Legal · head to head
iubenda vs Westlaw
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
- -
Westlaw
Legal
Thomson Reuters legal research platform, priced per seat with tiers from Edge to Advantage and negotiated enterprise contracts above 10 attorneys
- 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.; Westlaw firms of 11 or more attorneys, which is most firms actually spending serious money on Westlaw, get no published price at all and negotiate blind against a sales team that sees every prior deal.
- They diverge on capability: iubenda covers Privacy and cookie policy generator, Westlaw covers Case law and statute database.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which iubenda and Westlaw 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 Westlaw
- Case law and statute database
- KeyCite
- Practical Law
- CoCounsel Legal
- Litigation analytics
- West Key Number System
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 Westlaw
- An agency maintaining privacy policies across dozens of client sites that must stay current as services changenot Westlaw
- A SaaS company selling into the EU that needs a defensible cookie banner and processing register without hiring a privacy lawyernot Westlaw
- An e-commerce store adding third-party marketing tools that keeps having to update its cookie disclosurenot Westlaw
Westlaw
- A solo attorney or small firm wanting published, self-service pricing rather than a sales negotiationnot iubenda
- A firm evaluating whether Practical Law and secondary sources justify moving from Edge to Advantagenot iubenda
- A litigation team wanting KeyCite and litigation analytics in the same research platformnot iubenda
- A firm that previously used Casetext and needs to understand that it must now buy CoCounsel Legal inside Westlaw insteadnot 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.
Westlaw
- Firms of 11 or more attorneys, which is most firms actually spending serious money on Westlaw, get no published price at all and negotiate blind against a sales team that sees every prior deal.
- Casetext no longer exists as an independent, cheaper self-serve product; anyone who liked its pricing and simplicity now has to buy into the Westlaw ecosystem, typically at a higher, seat-based cost.
- Multi-year contracts are structurally rewarded with the biggest discounts, which pressures firms into 2 or 3 year commitments before they know if usage will justify the tier chosen.
- Content and features vary meaningfully between Edge and Advantage, so an apparently small monthly price difference can hide the absence of Practical Law, which many firms end up needing anyway.
- Switching away from Westlaw means retraining staff on Lexis search syntax and the Key Number System has no direct Lexis equivalent, which is a genuine cost that suppresses competitive shopping at renewal.
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$600/year
- Accessibility widget for 150,000 pageviews per month
- Delivered with a partner
- Separate from the compliance plans
Westlaw
On request- Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys)$undefined/month
- Single-circuit coverage from roughly $107 to $155 a month
- All-states-plus-federal coverage roughly $266 a month
- 2-year contracts around 12% off list, 3-year around 18% off
- Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys)$undefined/year
- Bundles Practical Law and secondary sources
- No published price, quote via sales representative
- CoCounsel Legal available as a seat add-on, reported around $639 per seat 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 Westlaw if
- You need case law and statute database.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want keycite.
Questions people ask
- Is iubenda or Westlaw better?
- Neither clearly leads. iubenda starts at €59.88/year and Westlaw at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, iubenda or Westlaw?
- iubenda starts at €59.88/year and Westlaw at On request.
- Does iubenda or Westlaw run on more platforms?
- iubenda runs on Web, iOS, Android, API. Westlaw runs on 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 Westlaw is typically brought in for.
- What can iubenda do that Westlaw cannot?
- iubenda covers Privacy and cookie policy generator, Google-certified CMP, IAB TCF 2.2, Consent solution for forms. Westlaw covers Case law and statute database, KeyCite, Practical Law, CoCounsel Legal.
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.
Westlaw: Can I still buy Casetext?
No. Casetext was retired on 1 April 2025. Its AI functionality continues as CoCounsel Legal, sold only as part of the Westlaw ecosystem.
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.
Westlaw: Why does Westlaw publish some prices but not others?
Self-service online pricing exists only for solo practitioners and firms up to 10 attorneys; larger firms are routed to a sales representative with no public rate.
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.
Westlaw: What does CoCounsel Legal cost on top of Westlaw?
Reported figures put it around $639 per seat per month as an add-on, though this is not an official published rate and varies by contract.
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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