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CMPStack vs Complianz
Complianz is a WordPress plugin. It runs inside the site, with a free tier and per-site premium licences. A good fit when everything you manage is WordPress. Below is where the two differ in ways that show up on an invoice or in a Lighthouse report.
| Dimension | Complianz | CMPStack |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Inside WordPress as a plugin | Any stack. One script tag, plus a WordPress plugin and a Tag Manager template |
| Billing unit | Per site licence, free tier available | Per domain, flat. No free tier; a 7-day demo instead |
| Script delivery | Served by your WordPress host with the plugin assets | 4,085 bytes gzipped from a CDN, async, shadow DOM |
| Consent Mode v2 | Supported | Denied-first defaults set before any Google tag, updated on decision |
| Multi-client access | One install per site | A workspace per client on its own subdomain, five roles, one login |
| Consent records | Stored in the WordPress database | Append-only receipts held centrally with a snapshot of the banner shown, CSV and PDF |
| Compliance checks | Wizard-driven setup | Cookie scan plus a 0 to 100 score with severity-ranked dark-pattern findings |
The Complianz column describes their public product as we understand it in September 2026. Check their current pricing page before you decide; if a row no longer matches, tell us and we will fix it.
Fair warning
When Complianz is the better fit
If every site you run is WordPress and you want consent handled inside the admin you already use, a plugin is simpler than a separate panel. Switch when you start managing sites on other stacks, or when clients need their own login.
What moving involves
- Add and verify the domain
- Run a scan; categories come from our rule set, not their export
- Rebuild the banner in the builder; the score tells you if it is compliant
- Swap the script tag
Try both on the same domain.
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