Which analytics does this site use, and does it need consent?

What the visitors row looks at

The row looks at the requests the page makes and matches them against a list of known analytics services. For each one found it reports a plain verdict on consent, and the row's wording follows the most demanding tool on the page.

• Needs a consent banner: tools such as Google Analytics
• Needs a banner unless configured cookieless: tools such as Matomo
• Cookieless, no banner needed for analytics: tools such as Plausible
• Already on Satsu: no banner needed
• No analytics found at all

Rule ids:visitors_google_analyticsvisitors_matomovisitors_plausiblevisitors_satsuvisitors_none

Why it matters

Analytics is the most common reason a site needs a cookie banner at all. A tool that stores a persistent identifier in the browser, or sends visitor data to a third party for its own use, generally needs the visitor's consent first. A cookieless tool that derives no persistent visitor ID can avoid that. Knowing which kind of tool your page loads, including tools added by a plugin or a tag manager that nobody remembers, is the first step in deciding whether the banner is necessary.

What a fix usually looks like

The verdict points to one of three outcomes.

• Keep the tool, and load it only after the visitor has agreed
• Configure the tool to run without cookies, if it supports that
• Switch to cookieless analytics, which needs no banner for analytics and gives you counts without tracking individuals
• If no tool was found, add one so you can see your visitors at all

What this check does not do

It detects tools by the requests the page makes on load. A tool that only loads after a click, or one that is proxied through your own domain under a different name, may not be recognised. The consent verdict is a general statement about each tool and not legal advice for your site.