iubenda vs CookieYes: cookie banner speed and features compared
On desktop, iubenda and CookieYes showed their banners in about the same time. The medians were 431 ms for iubenda 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 CookieYes. Their documented features are the same in this comparison.
iubenda Tested: Hosted
All iubenda results
CookieYes Tested: Hosted
All CookieYes results
Which is faster, iubenda or CookieYes?
Shorter bars are better. The exception is tracker blocking, where the bar shows the share of checks passed.
| Question | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner appearsTime from navigation until the banner is visible on screen. Lower is better. | 431 ms | 387 ms | About the same. The gap is under 20%, within run-to-run noise. |
| Page slowed byExtra time before the main content paints (LCP), compared with the same page without a consent manager. | No measurable delay95% interval −16 ms to 12 ms | No measurable delay95% interval −12 ms to 24 ms | Neither added a measurable delay. |
| Click responds inTime from pressing Accept until the screen updates. Under 200 ms feels instant. | 16 msOne visit measured | 16 msOne visit measured | About the same. They are less than 16 ms apart. |
| Blocks trackersChecks that no tracker runs, the page sets no cookie and no data leaves the page before the visitor chooses. | 4 of 4 checks passed | 3 of 4 checks passed1 could not be checked | Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 1 of 4 checks for CookieYes. |
| Adds to pageExtra data transferred during the first load, compared with the same page without a consent manager. | +122 KB95% interval: 122 KB | +31 KB95% interval: 31 KB | CookieYes added 91 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 We do not publish a direct head-to-head interval yet.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 desktop profile. Both CMPs ran on Next.js 16.
| Metric | iubenda | CookieYes |
|---|---|---|
| TTFB | No measurable delaypage 6 ms | No measurable delaypage 8 ms |
| FCP | No measurable delaypage 64 ms | No measurable delaypage 64 ms |
| LCP | No measurable delaypage 120 ms | No measurable delaypage 132 ms |
| CLS | No measurable shiftpage 0.00 | No measurable shiftpage 0.00 |
| Metric | iubenda | CookieYes |
|---|---|---|
| CMP script requested | ||
| CMP script loaded | ||
| Consent state known | ||
| Banner visible | 431 ms | 387 ms |
| Metric | iubenda | CookieYes |
|---|---|---|
| Screen responds | 16 ms | 16 ms |
| Banner gone | ||
| Consent applied | ||
| Analytics active |
Which features differ between iubenda and CookieYes?
Statuses come from each vendor’s documentation. Each status links to its source.
- Verified by test
- Per vendor docs
- Partial
- Not supported
- Unknown
| Feature | iubenda | CookieYes |
|---|---|---|
| Not confirmed for one side · 3 | ||
| IAB GPPStandards | Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab) | Unknown |
| Self-hostableDeveloper | Hosted embed only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab) | Unknown |
| Headless UIDeveloper | Experimental (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab) | Unknown |
Same on both · 13
Should you choose iubenda or CookieYes?
We built these lists from the measured and documented differences above. Neither list is a recommendation.
Choose iubenda if
- Nothing measured or documented here favours iubenda. Decide on price, support and the tools that you already use
Choose CookieYes if
- Page weight matters to you: CookieYes added 91 KB less to the first load
What was tested?
- Deployment
- Both ran from their vendor-hosted services. Network distance to each vendor is part of the result.
Questions about iubenda and CookieYes
Answers come from the benchmark run and from each vendor’s documentation.
Not in a way this run can separate. Their banner times were about the same. The gap is under 20%, within run-to-run noise. Neither added a measurable delay.
Both document it. Statuses come from vendor docs.
Neither leaked a tracker in the checks that ran. We could not run 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.
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