Legal · head to head
Secure Privacy vs TunnelBear
Secure Privacy
Legal
Consent management and website privacy compliance priced per domain by monthly consent volume
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
T
TunnelBear
Cybersecurity
Consumer VPN with a limited free tier and a bear-themed, beginner-friendly app
- 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.; TunnelBear free plan's data cap is small compared to competitors offering more generous free allowances.
- They diverge on capability: Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, TunnelBear covers Encrypted VPN tunnel.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Secure Privacy and TunnelBear actually diverge.
| Attribute | Secure Privacy | TunnelBear |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per domain per month by consent volume | freemium |
| Platforms | Web | windows, mac, linux, ios, android |
| Category | Legal | Cybersecurity |
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), 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 TunnelBear
- Encrypted VPN tunnel
- Server location switching
- GhostBear obfuscation
- Browser extensions
- Teams account management
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 TunnelBear
- An agency running consent across many client domains that needs branding removed and per-domain billingnot TunnelBear
- A company that needs both a consent banner and maintained privacy and cookie policy templates without retaining a law firmnot TunnelBear
- A business receiving occasional deletion and access requests that wants them tracked in the same tool rather than in a shared inboxnot TunnelBear
TunnelBear
- Casual browsing protection on public Wi-Finot Secure Privacy
- Occasional geo-unblocking with a light free allowancenot Secure Privacy
- Bypassing network-level VPN blocking via obfuscationnot Secure Privacy
- Managing VPN access for a small team with centralized billingnot 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.
TunnelBear
- Free plan's data cap is small compared to competitors offering more generous free allowances.
- Lacks advanced features like dedicated IP addresses or split-tunneling controls found in some rival VPNs.
- Server network is smaller than large competitors like NordVPN or ExpressVPN.
- No standalone router-level app, limiting whole-network protection options.
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
TunnelBear
Free- FreeFree
- 2GB of data per month
- Access to VPN servers
- Unlimited devices
- Unlimited$9.99/month
- Unlimited monthly data
- All server locations
- Cheaper on annual/3-year billing
- Teams$undefined/month
- Unlimited data
- 5 connected devices per user
- Dedicated account manager
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 TunnelBear if
- You need encrypted vpn tunnel.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on windows, mac, linux, ios, android.
- You also want server location switching.
Questions people ask
- Is Secure Privacy or TunnelBear better?
- Neither clearly leads. Secure Privacy starts at Free and TunnelBear at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Secure Privacy or TunnelBear?
- Secure Privacy starts at Free and TunnelBear at Free.
- Does Secure Privacy or TunnelBear run on more platforms?
- Secure Privacy runs on Web. TunnelBear runs on windows, mac, linux, ios, android.
- 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 TunnelBear is typically brought in for.
- What can Secure Privacy do that TunnelBear cannot?
- Secure Privacy covers Cookie scanning, Automatic cookie blocking, Legal templates, Data subject access requests. TunnelBear covers Encrypted VPN tunnel, Server location switching, GhostBear obfuscation, Browser extensions.
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.
Secure Privacy: Is the free plan usable?
For evaluation only. It caps at 500 consents a month and does not include automatic cookie blocking.
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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