Hey folks, if you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll know a permanent pain point we’ve had has been the cookie banner. We’ve been bugging G and the team to build one for well over a year. Well, when we found out that there was a team building a Next.js adjacent solution, we had to see if it was up to scratch.
We are happy to report it’s exactly what we wanted, and for anybody looking for a perfect Next.js solution for cookie banners, this is it.
The reality is that most cookie banner solutions suck:
They’re slow (external scripts that block page loads)
They’re difficult to set up
They’re difficult to ensure they’re stopping scripts you don’t want to run
They’re basically impossible to style
They destroy your Core Web Vitals performance
Before this point, it used to be: be compliant and tank your performance, or keep things speedy at the risk of being sued. We just wanted both (not to get sued and not be slow).
Here are some thoughts on what makes c15t different:
Zero network overhead (runs entirely on your domain)
Next.js native integration with SSR/SSG support
Edge function compatibility out of the box
12KB bundle vs 100KB+ traditional solutions
TypeScript-first developer experience
Open source with community contributions
It doesn’t suck