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Cookie Banner Cost Calculator

Visitors who bounce on the consent screen never enter your funnel. This tool estimates opportunity cost from that lost traffic — not guaranteed revenue.

Cookie Banner Cost Calculator

How much is your cookie banner costing you?

Adjust the inputs below. Every output updates in real time.

Your Numbers

50,000/mo

Total unique visitors per month

30.0%

Share of visitors who leave before engaging because of the banner. Research often cites ~20–40% for consent friction.

1.5%

What % of all visitors become paying customers? Typical SaaS ~0.5–3%, e-commerce ~1–4%. Use paid conversions, not raw signups.

$50

Average revenue per paying customer attributed to a visit (order value, subscription, etc.)

What You're Losing

Lost Visitors / mo15,000
Lost Paying Customers / mo225
Opportunity Cost / mo$11,250

Opportunity Cost / Year

$135,000

Range at 20.0%40.0% banner bounce (same other inputs): $90,000 $180,000/year

Side-by-side (no ratio — compare yourself)

Banner opportunity cost$11,250/mo
Databuddy (Hobby)$11/mo

This estimates opportunity cost from industry bounce data. Real impact varies by site, audience, and how your banner is implemented.

Share your results (preview uses your numbers)

Banner friction in the ~20.0%40.0% range is commonly reported (e.g. consent vendors, enterprise analytics). Databuddy needs no cookies, so no banner.

Pre-built Scenarios

The numbers across 5 real-world profiles

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Opportunity cost at realistic bounce and visitor-to-paid assumptions. Your mileage will vary.

Small Blog

Content site with affiliate revenue

Visitors5,000/mo
Banner bounce25.0%
Visitor-to-paid1.2%
Rev / conversion$45
Opportunity cost / year$8,100
Databuddy (Hobby)$10/mo

Growing Blog

Established content site with courses

Visitors25,000/mo
Banner bounce28.0%
Visitor-to-paid1.5%
Rev / conversion$120
Opportunity cost / year$151,200
Databuddy (Hobby)$10/mo

Growing SaaS

B2B — conservative visitor-to-paid (many visitors never buy)

Visitors25,000/mo
Banner bounce26.0%
Visitor-to-paid1.2%
Rev / conversion$58
Opportunity cost / year$54,288
Databuddy (Hobby)$10/mo

Mid-Traffic Site

E-commerce or marketplace

Visitors100,000/mo
Banner bounce30.0%
Visitor-to-paid2.0%
Rev / conversion$85
Opportunity cost / year$612,000
Databuddy (Hobby)$12/mo

High-Traffic App

Large-scale SaaS or media platform

Visitors500,000/mo
Banner bounce32.0%
Visitor-to-paid1.5%
Rev / conversion$110
Opportunity cost / year$3,168,000
Databuddy (Hobby)$26/mo

Your site?

Plug in your own numbers above

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The Fix

Drop the cookie banner. Keep the insights.

Databuddy is privacy-first analytics that needs no cookies, no consent banners, and no GDPR headaches. Under 30 KB. You stop losing visitors the day you switch.

No consent required

No cookies, no banner, no bounce

Under 30 KB

Lighter than a cookie notice script

Predictable pricing

Starts at $10/mo — compare to the number above