Legal · head to head
Actionstep vs Secure Privacy
Actionstep
Legal
Configurable legal practice and accounting management platform sold as two separate products, priced per user with no published rate
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
Secure Privacy
Legal
Consent management and website privacy compliance priced per domain by monthly consent volume
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Secure Privacy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Actionstep no pricing is published beyond a rough $60 a month starting figure; real cost including implementation and add-ons requires a sales quote and can rise substantially, as one documented case showed a fourfold increase within a year.; Secure Privacy consent allowances are the real constraint and they are per domain, so a high traffic site on the Business tier can burn through 50,000 consents well before month end and be pushed to a tier that costs more than four times as much.
- They diverge on capability: Actionstep covers Configurable workflows, Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Actionstep and Secure Privacy actually diverge.
| Attribute | Actionstep | Secure Privacy |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | Free |
| Pricing model | Per user per month | Per domain per month by consent volume |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web |
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Legal).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Actionstep
- Configurable workflows
- Legal Accounting
- Builder
- Capture
- Trace
- Acumen
Only in Secure Privacy
- Cookie scanning
- Automatic cookie blocking
- Legal templates
- Data subject access requests
- IAB TCF 2.3
- Cross-domain consent
- Scan behind login
- Audit logs and SSO
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Actionstep
- A firm whose matter types do not fit standard case management templates and wants to build its own workflow structurenot Secure Privacy
- A US firm needing trust accounting compliance built into the same system as matter managementnot Secure Privacy
- A firm using AI time capture to reduce billing leakage from unrecorded worknot Secure Privacy
- A growing mid-size firm wanting embedded analytics on matter profitability without exporting to a separate BI toolnot Secure Privacy
Secure Privacy
- A mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cyclenot Actionstep
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot Actionstep
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot Actionstep
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot Actionstep
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Actionstep
- No pricing is published beyond a rough $60 a month starting figure; real cost including implementation and add-ons requires a sales quote and can rise substantially, as one documented case showed a fourfold increase within a year.
- The configurability that is the main selling point means implementation is a genuine project requiring firm time to design workflows, not a same-day signup like more templated competitors.
- Legal Accounting is sold as a separate North America-only product, so international firms cannot get the full accounting feature set through the same purchase.
- Reviewer base skews heavily toward small firms, and Actionstep itself is candid that most of its reviews come from small businesses, which is a signal about where the product is proven at scale.
- Add-on modules (Builder, Capture, Trace, Acumen) are each additional cost, so a firm comparing Actionstep to an all-in-one competitor needs to price in modules separately to get a fair comparison.
Secure Privacy
- Consent allowances are the real constraint and they are per domain, so a high traffic site on the Business tier can burn through 50,000 consents well before month end and be pushed to a tier that costs more than four times as much.
- Billing is per domain, which makes multi-brand organisations and agencies pay linearly with domain count even when the configuration is identical across all of them.
- There is no data discovery or records of processing at enterprise depth, so it documents website consent rather than a privacy programme, and organisations facing a regulator will still need something more.
- Automatic cookie blocking is not available on the free tier, so the free plan cannot deliver the compliance behaviour that is the reason to install a consent tool in the first place.
- Single sign-on and audit logs appear only on the 249 dollar Advanced tier, which puts basic enterprise access control behind a per-domain price that is punishing for anyone with more than a couple of sites.
Pricing, plan by plan
Actionstep
On request- Practice Management$undefined/month
- Starts around $60 per user per month, quote required for exact rate
- Implementation fees charged separately
- Priced per user, varies by region (US, UK, AU, NZ, CAD)
- Legal Accounting$undefined/month
- North America only
- Sold separately from or combined with Practice Management
- Add-on modules (Builder, Capture, Trace, Acumen) priced separately
Secure Privacy
Free- FreeFree
- Up to 10 domains
- 500 consents per month
- 1 legal template
- Small$15/month
- Per domain
- Unlimited domains
- 5,000 consents per month
- Business$59/month
- Per domain
- 50,000 consents per month
- Over 40 legal templates
- Advanced$249/month
- Per domain
- 5 million consents per month
- Audit logs
Which should you pick?
Choose Actionstep if
- You need configurable workflows.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want legal accounting.
Choose Secure Privacy if
- You need cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want automatic cookie blocking.
Questions people ask
- Is Actionstep or Secure Privacy better?
- Neither clearly leads. Actionstep starts at On request and Secure Privacy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Actionstep or Secure Privacy?
- Secure Privacy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Actionstep and Free for Secure Privacy.
- Does Actionstep or Secure Privacy run on more platforms?
- Actionstep runs on Web, iOS, Android. Secure Privacy runs on Web.
- Can I use Secure Privacy for free?
- Yes. Secure Privacy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Actionstep starts at On request.
- What is Actionstep best used for?
- Actionstep is most often used for a firm whose matter types do not fit standard case management templates and wants to build its own workflow structure, a us firm needing trust accounting compliance built into the same system as matter management, a firm using ai time capture to reduce billing leakage from unrecorded work, a growing mid-size firm wanting embedded analytics on matter profitability without exporting to a separate bi tool. Of those, a firm whose matter types do not fit standard case management templates and wants to build its own workflow structure and a us firm needing trust accounting compliance built into the same system as matter management are not what Secure Privacy is typically brought in for.
- What can Actionstep do that Secure Privacy cannot?
- Actionstep covers Configurable workflows, Legal Accounting, Builder, Capture. Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Actionstep: Is Actionstep pricing published?
No. The pricing page gives no rate card; you must request a quote, and cost is per user plus implementation fees, varying by region.
Secure Privacy: What is a consent, for billing purposes?
A recorded consent decision from a visitor. Because returning visitors can re-consent, consent counts do not map cleanly to unique visitors, and this is the most common source of unexpected tier upgrades.
Actionstep: Can I buy just the accounting product?
Yes, Legal Accounting is sold separately from Practice Management, though it is limited to North America.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
Actionstep: Does it work like Clio or MyCase out of the box?
Not exactly. Actionstep leans on firm-configured workflows rather than fixed templates, which means more setup but a closer eventual fit to how the firm works.
Secure Privacy: Does it handle data subject requests?
Yes, from the Business tier at 59 US dollars per domain per month. The Small tier does not include it.
Secure Privacy: Can it replace OneTrust?
For website consent and simple request handling, yes. For data discovery, records of processing and vendor risk, no.
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