Real Cookie Banner vs Complianz vs CookieYes: The Consent Plugin You’re Missing
Real Cookie Banner is a German-built WordPress consent plugin with a 4.9/5 rating and 100,000+ active installs that most WooCommerce store owners have never evaluated. Built by devowl.io with legal reasoning embedded in every configuration step, it takes the strictest possible interpretation of GDPR and ePrivacy — blocking everything by default including Google Fonts and CDN resources. Complianz dominates with 800,000+ installs but faces growing support complaints. CookieYes leads with 1.5 million installs but imposes pageview-based pricing that penalises high-traffic stores. For WooCommerce stores selling to EU customers, Real Cookie Banner’s approach may offer the safest legal position.