Iubenda

Maintain versioned privacy-policy and consent records for qualified review

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price $6.99/mosubscription / year $83.88estimated build time closest consolation build: one sittingreplaced by 0 people

A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Iubenda, maintain versioned privacy-policy and consent records for qualified review. The hard boundary is legal content updates, consent management, scanning, jurisdiction coverage, and compliance operations, plus expert judgment, compliance, and regulated services.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • legal content updates, consent management, scanning, jurisdiction coverage, and compliance operations
  • legal advice
  • jurisdictional assurance
  • filing and registered-agent network
  • continuous regulatory monitoring and liability

Why people still pay

People still pay for Iubenda because the durable value is expert accountability and regulated execution; document generation alone cannot supply either. The recurring cost buys law changes, jurisdiction, template provenance, access, signatures, filings, deadlines, evidence, retention, security, and professional liability, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • self-hosted deployment
  • PostgreSQL
  • jurisdiction-specific templates supplied by the user or counsel
  • secure backup
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Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and a versioned Markdown template engine.
02
Model source documents, editable pages, links or annotations, and exported versions; store source IDs and timestamps for each.
03
Interface for this legal documents, privacy compliance and business administration workflow: a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views.
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1, architecture and data

Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and a versioned Markdown template engine. Model source documents, editable pages, links or annotations, and exported versions; store source IDs and timestamps for each.

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Phase 2, implement

Create versioned questionnaires, reusable fact fields, conditional sections, templates, and approval states.

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Phase 3, implement

Show the source, jurisdiction, owner, reviewed date, and expiry date for every template.

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Phase 4, review and output

Generate DOCX and PDF drafts with prominent draft and review-required labels. Keep an immutable audit log of answers, template version, generation time, downloads, and approvals.

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Phase 5, recovery and acceptance

On invalid input or interrupted processing, keep the original record, show the failed step, and permit a safe retry. Verify this invariant with a saved fixture: An invalid input or interrupted operation must retain the source and show a recoverable state; exported records must reload with the same IDs. State the practical limit: legal content updates, consent management, scanning, jurisdiction coverage, and compliance operations.

the pro prompt
Build me a focused legal documents, privacy compliance and business administration workflow for the personal core of Iubenda. Requirements:

- Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Drizzle ORM, and a versioned Markdown template engine. Model source documents, editable pages, links or annotations, and exported versions; store source IDs and timestamps for each.
- Paid product context: Maintain versioned privacy-policy and consent records for qualified review. Build only this DIY scope: Collect facts, fill clearly labeled privacy-policy and consent templates, track versions and approvals, and repeatedly state that the output requires qualified legal review.
- Create versioned questionnaires, reusable fact fields, conditional sections, templates, and approval states.
- Show the source, jurisdiction, owner, reviewed date, and expiry date for every template.
- Generate DOCX and PDF drafts with prominent draft and review-required labels. Keep an immutable audit log of answers, template version, generation time, downloads, and approvals. Add role-based access, retention, export, encrypted backups, and a deadline calendar.
- Use a local web page with input, progress, review, and export views. Required input or access: self-hosted deployment; jurisdiction-specific templates supplied by the user or counsel.
- Recovery: On invalid input or interrupted processing, keep the original record, show the failed step, and permit a safe retry.
- Acceptance: with one labelled sample, show the input, saved intermediate state, and exported result; verify this invariant: An invalid input or interrupted operation must retain the source and show a recoverable state; exported records must reload with the same IDs.
- Out of scope: legal content updates, consent management, scanning, jurisdiction coverage, and compliance operations; legal advice. Keep this a personal, inspectable workflow.
- Include a README with setup, a sample input, required keys or permissions, data location, and the supported scope.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratherdocassembleOpen-source expert-system platform for guided interviews and document assembly.↗
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Iubenda pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
free$0/workspace$0/workspace1,000 pageviews/month; 3 third-party clauses; 1 language; iubenda brandingCookie solution is disabled after the traffic cap is exceeded.
essentials$6.99/workspace$5.99/workspace25,000 pageviews/month; 20 third-party clauses; 1 language; monthly scansPer site.
advanced$27.99/workspace$24.99/workspace50,000 pageviews/month; 30 third-party clauses; all languages; monthly scansPer site.
ultimate$119.99/workspace$99.99/workspace150,000 pageviews/month; unlimited clauses; all languages; hourly scansPer site.
accessibility lite$7/workspace$7/workspace10,000 pageviews/month included; maximum 80,000 before upgrade; 20 AI alt-text generations; overage $7 per extra 10,000 pageviews
accessibility standard$65/workspace$60/workspace150,000 pageviews/month included; maximum 1,000,000; unlimited AI alt text; overage $7 per extra 10,000 pageviews
accessibility custom——Custom traffic, support, and commercial termsQuote required.

free tier1,000 pageviews/month, 3 third-party clauses, 1 language, and iubenda branding; cookie solution is disabled above the cap

billingmonthly + annual; core annual rates are about 16% lower and accessibility annual rates about 10% lower

hidden costsCore-plan traffic overage is €0.05 per 1,000 pageviews. Accessibility overage is $7 per 10,000 pageviews and Lite must upgrade above 80,000. VAT is extra. Forms/Newsletter Consent Database capacity costs €5/month per 1,000 consents.

pricing sources checked 2026-08-10 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Iubenda

Can you build your own Iubenda with AI?

A full replacement is not the recommended project. A consolation build is possible, but the paid product's decisive value sits outside a solo rebuild. For Iubenda, maintain versioned privacy-policy and consent records for qualified review. The hard boundary is legal content updates, consent management, scanning, jurisdiction coverage, and compliance operations, plus expert judgment, compliance, and regulated services.

What does the Iubenda build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Collect facts, fill clearly labeled privacy-policy and consent templates, track versions and approvals, and repeatedly state that the output requires qualified legal review. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: legal content updates, consent management, scanning, jurisdiction coverage, and compliance operations; legal advice; jurisdictional assurance. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Iubenda prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Iubenda project take?

The catalogue estimate is closest consolation build: one sitting for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Iubenda?

legal content updates, consent management, scanning, jurisdiction coverage, and compliance operations; legal advice; jurisdictional assurance; filing and registered-agent network; continuous regulatory monitoring and liability. People still pay for Iubenda because the durable value is expert accountability and regulated execution; document generation alone cannot supply either. The recurring cost buys law changes, jurisdiction, template provenance, access, signatures, filings, deadlines, evidence, retention, security, and professional liability, not just the visible interface.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Essentials plan is $6.99/mo (monthly), checked 2026-07-31. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building Iubenda?

The prior-art section lists docassemble as starting points. Review their current scope, license and maintenance before adopting one.

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