Consent Studio, priced à la carte
Credit where it is due: Consent Studio publishes its limits in unusual detail, and the entry price is genuinely low. The Essential plan is €10 a month and the page tells you exactly what sits inside it — 200,000 monthly consent actions, five languages, one geotargeting rule, three no-code integrations, two collaborators and two domain aliases. Google Consent Mode v2 is supported, the banner ships in 31 languages, and there is a seven-day trial with no card required. For a single site in a single market, that is a reasonable place to start.
The part to read twice is what happens beyond those counts. Extra languages, extra geotargeting rules and extra integrations are €2 a month each, and consent actions beyond the included 200,000 are €3 per additional 100,000. So the things most teams think of as simply part of a consent banner — running it in the languages your customers speak, showing different rules in different countries, connecting it to more than three tools — are priced one at a time. Above that, the Professional plan is €36 a month per domain and Enterprise starts at €250 a month. Be careful comparing quotes, too: older figures still circulating in other public listings do not match the current pricing page, so work from the live page or a written quote.
Conzent vs Consent Studio at a glance
| Conzent | Consent Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per site, everything included — from a few euros per site per month, and the price drops as you add sites. See current tiers | Per plan plus add-ons. Essential €10/mo, Professional €36/mo per domain, Enterprise from €250/mo — with extras billed on top |
| What happens when you grow | Nothing changes — no consent-action meter, no per-language or per-integration charge, no add-on line items | Several meters move at once — €3 per extra 100,000 consent actions, and €2/mo each for extra languages, geotargeting rules or integrations |
| GDPR / IAB TCF / Consent Mode v2 | ✓ GDPR, CCPA & 25+ regional laws ✓ IAB TCF v2.4 ✓ Consent Mode v2 (Basic & Advanced) — all included, every plan | Consent Mode v2 supported and documented · states that it stays certified with IAB TCF, though the exact TCF version is not published |
| CMS & platform integrations | 6 native integrations: WordPress, Wix, Joomla, Drupal, TYPO3, Umbraco — plus a universal script tag, with no cap on how many you use | A WordPress integration and Google Tag Manager setup are documented; the entry plan includes three no-code integrations, then €2/mo per additional one |
| Self-hosted / open source | ✓ Yes — OCI, Apache 2.0, one-line installer, unlimited sites and pageviews | ✗ Not offered publicly — presented as a hosted product; no open-source licence or self-hosted edition is published |
| EU data residency | ✓ Yes — managed cloud data hosted in Germany; self-host it and it never leaves your own server | Not published. Enterprise material mentions dedicated infrastructure, but no country-level hosting choice is stated — ask before you sign |
| Free tier | ✓ Free forever if self-hosted; free trial on managed cloud | No permanent free plan; a 7-day trial, no card required |
Consent Studio figures are taken from its public pricing page and help centre, current in 2026. Older amounts appear in other public listings and do not match. Pricing changes — confirm the numbers with Consent Studio before you switch. See Conzent's current plans.
Switching from Consent Studio? 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. Two things are worth listing before you start. Write down every language and geotargeting rule you are currently paying for as an add-on, so nothing quietly disappears from the new banner — those are the settings most likely to be missed. And note which no-code integrations are wired up, since they were capped at three on the entry plan and may not all be there. Historical consent records stay with the vendor that collected them and don't transfer, which is normal for any CMP migration, so plan to start your consent log fresh.
Why teams switch from Consent Studio to Conzent
One price, not a running total
With Conzent you pay per site and the feature set comes with it. Adding a language, a country rule or another tool doesn't add a line to the invoice, so the number you approved is the number that keeps arriving.
Compliance features aren't a tier
TCF v2.4 and Consent Mode v2 in both Basic and Advanced are on every Conzent plan, including the self-hosted one. The version you're on is published, so you can check it rather than ask about it.
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 Consent Studio cost?
The Essential plan is €10 a month, Professional is €36 a month per domain, and Enterprise starts at €250 a month. Add-ons sit on top: €2 a month each for extra languages, geotargeting rules or integrations, and €3 per additional 100,000 consent actions. Older figures in other public listings don't match the current page, so work from a written quote.
What does the €10 Essential plan actually include?
200,000 monthly consent actions, five languages, one geotargeting rule, three no-code integrations, two collaborators and two domain aliases. The banner itself is available in 31 languages, but only five are included at that price.
Can I self-host Consent Studio?
No self-hosted edition or open-source licence is published — it is offered as a hosted product. 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 Consent Studio?
If the per-unit add-ons are what's bothering you, look for a CMP that charges by site and includes the feature set. Conzent works that way, puts TCF v2.4 and Consent Mode v2 on every plan, and can be self-hosted at no cost if you'd rather own the whole thing.