So you’re looking for a solution to help you with your website policies? Well done! Acknowledging the need to comply with privacy laws and respect the data of your website users is the first big step a website/business owner needs to take. Now that you’ve taken that step, what’s next?
Well, all that’s left to do is find a provider that can scan privacy laws around the globe, identify which ones apply to your website, generate policies with all the required disclosures, and update each of your policies accordingly as laws change or are created.
There’s one clear winner for this undertaking, and that is *drumroll*… a privacy attorney.
HOLD ON, DON’T LEAVE!
Privacy attorneys are ideal because they’re the only ones who can offer legal advice in addition to website policies. Unfortunately, the fees associated with that legal advice can be hard to swallow if your name doesn’t rhyme with Beff Jezos.
That’s why so many people turn to Privacy Policy generators as a more affordable way to comply with privacy laws.
So, without further adieu let’s compare two of the most popular options that start with ‘term.’
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At a Glance
PRICING
Termageddon
Price:
$12/month or $119/year for one license.
Includes:
- Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, Disclaimer, Cookie Policy, End User License Agreement for one website or application
- Cookie consent banner for up to 50,000 users sessions per month
- All privacy laws and all clauses
- Automatic updates
- Unlimited edits to your policies
- Policies with no Termageddon logo/branding
Termly
Tier 1 Price:
Free
Includes:
- 1 policy (can choose just one of the following: Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Terms of Service, Disclaimer, End User License Agreement, Shipping Policy, Refund and Return Policy
- 4 policy edits (no auto-updates)
- Cookie consent banner for up to 10,000 users sessions per month
- Cover 1 website
- Policies require the Termly logo to be displayed
Tier 2 Price:
$10/month
Includes:
- 2 policies (can choose from the following: Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Terms of Service, Disclaimer, End User License Agreement, Shipping Policy, Refund and Return Policy
- 10 policy edits
- Cookie consent banner for up to 10,000 users sessions per month
- Privacy regulation monitoring (policies aren’t automatically updated)
- Policies require the Termly logo to be displayed
Tier 3 Price:
$15/month
Includes:
- Unlimited policies for one website Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Terms of Service, Disclaimer, End User License Agreement, Shipping Policy, Refund and Return Policy
- Unlimited policy edits
- Cookie consent banner for up to 10,000 users sessions per month
- Privacy regulation monitoring
- Ability to remove the Termly logo from policies
Policies Offered
Termageddon
- Privacy Policy
- Cookie Policy
- Disclaimer
- End User License Agreement
- Terms of Service (includes Cancellation Policy, Shipping Policy, and Refund and Return Policy)
Termly
- Privacy Policy
- Cookie Policy
- Disclaimer
- End User License Agreement
- Terms of Service
- Shipping Policy
- Refund and Return Policy
Cookie Consent Banner Offered and Features
Termageddon (in partnership with Usercentrics)
- Covers the following privacy laws: GDPR, UK DPA, ePrivacy Directive, CCPA/CPRA, PIPEDA
- Includes: website scanner for cookies
- Automatically blocks certain cookies until a user accepts those cookies
- Includes: consent and preference tracking
- Includes: Do not sell my personal information banner
- Includes: option to change the default text in the cookie consent banner
- Includes feature for changing consent settings or withdrawing consent
- Termageddon’s Privacy Policy generator informs you whether you need to have a cookie consent banner
Termly
- Covers the following privacy laws: GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, CCPA, UK GDPR
- Includes: website scanner for cookies
- Automatically blocks certain cookies until a user accepts those cookies
- Includes: consent and preference tracking
- Includes: do not sell my personal information banner
- Does not include the option to change the default text in the cookie consent banner
- Does not seem to include a feature for changing consent settings or withdrawing consent
- Termly does not inform you whether you need a cookie consent banner
Support Offerings
Termageddon
- Phone
- Support portal where you can send a message
- Support portal with how-to and FAQ articles
Termly
- Phone
- Support portal where you can send a message
- Chat
- Support portal where you can read support messages
Privacy Laws Covered
Termageddon
- California Online Privacy and Protection Act of 2003 (CalOPPA);
- California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA);
- Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A;
- Delaware Online Privacy and Protection Act (DOPPA);
- Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA);
- Colorado Privacy Act;
- Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA);
- Connecticut SB6;
- NJ SB332 (effective January 16, 2025);
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR);
- United Kingdom Data Protection Act (UK DPA);
- Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA);
- Quebec Law 25;
- Australia Privacy Act of 1988.
Termageddon will also cover the following once they go into effect:
- Iowa SF262 (effective date January 1, 2025)
- Indiana SB5 (effective date July 1, 2026)
- Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA – effective date July 1, 2025)
- Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA – effective date October 1, 2024)
- Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA – effective date July 1, 2024)
- Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA – effective date July 1, 2024)
- Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA)
Termly
- GDPR
- CCPA
- CalOPPA
- PIPEDA
- CPRA (according to a recent blog post, not their Privacy Policy generator page)
- VCDPA (according to a recent blog post, not their generator page)
Digging Deeper
At first glance, Termageddon and Termly may seem very similar. Both claim to go above and beyond to not only create your policies but update them as well. However, a closer look will reveal there’s one clear winner.
Spoiler: the Termageddon blog is going to now explain why Termageddon is the better choice.
It all boils down to the fact that Termageddon was founded by a privacy attorney while Termly was not. This might sound like a gimmick, but when you look into the specifics of how policies are updated, and how the generators work, it starts to become very clear that having a privacy expert overlooking a generator is invaluable.
Auto-Updating Policies
Termageddon prides itself on monitoring privacy laws and auto-updating websites/apps before the privacy law even goes into effect.
Termly claims to do the same thing, but as of now has yet to do several critical updates (as of the writing of this blog):
- Account for the UK leaving the EU and make the appropriate changes to reflect this
- Update generator and policies for the update of Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A
- Reveal which privacy bills they’re currently tracking and provide information on these
- Launch updates on time (Termageddon launch Nevada’s privacy law amendment, SB220 a few weeks before the law went into effect while Termly was around 17 days late to address this change)
- Still refers to CCPA in its generator when the CCPA was replaced by the CPRA on January 1, 2023.
Discovering What Privacy Laws Apply To You
The very first page of Termageddon’s questionnaire helps determine what privacy laws apply to a website. This should always be the first step to any good Privacy Policy generator as there’s no point in filling out a Privacy Policy if there’s uncertainty as to which privacy laws apply to a particular website. That’s because privacy laws dictate what disclosures a Privacy Policy needs and since each privacy law has its own unique set of required disclosures, finding out this information is vital.
Once it’s determined which privacy laws apply, the Termageddon generator will adapt its questions to ensure the appropriate disclosures your specific website needs are being filled out properly.
Instead of asking you questions to determine what privacy laws you need to comply with, Termly’s generator asks questions like, ‘would you like to comply with (insert law)?’ Most website owners are not up-to-date with modern privacy laws, so might not know how to answer this question. Simply saying ‘yes’ to every law could open a website up to unnecessary liability.
We also sampled the Termly generator and selected that we had users in the United States, EU, UK, Canada, that CCPA applies to us, and VCDPA applies to us. Upon doing this, we were asked about legal bases of processing information (for EU and UK) but the only legal bases provided were provision of services/performance of a contract or legitimate interests. This misses a lot of very common legal bases such as consent. Our generated Privacy Policy says that we use consent for processing personal information though we never said that when we generated the policy.
This was just one example of several mistakes that are common for Privacy Policy generators who don’t have a privacy expert overseeing the process. Website policies are very complex and there are many different ways to make mistakes if you’re not well-versed in the topic.
Final Thoughts
While we chose Termly for this particular comparison, the truth is there are quite a few generators out there that do a far worse job at protecting your website from fines and lawsuits.
No matter what option you go with, be sure to find out who is behind the generator and what plan they have in place to keep your website policies up to date as privacy laws change or go into effect.
You can check out our Privacy Policy generator here.
