Do Cookie Control and Usercentrics both support IAB TCF?

Both document it. Statuses come from vendor docs.

Do Cookie Control and Usercentrics block trackers before consent?

Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for Cookie Control. 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.

Cookie Control vs Usercentrics: cookie banner speed and features compared

Results forFramework

On emulated mobile, Cookie Control showed its banner sooner, in a median 2.47 s against 4.16 s for Usercentrics. Cookie Control delayed the main content 352 ms less. Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for Cookie Control. Their documented features are the same in this comparison.

Cookie ControlCivic

Cookie Control Tested: v9, hosted
All Cookie Control results

UsercentricsUsercentrics

Usercentrics Tested: Hosted
All Usercentrics results

Which is faster, Cookie Control or Usercentrics?

Shorter bars are better. The exception is tracker blocking, where the bar shows the share of checks passed.

Cookie Control and Usercentrics on the mobile (emulated) profile, Next.js 16
Question	Cookie Control	Usercentrics	Difference
Banner appearsTime from navigation until the banner is visible on screen. Lower is better.	2.47 sFast	4.16 sSlow	Cookie Control’s banner appeared 1.69 s sooner.
Page slowed byExtra time before the main content paints (LCP), compared with the same page without a consent manager.	+492 ms95% interval 484 ms to 504 msSmall	+844 ms95% interval 836 ms to 864 msNoticeable	Cookie Control delayed the main content 352 ms less.
Click responds inTime from pressing Accept until the screen updates. Under 200 ms feels instant.	24 msOne visit measuredFast		No comparison. Usercentrics has no result here, so we call neither one better.
Blocks trackersChecks that no tracker runs, the page sets no cookie and no data leaves the page before the visitor chooses.	3 of 4 checks passed1 could not be checkedPartly checked	4 of 4 checks passedBlocked	Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for Cookie Control.
Adds to pageExtra data transferred during the first load, compared with the same page without a consent manager.	+99 KB95% interval: 99 KBLight	+164 KB95% interval: 164 KBModerate	Cookie Control added 66 KB less to the first load.

“About the same” means that the two results fall within each other’s spread. We measure both against the same page without a consent manager. We do not publish a direct head-to-head interval yet.

Page vitals and load times

Lab detail for engineers. All values are medians on the mobile profile. Both CMPs ran on Next.js 16.

Page vitalsChange against the same page without a consent manager.
Metric	Cookie Control	Usercentrics
TTFB	No measurable delaypage 7 ms	No measurable delaypage 7 ms
FCP	No measurable delaypage 248 ms	No measurable delaypage 252 ms
LCP	+492 mspage 3.94 s	+844 mspage 4.30 s
CLS	No measurable shiftpage 0.00	No measurable shiftpage 0.00

Load timesMilliseconds from navigation.
Metric	Cookie Control	Usercentrics
CMP script requested
CMP script loaded
Consent state known
Banner visible	2.47 s	4.16 s

After AcceptMilliseconds from the click.
Metric	Cookie Control	Usercentrics
Screen responds	24 ms
Banner gone
Consent applied
Analytics active

Which features differ between Cookie Control and Usercentrics?

Statuses come from each vendor’s documentation. Each status links to its source.

Verified by test
Per vendor docs
Partial
Not supported
Unknown

Features that differ between Cookie Control and Usercentrics, from vendor docs
Feature	Cookie ControlCookie Control	UsercentricsUsercentrics
Not confirmed for one side · 2
IAB GPPStandards	Unknown	v3 script tag (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
TypeScript typesDeveloper	Unknown	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)

Same on both · 14

Features with the same status for Cookie Control and Usercentrics
Feature	Cookie ControlCookie Control	UsercentricsUsercentrics
IAB TCFStandards	TCF v2.3 (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Pro plan and up (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Google Consent Mode v2Standards	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Google-certified CMPStandards	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Global Privacy ControlStandards	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Geo-targeted bannersCompliance	Paid editions (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Plus plan and up (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Script blockingCompliance	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Paid plans (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Consent recordsCompliance	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Kept 12 months (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Cookie scanningCompliance	Paid editions (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Open sourceDeveloper	Proprietary (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Commercial licence (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Self-hostableDeveloper	Hosted service (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Hosted backend (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Headless UIDeveloper	JavaScript methods only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Free tierPricing	Community edition (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	1,000 sessions a month (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Script tagFrameworks	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
First-party SDKsReact, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, Svelte, SvelteKit, Astro, TanStack Start	Script tag only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)	Script tag only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)

Should you choose Cookie Control or Usercentrics?

We built these lists from the measured and documented differences above. Neither list is a recommendation.

Choose Cookie Control if

A fast banner matters to you: Cookie Control’s banner appeared 1.69 s sooner
Page load time matters to you: Cookie Control delayed the main content 352 ms less
Page weight matters to you: Cookie Control added 66 KB less to the first load

Choose Usercentrics if

Nothing measured or documented here favours Usercentrics. Decide on price, support and the tools that you already use

What was tested?

Deployment: Both ran from their vendor-hosted services. Network distance to each vendor is part of the result.

How we test: methodology cookiebench-v3.2.4

Questions about Cookie Control and Usercentrics

Answers come from the benchmark run and from each vendor’s documentation.

Report a correction

On the emulated mobile profile, Cookie Control’s banner appeared in a median 2.47 s and Usercentrics’ in 4.16 s. Cookie Control delayed the main content 352 ms less.