Free-trial billing red flags
Official Cookiebot CMP site with clean scans but repeated billing complaints from users on Reddit. A free trial paired with auto-renew fine print is a negative-option billing pattern. Read the terms carefully before giving a card.
Is cookiebot.com legit or a scam?
Official Cookiebot CMP site with clean scans but repeated billing complaints from users on Reddit.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The domain is over 16 years old and belongs to a registered Danish company with active status. Antivirus engines and browser blocklists returned clean results. The page promotes a legitimate consent-management product used by millions of sites. Two Reddit threads describe post-cancellation charges and aggressive cookie banners that users called deceptive. independent review aggregator and Capterra show mixed but mostly positive reviews focused on pricing disputes rather than outright fraud.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for cookiebot.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain cookiebot.com owned/operated by Usercentrics A/S (Denmark, reg. 34624607) since at least 2012
- Trustpilot rating ~3.3/5 from 276+ reviews; common complaints on pricing increases and post-cancellation billing
- G2/Capterra/TrustRadius average user ratings 4.0-4.6; praised for automated scanning and ease of use
- Multiple Reddit threads (r/woocommerce, r/gdpr) label service as 'scam' citing billing issues and consent banner problems
- Official site claims 2.4M websites, 600k+ customers, 99%+ retention; Google-certified CMP
- Pricing model based on domains + subpages; users report automatic tier upgrades and poor notice of 2025 price hikes
- No evidence of typosquatting or impersonation of other brands; legitimate established CMP product
- reddit.comopen
"Freaking scammers ! I deleted my account because I didn't want to be a customer anymore, yet they still took money from me — twice as much as ..."
- reddit.comopen
"This page forces the visitor to consent to more than 800 cookies delivered by Cookiebot . There is no opt out button, in complete violation of the GDPR."
Usercentrics A/S, Company reg. no.: 34624607, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen
Our research found two Reddit posts labelling the service a scam over billing practices after cancellation. Two reviews on independent review aggregator and Capterra praise the tool while highlighting pricing and upgrade concerns. The Danish company registration for Usercentrics A/S is active and matches the domain owner.
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Scam family match: Subscription Trap.
- Phone number listed (34624607).
- Links to 3 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://cookiebot.com/
- 2200https://www.cookiebot.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Free-trial / $1-trial pitch combined with auto-renew / rebill language.
- Primary scraped category: subscription trap / negative-option billing.
- AI analyst tagged this as a subscription trap.
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- Free-trial / $1-trial pitch combined with auto-renew / rebill language.
- Primary scraped category: subscription trap / negative-option billing.
- AI analyst tagged this as a subscription trap.
Suspicious free-trial offer
This page combines a "free trial" or "$1 trial" pitch with auto-renew / rebill language — a classic negative-option billing trap.
- Treat cookiebot.com as unverified
Do not enter credentials or send money until you have independently verified the business.
- Your card will be charged the full price after the trial
Most subscription traps bill the full amount ($49-$149) 14 days after sign-up, and every month thereafter. "Cancel anytime" often means you must call a foreign support line that's deliberately hard to reach.
- If you already signed up — call your bank today
Ask your bank to block future charges from the merchant and dispute any charges already made. Many banks will issue a new card number to prevent recurring billing. Save the confirmation email as evidence.
- OpenReport the billing scheme
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or your national consumer-protection body — subscription traps are specifically illegal in most jurisdictions when the auto-bill terms aren't clearly disclosed.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review marked cookiebot.com as suspicious. Several warning signs were detected; it may still turn out legitimate, but you should verify it through independent channels before trusting it with money or credentials.
- cookiebot.com currently scores 55/100 on our trust scale. We found enough warning signals to recommend caution. Verify the site through independent channels before entering credentials or money.
- Yes. cookiebot.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 40 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- cookiebot.com is 16.4 years old, registered on 1/21/2010 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 91 antivirus engines in our malware network report cookiebot.com as clean.
- No. cookiebot.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- cookiebot.com resolves to an IP operated by WPEngine, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
User reviews & comments(0)
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