Legal · head to head
iubenda vs Spellbook
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
- -
Spellbook
Legal
Contract drafting and review assistant inside Microsoft Word
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: 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.; 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: iubenda covers Privacy and cookie policy generator, 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 iubenda and Spellbook 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 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
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.
iubenda
- A small European publisher that needs Google-certified consent to keep serving Google demand but cannot pay enterprise CMP pricesnot Spellbook
- An agency maintaining privacy policies across dozens of client sites that must stay current as services changenot Spellbook
- A SaaS company selling into the EU that needs a defensible cookie banner and processing register without hiring a privacy lawyernot Spellbook
- An e-commerce store adding third-party marketing tools that keeps having to update its cookie disclosurenot Spellbook
Spellbook
- Transactional lawyers drafting commercial agreements in Wordnot iubenda
- In-house teams reviewing inbound contracts without a contract lifecycle systemnot iubenda
- Lawyers who want a first pass at redlines before applying their own judgementnot iubenda
- Firms that need to know which model providers process their documents before adopting an AI toolnot iubenda
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
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
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$600/year
- Accessibility widget for 150,000 pageviews per month
- Delivered with a partner
- Separate from the compliance plans
Spellbook
On request- Spellbook$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 iubenda if
- You need privacy and cookie policy generator.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, API.
- You also want google-certified cmp.
Choose Spellbook if
- You need word add-in drafting.
- You work on Windows, macOS, Web.
- You also want contract review.
Questions people ask
- Is iubenda or Spellbook better?
- Neither clearly leads. iubenda starts at €59.88/year and Spellbook at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, iubenda or Spellbook?
- iubenda starts at €59.88/year and Spellbook at On request.
- Does iubenda or Spellbook run on more platforms?
- iubenda runs on Web, iOS, Android, API. Spellbook runs on Windows, macOS, Web.
- What is iubenda best used for?
- iubenda is most often used for a small european publisher that needs google-certified consent to keep serving google demand but cannot pay enterprise cmp prices, an agency maintaining privacy policies across dozens of client sites that must stay current as services change, a saas company selling into the eu that needs a defensible cookie banner and processing register without hiring a privacy lawyer, an e-commerce store adding third-party marketing tools that keeps having to update its cookie disclosure. Of those, a small european publisher that needs google-certified consent to keep serving google demand but cannot pay enterprise cmp prices and an agency maintaining privacy policies across dozens of client sites that must stay current as services change are not what Spellbook is typically brought in for.
- What can iubenda do that Spellbook cannot?
- iubenda covers Privacy and cookie policy generator, Google-certified CMP, IAB TCF 2.2, Consent solution for forms. Spellbook covers Word add-in drafting, Contract review, Benchmarks against market standards, Question answering.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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