Legal · head to head
iubenda vs Tabs3
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
- -
Tabs3
Legal
Billing, trust and general ledger accounting for small and mid-sized US law firms
- From
- $69/month
- 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.; 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: iubenda covers Privacy and cookie policy generator, Tabs3 covers Tabs3 Billing.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which iubenda and Tabs3 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 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.
iubenda
- A small European publisher that needs Google-certified consent to keep serving Google demand but cannot pay enterprise CMP pricesnot Tabs3
- An agency maintaining privacy policies across dozens of client sites that must stay current as services changenot Tabs3
- A SaaS company selling into the EU that needs a defensible cookie banner and processing register without hiring a privacy lawyernot Tabs3
- An e-commerce store adding third-party marketing tools that keeps having to update its cookie disclosurenot Tabs3
Tabs3
- Small firms billing hourly that want billing and the firm general ledger in one system rather than reconciling twonot iubenda
- Practices that must run three-way trust reconciliation without a separate bookkeeping packagenot iubenda
- Firms that need an on-premises deployment because of client or insurer restrictions on cloud-hosted matter datanot iubenda
- Long-established practices replacing a decades-old billing system while keeping accounting in housenot 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.
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
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
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 iubenda if
- You need privacy and cookie policy generator.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, API.
- You also want google-certified cmp.
Choose Tabs3 if
- You need tabs3 billing.
- You work on Windows, Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want trust accounting.
Questions people ask
- Is iubenda or Tabs3 better?
- Neither clearly leads. iubenda starts at €59.88/year and Tabs3 at $69/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, iubenda or Tabs3?
- iubenda starts at €59.88/year and Tabs3 at $69/month.
- Does iubenda or Tabs3 run on more platforms?
- iubenda runs on Web, iOS, Android, API. Tabs3 runs on Windows, Web, iOS, Android.
- 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 Tabs3 is typically brought in for.
- What can iubenda do that Tabs3 cannot?
- iubenda covers Privacy and cookie policy generator, Google-certified CMP, IAB TCF 2.2, Consent solution for forms. Tabs3 covers Tabs3 Billing, Trust accounting, General ledger and accounts payable, PracticeMaster.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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