Legal · head to head
iManage vs Secure Privacy
iManage
Legal
Document and email management for law firms and professional services
- 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: iManage it manages documents and email but not matters, billing or accounting, so it is an addition to a practice management system rather than a replacement for one.; 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: iManage covers iManage Work, Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which iManage and Secure Privacy actually diverge.
| Attribute | iManage | Secure Privacy |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | Free |
| Pricing model | quote | Per domain per month by consent volume |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Windows, Web, macOS, 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 iManage
- iManage Work
- Outlook email filing
- Security Policy Manager
- Records Manager
- Full text and metadata search
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.
iManage
- Corporate firms whose matter record lives largely in email and must be filed and searchablenot Secure Privacy
- Firms with client confidentiality obligations requiring need-to-know access per matternot Secure Privacy
- Practices with records retention obligations spanning electronic and physical filesnot Secure Privacy
- Financial services, accounting and government teams with the same matter-centric document problemnot Secure Privacy
Secure Privacy
- A mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cyclenot iManage
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot iManage
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot iManage
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot iManage
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
iManage
- It manages documents and email but not matters, billing or accounting, so it is an addition to a practice management system rather than a replacement for one.
- Administration requires specialist skills, and organisations without a dedicated document management administrator tend to run it badly configured.
- Its value depends on fee earners filing email consistently, which is a behaviour change firms routinely fail to enforce.
- Nothing about pricing is published and the surrounding modules are licensed separately, so the gap between the core product and a working configuration is discovered late.
- The market-share figures it cites, such as 81 per cent of the Am Law 200, are vendor published and not independently audited.
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
iManage
On request- iManage Work$undefined/year
- Per user licensing quoted per organisation
- Cloud or on-premises deployment
- Security, records and analytics modules licensed 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 iManage if
- You need imanage work.
- You work on Windows, Web, macOS, iOS, Android.
- You also want outlook email filing.
Choose Secure Privacy if
- You need cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want automatic cookie blocking.
Questions people ask
- Is iManage or Secure Privacy better?
- Neither clearly leads. iManage 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, iManage or Secure Privacy?
- Secure Privacy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for iManage and Free for Secure Privacy.
- Does iManage or Secure Privacy run on more platforms?
- iManage runs on Windows, Web, macOS, 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. iManage starts at On request.
- What is iManage best used for?
- iManage is most often used for corporate firms whose matter record lives largely in email and must be filed and searchable, firms with client confidentiality obligations requiring need-to-know access per matter, practices with records retention obligations spanning electronic and physical files, financial services, accounting and government teams with the same matter-centric document problem. Of those, corporate firms whose matter record lives largely in email and must be filed and searchable and firms with client confidentiality obligations requiring need-to-know access per matter are not what Secure Privacy is typically brought in for.
- What can iManage do that Secure Privacy cannot?
- iManage covers iManage Work, Outlook email filing, Security Policy Manager, Records Manager. Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
iManage: Does iManage replace practice management software?
No. It handles documents and email. Firms run it alongside a practice management and billing system such as Aderant or Elite 3E.
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.
iManage: Who owns iManage?
It has been independent since a management buyout from Hewlett-Packard completed in July 2015. Bain Capital Tech Opportunities made a minority growth investment in April 2023, with management retaining control.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
iManage: Is iManage worth it for a small firm?
It is sold to small firms as well as large ones, but the licensing and administrative overhead usually outweighs the benefit over a well organised document store below roughly twenty fee earners.
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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