OneTrust vs Didomi: cookie banner speed and features compared
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.
OneTrust Tested: Hosted
All OneTrust results
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.
| Question | Difference | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Banner appearsTime from navigation until the banner is visible on screen. Lower is better. | 3.92 s | 4.41 s | 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 ms | +1.28 s95% interval 1.26 s to 1.29 s | 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 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 | 4 of 4 checks passed | 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 KB | +253 KB95% interval: 253 KB | 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 We do not publish a direct head-to-head interval yet.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.
| Metric | OneTrust | Didomi |
|---|---|---|
| TTFB | No measurable delaypage 6 ms | No measurable delaypage 5 ms |
| FCP | No measurable delaypage 248 ms | No measurable delaypage 248 ms |
| LCP | +476 mspage 3.93 s | +1.28 spage 4.72 s |
| CLS | No measurable shiftpage 0.00 | No measurable shiftpage 0.00 |
| Metric | OneTrust | Didomi |
|---|---|---|
| CMP script requested | ||
| CMP script loaded | ||
| Consent state known | ||
| Banner visible | 3.92 s | 4.41 s |
| Metric | OneTrust | Didomi |
|---|---|---|
| Screen responds | 16 ms | 16 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
| Feature | OneTrust | Didomi |
|---|---|---|
| Only Didomi · 1 | ||
| First-party SDKsFrameworks | Script tag only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab) | React (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab) |
| Not confirmed for one side · 1 | ||
| TypeScript typesDeveloper | Unknown | React SDK only (vendor documentation, opens in a new tab) |
Same on both · 15
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.
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.
Both document it. Statuses come from vendor docs.
Both held trackers back in every check. 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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