresholds, growth is a conversation with your account team rather than a number you can look up |
| GDPR / IAB TCF / Consent Mode v2 | ✓ GDPR, CCPA & 25+ regional laws ✓ IAB TCF v2.4 ✓ Consent Mode v2 (Basic & Advanced) — all included, every plan | Documents IAB TCF v2.2 · Consent Mode v2 in Basic and Advanced · also supports Google's Additional Consent mechanism for non-TCF ad technology providers |
| CMS & platform integrations | 6 native integrations: WordPress, Wix, Joomla, Drupal, TYPO3, Umbraco — plus a universal script tag for anything else | Deployed through its own enterprise tag manager; no published CMS-by-CMS integration list |
| Self-hosted / open source | ✓ Yes — OCI, Apache 2.0, one-line installer, unlimited sites and pageviews | ✗ No — no published self-hosted or open-source edition; it is a managed enterprise service |
| EU data residency | ✓ Yes — managed cloud data hosted in Germany; self-host it and it never leaves your own server | A European company, but the hosting region is not published — ask for it in writing during the sales process |
| Free tier | ✓ Free forever if self-hosted; free trial on managed cloud | No public free tier or published trial limits |
Commanders Act does not publish a rate card, so the pricing description above reflects public 2026 sources and third-party coverage rather than quoted figures. Pricing and packaging change — confirm the details with Commanders Act before you switch. See Conzent's current plans.
Switching from Commanders Act? Here's what to expect
Moving CMPs follows the same shape whichever vendor you leave: install the new script alongside the old one for a short test window, run a fresh scan to rebuild your cookie categories, configure and preview the banner, then switch the live script and remove the old one. One thing is specific to Commanders Act. If your tags are also managed there, the consent module and the tag manager are wired together, so map which tags read the consent signal before you unplug anything. Historical consent records stay with the vendor that collected them and don't transfer — that is normal for any CMP migration — so plan to start your consent log fresh. Enterprise agreements usually run annually, so check the renewal date before you begin.
Why teams switch from Commanders Act to Conzent
A number before the meeting
Conzent's prices are on the pricing page. You can work out what your banner will cost, put it in a budget and get approval, without booking a call first. Nothing about the number depends on how well the conversation goes.
The consent layer, on its own
Conzent does consent and nothing else. TCF v2.4 and Consent Mode v2 are on every plan, so you get the compliance features without also buying a tag manager, a data warehouse and a governance suite you did not ask for.
An exit that doesn't cost anything
Conzent's core is open source under Apache 2.0. If the commercial relationship ever stops working for you, you can run the same platform on your own server for free instead of starting a vendor search.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Commanders Act cost?
Publicly, that cannot be answered. Commanders Act does not publish pricing tiers or amounts; the platform is sold through enterprise sales and priced per engagement. Expect the number to depend on which parts of the platform you take, not on the consent module alone.
Does Commanders Act have a free tier?
No public free tier or trial limits are published. Conzent is free forever if you self-host it, and the managed cloud has a free trial you can start yourself.
Can I self-host Commanders Act?
There is no published self-hosted or open-source edition — it is a managed enterprise service. Conzent's core is Apache 2.0, runs as an OCI image with a one-line installer, and self-hosted data never leaves your own server.
What's the best alternative to Commanders Act?
It depends what you were buying it for. If you genuinely want an enterprise data platform, a standalone CMP will not replace it. If you wanted a consent banner and ended up in a platform conversation, look for a CMP priced per site with the frameworks included — Conzent includes TCF v2.4 and Consent Mode v2 on every plan and can be self-hosted at no cost.