How cookie consent tools charge for subdomains, extra domains and staging
Whether shop.example.com, a second country domain or a staging site costs extra with Cookiebot, CookieYes, Termly, iubenda and seven other consent tools, quoted from each vendor's own help pages.
Updated
Most cookie consent pricing pages show the price for one site and leave out what counts as a site. The difference is large: with some tools shop.example.com is free, with others it is a second subscription. Below is what each vendor’s own help pages say, read on 10 October 2026. We make Flat Consent, one of the tools listed.
Each subdomain is its own domain
Cookiebot, CookieFirst
www.example.comshop.example.comblog.example.comSubdomains are part of the site
Flat Consent, iubenda, Osano, CookieYes Pro, CookieScript (same banner)
www.example.comshop.example.comblog.example.comSubdomains
| Tool | Is shop.example.com included? |
|---|---|
| Cookiebot | No. “You need a subscription for each of your domains and each of your subdomains.” example.com and www.example.com are also billed separately if you add both. Paths such as example.com/en count as one domain. |
| CookieFirst | No. “You will need a separate subscription for every (sub)domain.” |
| Usercentrics | Counted against your plan’s domain allowance: “Domains and subdomains are treated equally.” Essential and Plus allow 1, Pro 3, Business 10. |
| CookieYes | Yes on Pro and Ultimate. On Free and Basic, each subdomain needs its own plan. |
| Termly | Pro+ scans up to 5 subdomains. Other plans don’t say. |
| CookieScript | Yes, unlimited, if every subdomain shows the same banner. A different banner on a subdomain counts as another website. |
| iubenda | Yes: “Almost all our plans cover subdomains.” |
| Osano | Yes: “Osano will automatically work with subdomains.” |
| Complianz | Licensed per WordPress installation. A subdomain that runs its own WordPress needs its own licence. |
| Flat Consent | Yes, on every plan. |
Extra domains and country sites
A second domain, such as example.de next to example.com, or Shopify Markets country domains, is a separate site with almost every tool. None of the vendors mentions country domains by name; this follows from their general rules.
| Tool | A second domain |
|---|---|
| Cookiebot, CookieYes, iubenda, CookieFirst, CookieScript | A separate subscription for each domain |
| Termly | A separate licence for each website |
| Usercentrics | Counted against the plan’s domain allowance (1 to 10, more on larger Business tiers) |
| Osano | Plus includes 3 domains |
| Complianz | Professional covers 5 sites, Agency 25 |
| Didomi | “Unlimited domains”, priced by monthly unique visitors (quote only) |
| Flat Consent | Starter covers 1 site, Pro 10, Agency 50, then $1 a site |
Staging and test sites
| Tool | Staging |
|---|---|
| Cookiebot | Premium plans can add internal domains for testing and staging. They aren’t invoiced, and the banner shows a “TEST” mark. |
| CookieYes | One staging site per domain, on paid plans |
| CookieFirst | One development address per domain |
| Complianz | A licence can be reused on registered staging sites such as staging.example.com |
| Osano | Staging counts toward your traffic: “Osano does not differentiate” between environments |
| Usercentrics, Termly, iubenda, CookieScript | Not stated |
| Flat Consent | A staging subdomain, localhost and .test addresses work on every plan. A staging copy on another domain, such as a .webflow.io address, is added as its own site. |
What this means in practice
If your shop, blog or help centre lives on a subdomain, check this before comparing prices. On the same 2,000-page site with www and shop addresses, Cookiebot costs $68 a month because it bills each address, against $34 for one (full price comparison).
Sources
Read on 10 October 2026.
- Cookiebot: domains and subdomains, test and staging domains
- CookieFirst: subscription per (sub)domain, development addresses
- Usercentrics: pricing and domain allowances
- CookieYes: subdomains, multiple domains, staging
- Termly: subdomain scanning, pricing
- CookieScript: plans and subdomains
- iubenda: licences and subdomains
- Osano: getting started, how traffic is counted
- Complianz: pricing FAQ
- Didomi: offers
- Flat Consent: plans
If something here is out of date, write to hello@flatconsent.com and we’ll correct it.