# Preferences widgets

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**Premium Feature**: Preference Management Platform
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A preferences widget is the customizable end-user facing form that your organization surfaces to collect the end-users preferences as defined in your organization's configuration tree.

### Didomi console vs Didomi API

All actions performed within the Didomi console can be performed via the Didomi API, this includes the creation, configuration, and deployment of your organization's preferences widgets. A key difference between the two methods is the deployment options available for the different [widget formats](/preference-management-platform-pmp/preferences-widgets/preferences-widget-formats.md). Refer to the table below for more information on how your method of creating and configuring a preferences widget impacts your deployment options:

<table><thead><tr><th width="130">Method</th><th>Deployment options</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>via console</td><td><p>Options for embedding and hosting the different preferences widget formats is:<br></p><ul><li><strong>Single purpose preferences widget</strong> - embed only</li><li><strong>Multi purpose preferences widget</strong> - embed only</li><li><strong>Preferences center</strong> - hosted only (either managed or custom domain)</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>via API</td><td>Regardless of the preferences widget format, the widget can be deployed as an embed or hosted page (either managed or custom domain)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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**Note**: The documentation provided in this section assumes that your organization is creating and configuring your preferences widget within the Didomi console. For more information on using the Didomi API to create and configure a preferences widget please [click here](https://developers.didomi.io/api-and-platform/widgets/privacy-widgets/create-a-widget).&#x20;
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