Legal · head to head
Cookiebot vs Tabs3
Cookiebot
Legal
Automated cookie scanning and consent banner for websites, owned by Usercentrics
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Tabs3
Legal
Billing, trust and general ledger accounting for small and mid-sized US law firms
- From
- $69/month
- 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.; Tabs3 the interface follows Windows desktop conventions from an earlier era, so new fee earners and staff take longer to train than they would on a browser-based competitor.
- They diverge on capability: Cookiebot covers Automated cookie scanning, Tabs3 covers Tabs3 Billing.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Cookiebot and Tabs3 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 Tabs3
- Tabs3 Billing
- Trust accounting
- General ledger and accounts payable
- PracticeMaster
- On-premises or cloud subscription
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 Tabs3
- A site using Google Ads and Analytics that must send Consent Mode v2 signals or lose conversion measurement in the EEAnot Tabs3
- An agency managing many small client sites that wants per-domain billing it can pass through at costnot Tabs3
- A content-heavy publisher needing IAB TCF signals passed to advertising partnersnot Tabs3
Tabs3
- Small firms billing hourly that want billing and the firm general ledger in one system rather than reconciling twonot Cookiebot
- Practices that must run three-way trust reconciliation without a separate bookkeeping packagenot Cookiebot
- Firms that need an on-premises deployment because of client or insurer restrictions on cloud-hosted matter datanot Cookiebot
- Long-established practices replacing a decades-old billing system while keeping accounting in housenot 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.
Tabs3
- The interface follows Windows desktop conventions from an earlier era, so new fee earners and staff take longer to train than they would on a browser-based competitor.
- On-premises deployment puts backup, disaster recovery, server upgrades and patching on the firm, which small practices without IT support routinely underestimate.
- It is built around hourly and flat fee billing, so a contingency practice tracking case costs and settlement disbursements will find the case financial model a poor fit.
- PracticeMaster case management is priced separately from billing, so the advertised per-user rate is not what a firm wanting matter management actually pays.
- Choosing the on-premises option no longer avoids a subscription, because it is billed per user per month like the hosted version.
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
Tabs3
$69/month- OnSite Subscription$69/month
- Deployed on the firm server
- Billing, trust accounting and general ledger
- PracticeMaster add-on at 32 USD per user per month
- Tabs3 Cloud$89/month
- Hosted by the vendor
- Billing, trust accounting and general ledger
- PracticeMaster add-on at 35 USD per user per month
Which should you pick?
Choose Cookiebot if
- You need automated cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want prior blocking.
Choose Tabs3 if
- You need tabs3 billing.
- You work on Windows, Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want trust accounting.
Questions people ask
- Is Cookiebot or Tabs3 better?
- Neither clearly leads. Cookiebot starts at Free and Tabs3 at $69/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Cookiebot or Tabs3?
- Cookiebot has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Cookiebot and $69/month for Tabs3.
- Does Cookiebot or Tabs3 run on more platforms?
- Cookiebot runs on Web. Tabs3 runs on Windows, Web, iOS, Android.
- Can I use Cookiebot for free?
- Yes. Cookiebot has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Tabs3 starts at $69/month.
- 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 Tabs3 is typically brought in for.
- What can Cookiebot do that Tabs3 cannot?
- Cookiebot covers Automated cookie scanning, Prior blocking, Google Consent Mode v2, IAB TCF support. Tabs3 covers Tabs3 Billing, Trust accounting, General ledger and accounts payable, PracticeMaster.
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.
Tabs3: Is Tabs3 right for a personal injury firm working on contingency?
No. It is built for hourly and flat fee billing with a firm general ledger. A contingency practice needs case cost tracking and settlement disbursement handling, which is what CASEpeer and Filevine are built around.
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.
Tabs3: Can I still buy Tabs3 as a perpetual licence?
No published perpetual price exists. The on-premises option, called OnSite Subscription, starts at 69 USD per user per month, with the hosted Tabs3 Cloud starting at 89 USD per user per month.
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.
Tabs3: Does it replace QuickBooks?
For most firms yes. It includes a double-entry general ledger and accounts payable, which is the usual reason firms choose it over billing-only products.
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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