---
title: c15t vs TrustArc
description: Choose c15t for consent that your product team can change and host.
  Compare TrustArc's React integration, tracker scans, managed records and
  privacy operations.
group: reference
lastModified: "2026-10-12T12:44:54+01:00"
lastAuthor: Christopher Burns
---
## Give your product team control of consent

c15t is the stronger fit when your developers need to own the consent interface, engine and backend. You can connect choices to product features and review changes with application code.

TrustArc suits organisations that need managed cookie operations within a broader privacy programme. It also supplies developer APIs and a React integration.

## 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|TrustArc|
|--|--|--|
|Connect a web application|Native framework components and reactive state|React components, hosted scripts and CMS integrations|
|Own interface markup|Themes, component parts and headless APIs|Custom banner settings and supplied integration components|
|Choose the backend|Inth hosts the backend and stores records in its database. Self-hosting is optional|Managed consent records and reports|
|Control vendor code|Declared rules for scripts, requests and embeds|Tracker controls, tag-manager integrations and automatic controls|
|Find trackers|**No automatic scanner in the packages**|Cookie and tracker discovery, also on protected pages|
|Manage privacy operations|**No bundled enterprise privacy suite**|Wider products for data mapping, assessments and individual rights|
|Use APIs for reports|Backend APIs. Build the reports you need|Consent reporting API and dashboards|

Sources: [TrustArc Cookie Consent Manager](https://trustarc.com/products/consent-consumer-rights/cookie-consent-manager/), [React integration](https://trustarchelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/41699369644691-Cookie-Consent-Manager-React-Framework-Integration) and [reporting API guide](https://trustarchelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/36065296349971-Cookie-Consent-Manager-Reporting-API-Guide).

## Own the behaviour behind the interface

TrustArc's React components mount its scripts and banner. Its guide also lists Next.js among the tested frameworks. A comparison that treats TrustArc as unable to work with React would be wrong.

c15t gives your team [native adapters across web frameworks](/docs/frameworks), an editable engine and a backend you can deploy. Use [headless APIs](/docs/frameworks/react/headless) to put privacy controls into product screens.

For example, an account setting and a video placeholder can read the same consent state. Your developers own the markup and the integration rules.

This control matters when a standard banner integration does not cover the product flow you want to build.

## Buy the operational scope you need

Choose c15t when consent is primarily an application requirement. Your team can use Inth for backend operation and retain the option to run the open-source service.

TrustArc can be the better fit when scans, central reports and broader privacy operations drive the decision. Those products cover work beyond the c15t packages.

Compare the actual services and support in each proposal. Open-source software removes the package licence fee. Setup and service costs remain.

## What c15t does not include

* The packages do not include automated tracker discovery or enterprise data mapping.
* They do not replace privacy assessments, legal-document services or individual-rights case management.
* Vendor controls need configuration. They do not automatically cover all tags already on the site.
* A choice in the browser is not proof of a successful remote save.

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

Check the required deployment and support scope before you replace a current service.

## Evaluate the product and operations separately

Start with the [framework guide](/docs/frameworks). Build one product consent control and connect one vendor and one embed.

Test refusal, acceptance, reload and withdrawal with the [verification guide](/docs/guides/verify-consent). Check actual requests and record storage, then compare the separate scan, report and support needs.

Sources checked on 6 October 2026. This comparison does not establish measured performance, legal compliance or support equivalence.