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Buyer’s guide · 2026

Best Cookie Consent Tools for Saudi Arabia and the UAE (2026)

For a store on Salla or Zid, or an Arabic-first business paying in riyals or dirhams, Arqam360 fits best. Usercentrics and Cookiebot suit sites that need many banner languages; OneTrust suits large companies buying through sales; iubenda and Termly add policy documents; CookieYes has a free tier with a cookie scanner.

Arqam360 is our product, and it is on this list. Every fact about the other seven tools comes from our side-by-side comparison page for that tool, linked in its section. The Usercentrics facts were checked on usercentrics.com on 3 October 2026 and the Cookiebot facts on Cookiebot’s own pages in September 2026; for the other five, confirm on the vendor’s site before you decide. Prices and features change.

The eight tools at a glance

ToolBest fitGoogle Consent Mode v2Salla or Zid appArabic bannerStarting price
Arqam360Salla and Zid stores, Arabic-first businesses paying in SAR or AEDYes, signals denied until the visitor choosesZid app; Salla app in Salla’s reviewArabic by default, right to left, on Zid and Salla installsFree · Pro $29.99/mo (109 SAR / 109 AED)
UsercentricsMany banner languages or domainsYes, enabled by defaultNot in its integrations directory2 to 60 languages by plan; its pricing page does not list themFree · from €7/mo
CookiebotMany banner languagesYesNo Salla appYes, one of 48 languagesFree · from €7/mo
OneTrustLarge companies buying through a sales teamYesNo—Custom pricing (sales call)
CookieYesA low-cost banner with a cookie scannerYesNo—Free tier · from $12/mo
iubendaLegal documents and the banner from one vendorYesNo—From $9/mo (consent only)
OsanoUS-dollar pricing at a higher budgetYesNo—From $199/mo
TermlyA banner and a policy generator on a small budgetYes——Free tier · from $10/mo

“—” means our comparison page for that tool does not state it. Check with the vendor.

Each tool, and when it is the better pick

Arqam360 (ours): for Salla, Zid and Arabic-first businesses

Arqam360 is built for businesses in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. It installs as a native app on Zid, as a Shopify app and as a WordPress plugin, and with one line of code on any other site; the Salla app is in Salla’s review. Installed from Zid, the banner opens in Arabic, right to left, with buttons written in Arabic.

It holds Google Consent Mode v2 signals at denied until the visitor chooses, and keeps a dated record of every decision that you can export. It bills in Saudi riyals, UAE dirhams and 11 other currencies.

Free covers 1 domain and 10,000 pageviews a month. Pro is $29.99 (109 SAR or 109 AED) a month for 3 domains and 100,000 pageviews. Managed, set up and maintained by our team, is $99.99 (369 SAR or 369 AED) a month per domain, plus a one-time $299 (1,099 SAR or 1,099 AED) setup per domain. Paid features come with a 14-day free trial.

Pick it when: you sell on Zid or Salla, want the banner in Arabic from the start, or want to pay in riyals or dirhams.

See plans and prices

Usercentrics: for many banner languages or domains

Usercentrics enables Consent Mode v2 by default. Banner languages run from 2 to 60 depending on the plan; its pricing page does not say which, so test Arabic and right-to-left layout on your own site during its 14-day trial.

Web plans run from €7 (Essential) to €50 (Business) a month, priced by sessions and domains and shown in euros excluding VAT; a free plan covers 1 domain under 1,000 sessions a month, and Corporate is priced on request. Salla and Zid are not in its integrations directory. Cookiebot merged into Usercentrics in September 2021, so the two are one company.

Pick it when: you need many banner languages or up to 10 domains.

Arqam360 vs Usercentrics, in detail

Cookiebot: for many banner languages

Cookiebot integrates with Consent Mode. It translates its banner into 48 languages, Arabic among them; we found no Cookiebot page that describes its right-to-left layout, so test it on your own site.

Free covers 1 domain up to 50 subpages. Premium is priced per domain by subpages, from €7 to €90 a month in euros excluding VAT, and its pricing page offers eight currencies, none of them from the Gulf. It has no Salla app; on Shopify its app lists Free, $6 and $30 a month.

Pick it when: you need many banner languages.

Arqam360 vs Cookiebot, in detail

OneTrust: for large companies that buy through sales

OneTrust is bought through its sales team: pricing is custom, with enterprise contracts and annual commitments, and there is no self-serve signup. It supports Google Consent Mode v2, has a Shopify app, and covers more niche regulations than most tools here. It has no Salla integration.

Pick it when: you are a large company that buys through procurement and needs coverage of many regulations beyond the Gulf.

Arqam360 vs OneTrust

CookieYes: a free tier with a cookie scanner

CookieYes has a free tier and paid plans from $12 a month. It supports Google Consent Mode v2, includes a cookie scanner, and has a Shopify app. It has no Salla integration.

Pick it when: you want a low-cost banner with a scanner, on a platform it supports.

Arqam360 vs CookieYes

iubenda: when you want the legal documents too

iubenda prices each product separately: the cookie banner from $9 a month, with the privacy policy and consent records sold on their own. Its policy generator is the reason to choose it, and it supports Google Consent Mode v2. It has no Salla integration.

Pick it when: you want your privacy documents and your banner from one vendor.

Arqam360 vs iubenda

Osano: for a larger budget in US dollars

Osano starts at $199 a month. Its banner supports Google Consent Mode v2. It has no Salla integration.

Pick it when: you are comfortable with US-dollar pricing from $199 a month.

Arqam360 vs Osano

Termly: a banner and policies on a small budget

Termly has a free tier and paid plans from $10 a month; the free tier is limited, and premium features need a paid plan. It pairs a banner that supports Google Consent Mode v2 with a policy generator, and has a Shopify app.

Pick it when: you want a banner and policy documents at a low price.

Arqam360 vs Termly

How to choose for Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Start from what the two laws ask of a website, then check each tool against it.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has no cookie-specific law. The Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) treats what a cookie or tracker collects as personal data when it can identify a visitor, directly or indirectly, and for analytics and advertising tags the legal basis is normally the visitor’s explicit, informed consent. The Implementing Regulation (Art. 11) asks for a separate consent for each purpose, recorded with when and how it was given, and consent can be withdrawn at any time. The law also covers businesses outside the Kingdom that process personal data of people in Saudi Arabia.

United Arab Emirates

The federal law, Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021, has no provision written for cookies either. Processing personal data needs consent unless one of the law’s exceptions applies, and that consent must be specific, clear and unambiguous, and can be withdrawn at any time. Entities in the DIFC and ADGM fall under those free zones’ own data protection laws, and the federal executive regulations had not been published as of September 2026.

So, whichever tool you choose, check that it:

  1. Holds analytics and advertising tags until the visitor has chosen, category by category.
  2. Gives the visitor a real way to refuse, not only to accept.
  3. Keeps the settings within reach, so consent can be withdrawn later.
  4. Records each choice with its date and time. In Saudi Arabia an organisation has five days to respond once SDAIA notifies it of an alleged violation, so the records must already exist.
  5. Passes the choice to Google tags through Consent Mode v2. For Saudi visitors the obligation comes from PDPL; Consent Mode v2 is how Google tags learn what the visitor chose.

No consent banner makes a website compliant on its own: both laws also cover your privacy policy and how you handle personal data.

Saudi PDPL guide for websitesUAE data protection law guide

Questions about choosing a cookie consent tool in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

What is the best cookie consent tool for a business website in Saudi Arabia or the UAE?

It depends on your situation. For a store on Salla or Zid, or an Arabic-first business that wants to pay in riyals or dirhams, Arqam360 fits best. Usercentrics and Cookiebot suit sites that need many banner languages. OneTrust suits large companies that buy through a sales team, iubenda and Termly add policy documents, and CookieYes has a free tier with a cookie scanner.

Do I need a cookie banner on a website in Saudi Arabia?

Yes, if your website runs analytics or advertising tags. Saudi Arabia has no cookie-specific law, but the Personal Data Protection Law treats what those cookies collect as personal data, and the legal basis for analytics and advertising tags is normally the visitor’s explicit, informed consent. So the banner has to ask before Google Analytics, Google Ads or Meta tags run, and record the answer. Cookies a site needs simply to work are a different case.

Do I need a cookie banner on a website in the UAE?

The UAE’s federal law has no provision written for cookies. When a cookie or tracker can identify a visitor, what it collects is personal data, and processing it needs consent unless one of the law’s exceptions applies. For analytics and advertising tags, asking for consent before they run is the practical way to have that basis.

Which of these tools have a Salla or Zid app?

Arqam360 has a native Zid app, and its Salla app is in Salla’s review. Salla and Zid are not in Usercentrics’ integrations directory, Cookiebot has no Salla app, and our comparison pages list no Salla integration for OneTrust, CookieYes, iubenda or Osano.

Can I pay in Saudi riyals or UAE dirhams?

Arqam360 bills in Saudi riyals, UAE dirhams and 11 other currencies: Pro is 109 SAR or 109 AED a month. Usercentrics shows its prices in euros, excluding VAT. Cookiebot’s pricing page offers eight currencies, none of them from the Gulf.

How do these tools charge?

They count different things. Usercentrics prices by sessions and domains, Cookiebot by subpages per domain, and Arqam360 by pageviews and domains, so compare each against your own analytics. OneTrust is priced through a sales call; CookieYes starts at $12 a month, iubenda at $9 a month for the banner alone, Osano at $199 a month and Termly at $10 a month.

Does a cookie banner make my website compliant?

No. A banner is the part of the law your visitors see. Both the Saudi and the UAE laws also cover your privacy policy and how you handle personal data, and in Saudi Arabia customer requests have to be answered within 30 days.

Check what your website loads today

Whichever tool you choose, start by seeing which cookies and trackers your site sets before a visitor decides. The scan is free.

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