# Cookie Control vs CookieYes: cookie banner speed and features On desktop, Cookie Control and CookieYes showed their banners in about the same time. The medians were 385 ms for Cookie Control and 387 ms for CookieYes. Neither added a measurable delay. Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for Cookie Control and 1 of 4 checks for CookieYes. Their documented features are the same in this comparison. We measured both in the same run, in a Next.js app. We measured each against the same page without a consent manager. They also share Script tag, React, Nuxt, Astro, TanStack Start integrations. ## Which is faster on desktop? Desktop profile: 1365 × 768 · No CPU slowdown · 12.5 MB/s, no added latency. | Question | Cookie Control | CookieYes | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | How fast does the banner appear? | 385 ms | 387 ms | About the same. They are less than 16 ms apart. | | Does it slow the page down? | No measurable change | No measurable change | Neither added a measurable delay. | | How fast does a click respond? | 16 ms | 16 ms | About the same. They are less than 16 ms apart. | | Does it block trackers until consent? | 3 of 4 checks passed. We could not check the other 1 | 3 of 4 checks passed. We could not check the other 1 | Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for Cookie Control and 1 of 4 checks for CookieYes. | | How much does it add to the page? | +99 KB (95% interval: 99 KB) | +31 KB (95% interval: 31 KB) | CookieYes added 68 KB less to the first load. | ## Which is faster on mobile? Mobile (emulated) profile: 390 × 844, DPR 3 · Mid-tier phone CPU (4× slowdown) · 200 KB/s, 150 ms latency. On emulated mobile, Cookie Control and CookieYes showed their banners in about the same time. The medians were 2.47 s for Cookie Control and 2.42 s for CookieYes. CookieYes delayed the main content 316 ms less. Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for Cookie Control and 1 of 4 checks for CookieYes. Their documented features are the same in this comparison. | Question | Cookie Control | CookieYes | Difference | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | How fast does the banner appear? | 2.47 s | 2.42 s | About the same. The gap is under 20%, within run-to-run noise. | | Does it slow the page down? | +492 ms (95% interval 484 ms to 504 ms) | +176 ms (95% interval 148 ms to 212 ms) | CookieYes delayed the main content 316 ms less. | | How fast does a click respond? | 24 ms | 24 ms | About the same. They are less than 16 ms apart. | | Does it block trackers until consent? | 3 of 4 checks passed. We could not check the other 1 | 3 of 4 checks passed. We could not check the other 1 | Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for Cookie Control and 1 of 4 checks for CookieYes. | | How much does it add to the page? | +99 KB (95% interval: 99 KB) | +31 KB (95% interval: 31 KB) | CookieYes added 68 KB less to the first load. | ## Which features differ? | Feature | Cookie Control | CookieYes | | --- | --- | --- | | IAB TCF | Per vendor docs (TCF v2.3) | Per vendor docs (Pro and Ultimate plans) | | IAB GPP | Unknown | Unknown | | Google Consent Mode v2 | Per vendor docs | Per vendor docs | | Google-certified CMP | Per vendor docs | Per vendor docs | | Global Privacy Control | Per vendor docs | Per vendor docs (Pro and Ultimate plans) | | Geo-targeted banners | Per vendor docs (Paid editions) | Per vendor docs (Pro and Ultimate plans) | | Script blocking | Per vendor docs | Per vendor docs | | Consent records | Per vendor docs | Per vendor docs | | Cookie scanning | Per vendor docs (Paid editions) | Per vendor docs | | Open source | Not supported (Proprietary) | Not supported (Proprietary) | | Self-hostable | Not supported (Hosted service) | Unknown | | Headless UI | Partial (JavaScript methods only) | Unknown | | TypeScript types | Unknown | Unknown | | Free tier | Per vendor docs (Community edition) | Per vendor docs (5,000 pageviews a month) | | Script tag | Per vendor docs | Per vendor docs | | React SDK | Not supported (Script tag only) | Not supported (Script tag only) | | Next.js SDK | Not supported (Script tag only) | Not supported (Script tag only) | | Vue SDK | Not supported (Script tag only) | Not supported (Script tag only) | | Nuxt SDK | Not supported (Script tag only) | Not supported (Script tag only) | | Svelte SDK | Not supported (Script tag only) | Not supported (Script tag only) | | SvelteKit SDK | Not supported (Script tag only) | Not supported (Script tag only) | | Astro SDK | Not supported (Script tag only) | Not supported (Script tag only) | | TanStack Start SDK | Not supported (Script tag only) | Not supported (Script tag only) | ## Which should you choose? ### Choose Cookie Control if - Nothing measured or documented here favours Cookie Control. Decide on price, support and the tools that you already use ### Choose CookieYes if - Page weight matters to you: CookieYes added 68 KB less to the first load ## Questions about this pair ### Is Cookie Control faster than CookieYes? Not in a way this run can separate. Their banner times were about the same. They are less than 16 ms apart. Neither added a measurable delay. ### Do Cookie Control and CookieYes both support IAB TCF? Both document it. Statuses come from vendor docs. ### Do Cookie Control and CookieYes block trackers before consent? Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for Cookie Control and 1 of 4 checks for CookieYes. Each check loads the page. Then it looks for trackers that ran, cookies that the page set or data that left the page before the visitor chose. ## Related comparisons - [c15t vs CookieYes](https://cookiebench.com/compare/c15t-vs-cookieyes.md) - [c15t vs Cookie Control](https://cookiebench.com/compare/c15t-vs-cookie-control.md) - [CookieYes vs OneTrust](https://cookiebench.com/compare/cookieyes-vs-onetrust.md) - [iubenda vs CookieYes](https://cookiebench.com/compare/iubenda-vs-cookieyes.md) - [c15t vs OneTrust](https://cookiebench.com/compare/c15t-vs-onetrust.md) - [c15t vs Usercentrics](https://cookiebench.com/compare/c15t-vs-usercentrics.md) Methodology [cookiebench-v3.2.4](https://cookiebench.com/methodology). inth, the team behind c15t, maintains CookieBench. c15t is one of the consent managers we measure ([disclosure](https://cookiebench.com/methodology)). Feature support comes from vendor documentation unless a row says "Verified by test".