Legal · head to head
Secure Privacy vs Termly
Secure Privacy
Legal
Consent management and website privacy compliance priced per domain by monthly consent volume
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Termly
Cybersecurity
Legal policy generator and cookie consent banner for small websites
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
The short version
- 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.; Termly a standard plan licenses one website, so an agency or a business with several brand domains multiplies the headline price by the number of sites and the cheap option stops being cheap at four or five domains.
- They diverge on capability: Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Termly covers Policy generator.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Secure Privacy and Termly actually diverge.
| Attribute | Secure Privacy | Termly |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per domain per month by consent volume | Per website per month |
| Category | Legal | Cybersecurity |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).
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 Termly
- Policy generator
- Automatic policy updates
- Consent banner
- Script auto blocker
- Cookie scanner
- Consent log
- WordPress plugin
- Do not sell handling
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 Termly
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot Termly
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot Termly
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot Termly
Termly
- A small e-commerce shop that needs a privacy policy, terms and a compliant cookie banner before launch without engaging a solicitornot Secure Privacy
- A freelance web developer standardising the legal and consent layer across client sites, buying a licence per site or an agency arrangementnot Secure Privacy
- A WordPress site owner who needs scripts blocked before consent and does not have a tag manager set upnot Secure Privacy
- A US small business newly in scope for a state privacy law that needs a do not sell opt-out on the site quicklynot 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.
Termly
- A standard plan licenses one website, so an agency or a business with several brand domains multiplies the headline price by the number of sites and the cheap option stops being cheap at four or five domains.
- Generated policies are templates conditioned on questionnaire answers, so they describe the data practices you claimed rather than the ones your code performs, and a regulator comparing the policy to actual tracking finds the gap not the vendor.
- Banner view limits apply on the lower tiers, and a site that spikes in traffic can exhaust its allowance mid month, which is the worst possible moment for consent handling to degrade.
- It covers websites well but has little for mobile apps, so a company with an iOS and Android app alongside its site needs a second consent mechanism and a second consent record.
- There is no data mapping, subject rights automation or vendor inventory, so any company that grows into real privacy programme obligations outgrows Termly entirely rather than upgrading within 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
Termly
Free- FreeFree
- 1 basic legal policy
- 10,000 monthly banner views
- Cookie consent banner
- Starter$10/month
- 2 legal policies
- 10 policy edits
- 50,000 monthly banner views
- Pro Plus$15/month
- Unlimited banner views
- Additional legal policies
- Multilingual banners
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 Termly if
- You need policy generator.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want automatic policy updates.
Questions people ask
- Is Secure Privacy or Termly better?
- Neither clearly leads. Secure Privacy starts at Free and Termly at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Secure Privacy or Termly?
- Secure Privacy starts at Free and Termly at Free.
- Does Secure Privacy or Termly run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Secure Privacy for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- 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 Termly is typically brought in for.
- What can Secure Privacy do that Termly cannot?
- Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests. Termly covers Policy generator, Automatic policy updates, Consent banner, Script auto blocker.
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.
Termly: Does one Termly plan cover all my websites?
No. A standard plan licenses one website. Multiple domains need multiple licences or an agency arrangement, and this is the single most common surprise on the bill.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
Termly: Are the generated policies legally sufficient?
They are templates conditioned on your answers and are not legal advice. They are proportionate for a simple site and inadequate where actual data flows are complex or regulated.
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.
Termly: Is there a genuinely free plan?
Yes, one basic policy, one site, 10,000 monthly banner views and quarterly cookie scans, with no card required.
Secure Privacy: Can it replace OneTrust?
For website consent and simple request handling, yes. For data discovery, records of processing and vendor risk, no.
Termly: Does it handle US state privacy opt-outs?
Yes, including a do not sell or share mechanism and regional rule sets, alongside GDPR consent for EU visitors.
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