If you run a Shopify store with EU customers, you have probably seen Cookiebot recommended. It is one of the best known consent management platforms, and it has a dedicated Shopify app. But the Shopify version works differently from regular Cookiebot, and the free plan has limits that matter for most stores.
This post covers how Cookiebot on Shopify works, what the plans cost, what Shopify already handles for you, and when a lighter setup makes more sense.
How does Cookiebot work on Shopify?
Cookiebot for Shopify is a dedicated app from the Shopify App Store. It is separate from a regular Cookiebot account, so an existing Cookiebot subscription does not carry over. You install it, run a setup wizard, and the app adds a cookie banner that blocks tracking until the visitor consents.
That separation surprises people. Cookiebot's own Shopify page says the app works independently from your existing Cookiebot account. If you manage a Shopify store and a WordPress site, you end up with two setups and two bills.
How much does Cookiebot for Shopify cost?
The Shopify app has three plans: Free, Essential at $6 per 30 days, and Pro at $30 per 30 days. The paid plans come with a 14 day trial. The main differences are how many languages you get and whether you can change how the banner looks.
Here is the breakdown, based on Cookiebot's Shopify plans page:
- Free: blocks tracking until consent, cookie scanning, Google Consent Mode v2, one language, no banner customization.
- Essential ($6 per 30 days): up to two languages and a customizable banner.
- Pro ($30 per 30 days): up to 60 languages and the full set of customization features.
So a store that sells in Norway and Sweden, and wants the banner to match its theme, is looking at Essential at minimum. A store selling across the EU in local languages lands on Pro. That is $360 a year for a cookie banner on one store.
The standalone Cookiebot product (for non-Shopify sites) is priced differently, by the number of subpages. We broke that down in our Cookiebot pricing guide.
Doesn't Shopify already have a cookie banner?
It does, but only for Shopify's own cookies and pixels. According to Shopify's privacy settings documentation, if you have added third-party cookies or pixels yourself, you need a third-party banner or your own logic to make them respect consent. Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, TikTok and Klaviyo added through theme code are not covered.
There is also a limit on what any banner can block. Some of Shopify's own analytics cookies are set by Shopify's servers, before any script on the page runs. No cookie banner, Cookiebot included, can hold those back from the browser. You control them in Shopify's customer privacy settings instead.
That is worth knowing whichever tool you pick. A scanner will show those cookies, and they are not a sign your banner is broken.
What should you check before choosing a Shopify cookie banner?
Check three things: whether the banner really blocks your third-party pixels before consent, whether it offers a reject button on the first layer, and what the total cost is once you need your own design and more than one language. Price per store matters a lot if you run several shops.
A few more questions worth asking:
- Does it slow the store down? Consent scripts load on every page, so size and loading behavior matter for Core Web Vitals.
- Can you match your theme? A banner that clashes with the store looks untrustworthy, and people click away.
- Does it handle Google Consent Mode v2? If you run Google Ads, this affects your conversion data. See our Consent Mode v2 guide.
- Does it cover embeds? YouTube videos on product pages set cookies too.
How Consentify works on Shopify
Consentify is not a Shopify app. It is one script tag you paste into your theme. You add your store's domain in the dashboard, give us the IDs for GA4, Meta Pixel or Google Tag Manager, and paste this into theme.liquid just before the closing </head> tag:
<script src="https://consentify.app/api/gateway?token=YOUR_TOKEN"></script>
The important detail is how blocking works. You remove the GA4 and pixel tags from your theme and your Shopify apps, and Consentify injects them only after the visitor accepts that category. Nothing to block, because nothing loads before consent. The full walkthrough is in our Shopify cookie consent guide and on the Shopify page.
What the plans include
- Free: one domain, up to 5,000 pageviews a month, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Google Tag Manager and cookieless analytics tools. A small "powered by" badge. No time limit.
- Scale: all integrations, custom integrations, multiple languages, custom CSS, route rules, 30,000 pageviews per domain and no badge. Priced per domain, and the price per domain drops as you add more.
For a single store that only needs GA4 and Meta Pixel in one language, the free plan is enough. Once you need several languages or your own styling, Scale is where you land, and for agencies running many stores, one dashboard for every client is the main reason to switch.
What about Shopify Markets and multiple languages?
Languages are where Shopify cookie banner costs add up. If you sell in several countries with Shopify Markets, visitors expect the banner in their own language. A banner in English on a Norwegian storefront looks out of place, and people are more likely to click it away without reading.
On Cookiebot's Shopify app, the language count is tied to the plan: one on Free, two on Essential, up to 60 on Pro. Consentify ships banner text in around 40 languages, and multi-language is part of the Scale plan. The banner picks the visitor's language automatically, and you can edit the text per language in the dashboard.
If you only sell in one country, this does not matter. If you sell in five, it is often the line that decides the plan you need.
Cookiebot vs Consentify on Shopify: which should you pick?
Pick Cookiebot's app if you want a one-click App Store install and never want to open your theme code. Pick Consentify if you are fine pasting one line into theme.liquid and want the same tool across Shopify, WordPress and Webflow, with pricing per domain instead of per store app.
Being honest about the trade-off: an App Store install is easier for a non-technical store owner. The script tag is a two minute job, but it is still a code edit. On the other side, one tool for all your sites is simpler to maintain, and you are not tied to Shopify's app billing.
For a broader comparison beyond Shopify, see our Cookiebot alternative page.
How to switch from Cookiebot to Consentify on Shopify
- Run a free GDPR scan on your store to see which trackers load today.
- Create your domain in Consentify and add the integrations the scan found.
- Remove the GA4, Meta Pixel and GTM tags from your theme code, so they only load through Consentify.
- Uninstall the Cookiebot app, so you do not end up with two banners.
- Paste the Consentify script tag into
theme.liquidand save. - Add a link with the ID
revoke-consent-btnto your footer, so customers can change their choice. - Scan again and confirm nothing in analytics or marketing fires before consent.
Whatever tool you use, make sure the first layer has a clear reject button. The EDPB cookie banner taskforce treats a missing reject option as one of the clearest violations, and it is the first thing a regulator will look at.
Running one or more Shopify stores? Try Consentify for free on your first store, and move to Scale when you need more languages, your own design or more stores in one dashboard.