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OneTrust vs Didomi: cookie banner speed and features compared

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On emulated mobile, OneTrust and Didomi showed their banners in about the same time. The medians were 3.92 s for OneTrust and 4.41 s for Didomi. OneTrust delayed the main content 804 ms less. Both held trackers back in every check. Their documented features are the same in this comparison.

OneTrustOneTrust

OneTrust Tested: Hosted
All OneTrust results

DidomiDidomi

Didomi Tested: Hosted
All Didomi results

Which is faster, OneTrust or Didomi?

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

OneTrust and Didomi on the mobile (emulated) profile, Next.js 16
QuestionOneTrustDidomiDifference
Banner appearsTime from navigation until the banner is visible on screen. Lower is better.
3.92 sModerate
4.41 sSlow

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.
+476 ms95% interval 444 ms to 508 msSmall
+1.28 s95% interval 1.26 s to 1.29 sLarge

OneTrust delayed the main content 804 ms less.

Click responds inTime from pressing Accept until the screen updates. Under 200 ms feels instant.
16 msOne visit measuredFast
16 msOne visit measuredFast

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 passedBlocked
4 of 4 checks passedBlocked

Both held trackers back in every check.

Adds to pageExtra data transferred during the first load, compared with the same page without a consent manager.
+211 KB95% interval: 211 KBModerate
+253 KB95% interval: 253 KBHeavy

OneTrust added 42 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 We do not publish a direct head-to-head interval yet.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.
MetricOneTrustDidomi
TTFBNo measurable delaypage 6 msNo measurable delaypage 5 ms
FCPNo measurable delaypage 248 msNo measurable delaypage 248 ms
LCP+476 mspage 3.93 s+1.28 spage 4.72 s
CLSNo measurable shiftpage 0.00No measurable shiftpage 0.00
Load timesMilliseconds from navigation.
MetricOneTrustDidomi
CMP script requested
CMP script loaded
Consent state known
Banner visible3.92 s4.41 s
After AcceptMilliseconds from the click.
MetricOneTrustDidomi
Screen responds16 ms16 ms
Banner gone
Consent applied
Analytics active

Which features differ between OneTrust and Didomi?

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 OneTrust and Didomi, from vendor docs
FeatureOneTrustDidomi
Only Didomi · 1
First-party SDKsFrameworksScript tag only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)React (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Not confirmed for one side · 1
TypeScript typesDeveloperUnknownReact SDK only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Same on both · 15
Features with the same status for OneTrust and Didomi
FeatureOneTrustDidomi
IAB TCFStandardsTCF v2.2 and v2.3 (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)TCF v2.2 (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
IAB GPPStandardsPer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Google Consent Mode v2StandardsPer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Google-certified CMPStandardsPer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Global Privacy ControlStandardsPer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Geo-targeted bannersCompliancePer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Script blockingCompliancePer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Tag-based (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Consent recordsCompliancePer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Cookie scanningCompliancePer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Open sourceDeveloperProprietary (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Proprietary (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Self-hostableDeveloperScript only; hosted backend (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Assets through your domain (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Headless UIDeveloperMobile and CTV only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Free tierPricingQuote-based pricing (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Contact sales (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
Script tagFrameworksPer vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Per vendor docs (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)
First-party SDKsNext.js, Vue, Nuxt, Svelte, SvelteKit, Astro, TanStack StartScript tag only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)Script tag only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab)

Should you choose OneTrust or Didomi?

The CookieBench maintainers wrote these lists from the results and features above.

Choose OneTrust if

  • Your privacy team already runs other OneTrust modules
  • Mobile load time on slow phones is a priority

Choose Didomi if

  • You want a dedicated consent and preference platform
  • Desktop banner speed matters more than page weight

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 OneTrust and Didomi

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. OneTrust delayed the main content 804 ms less.