Comparison · Free vs hosted
Free privacy policy generator: what you get (and what you don't)
Searching for a free privacy policy generatoris the default move when you're in a hurry. This page explains what those tools are great at, where they fall short, and when it might be worth using a paid service that also hosts your privacy policy at a stable URL.
Not just text—get a live privacy policy page with its own URL you can paste into app stores, ads, and lead forms.
What free privacy policy generators are good at
Most free privacy policy generators share the same strengths:
- They give you basic text you can copy and paste into your website.
- They usually have checkboxes for common features (cookies, analytics, contact forms, newsletters).
- For a simple personal site or blog, they're often good enough.
If all you need is text to drop on a simple site you control, a free generator plus a page like https://yourdomain.com/privacy may be fine.
Where free generators fall short
The problems usually show up later, when something specifically asks you for a privacy policy URL:
- App stores(App Store, Google Play) want a link you're confident won't move or break.
- Ad platforms & lead forms (Facebook, Google, LinkedIn) block you until you paste a working privacy policy URL.
- Marketplaces (Etsy, Shopify) expect a stable policy you can link from multiple places.
With a free generator, you still have to host and maintain the page yourself. If your site goes down, gets redesigned, or moves platforms, your privacy policy URL can quietly break.
When a hosted privacy policy URL is worth paying for
Paying for a service like PrivacyPolicyURL makes more sense when:
- You're stuck in a setup flow that explicitly requires a privacy policy URL.
- You run campaigns across several platforms and want one link you can reuse everywhere.
- You'd rather avoid hosting and maintaining the policy page on your own site.
Instead of just giving you text, PrivacyPolicyURL creates a policy based on your answers and hosts it at a dedicated URL (for example,https://privacypolicyurl.com/your-company/privacy-policy.html), which you can paste anywhere that asks for a privacy policy link.
Examples where a hosted URL saves you time
- Launching a mobile app: App Store Connect and Google Play both require a privacy policy URL.
- Running lead ads: Facebook Lead Ads, Google Ads lead forms, and LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms all block you without a working policy link.
- Selling on marketplaces: Etsy, Shopify, and other platforms expect a policy you can link in your shop policies or footer.
Use the template, or let us host it for you
If you just need text, you can start with our free privacy policy template and host it on your own site.
If you want a reliable privacy policy URL you can reuse across apps, ads, and forms, you can generate and host it with PrivacyPolicyURL.