Legal · head to head
NetDocuments vs Secure Privacy
Secure Privacy
Legal
Consent management and website privacy compliance priced per domain by monthly consent volume
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- Free
- Rated
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The short version
- Only Secure Privacy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: NetDocuments quote-only pricing per user with no published rates; 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: NetDocuments covers Matter-centric filing, Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which NetDocuments and Secure Privacy actually diverge.
| Attribute | NetDocuments | Secure Privacy |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | Free |
| Pricing model | quote | Per domain per month by consent volume |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Platforms | Web, Windows, iOS, Android, Cloud | 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 NetDocuments
- Matter-centric filing
- Ethical walls
- Email management
- Version control
- Search
- Retention
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.
NetDocuments
- Firms needing enforceable ethical walls rather than folder permissionsnot Secure Privacy
- Capturing email into the matter record instead of individual inboxesnot Secure Privacy
- Moving document management off on-premise serversnot Secure Privacy
Secure Privacy
- A mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cyclenot NetDocuments
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot NetDocuments
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot NetDocuments
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot NetDocuments
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
NetDocuments
- Quote-only pricing per user with no published rates
- Migrating an existing document store is a substantial project, and legacy metadata rarely survives cleanly
- Aimed at mid-size and large firms; solo practices find it heavier than needed
- Adoption depends on fee earners filing correctly, and habits are the hard part
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
NetDocuments
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the NetDocuments review.
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 NetDocuments if
- You need matter-centric filing.
- You work on Web, Windows, iOS, Android, Cloud.
- You also want ethical walls.
Choose Secure Privacy if
- You need cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want automatic cookie blocking.
Questions people ask
- Is NetDocuments or Secure Privacy better?
- Neither clearly leads. NetDocuments 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, NetDocuments or Secure Privacy?
- Secure Privacy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for NetDocuments and Free for Secure Privacy.
- Does NetDocuments or Secure Privacy run on more platforms?
- NetDocuments runs on Web, Windows, iOS, Android, Cloud. 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. NetDocuments starts at On request.
- What is NetDocuments best used for?
- NetDocuments is most often used for firms needing enforceable ethical walls rather than folder permissions, capturing email into the matter record instead of individual inboxes, moving document management off on-premise servers. Of those, firms needing enforceable ethical walls rather than folder permissions and capturing email into the matter record instead of individual inboxes are not what Secure Privacy is typically brought in for.
- What can NetDocuments do that Secure Privacy cannot?
- NetDocuments covers Matter-centric filing, Ethical walls, Email management, Version control. Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
NetDocuments: What does NetDocuments cost?
It quotes per user and does not publish rates.
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.
NetDocuments: Why not just use SharePoint or Dropbox?
Neither expresses matter-centric security or ethical walls in an auditable way, which is a professional obligation rather than a preference in legal practice.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
NetDocuments: Does it handle email?
Yes, capturing correspondence into the matter record, which is where most legal email otherwise fails to land.
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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