Cookiepal: Achieving 72% Consent Acceptance - WCAG is on the roadmap
My experience with Cookiepal has been overwhelmingly positive, leading to a significant improvement in my website's compliance and advertising performance. I am especially grateful to Lennard, who is an absolute professional. He answered all my questions and resolved my ad tracking issues during a meeting, leading to my lead forms now running perfectly with Cookiepal.
The UI of the tool is excellent, and I love the simple and clear dashboard. While the market-leading tool in Germany achieved a maximum of 60% acceptance in my projects, Cookiepal has reached an impressive 72% in the last 7 days. This is a huge advantage for optimizing ad budgets, as higher tracking acceptance provides more data for ad platforms to deliver desired traffic.
Previously, I faced some challenges, including slow loading times and issues with Google Ads measurement consent. The team has been incredibly responsive, and I am thrilled to report that these issues are now fixed. Loading times have significantly improved, and the "Ads measurement consent signals inactive" errors in Google Analytics are a thing of the past. For the past two days, Cookiepal has been loading consistently on my website, which is a great sign.
The only remaining point for improvement is the WCAG issue regarding insufficient contrast ratio for background and foreground colors, but I understand this is expected in an upcoming update.
I initially rated this tool lower due to the initial challenges, but the team's dedication and quick fixes have completely changed my perspective. I am very impressed with the progress and the commitment to resolving issues.
I wholeheartedly give Cookiepal 7 tacos for their outstanding product and support!
Lennard_CookiePal
May 23, 2025Hi there,
Thanks again for taking the time to leave such a detailed and thoughtful review. Your feedback has been extremely valuable, and we’re glad to see that you've already noticed progress and updated your rating.
To clarify a few points:
WCAG Compliance:
Accessibility is an important focus for us. Your feedback on contrast and visual clarity has been noted and added to our internal roadmap. We’re continuously refining the platform to ensure it works well for everyone.
Google Consent Mode:
We’ve reviewed your setup and confirmed that the required consent signals are firing correctly. You've also verified this via GTM preview. The warning in Google Analytics is something we've seen before and is usually caused by how and when Google refreshes consent status, not by an actual issue with the CMP setup.
Account Access:
The account was initially created as a regular user instead of via AppSumo, which is why the LTD access didn’t apply automatically. We're already in touch with you to get your license key connected correctly and make sure everything is working as it should.
Banner Customization and Positioning:
This issue has been resolved and changes to banner position and design should now apply properly.
Restrict Page Until Consent:
We're aware of this feature behaving inconsistently in some setups. It’s already been flagged internally and is on our roadmap for refinement.
Banner Not Always Loading:
This usually comes down to caching or script placement conflicts. We're actively helping you troubleshoot this and looking at potential improvements to make loading more consistent across environments.
We're in direct contact with you and working through each of the issues together. Those that can be resolved quickly are being handled now, and the rest have been added to our product roadmap for future updates.
Thanks again for your engagement and for giving Cookiepal a fair and open trial. We’re committed to building the most reliable and user-friendly CMP out there.
Best
The Cookiepal Team 🍪