Cookie Away is free and open source. Star it on GitHub Star
Test results · 1 November 2026

Every site we tested, misses included.

We loaded 69 popular European sites in a fresh browser, once with Cookie Away, once with Consent-O-Matic and once with nothing, then checked what each site recorded. 58 of them showed a cookie banner.

Cookie Away 4.2.4Consent-O-Matic 1.1.5
Banners with a free way to say no, rejected26 of 2715 of 26
Pay-or-accept walls handled without paying or accepting31 of 3127 of 31
Times it ended on a subscription or payment page03
Times it accepted tracking01
Site by site

All 69 sites.

SiteBannerCookie AwayConsent-O-MaticNote
ad.nlFree to rejectRejectedBanner stayed
asos.comFree to rejectRejectedRejected
bbc.comFree to rejectBanner stayedBanner stayedReject is on a separate settings page
blocket.seFree to rejectRejectedBanner stayed
booking.comFree to rejectRejectedRejected
dn.seFree to rejectRejectedRejected
dr.dkFree to rejectRejectedRejected
expressen.seFree to rejectRejectedRejected
gp.seFree to rejectRejectedBanner stayed
hm.comFree to rejectBanner goneBlocked by the siteConsent-O-Matic’s run got “Access Denied” from the site
idealo.deFree to rejectBanner goneBanner stayed
ikea.comFree to rejectRejectedRejected
independent.co.ukFree to rejectRejectedBanner stayed
lidl.deFree to rejectRejectedRejected
marktplaats.nlFree to rejectRejectedRejected
nu.nlFree to rejectRejectedBanner stayed
otto.deFree to rejectRejectedRejected
politiken.dkFree to rejectBanner goneBanner stayed
rtve.esFree to rejectRejectedRejected
ryanair.comFree to rejectBanner goneBanner stayed
spotify.comFree to rejectRejectedRejected
svt.seFree to rejectBanner goneBanner stayed
techradar.comFree to rejectRejectedRejected
trustpilot.comFree to rejectRejectedRejected
wetransfer.comFree to rejectRejectedRejected
zalando.seFree to rejectBanner goneBanner stayed
zara.comFree to rejectRejectedRejected
20minutes.frPay or acceptLeft for youSent to a payment pageConsent-O-Matic ended on the subscription page
aftonbladet.sePay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
allocine.frPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
ansa.itPay or acceptLeft for youSent to a payment pageConsent-O-Matic ended on the subscription page
as.comPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
bild.dePay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
chefkoch.dePay or acceptLeft for youAccepted trackingConsent-O-Matic accepted all 11 purposes
chip.dePay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
corriere.itPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
dailymail.co.ukPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
elconfidencial.comPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
elmundo.esPay or acceptLeft for youRejected
elpais.comPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
faz.netPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
gazzetta.itPay or acceptLeft for youSent to a payment pageConsent-O-Matic ended on the subscription page
heise.dePay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
lefigaro.frPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you“Continue without accepting” leads to the subscription page
lemonde.frPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
leparisien.frPay or acceptLeft for youRejected
marca.comPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
marmiton.orgPay or acceptRefused, then a pay wallRefused, then a pay wallRefusing leads to a second “accept or subscribe” screen
mirror.co.ukPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
ouest-france.frPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
repubblica.itPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
spiegel.dePay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
standard.co.ukPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
svd.sePay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
t-online.dePay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
theguardian.comPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
vg.noPay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
welt.dePay or acceptLeft for youLeft for you
nos.nlNotice only––An information bar with no choice to make
bol.comNo banner––
ebay.deNo banner––
lequipe.frNo banner––
reddit.comNo banner––
stackoverflow.comNo banner––
telegraaf.nlNo banner––
telegraph.co.ukNo banner––
zeit.deNo banner––
hemnet.seBlocked us––The site showed our test browser a Cloudflare check
leboncoin.frBlocked us––The site showed our test browser a captcha
How we test

Small, honest, repeatable.

Setup. Cookie Away’s column is one run of version 4.2.4 on all sites; Consent-O-Matic’s comes from the same setup earlier the same day. Headless Chromium from Sweden, a fresh profile for every site, the extension loaded unpacked, 12 seconds per page. Consent-O-Matic is the official 1.1.5 release with its default settings.

What counts as rejected. The banner is gone and the site’s consent tool (TCF, OneTrust, Cookiebot or Didomi) records no consents. “Banner gone” means it went away but the site doesn’t expose what it recorded; we checked those screenshots by hand.

Pay-or-accept walls. Some sites only let you reject if you subscribe. Leaving those for you to decide counts as handled; ending on a payment page or accepting tracking doesn’t.

The catch. These are the sites we used to find and fix Cookie Away’s bugs, so the final numbers flatter it. The fairer comparison is the first run on sites Cookie Away hadn’t seen yet: there it answered 13 of 16 banners with a free “no”, and Consent-O-Matic 9 of 15. One country, one day, and banners change all the time, so treat all of this as a snapshot.

The test scripts are in the repository under bench/. Tell us about a site and we’ll add it.