How we use cookies and similar technologies
MonthlyMate sets one cookie of its own: the one that keeps you signed in. The only optional tracker we load is Google Analytics, and it does not load at all unless you accept it. You can change that answer at any time on this page.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences and improve your experience.
One cookie, named mm_session. It holds your session after you sign in, and it is how the next page you request knows it is still you. It expires after seven days, and it is set so that your browser will not hand it to scripts or to other sites.
Can you decline it? No. Without it you cannot stay signed in, so there is no version of an account that works without it. It is not used to follow you around other websites.
Your kWh usage figure for electricity comparisons is saved in your browser’s localStorage, under the key monthly-mate-kwh-usage. So is your answer to the cookie banner. Neither is sent to our servers — they sit on your device until you clear your browser data.
Can you decline them? There is nothing to decline; nothing leaves your device. Clearing your browser data removes them and the site keeps working — you just re-enter your usage figure.
We use Google Analytics 4 to see which pages get used and where people abandon a comparison. It sets cookies in your browser and gives your browser a random identifier. Google receives the pages you visit on this site, that identifier, and the standard request data any web server sees, including an approximate location derived from your IP address.
Can you decline it? Yes, and declining is the starting position. The Google Analytics script is not loaded and no analytics cookie is set until you accept it on the banner. Every part of MonthlyMate works the same either way.
When you click through to a provider we send you straight to their site, with a tag in the web address that tells them the visit came from MonthlyMate. We do not set an affiliate cookie on your browser to do it.
We do record the click on our own servers — which plan you clicked, when, and the IP address, browser, and referring page of the request — so we can reconcile commissions and see which recommendations people act on. The provider you land on may then set their own cookies on their own site, under their policy rather than ours. See our Affiliate Disclosure for how the commission arrangement works, and our Privacy Policy for what we keep.
Beyond Google Analytics, these load on the site:
Change your answer any time
This is the live setting for the browser you are reading this in. Changing it takes effect immediately — there is no save button and nothing to email us about.
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This choice is saved in this browser only, so you will be asked again on a different device. Turning analytics off stops Google Analytics from loading on your next page view; cookies it already set are removed by clearing site data in your browser.
You can also control cookies in your browser, which covers every site rather than only this one:
Blocking all cookies signs you out and keeps you out, because that includes mm_session. Running a comparison does not require an account.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Check the “Last Updated” date at the top to see when it was last changed.
If you have questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at: team@monthlymate.com
For more information, see our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Affiliate Disclosure.