Comparison
CookieYes makes your website cookie-compliant with a consent banner. Legalify makes your EU ad campaigns compliant by checking the wording before they run. Different tools, different GDPR compliance layers.
Scans EU ad copy, email campaigns, lead forms, and landing pages for GDPR risk in the wording itself. Returns findings mapped to GDPR articles, a transparency score, and a compliant rewrite for every flagged sentence. Free to try — no account required.
Cookie consent management tool that helps websites comply with GDPR and ePrivacy by generating a consent banner, scanning for cookies, and letting visitors manage their preferences. Popular with small to mid-size businesses for website-level cookie compliance.
Side by side
CookieYes handles website cookie consent. Legalify handles ad copy GDPR compliance. Both are needed for a complete EU compliance setup.
| Capability | Legalify | CookieYes |
|---|---|---|
Ad copy GDPR analysis Scans ad text for article-level GDPR risk before campaigns go live. | Yes | No |
Article-level findings (Art. 7, 9, 13, 14) Specific GDPR article references with plain-English explanations per issue. | Yes | No |
Bundled consent detection (Art. 7(4)) Flags consent tied to a click or purchase in lead forms and ad copy. | Yes | No |
Health data inference detection (Art. 9) Detects when health product ads imply a condition without explicit consent. | Yes | No |
Free ungated scan — no login Full AI compliance scan with no account and no payment. | Yes | No |
Cookie consent banner Customisable consent banner for website visitors with category controls. | No | Yes |
Cookie scanner and categorisation Automatically detects and categorises all cookies on your website. | No | Yes |
Consent log and records Stores a log of user consent records for accountability and audit purposes. | No | Yes |
WordPress and CMS plugin One-click integration with WordPress and other major CMS platforms. | No | Yes |
Comparison reflects public positioning and Legalify's documented detection scope. Verify current CookieYes features on their site before deciding.
FAQ
They cover different compliance layers, so it depends what gap you need to close. CookieYes manages cookie consent on your website — the banner, the cookie scan, and user preference storage. Legalify checks whether the wording of your EU ad campaigns is GDPR-compliant. Most EU-facing businesses need both.
Yes, if you run paid EU campaigns. CookieYes handles what happens on your site after a user arrives. Legalify handles the compliance risk in the ads that drive them there — bundled consent language, health data inference, or missing third-party disclosures in the copy itself.
Legalify checks the specific language of your ads: whether a lead form bundles consent with form submission (Art. 7(4)), whether a health product ad implies a viewer's condition (Art. 9), whether an ad implies personalised targeting without naming the data recipient (Art. 13/14). These are copy-level risks — CookieYes operates at the website cookie layer and does not analyse ad wording.
Yes. Paste any EU ad, email, or landing page copy into the free GDPR Ad Copy Checker at uselegalify.com/tools/gdpr-ad-copy-checker — no account and no payment required.
If your website is running without a consent banner, set up CookieYes (or another CMP) first — that is a more visible compliance gap. If you are actively running EU ad campaigns, run your copy through Legalify immediately — ad copy compliance risk is enforcement-active. Ideally both are in place before any EU-facing campaign runs.
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Paste an ad you're running into the free GDPR Ad Copy Checker and see article-level findings for yourself — no login, no card.
