What Is the Apidly Cookie Banner Generator?
The Apidly Cookie Banner Generator lets you design, customize, and deploy a professional cookie consent banner on your website without writing any code.
The visual editor provides full control over the banner's appearance, content, behavior, and interaction patterns.
The generator integrates with Apidly's Cookie Consent Manager for full consent enforcement, or can be used standalone as a cookie notice.
Why Your Business Needs a Cookie Banner
Every website that uses cookies in the EU must inform visitors and obtain consent before setting non-essential cookies.
The ePrivacy Directive requires a cookie notice that identifies the types of cookies used, explains their purposes, and provides a mechanism to accept or reject them.
A cookie banner is the primary interface for communicating this information and collecting consent. Its design directly impacts your consent rates.
Poorly designed banners with confusing layouts, hidden reject buttons, or dark patterns result in lower consent rates, higher bounce rates, and regulatory risk.
The CNIL requires that the refuse option be equally prominent as the accept option. The EDPB has stated that dark patterns in consent interfaces violate GDPR.
The ICO has provided detailed guidance on what constitutes a compliant cookie notice.
Enforcement is real. The CNIL has fined organizations specifically for non-compliant banner designs where the reject option was harder to find.
Beyond compliance, your cookie banner is often the first interaction a visitor has with your brand. A well-designed banner creates a positive first impression.
Performance matters too. A poorly built banner can damage Core Web Vitals scores and search rankings. The Apidly banner is built for minimal performance impact.
Key Features and Capabilities
The visual drag-and-drop designer gives you full creative control. Position elements, adjust spacing, set colors, select fonts, and configure button styles without code.
The designer uses a WYSIWYG interface showing your banner exactly as it will appear live.
Pre-built templates provide professionally designed starting points. Choose from bottom bar, top bar, center modal, corner popup, side panel, and full-screen overlay layouts.
Each template is designed for both visual appeal and regulatory compliance, and is fully customizable.
Multi-language support generates banner content in all six supported locales. The banner automatically detects the visitor's language and displays the appropriate translation.
Custom translations can be added for additional languages through the translation editor.
Dark mode and light mode variants let you create banners that adapt to your site's theme. Design separate variants for each mode or create a single banner for both contexts.
Mobile-responsive layouts ensure correct function on all screen sizes. The designer lets you preview and adjust mobile layout independently.
Button sizes are automatically adjusted for touch targets on mobile devices.
One-click deployment generates a single script tag. The script loads asynchronously, renders the banner, and handles consent logic. Updates are reflected immediately without changing the script.
The script weighs under 30KB gzipped and loads in under 100ms.
Real-time preview shows your banner on simulated desktop, tablet, and mobile screens. Toggle between modes, switch languages, and test all interactive states before publishing.
How It Works
Open the banner designer from your Apidly dashboard. Select a pre-built template or start from scratch.
Customize every visual element to match your brand. Set colors, fonts, padding, border radius, and shadow properties. Configure button styles with hover and focus states.
Write your banner copy in the content editor. Default text meets regulatory requirements as a starting point. Customize for your brand voice.
The multi-language editor lets you translate content for each locale independently.
Configure banner behavior. Set when it appears, how it animates, whether it blocks page interaction, and how it handles returning visitors.
Set the reconsent interval for existing users.
Preview across all device sizes and modes. Test the complete interaction flow. Verify the preference center works correctly.
When satisfied, publish with a single click and copy the generated script tag into your site.
Compliance Coverage
GDPR requirements are addressed through clear purpose descriptions, granular consent options, and equal visual prominence for accept and reject actions.
CNIL guidelines are followed, including symmetrical accept and reject options, prohibition on pre-checked boxes, and clear category descriptions.
EDPB guidelines on consent are reflected, ensuring no dark patterns, deceptive design, or manipulative visual hierarchies.
ICO guidance is incorporated, including specific purpose information and the prohibition on cookie walls.
The ePrivacy Directive notice requirements are met through comprehensive cookie information and accessible consent mechanisms.
WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards are built into every template, ensuring keyboard navigation, screen reader support, and sufficient color contrast.
Get Started Today
Your cookie banner is the first thing many visitors interact with on your site. Make it professional, compliant, and on-brand.
The Apidly Cookie Banner Generator lets you design and deploy your banner in minutes with zero coding required.