CookieYes alternative for DPDP
notices in Indian languages.
A sourced comparison for sites with Indian users, and an honest account of where CookieYes is the better and cheaper choice.
Who should choose TryTrustable over CookieYes?
Consider TryTrustable instead of CookieYes if you need DPDP notices in Indian languages, proof of each consent in a tamper-evident ledger, and consent records for Indian users kept in India. Stay with CookieYes if you run a small site, want published self-serve pricing with a free plan, or need IAB TCF.
CookieYes is a self-serve cookie consent product with a large installed base. TryTrustable is a consent management platform built around the DPDP Act and GDPR, sold by quote, with rights requests, processors and breaches in the same product.
TryTrustable vs CookieYes for consent, as of September 2026
| Capability | TryTrustable | CookieYes |
|---|---|---|
| India's DPDP Act | Yes. Section 5 notices in English or Eighth Schedule languages, consent per purpose, withdrawal, rights requests on statutory clocks, and nominations | No DPDP product page found. A blog post explains the Act[1] |
| Notice languages (as each vendor states it) | Versioned notices in 22 languages; each consent record stores the language the person saw | 30+ on its product page[2]; its documentation says 175+, 41 with auto-translation, none of which is an Eighth Schedule language[3] |
| IAB TCF | No. TryTrustable is not an IAB TCF registered CMP and does not produce TCF consent strings | Yes, TCF v2.3 on the Pro and Ultimate plans[4]; on IAB Europe's CMP list[7] |
| Google Consent Mode v2 | Yes. All Consent Mode v2 signals default to denied before Google tags load and update per purpose on the visitor's choice; can be switched off if you run your own | Yes, on all plans; states it is a certified Google CMP partner[4][5] |
| Global Privacy Control | Yes. In US opt-out regimes a GPC signal is honoured as an opt-out and recorded on the consent record | Yes, on the Pro and Ultimate plans[4] |
| Proof of consent | Append-only, hash-chained ledger: purposes, notice version, language, time and action per record | Consent log on all plans, including Free[4] |
| Data residency and India hosting | Hosted in India (Google Cloud, Mumbai) today; expanding to Singapore, the US and the EU | Hosted in an AWS data centre; the region is not stated on that page[6] |
| Public pricing | Consent on its own is quoted. Platform plans, which include the consent manager, are published on the pricing page | Yes. A free plan (5,000 pageviews a month) and paid plans from $10 per domain per month[4] |
As of September 2026. CookieYes cells are taken from CookieYes's own public pages and IAB Europe's CMP list, footnoted below; “not stated” means we could not find it there, not that it does not exist. Check the linked page before relying on a cell.
Sources (competitor pages, read in September 2026):
- CookieYes: Blog: India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act
- CookieYes: Cookie consent product
- CookieYes Documentation: Banner languages
- CookieYes: Pricing
- CookieYes: Homepage
- CookieYes Documentation: Where is the data collected by CookieYes stored?
- IAB Europe: TCF registered CMP list (checked 28 September 2026)
When TryTrustable fits better than CookieYes
Notices your Indian users can read. Section 5(3) of the DPDP Act requires the notice to be available in English or an Eighth Schedule language. TryTrustable versions notices in 22 languages and records which one each person saw. CookieYes's documented auto-translations do not include an Eighth Schedule language[3], though custom languages can be added by hand.
Proof that survives scrutiny. The consent ledger is append-only and hash-chained, and each record carries the purposes, notice version and language it was given against.
More than the banner. Consent by TryTrustable also handles access, correction, erasure, grievance and nomination requests on their statutory clocks, keeps a register of processors against the purposes they serve, and records withdrawals against them. It also watches erasure (when it fell due, for whom, and which processors hold the data) while the deletion itself happens in your systems.
Data in India. Indian customer data is resident in India, stated on the security page.
When CookieYes is the better choice
CookieYes is the better choice in several situations, and it is better to say so plainly.
- Price and self-serve. A free plan and paid plans from $10 per domain per month, published[4]. TryTrustable is quoted.
- IAB TCF. TCF v2.3 on Pro and Ultimate[4]. We do not support TCF.
- Platform plugins. CookieYes offers apps for WordPress, Shopify and Wix, and states 1 million+ WordPress plugin installs[5].
- Scale. CookieYes states it is trusted by 1.5 million+ businesses[5].
If you run a blog or small store with few Indian users and need a compliant banner today, CookieYes is a sensible choice.
A plain word on IAB TCF. TryTrustable does not support the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework. It does not produce a TCF consent string and is not on IAB Europe's list of registered CMPs. If you sell programmatic advertising in Europe and your ad partners require a TCF string, that is a reason not to switch to us today.
What switching from CookieYes involves
If you use the CookieYes WordPress or Shopify app, remove it in the same release as adding the TryTrustable script, so only one banner and one blocker run.
Installation is one script tag, first in <head> and not async, so the blocker exists before anything else runs. Remove the old banner in the same release: two banners mean two writers on the same tags, and Google Consent Mode in particular should have one source of truth.
Consent records do not migrate in any meaningful sense. A record proves what a person saw on the old banner, so keep the old platform's export as the record for that period rather than re-dating it into a new system. The TryTrustable ledger starts on the day the new banner goes live. If your notice or purposes change in the switch, that is a new notice version and needs fresh consent anyway; if they do not, existing choices can be honoured by asking again only when the old consent expires.
The things people ask us
Does CookieYes support India's DPDP Act?
As of September 2026 we found a CookieYes blog post explaining the DPDP Act, but no DPDP product page, and the 41 auto-translated banner languages in its documentation include no Eighth Schedule language. TryTrustable versions DPDP notices in 22 languages and stores the language each person saw on their consent record.
Is CookieYes cheaper than TryTrustable?
Very likely for a small site. CookieYes publishes a free plan for up to 5,000 pageviews a month and paid plans from $10 per domain per month. TryTrustable does not publish prices and quotes after a call. If you need a banner and a consent log for a small site, CookieYes's published pricing is hard to beat.
Does TryTrustable support IAB TCF like CookieYes?
No. CookieYes offers IAB TCF v2.3 on its Pro and Ultimate plans and is on IAB Europe's CMP list. TryTrustable does not support the Transparency and Consent Framework and produces no TCF string. If your ad partners require TCF, CookieYes meets that requirement and we do not.
Do both support Google Consent Mode v2 and Global Privacy Control?
Both support Google Consent Mode v2: CookieYes on all plans, TryTrustable by default, with every signal denied until the visitor chooses. CookieYes offers Global Privacy Control on Pro and Ultimate. TryTrustable honours GPC as an opt-out in US opt-out regimes and records it on the consent record.
What is the difference between a consent log and a consent ledger?
A consent log records choices. TryTrustable's ledger records each choice with purposes, notice version and language, and chains every entry to the previous one by hash, so an edited or deleted record breaks the chain detectably. Under section 6(10) of the DPDP Act the burden of proving consent is yours, which is where tamper evidence matters.
Is TryTrustable a registered Consent Manager under the DPDP Act?
No. A Consent Manager is an intermediary registered with the Data Protection Board under Rule 4 of the DPDP Rules 2025, which comes into force on 13 November 2026, so no vendor is registered as of September 2026. TryTrustable is a consent management platform: software a Data Fiduciary runs on its own site. The same distinction applies to CookieYes.
See your site before and after consent.
We run the two-pass scan on your domain live, then show the same trackers held behind the banner and the ledger entry each choice writes.