Legal · head to head
iManage vs iubenda
iManage
Legal
Document and email management for law firms and professional services
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
iubenda
Legal
Published-price privacy compliance: certified consent banner, privacy policy and cookie policy from under 60 euros a year
- From
- €59.88/year
- Rated
- -
The short version
- 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.; iubenda plans are metered by monthly pageviews, so a single viral article can push a site two tiers up mid-year and the cost is driven by traffic rather than by revenue.
- They diverge on capability: iManage covers iManage Work, iubenda covers Privacy and cookie policy generator.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which iManage and iubenda actually diverge.
Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 iubenda
- Privacy and cookie policy generator
- Google-certified CMP
- IAB TCF 2.2
- Consent solution for forms
- Register of processing activities
- Terms and conditions generator
- Accessibility widget
- Multi-language
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 iubenda
- Firms with client confidentiality obligations requiring need-to-know access per matternot iubenda
- Practices with records retention obligations spanning electronic and physical filesnot iubenda
- Financial services, accounting and government teams with the same matter-centric document problemnot iubenda
iubenda
- A small European publisher that needs Google-certified consent to keep serving Google demand but cannot pay enterprise CMP pricesnot iManage
- An agency maintaining privacy policies across dozens of client sites that must stay current as services changenot iManage
- A SaaS company selling into the EU that needs a defensible cookie banner and processing register without hiring a privacy lawyernot iManage
- An e-commerce store adding third-party marketing tools that keeps having to update its cookie disclosurenot 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.
iubenda
- Plans are metered by monthly pageviews, so a single viral article can push a site two tiers up mid-year and the cost is driven by traffic rather than by revenue.
- Generated policies are templates from a clause library, so unusual data processing, complex international transfers or sector-specific rules are not covered and still need a lawyer.
- It addresses the public-facing compliance surface only, with no data discovery, vendor risk assessment or data subject request automation, so a growing company will need a second platform.
- The accessibility product is delivered through a partner and priced separately, and overlay widgets of that kind are contested as an accessibility solution, so buying it does not remove legal exposure.
- Support is largely documentation and ticket based at the lower tiers, which is a poor match for an urgent regulatory query where the answer is needed the same day.
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
iubenda
€59.88/year- Essentials$59.88/year
- Up to 25,000 pageviews per month
- Privacy and cookie policy
- Google-certified CMP with Consent Mode
- Advanced$239.88/year
- Up to 50,000 pageviews per month
- Everything in Essentials
- Additional consent and preference features
- Ultimate$959.88/year
- Up to 150,000 pageviews per month
- Everything in Advanced
- Higher volume consent recording
- Accessibility Standard$600/year
- Accessibility widget for 150,000 pageviews per month
- Delivered with a partner
- Separate from the compliance plans
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 iubenda if
- You need privacy and cookie policy generator.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, API.
- You also want google-certified cmp.
Questions people ask
- Is iManage or iubenda better?
- Neither clearly leads. iManage starts at On request and iubenda at €59.88/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, iManage or iubenda?
- iManage starts at On request and iubenda at €59.88/year.
- Does iManage or iubenda run on more platforms?
- iManage runs on Windows, Web, macOS, iOS, Android. iubenda runs on Web, iOS, Android, API.
- 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 iubenda is typically brought in for.
- What can iManage do that iubenda cannot?
- iManage covers iManage Work, Outlook email filing, Security Policy Manager, Records Manager. iubenda covers Privacy and cookie policy generator, Google-certified CMP, IAB TCF 2.2, Consent solution for forms.
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.
iubenda: Is iubenda a certified consent platform?
Yes. It is an IAB-validated CMP supporting TCF 2.2 and a Google-certified CMP partner with Consent Mode built in.
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.
iubenda: What does it cost?
Prices are published: 59.88 euros a year for up to 25,000 monthly pageviews, 239.88 for 50,000 and 959.88 for 150,000.
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.
iubenda: Do the generated policies make me compliant?
They cover the disclosure obligations for common processing. Unusual processing, international transfers or sector rules still need legal advice.
iubenda: Does it handle data subject access requests?
Not in the way a dedicated privacy platform does. It is focused on policies, consent and processing records.
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