Mandatly, and the missing price list
Mandatly is a consent management platform with a solid core. It scans your website automatically, identifies and categorises the cookies it finds, and generates a customisable banner from that — the parts a non-technical marketing owner most wants handled. Its documentation on Google Consent Mode v2 is better than average: it explains how to switch the feature on from the dashboard and how to map consent signals to Mandatly's own cookie categories, and it covers both Basic and Advanced behaviour. If your main worry is getting Consent Mode wired up correctly, that's real substance.
What we could not find is a price. There is no public pricing page setting out tiers, amounts or free-plan limits — the route to a number is a sales conversation. That isn't a scandal; plenty of vendors sell that way. But it does mean you can't sanity-check the cost against a competitor on a Tuesday afternoon, and it makes budget planning harder than it needs to be. Two other gaps are worth noting in the same breath: the specific IAB TCF version Mandatly implements isn't stated on its public product pages, and there's no published statement on where consent data is stored. Public review sites also carry recurring comments about support response times and a learning curve on the interface — worth weighing against your own trial rather than taking as settled.
Conzent vs Mandatly at a glance
| Conzent | Mandatly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Published, per site — from a few euros per site per month, and the price per site drops as you add sites. See current tiers | Quote-only — no public pricing page with tiers or amounts; you contact them for a figure |
| What happens when you grow | You know in advance — the tiers are on the pricing page, so the cost of the next three sites is something you can work out yourself | Not knowable from public sources — without published tiers, what growth costs is whatever the next quote says |
| 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 well documented, with Basic and Advanced covered and mapping to its own cookie categories · the IAB TCF version isn't stated on its public product pages |
| CMS & platform integrations | 6 native integrations: WordPress, Wix, Joomla, Drupal, TYPO3, Umbraco — plus a universal script tag for anything else | Built for website deployment and tag-based installs; no published CMS-by-CMS integration list found |
| Self-hosted / open source | ✓ Yes — OCI, Apache 2.0, one-line installer, unlimited sites and pageviews | ✗ Not published — no self-hosted or open-source edition appears in the public materials |
| EU data residency | ✓ Yes — managed cloud data hosted in Germany; self-host it and it never leaves your own server | Not published — the hosting region isn't stated on the public pages we reviewed |
| Free tier | ✓ Free forever if self-hosted; free trial on managed cloud | Not published — no free-plan price card or limits found in public sources |
Mandatly details are taken from public 2026 sources, including its own product and help pages; where a figure is described as not published, that means we could not find it publicly, not that it doesn't exist. Pricing changes — confirm everything with Mandatly before you switch. See Conzent's current plans.
Switching from Mandatly? 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. Historical consent records stay with the vendor that collected them and don't transfer — that's normal for any CMP migration rather than anything specific to Mandatly, so plan to start your consent log fresh. Two practical notes for a quote-based contract: check the renewal and notice period before you start anything, since those terms are set in your agreement rather than on a public page, and if you've mapped Consent Mode categories in Mandatly's dashboard, screenshot that mapping so you can rebuild it rather than rediscover it.
Why teams switch from Mandatly to Conzent
A number you can budget from today
Conzent's tiers are on the pricing page. You can work out what one site costs, what six cost, and what next year costs, without booking anything or waiting for a reply. That's usually the whole reason a marketing owner opens a comparison page in the first place.
Compliance features aren't a negotiation
IAB TCF v2.4 and Google Consent Mode v2, Basic and Advanced, are included on every Conzent plan, with the version stated in public. Consent Mode is a technical signal to your Google tags rather than legal cover — but which version you're running shouldn't depend on which tier you ended up quoted.
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 Mandatly cost?
We could not find a public price. Mandatly's materials point to a sales conversation rather than a published tier list, so the honest answer is that the figure depends on your quote. Conzent publishes its tiers: per site, from a few euros per site per month, with the price per site falling as you add sites.
Does Mandatly support Google Consent Mode v2?
Yes, and it's one of the better-documented parts of the product. Its help pages describe enabling Consent Mode v2 from the dashboard, mapping it to Mandatly's cookie categories, and how Basic and Advanced behave. Conzent includes Consent Mode v2, Basic and Advanced, on every plan.
Which IAB TCF version does Mandatly support?
Not stated on the public product pages we reviewed. If TCF matters to your advertising setup, ask for the version in writing before you sign. Conzent runs IAB TCF v2.4 on every plan, including the self-hosted edition.
What's the best alternative to Mandatly?
If the sticking point is not being able to see a price, choose a vendor that publishes one. Conzent lists per-site pricing that drops as you add sites, states IAB TCF v2.4 and Consent Mode v2 on every plan, hosts managed cloud data in Germany, and can be self-hosted at no cost if you'd rather own the whole thing.