Pageguard vs TermsFeed
Simple one-time payment policy generator via questionnaire
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TermsFeed is the right pick if you need founders who want a single policy document quickly, don't need ongoing scanning or consent management, and prefer a one-time payment over a subscription. Pageguard is the right pick if you want documents grounded in what your site actually runs — not what you remember it runs. The free scan takes 60 seconds and needs no account.
Our honest take
The core tension here is trust: do you trust yourself to accurately describe every technology running on your site, or do you want a tool that verifies it independently? TermsFeed bets on the former. You answer a questionnaire, pay ~$9–$14 per document, and walk away with something legally plausible. That bet pays off when your stack is simple, stable, and you actually remember every third-party script you've ever added. Most founders don't qualify.
We built Pageguard because the questionnaire model has a structural flaw: it produces documents that reflect your memory of your site, not your site. A solo founder who added PostHog six months ago, Stripe last quarter, and a YouTube embed last week probably isn't thinking about all three when they fill out a form at midnight before launch. The policy they generate will be missing things. They won't know what they're missing, because nothing tells them.
TermsFeed is genuinely the fastest path to a document. If speed and simplicity are the entire job, it does that well. But 'fast and complete' are different things. Pageguard is for founders who want the document to match reality, not just a form they filled out. The free scan exists precisely so you can see the gap before you decide whether to pay for anything.
The real differences
Your site gets scanned, not just described
TermsFeed generates policy documents based entirely on your answers. If you forget to mention that your analytics SDK fires before consent, or that you're using a third-party chat widget that sets persistent cookies, your policy won't mention those things either. There's no catch. Pageguard scans your live site against 437+ technology signatures before generating anything. The document is grounded in what's actually there. A founder running a Next.js app with Segment, Intercom, and Google Ads who runs a Pageguard scan will see all three detected automatically, with their data practices surfaced in the generated policy.
The gap report tells you what's broken, not just what's covered
TermsFeed produces a document. That's the output. Pageguard produces a document plus a GDPR gap report with severity ratings across critical, high, medium, and low findings. That gap report is useful even before you generate a single document. A 5-person SaaS team preparing for their first enterprise sales conversation can run the free scan, see a 'critical' finding for missing cookie consent disclosure, and understand exactly what to fix before a prospect's security review catches it for them. TermsFeed has no equivalent.
App Store and Google Play declarations are a different document type entirely
TermsFeed covers standard web policies: privacy policy, terms of service, cookie policy. That's its lane. It does not generate Apple App Store privacy nutrition labels or Google Play Data Safety forms. For a small team shipping their first iOS app alongside a web product, those declarations are required at submission, and they need to accurately reflect the SDKs in the binary. Pageguard handles both. TermsFeed doesn't.
One-time payment vs. pay-per-document
This is where TermsFeed genuinely wins something. TermsFeed's ~$9–$14 per document, one-time model is clean and predictable. Pageguard has no subscription either, but charges per document generated rather than offering a permanent license to a single document. If your stack never changes and you only ever need one policy, TermsFeed's pricing model is arguably simpler. If you're scanning regularly and generating updated documents as your stack evolves, the economics shift. Neither model is dishonest; they reflect different assumptions about how often your compliance docs will need to change.
Feature comparison
Pricing
Free basic policies · One-time purchase per policy (approx. $9–$14 per doc)
Free scan (no account) · Pay per document generated. No subscription required, no pageview caps.
Migration considerations
Switching from TermsFeed to Pageguard is low-friction because there's nothing to migrate. TermsFeed doesn't hold your data in a way that locks you in. You downloaded a document; it lives in your Google Drive or wherever you put it.
Here's what the actual switch looks like: you run the free Pageguard scan on your live URL, no account required. The scan detects the technologies on your site and produces a gap report. You review the findings, then pay per document for the policies you need generated. The documents Pageguard produces are based on the scan results, so they will likely differ from your TermsFeed documents in specific ways, usually by including third-party tools the questionnaire didn't surface.
What you gain: documents grounded in a live scan, a gap report with severity ratings, and support for App Store privacy nutrition labels if you need them.
What you give up: TermsFeed's one-time purchase model is genuinely convenient if you treat a policy as a static artifact. Pageguard does not offer a permanent license to a single document the way TermsFeed does. If you want one policy forever and never want to think about it again, that's a real tradeoff to consider.
One practical note: replace the policy links on your site with the new Pageguard-generated documents before you archive the old ones. There's no automated redirect or document hosting sync between the two tools.
When to pick which
Founders who want a single policy document quickly, don't need ongoing scanning or consent management, and prefer a one-time payment over a subscription.
Things to know first
- —Pure questionnaire approach — no site scanning at all, documents reflect what you tell it
- —No ongoing compliance monitoring; you get a static document with no automatic updates
- —No cookie consent management or banner functionality
- —One-time purchase model means you need to repurchase if your stack changes significantly
TermsFeed is the simplest option in the market — answer a form, get a document, pay once. That works if your stack is simple and stable. Pageguard is for founders who want documents grounded in what their site actually does, not what they remember it does. We scan the live site, detect technologies automatically, and produce a gap report alongside the documents. The free scan alone is useful even if you never pay.
Scenarios: who fits where
A solo founder launching a Shopify store with PostHog, Klaviyo, and Facebook Pixel installed.
Recommendation: Pageguard. This stack has three data-collecting third parties across analytics, email, and advertising. A questionnaire-based document is likely to miss at least one of them. The free scan will surface all three automatically.
A developer building a simple static portfolio site with a contact form.
Recommendation: TermsFeed. The stack is minimal and stable. A ~$9–$14 one-time document purchase covers the need, and there's nothing complex enough to justify a scan-based approach. TermsFeed is genuinely the right tool here.
A 5-person SaaS team shipping their first iOS app and a companion web dashboard.
Recommendation: Pageguard. They need standard web policies and Apple App Store privacy nutrition labels. TermsFeed doesn't generate App Store declarations. Pageguard handles both, and the gap report gives the team a clear checklist before App Review.
A founder who bought a TermsFeed privacy policy 18 months ago, has since added Stripe, a third-party support widget, and a new analytics tool, and is now unsure if their policy is still accurate.
Recommendation: Pageguard, starting with the free scan. The scan will show exactly which technologies are now on the site and flag what the existing policy doesn't cover. Even if they choose not to pay for a new document, the gap report alone answers the question they're actually asking.
Common questions
Is TermsFeed free?
TermsFeed offers free basic policy templates. More complete, customized policies are one-time purchases (approximately $9–$14 per document). There's no subscription, which is convenient but means no automatic updates when regulations change.
Does TermsFeed scan my site?
No. TermsFeed is purely questionnaire-based — you describe your site by answering questions and it generates a matching document. It does not verify what's actually running on your site. Pageguard scans your live site and detects technologies automatically.
What if my stack changes after I buy a TermsFeed policy?
You'd need to manually revisit your policy and potentially repurchase an updated version. Pageguard's scan catches new technologies each time you run it, so your gap report is always current.
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