---
title: c15t vs Axeptio
description: Choose c15t to own your consent interface, application behaviour
  and backend. Compare Axeptio's visual editor, vendor APIs, scans and banner
  experiments.
group: reference
lastModified: "2026-10-12T12:44:54+01:00"
lastAuthor: Christopher Burns
---
## Keep control of the experience and the code

c15t is the stronger fit when your product team wants to own the consent interface and the code behind it. Use your framework's components, connect consent to product features, and choose where records live.

Axeptio suits teams that want a visual editor for branded consent experiences. It also has developer APIs, service choices and banner experiments.

## Let Inth run your consent backend

You need a backend to store consent records outside the visitor's browser. [Inth](https://inth.com) builds c15t and hosts that backend and its database for c15t's framework integrations, browser package and headless API. Your consent interface and vendor controls stay in your application.

Connect your application to an Inth project with the [framework setup guide](/docs/frameworks). Inth also serves your consent policy, so static sites can use it without their own application server.

Offline mode keeps choices on the visitor's device and creates no remote consent records. Use it for development and tests, not production.

You can [self-host the c15t backend](/docs/self-host/overview) when your team needs to operate the service. Your team then owns the database, backups, updates and availability.

## Compare what you get

|What you need|c15t|Axeptio|
|--|--|--|
|Design the interface|Themes, component parts and headless APIs in your application|Visual banner editor with custom text, design and interactions|
|Connect consent to features|Native framework state and declared integrations|JavaScript SDK, callbacks and service consent methods|
|Check a named service|Category and vendor state|SDK methods to check or ask for consent to a service|
|Choose the record service|Inth hosts the backend and stores records in its database. Self-hosting is optional|Managed consent collection|
|Find trackers|**No automatic scanner in the packages**|Cookie and tracker scanner|
|Test banner designs|Presentation and theme experiments with fixed policy and policy text|Built-in analytics and A/B tests|
|Manage legal acceptance|Backend version and snapshot helpers. Build the acceptance flow|Separate terms product with document publication and a consent registry|

Sources: [Axeptio products](https://www.axept.io/) and [JavaScript SDK](https://support.axeptio.eu/en/articles/274036-about-axeptio-s-javascript-sdk).

## Put privacy controls inside your product

With c15t, an account screen, video placeholder and consent dialog can use the same consent state. Your team owns their markup and behaviour.

Use the [framework components](/docs/frameworks) or [headless APIs](/docs/frameworks/react/headless). Keep consent changes in the same review process as the product features that depend on them.

Axeptio also supports contextual consent through its SDK. Its service methods let developers check a choice or open a consent flow. c15t's advantage is the combination of native web components, an editable engine and a deployable backend.

## Choose who controls changes

Choose c15t when your developers need to review package upgrades, change the engine or operate the record service. Your team takes responsibility for those changes.

Choose Axeptio when a business team needs to change the consent experience through a visual editor. Its hosted tools can reduce the custom work for scans and consent design.

Both products support experiments. With c15t, [banner experiments](/docs/guides/banner-experiments) keep policy and policy text fixed while presentation changes.

## What c15t does not include

* The packages do not include automatic site scans or a visual campaign console.
* Legal-document helpers do not write legal text or build the full acceptance flow.
* Vendor controls need configuration. A banner does not stop every script already on the site.
* A browser choice does not prove that the backend saved it.

Some integrations load with denied consent signals. Withdrawal normally reloads the page, and optional cleanup cannot remove all vendor data.

Budget for setup, Inth or your own servers, and continued checks after product changes.

## Try the product flow you need

Start with the [framework guide](/docs/frameworks). Add a consent control to one product feature and register its vendor.

Test refusal, acceptance, reload and withdrawal. Check the actual requests and saved record with the [verification guide](/docs/guides/verify-consent).

Compare the work needed to change that flow in code with the work needed in Axeptio's editor and SDK.

Sources checked on 6 October 2026. This comparison assesses documented workflows, not measured speed or legal compliance.