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Should I use Ethyca?

Manage your consent preferences - ethyca.com

· 2 days ago

Buy if you're an enterprise engineering team automating consent, data subject requests, or AI data governance at scale. Skip it if you're a small team needing a simple cookie banner or non-technical compliance tooling.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~30 public sources; independent product review depth is thin and pricing is unverified.

Ratings

  • Value for moneyNo public pricing to assess
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo user support evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Fides (open source)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Enterprise platformNot public

Best for

  • Engineering-led privacy teams
  • Enterprises automating DSARs and consent
  • Companies governing AI training data
  • Open-source-first orgs

Not for

  • Small sites that only need a cookie banner
  • Teams without developers — Fides assumes engineering resources
  • Buyers wanting transparent, published pricing
  • Non-technical compliance teams wanting a OneTrust-style suite

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Pricing is quote-only; expect sales negotiation and budget surprises

medium

Self-hosting Fides puts patching on your team; CVEs appeared 2023–2026

medium

consent script had DOM XSS (CVE-2026-44541); keep it updated

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Open-source core (Fides) with transparent code and active advisories
  • Enterprise customers include Mozilla, Axios, and Ramp
  • Covers consent, data mapping, DSARs, and AI governance
  • SurveyMonkey case study demonstrates privacy automation at scale
  • Founded 2018, ~$28M raised, privacy-expert board additions

Cons

  • No public pricing; enterprise sales-led process
  • Requires engineering resources; positioned as infrastructure, not turnkey software
  • Repeated public CVEs in Fides since 2023
  • Modest scale: ~$2.8M reported annual revenue

Sources & method

- 16 sources - Active open-source project with several disclosed CVEs (2023–2026), patched via advisories; publishes a security whitepaper and trust center.

official x3review x6security x2news x5
  • CVE-2025-57817: Fides privilege escalation, Privilege escalation flaw in Ethyca Fides disclosed in 2025.
  • CVE-2026-44541: DOM-based XSS in fides.js, Consent script had a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability.
  • CVE-2024-31223: Fides information disclosure, Information disclosure flaw in Ethyca Fides.
  • SSRF in custom connectors (GHSA-jq3w-9mgf-43m4), Server-side request forgery vulnerability fixed in 2023.

Key stats

  • Ease of use: 2/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 16

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money. No public pricing to assess
  • Ease of use: 2/5. Positioned as engineering infrastructure, not turnkey software
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Consent, data mapping, DSARs, AI agent governance
  • Support quality. No user support evidence found
  • Security posture: 3/5. CVEs disclosed and patched; transparent advisory process
  • 4.8/5 FeaturedCustomers rating across 7 case studies
  • $27.7M Total funding latest: $10M, Dec 2024
  • 2018 Founded New York
  • $2.8M Annual revenue GetLatka estimate

Pricing

Fides (open source)

Free

  • Consent and privacy requests
  • Self-hosted

Enterprise platform

Not public

  • Sales-led quote
  • Managed deployment and support

Security

Active open-source project with several disclosed CVEs (2023–2026), patched via advisories; publishes a security whitepaper and trust center.

  • CVE-2025-57817: Fides privilege escalationPrivilege escalation flaw in Ethyca Fides disclosed in 2025.11
  • CVE-2026-44541: DOM-based XSS in fides.jsConsent script had a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability.12
  • CVE-2024-31223: Fides information disclosureInformation disclosure flaw in Ethyca Fides.
  • SSRF in custom connectors (GHSA-jq3w-9mgf-43m4)Server-side request forgery vulnerability fixed in 2023.

What users say

Aggregators show a 4.8/5 rating, but independent user review volume is thin and much social proof is vendor-published.

Alternatives

Compare Ethyca with each alternative.

  • OneTrust

    Bigger enterprise privacy suite; broader GRC scope, higher cost.

  • CookieYes

    Simple, cheap cookie consent for small sites.

  • Relyance AI

    Privacy monitoring and detection-focused alternative.

    Ethyca vs Relyance AI

  • Privado

    Code-scanning privacy tool for developer teams.

Companies that use it

Full analysis

Based on ~30 public sources; independent product review depth is thin and pricing is unverified.

Enterprise privacy engineering platform. Right for dev-led compliance at scale; overkill if you just need a consent banner.

Methodology

Based on ~30 public sources; independent product review depth is thin and pricing is unverified.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Ethyca (Fides) Review 2026 — Open-Source Privacy Engineeringprivacycache.com
    review
  2. 7 Ethyca Case Studies, Success Stories, & Customer Storiesfeaturedcustomers.com
    review
  3. Ethyca Overview, Reviews, Pricing 2026trustradius.com
    review
  4. Ethyca Pricing, Reviews & Featurescapterra.ca
    review
  5. Ethyca vs OneTrust (2026): Pros, Cons & Pricingrfp.wiki
    review
  6. Workiva vs Ethyca (2026): Pros, Cons & Pricingrfp.wiki
    review
  7. Ethyca Secures $10M Investment (Mozilla, Axios, Ramp)businesswire.com
    news
  8. Ethyca raises $13.5M to automate data privacytechcrunch.com
    news
  9. Ethyca launches Astralis to govern enterprise AI agentssiliconangle.com
    news
  10. Ethyca vs SwallowTech: Revenue, Funding & Teamgetlatka.com
    news
  11. CVE-2025-57817: Ethyca Fides Privilege Escalation Flawsentinelone.com
    security
  12. ethyca-fides DOM-based XSS in fides.js (CVE-2026-44541)github.com
    security
  13. Ethyca Product security pageethyca.com
    official
  14. How SurveyMonkey Automated Privacy at Scaleethyca.com
    official
  15. Insights from IAPP Summit: Infrastructure, Not Softwarelinkedin.com
    official
  16. Founded in 2018 (Built In NYC)facebook.com
    news

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