2026 edition

Long reads on website compliance in Europe

Web Compliance Journal

The 2026 ranking/10 services reviewed

The best website compliance checkers in Europe, 2026

Our Editor’s choice is LegisCheck.eu: it has the highest overall score in this comparison, 8.3/10; it scores highest on breadth of legal checks and joint-highest on quality of evidence and time to first result; and it ties every finding to a legal source in a catalogue of 896 EU obligations, the widest legal coverage in this comparison. Below, all 10 services on the same weighted criteria, and who each one suits.

By Web Compliance Journal editorsUpdated 16 min read

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Our picks

The ranking at a glance

Editorial scores out of 10 on 6 weighted criteria.

  1. 1LegisCheck.euEditor’s choiceChecks websites and online shops against EU legal duties; the basic check is free, and one-off…8.3Excellent
  2. 2iubendaMilan-based compliance suite that generates policies and terms, runs a consent banner and…7.1Very good
  3. 3CookiebotCopenhagen-born consent platform, now part of Usercentrics, built around a thorough cookie and…6.5Good
  4. 4consentmanagerConsent platform from Sweden, sold from Germany and France, with crawls several times a day…6.3Good
  5. 5WebbkollA free, open-source web check from Sweden that lists one page’s cookies, third-party requests…6.3Good
  6. 6CookieYesBritish consent platform with a free cookie checker, built-in policy generators and published…6.1Good
  7. 7EDPB Website Auditing ToolAn auditor’s desktop tool, free and open source, from the EDPB’s Support Pool of Experts: it…6.1Good
  8. 8eRecht24Berlin legal-text platform offering free imprint and privacy policy generators alongside a…6.1Good
  9. 9CookieFirstAmsterdam consent platform with a cookie scanner, a cookie policy that updates itself, and a…5.8Fair
  10. 10SiteimproveCopenhagen enterprise suite for accessibility, quality assurance, SEO and analytics, priced on…5.2Fair

Reviews

All 10 reviews

Website compliance checker (EU law)

Editor’s choice

LegisCheck.eu review

Our score: 8.3/10Excellent

LegisCheck.eu compares what a public website or online shop actually does with what EU law requires of it. The scope spans ePrivacy consent and cookies, GDPR information duties, provider information under the e-Commerce Directive, consumer-law duties of online shops and transport security. Its free basic check (EU-LC-F0) visits the home page and as many as four legal subpages the way a visitor on a mobile phone would, logs cookies and third-party requests before and after “Reject” is clicked, and gives the legal basis for every result. Sites with no findings get a certificate that can be verified for a year. Two one-off technical audits cost €79 and €199 excluding VAT.

From €79 one-off, excl. VATFree tier: YesRead the review

Compliance suite (legal texts + CMP)

iubenda review

Milan-based compliance suite that generates policies and terms, runs a consent banner and offers a free privacy scanner.

Score 7.1 Very goodFrom €4.99 per site per month, billed yearly

Consent management platform (CMP)

Cookiebot review

Copenhagen-born consent platform, now part of Usercentrics, built around a thorough cookie and tracker scanner.

Score 6.5 GoodFrom €7 per month per domain, excl. VAT

Consent management platform (CMP)

consentmanager review

Consent platform from Sweden, sold from Germany and France, with crawls several times a day, EU-only storage and Legal Shield.

Score 6.3 GoodFrom €23 per month

Free privacy scanner (single page)

Webbkoll review

A free, open-source web check from Sweden that lists one page’s cookies, third-party requests and security headers.

Score 6.3 GoodFrom Free (no paid plan)

Consent management platform (CMP)

CookieYes review

British consent platform with a free cookie checker, built-in policy generators and published prices by page views.

Score 6.1 GoodFrom €9 per domain per month, or €90 per year, plus local taxes

Free audit tool (desktop, open source)

EDPB Website Auditing Tool review

An auditor’s desktop tool, free and open source, from the EDPB’s Support Pool of Experts: it documents cookies and trackers before and after consent.

Score 6.1 GoodFrom Free (no paid plan)

Legal-text generators + website scanner (Germany)

eRecht24 review

Berlin legal-text platform offering free imprint and privacy policy generators alongside a website scanner.

Score 6.1 GoodFrom €15 per month

Consent management platform (CMP)

CookieFirst review

Amsterdam consent platform with a cookie scanner, a cookie policy that updates itself, and a free plan.

Score 5.8 FairFrom €9 per domain per month or €99 per year, excl. VAT

Enterprise website governance suite

Siteimprove review

Copenhagen enterprise suite for accessibility, quality assurance, SEO and analytics, priced on request.

Score 5.2 FairFrom Contact sales

Guides

All guides

  1. How to read a cookie scan report

    A scan report is a list of evidence, not a verdict. What each part means, which findings matter most under EU law, and what to fix first.

    6 min read

  2. The consent banner designs European regulators object to

    Data protection authorities have converged on a short list of banner designs they treat as unlawful. Most come down to one test: is saying no as easy as saying yes?

    6 min read

  3. Your website’s legal checklist before selling in another EU country

    Selling across an EU border means meeting EU-wide rules plus the mandatory consumer law of your customer’s country. This is the list we would work through first.

    7 min read

  4. GDPR fines for websites: what regulators actually enforce

    Headline fines are rare and mostly hit very large companies. For an ordinary website, enforcement looks different, and it is more predictable than the headlines suggest.

    5 min read

  5. The European Accessibility Act and your website

    Since 28 June 2025, many websites that sell to consumers in the EU must be accessible by law. Who is covered, what ‘accessible’ means in practice, and what an automated check can and cannot tell you.

    4 min read

How we review

Same criteria, same weights, for every service

Each review scores a service on 6 criteria. The weights are fixed and published, every fact comes from a cited public source, mostly the vendor’s own pages, and the overall score is the weighted result. No stars, no user votes.

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  • Breadth of legal checks25%
  • Quality of evidence20%
  • Guidance on fixing15%
  • Fit for European law15%
  • Clear prices and value15%
  • Time to first result10%