Termly and Iubenda Alternatives — Free Privacy Policy Generator (No Monthly Fee)

Termly charges $10-35/month. Iubenda charges $9-29/month. Both generate privacy policies that cover GDPR and CCPA. If you just need the policy text — not cookie consent banners, not automatic legal updates, not compliance scanning — a free generator creates the same policy with no subscription.

Termly vs Iubenda vs Free Generator

Feature	Termly ($10-35/mo)	Iubenda ($9-29/mo)	Free Generator
Privacy policy generation	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
GDPR compliance	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
CCPA compliance	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✓ Yes
Cookie consent banner	✓ Included	✓ Included	✗ Separate tool needed
Auto-update when laws change	✓ Yes	✓ Yes	✗ Manual regeneration
Hosted policy page	✓ On their domain	✓ On their domain	✗ Self-hosted (your site)
Compliance scanning	✓ Checks your site	✓ Checks your site	✗ Not included
Account required	✗ Yes	✗ Yes	✓ No account
Monthly cost	$10-35/month	$9-29/month	✓ Free
Annual cost	$120-420/year	$108-348/year	✓ $0

What You Are Actually Paying For

Termly and Iubenda bundle four things into one subscription:

1. Privacy policy text — the actual policy document. A free generator does this
2. Cookie consent banner — the popup asking EU visitors to accept/reject cookies. Available as free open-source scripts separately
3. Automatic legal updates — when GDPR or CCPA rules change, they update your policy. In practice, major changes happen every 1-2 years
4. Compliance scanning — checks your site for tracking scripts you may have forgotten to disclose. Useful but not essential for small sites

If you only need #1 (the policy text), paying $10-35/month for the other three features is overkill for most small websites.

When to Pay for Termly/Iubenda

• E-commerce with EU customers — GDPR compliance is serious business with fines up to 4% of annual revenue. Automatic updates matter
• SaaS with user accounts — complex data processing requires detailed policies and regular updates
• Regulated industries — healthcare, finance, education have additional requirements
• Multiple websites — managing policies across 5+ sites manually is tedious

When the Free Generator Is Enough

• Personal blog or portfolio — you have Google Analytics and a contact form. A generated policy covers this
• Side project or MVP — get a policy up now, worry about premium compliance tools when you have paying customers
• Mobile app — need a privacy policy URL for the App Store/Play Store submission. Free works
• Freelance website — contact form, maybe analytics. Straightforward data collection
• Small business website — standard website with forms and analytics. Regenerate annually

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