Legal · head to head
Secure Privacy vs Smokeball
Secure Privacy
Legal
Consent management and website privacy compliance priced per domain by monthly consent volume
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Smokeball
Legal
Practice management for small law firms with automatic time capture
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Secure Privacy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: 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.; Smokeball requires a Windows desktop component for automatic time capture, so it is not browser-only like its competitors
- They diverge on capability: Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Smokeball covers Automatic time capture.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Secure Privacy and Smokeball actually diverge.
| Attribute | Secure Privacy | Smokeball |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | On request |
| Pricing model | Per domain per month by consent volume | quote |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web | Windows, Web, iOS, Android |
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 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
Only in Smokeball
- Automatic time capture
- Matter management
- Document automation
- Billing and trust accounting
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Secure Privacy
- A mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cyclenot Smokeball
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot Smokeball
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot Smokeball
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot Smokeball
Smokeball
- Firms billing hourly that lose revenue to unrecorded timenot Secure Privacy
- Small practices replacing paper matter files and spreadsheetsnot Secure Privacy
- Firms needing court form automation for high-volume matter typesnot Secure Privacy
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
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.
Smokeball
- Requires a Windows desktop component for automatic time capture, so it is not browser-only like its competitors
- Quote-only pricing with no published rates
- Aimed at small firms; larger practices with complex billing arrangements generally outgrow it
Pricing, plan by plan
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
Smokeball
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Smokeball review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Secure Privacy if
- You need cookie scanning.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want automatic cookie blocking.
Choose Smokeball if
- You need automatic time capture.
- You work on Windows, Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want matter management.
Questions people ask
- Is Secure Privacy or Smokeball better?
- Neither clearly leads. Secure Privacy starts at Free and Smokeball at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Secure Privacy or Smokeball?
- Secure Privacy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Secure Privacy and On request for Smokeball.
- Does Secure Privacy or Smokeball run on more platforms?
- Secure Privacy runs on Web. Smokeball runs on Windows, Web, iOS, Android.
- Can I use Secure Privacy for free?
- Yes. Secure Privacy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Smokeball starts at On request.
- What is Secure Privacy best used for?
- Secure Privacy is most often used for a mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cycle, an agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billing, a company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firm, a business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inbox. Of those, a mid-sized ecommerce site that wants published pricing it can budget against rather than an enterprise quote cycle and an agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billing are not what Smokeball is typically brought in for.
- What can Secure Privacy do that Smokeball cannot?
- Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests. Smokeball covers Automatic time capture, Matter management, Document automation, Billing and trust accounting.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
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.
Smokeball: What does Smokeball cost?
Pricing is quoted per firm and not published.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
Smokeball: How does automatic time capture work?
A desktop application observes work on matters and turns activity into billable entries, rather than depending on someone remembering to start a timer.
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.
Smokeball: Does it run on Mac?
The automatic time capture component is Windows-based, which is the main platform constraint.
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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