Self-hosted / open sourceConsent Management (CMP)Headquarters: RO

ConsentMagic: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ConsentMagic is a WordPress plugin for cookie consent and tracking control. It displays configurable consent banners, blocks scripts and cookies until a visitor agrees, applies rules that depend on the visitor's location, including GDPR and California's CCPA, and scans a website for tracking scripts and cookies. It integrates with the PixelYourSite plugin and supports Google Consent Mode. The plugin is installed on the website operator's own WordPress installation.

The publisher is Minimal Work SRL, a company registered in Romania, an EU member state. According to the website, ConsentMagic is now part of PixelYourSite.com. The product is distributed under a software licence agreement rather than an open-source licence. Because the plugin runs on the operator's own WordPress site, the sovereignty question centres mainly on the hosting of that site. The website does not mention a data processing agreement, so organisations should review the licence and privacy terms before deployment.

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Sovereignty score

80 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-3100
EU-only hosting
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-380
Closed source, but self-hostable: encryption keys and runtime under your own control
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-680
Closed source, but self-hostable on your own infrastructure

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 13, 2026

Headquarters	RO (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	Self-hosted, e.g. in EU (your choice)Verified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	Consent Management (CMP)
Type	Product
Website	consentmagic.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to ConsentMagic

The European alternatives to ConsentMagic come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with ConsentMagic

ConsentMagic is headquartered in RO and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

ConsentMagic runs on infrastructure you choose and control yourself. You decide where the data lives, including fully within the EU if you want — this is not a fixed hosting choice made by the vendor.

ConsentMagic is closed source, but you run the software yourself on your own infrastructure. The encryption keys and the runtime therefore stay under your own control, though you cannot audit or modify the source code. Ask about export options and open standards to limit software-level lock-in.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs ConsentMagic together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to ConsentMagic?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to ConsentMagic include Axeptio, Borlabs Cookie and CCM19. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to ConsentMagic?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to ConsentMagic include Consent-O-Matic. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is ConsentMagic GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

ConsentMagic is headquartered in RO (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes ConsentMagic an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 13, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Consent Management (CMP)

Consent Management (CMP): Cookie banners and consent management platforms for GDPR compliance. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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