Termly is a privacy policy generator and cookie consent platform covering 28 privacy laws. Rowpa is a GDPR compliance tool that produces your ROPA, vendor register, privacy notice, DSR workflow, and complaints procedure. They overlap on privacy policies but differ on almost everything else.
Termly is popular, affordable, and covers a wide range of privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, VCDPA, and more). If you need a cookie banner and a privacy policy that covers US state laws, Termly is strong. If you need UK GDPR compliance documentation beyond the privacy policy - the ROPA, the vendor DPA register, the DSR process, the DUAA complaints procedure - Termly does not cover those areas.
| Feature | Rowpa | Termly |
|---|---|---|
| Primary use case | Full UK GDPR documentation | Privacy policy and cookie consent for 28 laws |
| Privacy policy generator | Generated from your ROPA, UK/ICO-specific | Template-based, covers 28 privacy regulations |
| Cookie consent banner | Not included (use a dedicated tool) | Core feature with auto-blocking |
| ROPA (Article 30) | AI-generated, always current | Not available |
| Vendor DPA register | Verified library with DPA URLs and transfer mechanisms | Not available |
| DSR workflow | Public intake, AI-drafted responses, 30-day tracking | DSAR form included |
| DUAA complaints procedure | Built-in with audit trail | Not available |
| Trust Center | Public URL with full compliance summary | Not available |
| Site scanner | AI vendor and tracker detection | Cookie scanner for consent management |
| US state law coverage | UK/EU GDPR focus only | CCPA, CPRA, VCDPA, CPA, CTDPA, and more |
| Pricing | Free tier, then £49 to £299/mo | Free, $10/mo, or $15/mo |
| Built for | UK and EU businesses | Primarily US businesses with global reach |
Termly covers more privacy regulations than almost any tool in its price range. If you run a US-based business that needs to comply with CCPA, CPRA, Virginia's VCDPA, Colorado's CPA, and other state-level laws, Termly generates compliant policies for all of them. The cookie consent platform with auto-blocking is mature and well-integrated. The DSAR form collects data subject requests. At $10 to $15 per month, the price-to-coverage ratio is hard to beat for US-focused businesses.
Termly's privacy policy generator uses templates. It does not build the policy from a structured ROPA, which means the policy and your actual data processing can drift apart. There is no Article 30 ROPA generation. There is no vendor DPA register (knowing which vendors have signed DPAs, what sub-processors they use, what transfer mechanisms apply). There is no Trust Center to share with clients or partners. There is no DUAA complaints procedure. For a UK business that needs to demonstrate GDPR compliance to the ICO, a client, or an insurer, a privacy policy and cookie banner are necessary but not sufficient.
Both tools generate a privacy policy. Termly builds it from a questionnaire and covers multiple jurisdictions in a single document. Rowpa generates it from your ROPA, meaning the policy reflects your actual documented processing activities, legal bases, retention periods, and vendors. The Rowpa approach means when you add a new vendor or change a legal basis in your ROPA, the privacy notice updates to match. With Termly, you would update the questionnaire separately.
Yes, and some businesses do. Termly for the cookie consent banner (which Rowpa does not offer) and Rowpa for the GDPR documentation stack (ROPA, vendor register, DSR workflow, complaints procedure, Trust Center). The privacy policy is the overlap point: you would use one or the other to generate it, not both.