Free Website Cookie Scanner

Yes, Termly’s cookie scanner is free to use. Termly’s basic plan lets you scan your site, generate a cookie report, and create a cookie notice banner for free.

For additional features, including customizable banner styles, multi-language support, subdomain scanning, consent log exports, and more, you can upgrade to the Pro+ plan.

Termly’s cookie scanner works by crawling each page of your domain to find all cookies that are used on your website. When Termly’s cookie scanner finds a cookie, it will automatically categorize it as Essential, Performance and Functionality, Analytics and Customization, Advertising, Social Networking, or Unclassified.

When the scanner is done, your comprehensive cookie report will be emailed to you. Your report will also be available in your Termly dashboard.

You need to scan your website’s cookies to comply with laws like the ePrivacy Directive (EU Cookie Law), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and more. Many of these laws have rules about how and when you can serve cookies to your website visitors.

If you violate these laws, you could be subject to fines and reputational losses. Even if you are not located in a country or region with a data privacy law, you could still be subject to data privacy rules — and fines — if you have website visitors from certain countries.

Requirements for cookie use and consent vary based on different regions’ laws. Some laws require that you block all non-essential cookies until a user gives explicit consent. Other laws do not require opt-in consent but may require that you notify users about cookie use when they enter your website.

Many laws also require websites to publish information about the cookies they use and give users a way to opt out of cookie use.

Yes, you can manually audit your website’s cookies instead of using a scan. However, depending on the size of your website and your cookie use, a manual audit may take a significant amount of time.

You may also introduce the risk of overlooking some of your cookie use. If you decide to audit your website’s cookies manually, you can always use a free cookie scanner tool — like Termly’s — to double-check your work.