When launching Bubble.io or Webflow sites, many website owners leave Cookie Consent issues as less important. However, cookie compliance is a legal requirement. Sites with international visitors must implement proper cookie management; otherwise, your Bubble.io or Webflow site could violate GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations. Violations are costly, and they harm your business’s trust.

In this guide, we will delve deeper into cookie compliance for Bubble.io & Webflow apps. Read about how to audit cookies, set up a Cookie Banner, and manage third-party scripts in Bubble.io and Webflow Apps.

Why Cookie Compliance Matters for Bubble.io and Webflow Projects

Cookie Consent isn't just about legal compliance— it's about being transparent with your visitors. Many privacy laws, such as GDPR or the eprivacy directive in the EU, CCPA/ CPRA in the U.S., and a growing number of privacy laws worldwide require websites and apps to ask for consent before setting up cookies. This requirement is also valid for no-code platforms such as Bubble.io or Webflow- you must still implement proper Cookie Consent mechanisms.

Here are the key reasons why it is crucial to implement a proper cookie management system on your Bubble.io or Webflow site:

• Legal compliance
  GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations require explicit consent before collecting personal data through cookies. Fines for non-compliance can reach up to €20 million or 4% of global annual revenue under GDPR.
• User expectation and trust
  App users also take their data privacy seriously and expect to be asked for consent. When visitors see that you take their privacy seriously with a professional Cookie Consent banner, they understand that your brand could be trusted.
• Marketing effectiveness
  For effective marketing, you need user consent and the right data. Proper cookie management ensures your marketing and analytics tools work correctly while respecting user consent, so you can track conversions and optimize performance.
• Competitive advantage
  Google and other third parties also take data privacy and UX privacy solutions seriously. Proper cookie management impacts conversion rates, analytics accuracy, and even your SEO.

How Do Cookies Work in No-Code Apps Bubble.io & Webflow?

Bubble.io & Webflow platforms allow people to easily create complex web apps and websites using easy-to-use editors without programming knowledge, and are easy to interpret. These platforms don't set many cookies on their own, just strictly necessary cookies, needed for apps to perform essential tasks to function properly.

The biggest issues and problems with cookies happen when you embed third-party scripts:

• Analytics tools (Google Analytics, Plausible, HubSpot)
• Advert tracking (Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag)
• Chat widgets (Tidio, Intercom)
• Video embeds (YouTube, Vimeo)
• A/B testing and personalization scripts.

These are third-party scripts that usually activate the moment the page loads. In a no-code environment, that often means they fire before your Cookie Banner asks for consent. It’s a common violation of data privacy laws. Privacy laws require to obtain explicit consent for using cookies, especially Third-Party Cookies.

Common Cookie Compliance Challenges in No-Code Builders

No-code builders streamline development but can also create compliance issues. Common cookie compliance challenges in no-code builders like Bubble.io & Webflow include:

• Third-Party Cookies load without user consent and often without the site owner’s knowledge.
• Third-party cookies from plugins, templates, or embeds are difficult to find. Even if the site owners know the requirements of privacy laws, it’s not an easy task to eliminate them.
• Scripts load too early, before the user had an option to consent.
• Limited native tools for script blocking or conditional loading.
• Custom code scripts that become difficult to manage at scale.
• Automatic updates to third-party tools that introduce new cookies without warning.

However, these issues could be fixed. You just need to implement the right cookie compliance tools. First, you need to audit cookies. Second, you need to set up cookie banners to obtain cookie consent.

How to Audit Cookies in Bubble.io and Webflow Apps

Bubble and Webflow don't set many cookies on their own. However, various third-party tools like Google Analytics, Plausible, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Intercom, or YouTube set up embedded third-party scripts, even without the app owner’s knowledge.

Therefore, before asking for cookie consent or blocking some cookies, you first need to know what cookies your app uses. You need to perform a cookie audit for your Bubble and Webflow platforms.

A proper cookie audit helps you understand what cookies are present on your site and what their functions are.

Follow these steps to perform a decent cookie audit on your Bubble and Webflow apps:

1. Scan your site using a Cookie Scanner like CookieScript.
   Read more about: 
   How the automatic cookie scanner works 
   How to conduct a manual cookie audit in Chrome DevTools?
2. List all cookies on the cookie declaration report
   Provide all scripts, including scripts you use for third-party services and those added via embeds or plugin settings.
3. Categorize each cookie
   Assign each script into main categories: essential, analytics, marketing, and functional. Privacy laws set different requirements for these categories. Users should have an option to accept or reject just specific categories of cookies as well.
4. Check the cookie firing behavior
   Try multiple scenarios: press Accept all, Reject all, and select specific categories. Which cookies load before consent? Do cookies load after the user withdraws consent?
5. Identify hidden cookies
   Identify and categorize hidden third-party cookies, especially from iframes and widgets like Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, or YouTube.
6. Verify third-party contracts
   Third-party services often set new cookies with updates. It is a common issue that they don’t inform Bubble and Webflow owners, so they don’t update their Cookie Banner. Review third-party documentation to know how they announce cookie updates.

Once you know exactly what cookies are present on your Bubble and Webflow sites and how third parties announce cookie updates, setting up proper script blocking becomes much easier.

CookieScript Cookie Scanner is a professional tool that scans all your website cookies, local storage, and session storage, and automatically blocks all third-party scripts:

Setting Up a Cookie Banner in Bubble.io: a Step-by-Step Guide

Bubble doesn’t have a built-in cookie compliance tool, so you need to implement an external third-party tool. Use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) like CookieScript to deliver a Cookie Banner, block third-party scripts, and obtain and store cookie consent.

The workflow of setting up a cookie banner in Bubble.io usually looks like this:

1. Add your CMP’s script
   Paste the CMP code into Settings → SEO & Metatags → Script in Header.
   Read more about the CookieScript cookie banner setup guide.
   
2. Block all tracking scripts
   It is important to disable all tracking scripts from running automatically- your CMP should manage them. Remove or pause all scripts you will find in Bubble’s Header field.
   
3. Add scripts to your app through CMP
   Your CMP should manage all cookies centrally. Copy scripts from the Bubble’s Header field and paste them under your CMP categories like Analytics or Marketing. They’ll load only after a user consents with these cookie categories.
   
4. Handle on-page HTML elements
   If you’re using embeds (e.g., custom HTML elements), wrap them with the CMP’s consent attribute so they auto-react to user choices.
   
5. Test cookie blocking
   Load your app in a fresh incognito window and check for cookie behavior. Make sure that all cookies except essential ones are blocked until users give consent.
   

CookieScript is a professional CMP, offering full compliance with privacy laws and the right mixture of price, ease of use, and customization. You’ll get a fully compliant consent management tool for as little as €8 per month/ per domain for basic features or €19 per month/ per domain for full compliance.

In Spring 2025, CookieScript received its fourth consecutive G2 badge as the Best Consent Management Platform.

Setting Up a Cookie Banner in Webflow: a Step-by-Step Guide

Webflow doesn’t have a built-in cookie compliance tool, so you need to implement an external third-party tool. Use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) like CookieScript to deliver a cookie banner, block third-party scripts, and obtain and store cookie consent.

The workflow of setting up a cookie banner in Webflow should look like this:

1. Add your CMP script to Webflow
   Open Project Settings → Custom Code and paste the CMP code into the Head section. Then publish your site to activate it.
   Read more about the CookieScript cookie banner set-up guide.
   
2. Remove existing tracking scripts from Webflow embeds
   Remove any analytics, pixel, or marketing scripts placed in Custom Code, Site Footer, or individual page embeds. You will instead load these scripts through your CMP, not Webflow’s native fields.
   
3. Add scripts to your app through CMP
   Your CMP should manage all cookies centrally. Copy your Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, HubSpot, or other tracking codes from the Webflow’s Custom Code, Site Footer, or individual page embeds and paste them under your CMP categories like Analytics or Marketing. The CMP will only fire them after proper consent.
   
4. Manage iframe embeds
   Webflow often loads iframes (YouTube, Maps, etc.) immediately. Use your CMP’s consent attributes or block them automatically until a user opts in.
   
5. Publish and test
   Open a fresh incognito window and test whether blocked script (analytics tools, iframe embeds) remain inactive until users give consent. Test every major page, especially ones with embeds or integrations, to make sure no script is firing before consent.
   

Once everything is centralized in your CMP and Webflow’s native fields are cleaned up, your Webflow site stays compliant as you add new tools or integrations.

Use a reliable CMP like CookieScript to centralize your Webflow cookie scripts and user consent.

CookieScript has the following features:

• Simple implementation: Easy script integration with Webflow's custom code section.
• Customizable consent UI: Allows styling to match your Webflow site's design.
• geo-targeting: Allows geographic user targeting. Different countries have different cookie banner requirements, so you can create several banners and load the required one based on the user’s location.
• A valid cookie banner with granular categories: analytics, marketing, or functional.
• Regular cookie scanning: Automatically detects and categorizes new cookies on your site as your site evolves.
• Correct defaults: no tracking until consent is received.
• Automatic cookie blocking: Prevents scripts from loading until users give consent.
• Consent logging: Maintains records of user consent for proof of compliance.
• Multi-language support: Available in 42 languages.
• Privacy Policy Generator: Creates a compliant Privacy Policy or Cookie Policy for your Webflow site.

In Spring 2025, CookieScript received its fourth consecutive G2 badge as the Best Consent Management Platform.

The platform is also recognized as a Google-certified CMP in the Gold tier, highlighting its compliance with privacy and the latest consent management requirements.

Best Practices for GDPR Compliance on Your Bubble and Webflow Apps

When operating your Bubble.io or Webflow sites, you must ensure compliance with privacy laws all the time. Cookie banners must be compliant, no script should fire without user consent, and users should have a real choice to accept or reject cookies.

Use these best practices to achieve cookie compliance for Bubble.io & Webflow apps:

1. Integrate a cookie consent solution
   Bubble and Webflow have their own built-in solutions. However, they are not sufficient. The easiest and most reliable way to achieve compliance is by using a third-party solution, such as CookieScript CMP, with prior consent and auto-blocking.
2. Enable default cookie blocking
   Bubble and Webflow aps do not block third-party cookies by default. Use a CMP like CookieScript to provide granular cookie control and block non-essential third-party cookies. Go to your Bubble app's Settings > General and tick the box for "Do not set cookies on new users by default".
3. Inform users about cookies
   Use a valid cookie banner to provide accurate and specific information about the types of cookies and their purpose in plain language before consent is received. The cookie notice must contain information about all website trackers, including third-party cookies and embeds.
4. Use granular categories
   Your cookie banner should allow users to select from analytics, marketing, functional, and other types of cookies.
5. Receive user consent before you set up any cookies
   You need cookie consent for all types of cookies except strictly necessary ones.
6. Document and store consent
   CMPs like CookieScript logs user consent and any changes automatically.
7. Provide withdrawal options
   Make it as easy for users to withdraw their consent as it was for them to give their consent initially.
8. Provide a Cookie Policy page
   The Cookie Policy page should be easy to access, usually linked in your footer.
9. Scan your site regularly
   Perform regular scanning to detect new cookies as your site evolves.
10. Don’t discriminate against users for their consent choices
    Allow users to access your service even if they refuse to give cookie consent.

 Managing third-party scripts

Privacy laws strictly regulate the use of third-party scripts, thus, special care must be taken to manage third-party scripts, such as Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, HubSpot, etc.

Most no-code apps rely on at least a few marketing or analytics third-party tools or services. These third-party services include:

• Analytics (Google Analytics, Plausible, Mixpanel): Load analytic cookies only after you inform users about the use of them and receive consent for analytics cookies.
• Advertising (Meta Pixel, TikTok Pixel, Google Ads): advertising cookies require explicit consent to use marketing cookies.
• CRM / Behavior tools (HubSpot, Intercom): Bubble.io or Webflow often set cookies before consent. Use a CMP to block them automatically and obtain consent.

If you want to manage third-party cookies on Bubble.io and Webflow in a privacy-laws-compliant way, use these best practices:

• Do not set scripts directly into Webflow or Bubble unless they are strictly necessary cookies.
• Add all third-party and other consent-sensitive scripts through your CMP.
• For iframe embeds, use the CMP’s auto-blocking feature until users give consent.

How to obtain prior consent and enable auto-blocking in no-code environments?

Prior consent means scripts must load only after the user gives consent, not before.

No-code builders don’t enforce this by default, so you should use a CMP to do it. To obtain prior consent and enable auto-blocking, your CMP should:

• Automatically block no-code scripts on load.
• Delay iframe content (e.g., videos, maps) until consent is received.
• Provide a granular cookie banner to receive consent for different types of cookies.
• Provide an option to withdraw consent at any time later.
• Fire only the cookies that the user agreed to.
• Re-trigger scripts if the user later changes their consent.
• Record user consent.

Once this is done, your no-code site behaves like a fully privacy-aware app.

Most modern CMPs offer a simple auto-blocking solution. CookieScript provides excellent auto-blocking of third-party cookies, has a simple UI, and is great for no-code setups.

Do You Need a Cookie Policy for Bubble.io or Webflow Sites?

Yes, absolutely. Privacy laws require all sites, including no-code environments, to have a Cookie Policy. It could be a separate document or could make a part of a Privacy Policy.

A compliant Cookie Policy for Bubble.io or Webflow sites include:

• Categories of cookies your site uses.
• Reasons why these cookie categories are used.
• Third-party cookies and third parties, who set these cookies.
• Duration of cookies.
• Instructions for withdrawing or changing consent.

In 2025, the Cookie Policy page should be dynamic, meaning it updates automatically as your CMP detects new cookies. Bubble.io or Webflow sites regularly add new scripts, often without informing site owners. If you don’t detect these cookies, you can’t add them to your Cookie Policy, so it becomes non-compliant.

CookieScript Privacy Policy Generator can generate a dynamic Cookie Policy for you. Cookie Scanner scans your site regularly and updates your Cookie Policy with new cookies automatically.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you need a cookie policy for Bubble.io or Webflow sites?

Yes, absolutely. Privacy laws require all sites, including no-code environments, to have a cookie policy. It could be a separate document or could make a part of a Privacy Policy. Use CookieScript Privacy Policy Generator to generate a dynamic Cookie Policy for you.

How to obtain prior consent and enable auto-blocking in no-code environments?

No-code builders don’t enforce auto-blocking by default, so you need to use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) to do it. Use CookieScript CMP to obtain prior consent and enable auto-blocking. In 2025, CookieScript received the fourth consecutive badge in a row as the leader on G2, and became the best CMP on the market for a whole year! 

Is Bubble.io GDPR compliant?

Bubble.io doesn’t block third-party cookies by default, which is not GDPR compliant. To reach GDPR compliance, you need to implement an external Consent Management Platform (CMP) to manage cookies and user consent. Use CookieScript CMP to obtain prior consent and enable auto-blocking.

How to audit cookies in Bubble.io and Webflow apps?

Follow these steps to perform a decent cookie audit on your Bubble and Webflow apps: scan your site using a Cookie Scanner like CookieScript, list all cookies on the cookie declaration report, categorize each cookie, check the cookie firing behavior, and identify hidden cookies.

How to set up a cookie banner on a Bubble.io site?

Bubble doesn’t have a built-in cookie compliance tool, so you need to implement an external third-party tool. Use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) like CookieScript to deliver a cookie banner, block third-party scripts, and obtain and store cookie consent.

How to set up a cookie banner on a Webflow site?

Webflow doesn’t have a built-in cookie compliance tool, so you need to implement an external third-party tool. Use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) like CookieScript to deliver a cookie banner, block third-party scripts, and obtain and store cookie consent.

Can I customize or rename consent categories in my CMP for my Bubble site?

Yes, decent Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) like CookieScript allow you to rename or adjust categories to match your privacy needs, as long as the structure remains clear. You can add subcategories, rewrite descriptions, or merge similar groups. However, you should always maintain the core categories (Analytics, Marketing, Functional) to ensure users understand what they’re opting into.