Legal · head to head
CosmoLex vs Secure Privacy
CosmoLex
Legal
Practice management with a full legal general ledger and trust accounting built in
- From
- $89/month
- 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: CosmoLex the built-in accounting suits a single law firm entity, so practices with multiple entities, payroll or unusual revenue recognition still need an external accountant and a second system.; 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: CosmoLex covers Built-in general ledger, Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which CosmoLex and Secure Privacy actually diverge.
| Attribute | CosmoLex | Secure Privacy |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $89/month | 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 CosmoLex
- Built-in general ledger
- Three-way trust reconciliation
- Time and expense capture
- Billing and LEDES
- CosmoLex Pay
- Matter management
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.
CosmoLex
- A two to ten lawyer firm that wants to stop paying for and reconciling QuickBooks alongside its practice systemnot Secure Privacy
- A firm that has failed or fears failing a bar trust account audit and needs three-way reconciliation as standardnot Secure Privacy
- A solo practice with no bookkeeper that needs the books to be correct without accounting knowledgenot Secure Privacy
- A firm doing insurer defence work that must produce LEDES invoices without a separate billing toolnot Secure Privacy
Secure Privacy
- A mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cyclenot CosmoLex
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot CosmoLex
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot CosmoLex
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot CosmoLex
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
CosmoLex
- The built-in accounting suits a single law firm entity, so practices with multiple entities, payroll or unusual revenue recognition still need an external accountant and a second system.
- Document management is basic storage rather than versioned matter-centric DMS, so firms with heavy document workflow outgrow it and bolt on something else.
- The integration catalogue is materially smaller than Clio, so niche intake, e-discovery or automation tools often require manual export instead of a native connection.
- Ownership sits with ProfitSolv alongside Tabs3, TimeSolv and Rocket Matter, and buyers have limited visibility into which brand receives investment over a three-year contract.
- The interface and reporting feel dated next to newer competitors, and custom reporting in particular often means exporting to a spreadsheet.
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
CosmoLex
$89/month- CosmoLex$89/month
- Per user per month billed annually, higher month to month
- General ledger and trust accounting included rather than sold as an add-on
- Payment processing charged at card and bank transaction rates
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 CosmoLex if
- You need built-in general ledger.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want three-way trust reconciliation.
Choose Secure Privacy if
- You need cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want automatic cookie blocking.
Questions people ask
- Is CosmoLex or Secure Privacy better?
- Neither clearly leads. CosmoLex starts at $89/month and Secure Privacy at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, CosmoLex or Secure Privacy?
- Secure Privacy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $89/month for CosmoLex and Free for Secure Privacy.
- Does CosmoLex or Secure Privacy run on more platforms?
- CosmoLex 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. CosmoLex starts at $89/month.
- What is CosmoLex best used for?
- CosmoLex is most often used for a two to ten lawyer firm that wants to stop paying for and reconciling quickbooks alongside its practice system, a firm that has failed or fears failing a bar trust account audit and needs three-way reconciliation as standard, a solo practice with no bookkeeper that needs the books to be correct without accounting knowledge, a firm doing insurer defence work that must produce ledes invoices without a separate billing tool. Of those, a two to ten lawyer firm that wants to stop paying for and reconciling quickbooks alongside its practice system and a firm that has failed or fears failing a bar trust account audit and needs three-way reconciliation as standard are not what Secure Privacy is typically brought in for.
- What can CosmoLex do that Secure Privacy cannot?
- CosmoLex covers Built-in general ledger, Three-way trust reconciliation, Time and expense capture, Billing and LEDES. Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
CosmoLex: Do I still need QuickBooks?
No. CosmoLex carries its own general ledger and trust ledgers, which is the main reason firms choose it over Clio or MyCase.
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.
CosmoLex: Does it handle IOLTA compliance?
Yes. Trust ledgers, overdraft prevention and three-way reconciliation are in the core product rather than in a paid tier.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
CosmoLex: Who owns CosmoLex?
ProfitSolv, a private-equity backed group that also owns Tabs3, TimeSolv, ImagineTime and Rocket Matter.
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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