You need per-cookie toggle controls.
Pandectes provides extremely deep cookie-categorization sliders. ClearConsent uses category buckets, not per-cookie controls.
Comparison
A score, not just
a popup.
Pandectes is a well-built cookie-consent app on Shopify, with deep regulation hubs and a feature-rich settings panel. ClearConsent takes a different angle: lead with a multi- law compliance score, ship a hosted banner free forever, and keep Pro at a flat $9/mo with no usage tiers. Here's the honest comparison.
Pandectes asks "are you running a banner?" ClearConsent asks "where are your detectable compliance gaps?" Both are valid. They just lead with different questions.
/ The framing
At a glance
How the two compare.
| Capability | ClearConsentPro $9/mo flat | PandectesTiered |
|---|---|---|
| Cookie consent banner Hosted, customizable, geo-aware | + | + |
| Cookie & tracker scanner ClearConsent uses real-browser Playwright; catalogues JS-loaded scripts most shallow scanners miss | + | + |
| Multi-law compliance score A 0–100 number against the privacy laws that may apply to your traffic | + | · |
| Per-law applicability detection Which jurisdictions may apply, what each requires, and which gaps are visible | + | Per-region |
| Free instant scan on the marketing site No sign-up, no request flow — URL in, score out in 60 seconds | + | Request flow |
| Free tier with a working banner ClearConsent ships a basic hosted banner forever on Free | + | Trial-based |
| Auto-blocker for known trackers Holds GA4, GTM, Meta Pixel, TikTok Pixel + URL-pattern fallback | + | + |
| Hosted privacy policy generator Generated from scan, hosted at your domain, editable per section | + | + |
| Google Consent Mode v2 Updates Google's gtag with consent signals automatically | + | + |
| Multi-language banner 15-language banner auto-detected from Shopify store locale; privacy policy currently English by default | + | + |
| PDF + Excel reports for audits and legal review Exportable evidence for legal review | + | PDF only |
| Pricing model ClearConsent: $9/mo flat at any volume. Pandectes: tiered by impressions. | $9/mo flat | Usage-tiered |
| Public regulation hub Pandectes has a deeper public-content surface; ClearConsent leans leaner | Lean — 21 law pages | Deeper content surface |
The checkmarks line up. The pricing model and what leads the product are where the choice happens.
01 / Scoring
The compliance number is the product.
Pandectes is excellent at the cookie-banner-and-policy stack. It scans, it categorizes, it generates a banner with detailed customization and serves a privacy policy at your domain. If your question is "do I have a banner running?", it answers that question well.
ClearConsent answers a different question: "where are our detectable compliance gaps, against which laws, and how do we close them?" The output is a 0–100 score against the privacy laws that may apply to your traffic, with per-law breakdowns showing which signals you're hitting and which you're missing. The banner and policy are deployment outputs of the score, not the headline feature.
Either framing is defensible. They lead to different daily-driver experiences: Pandectes feels like a configuration panel, ClearConsent feels like a diagnostic dashboard.
Pandectes
Configuration-first. Detailed banner styling, region-aware consent modes, scan declaration, customer data request handling. The banner is the product.
ClearConsent
Score-first. Real-browser audit, per-law applicability, multi-jurisdiction breakdown, gap analysis. The score is the product; the banner is a fix you can deploy.
02 / Free tier
Free should be useful, not a teaser.
Most consent apps treat free as a trial. ClearConsent's Free tier is different: a hosted basic banner, GPC and DNT support, Shopify Customer Privacy API integration, and on-demand scans — all free forever.
The tradeoff is deliberate. Free gives merchants a real diagnostic starting point and a working banner. Pro unlocks the tools needed to close deeper gaps: auto-blocking, hosted policy generation, audit reports, weekly re-scans, scan history, and advanced customization. Pandectes is structured around usage-tiered paid plans; ClearConsent keeps the basic banner available indefinitely and keeps Pro at a flat $9/mo.
Free (forever)
Hosted basic banner, real diagnostic score, GPC and DNT support, Shopify Customer Privacy API integration, and on-demand scans. No time limit.
Pro ($9/mo)
Advanced auto-blocking, hosted privacy policy, weekly auto-rescans, audit reports, scan history, consent records, and deeper customization.
Beyond (no other tiers)
That's the whole pricing page. No Plus, no Enterprise, no impression-counted tiers. One Shopify install = one $9/mo Pro subscription.
03 / Design
The store admin is where you live.
Diagnostic dashboard
Report viewer
Policy editor
Workflow-shaped
ClearConsent's admin is designed around recurring review: score changes, generated reports, policy edits, and tracker findings. The diagnostic dashboard, the report viewer, and the policy editor are surfaces a merchant returns to weekly — not a one-time setup screen.
Pandectes' admin is deep and capable, but more configuration-panel-shaped. Subjective preference, but worth knowing if you'll be in the panel often.
04 / Honesty
When Pandectes is the better choice.
Three cases where Pandectes is the right answer:
You're already deep in their setup.
Switching cost outweighs benefit on a cookie-banner-only basis — unless the multi-law scoring is something you actually want.
You want a 23-page regulation hub.
Pandectes is older and content-heavy with case studies and a PR posture. ClearConsent is leaner.
For everyone else — Shopify merchants who want a single 0–100 number that surfaces detectable gaps against the laws that may apply to their traffic, plus a working banner and policy, at a flat $9/mo — ClearConsent is the lighter answer.
Migration
Switching from Pandectes?
Carries over
Banner copy, generated policy content, and locale settings translate cleanly. Keep Pandectes' consent records on their side until you fully cut over.
Doesn't carry
Per-cookie toggle controls. ClearConsent uses category buckets (essential / functional / analytics / marketing). Map your existing toggles to those four at setup.
Time to switch
Typically under an hour end-to-end: install from Shopify, run a scan, verify the score, transfer banner copy, toggle the theme app embed.
Try the diagnostic
Run the scan. See your score.
Free on the home page. No sign-up. Real-browser audit against the privacy laws that may apply to your traffic. If you'd be better served by Pandectes, the score and per-law breakdown will help you see that.