Legal · head to head
Cookiebot vs Spellbook
Cookiebot
Legal
Automated cookie scanning and consent banner for websites, owned by Usercentrics
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Spellbook
Legal
Contract drafting and review assistant inside Microsoft Word
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Cookiebot has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Cookiebot pricing is per domain and banded by subpage count, so an organisation with many brand domains or a large content site pays many multiples of the 7 euro headline, and the bands are counted from the scan rather than from what you think you publish.; Spellbook it publishes no accuracy figure for its own output and no independent evaluation exists, so a firm must run its own assessment on real agreements.
- They diverge on capability: Cookiebot covers Automated cookie scanning, Spellbook covers Word add-in drafting.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cookiebot and Spellbook actually diverge.
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 Cookiebot
- Automated cookie scanning
- Prior blocking
- Google Consent Mode v2
- IAB TCF support
- Consent logging
- Cookie declaration
- Multi-language banners
- Geotargeting
Only in Spellbook
- Word add-in drafting
- Contract review
- Benchmarks against market standards
- Question answering
- Named model providers
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Cookiebot
- A marketing team that needs a defensible consent record for European visitors without adding privacy engineering headcountnot Spellbook
- A site using Google Ads and Analytics that must send Consent Mode v2 signals or lose conversion measurement in the EEAnot Spellbook
- An agency managing many small client sites that wants per-domain billing it can pass through at costnot Spellbook
- A content-heavy publisher needing IAB TCF signals passed to advertising partnersnot Spellbook
Spellbook
- Transactional lawyers drafting commercial agreements in Wordnot Cookiebot
- In-house teams reviewing inbound contracts without a contract lifecycle systemnot Cookiebot
- Lawyers who want a first pass at redlines before applying their own judgementnot Cookiebot
- Firms that need to know which model providers process their documents before adopting an AI toolnot Cookiebot
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Cookiebot
- Pricing is per domain and banded by subpage count, so an organisation with many brand domains or a large content site pays many multiples of the 7 euro headline, and the bands are counted from the scan rather than from what you think you publish.
- Enterprise features such as single sign-on, banner A and B testing and a dedicated account manager sit on Usercentrics Web CMP rather than on Cookiebot, so growing out of Cookiebot means migrating to a sibling product with its own dashboard and contract.
- Prior blocking depends on Cookiebot recognising the script, and custom or first-party tags frequently need manual tagging, which means a site can believe it is blocking trackers when it is not until someone audits it.
- Scans crawl a limited number of subpages per band, so trackers that only appear on deep or gated pages can go undiscovered and unblocked between scans.
- The free tier carries Cookiebot branding and is limited to one domain and 50 subpages, which makes it a demonstration rather than a workable option for anything but a brochure site.
Spellbook
- It publishes no accuracy figure for its own output and no independent evaluation exists, so a firm must run its own assessment on real agreements.
- The ten times more accurate claim originated in a funding announcement as a statement of intent and has no methodology, dataset or baseline behind it.
- Contract text is processed by third-party model providers, so despite the zero data retention agreements this still needs checking against client confidentiality terms and outside counsel guidelines.
- Pricing is not published, so seat cost cannot be compared against competitors without booking a demo.
- It is a drafting assistant rather than a contract lifecycle system, so it does nothing for execution, obligation tracking or renewals.
Pricing, plan by plan
Cookiebot
Free- FreeFree
- 1 domain, up to 50 subpages
- Automated scanning
- Google Consent Mode
- Premium Lite$7/month
- 1 domain, up to 50 subpages
- Custom banner design and logo
- Multi-language banners
- Premium Small$15/month
- Per domain
- Up to 350 subpages per domain
- Multiple domains supported
- Premium Medium$30/month
- Per domain
- Up to 3,500 subpages per domain
Spellbook
On request- Spellbook$undefined/year
- Priced by the number of seats on the licence
- Rates quoted after a demo, not published
- Seven day free trial, free access for academic use
Which should you pick?
Choose Cookiebot if
- You need automated cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want prior blocking.
Choose Spellbook if
- You need word add-in drafting.
- You work on Windows, macOS, Web.
- You also want contract review.
Questions people ask
- Is Cookiebot or Spellbook better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cookiebot starts at Free and Spellbook at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cookiebot or Spellbook?
- Cookiebot has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Cookiebot and On request for Spellbook.
- Does Cookiebot or Spellbook run on more platforms?
- Cookiebot runs on Web. Spellbook runs on Windows, macOS, Web.
- Can I use Cookiebot for free?
- Yes. Cookiebot has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Spellbook starts at On request.
- What is Cookiebot best used for?
- Cookiebot is most often used for a marketing team that needs a defensible consent record for european visitors without adding privacy engineering headcount, a site using google ads and analytics that must send consent mode v2 signals or lose conversion measurement in the eea, an agency managing many small client sites that wants per-domain billing it can pass through at cost, a content-heavy publisher needing iab tcf signals passed to advertising partners. Of those, a marketing team that needs a defensible consent record for european visitors without adding privacy engineering headcount and a site using google ads and analytics that must send consent mode v2 signals or lose conversion measurement in the eea are not what Spellbook is typically brought in for.
- What can Cookiebot do that Spellbook cannot?
- Cookiebot covers Automated cookie scanning, Prior blocking, Google Consent Mode v2, IAB TCF support. Spellbook covers Word add-in drafting, Contract review, Benchmarks against market standards, Question answering.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Cookiebot: Who owns Cookiebot?
Usercentrics, which acquired the Danish developer Cybot in September 2021. It is sold as Cookiebot by Usercentrics alongside the separate Usercentrics Web CMP.
Spellbook: Is Spellbook's accuracy independently verified?
No. It publishes no accuracy figure of its own, and no third-party evaluation has been published. It did not participate in the Vals Legal AI Report, the main independent lawyer-baselined benchmark. Evaluate it on your own agreements during the trial.
Cookiebot: What does a real deployment cost?
Between 7 and 90 euros per domain per month depending on subpage count. Ten domains on the medium band is 300 euros a month, not 7.
Spellbook: Which models does it use and where does our text go?
Spellbook names OpenAI GPT-5 and Anthropic Claude models, and states it has zero data retention agreements with both providers. Confirm the current terms and subprocessor list against your client confidentiality obligations before use.
Cookiebot: Does it support Google Consent Mode v2?
Yes, and Cookiebot is in Google CMP partner programme, which matters if you run Google advertising into the EEA.
Spellbook: What does it cost?
Pricing is per seat but is not published. The vendor quotes it after a demo, so the seat rate cannot be compared with competitors in advance.
Cookiebot: Is the free plan usable in production?
Only for a single very small site. It caps at one domain and 50 subpages and shows Cookiebot branding on the banner.
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