# Ketch cookie banner: speed and features

Data permissioning platform with a hosted consent experience.

- Vendor: Ketch
- Website: https://www.ketch.com
- Version tested: Hosted
- Framework: Next.js, the app that we tested every CMP on

## Desktop

Desktop profile: 1365 × 768 · No CPU slowdown · 12.5 MB/s, no added latency.

In our tests, Ketch showed its cookie banner in a median 1.68 s on desktop. It delayed the main content by 0 ms. Accept responded in 40 ms and Reject in 16 ms. It held trackers back in all 4 consent checks.

On an emulated mid-tier phone, the banner took 7.95 s. Per vendor docs, Ketch supports IAB TCF, IAB GPP, Google Consent Mode v2, Google CMP certification and Global Privacy Control.

| Question | Answer | How it compares | Context |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| How fast does the banner appear? | 1.68 s | 10th fastest of 10 measured | Median of 15 visits. |
| Does it slow the page down? | 0 ms | Joint 4th of 10 measured, from least to most delay | Compared with the same page without a consent manager. There were too few paired visits to calculate an interval. |
| How fast does a click respond? | 40 ms | 10th fastest of 10 measured | Reject responded in 16 ms. Under 200 ms feels instant. |
| Does it block trackers until consent? | 4 of 4 checks passed | One of 8 of 10 measured to pass every check | No tracker ran and the page set no cookie before the visitor chose. |

### Known issues on desktop

- Its remote script or config changed during the run, so the run gives no confidence intervals for this cell. Differences are medians only.

## Mobile

Mobile (emulated) profile: 390 × 844, DPR 3 · Mid-tier phone CPU (4× slowdown) · 200 KB/s, 150 ms latency.

In our tests, Ketch showed its cookie banner in a median 7.95 s on an emulated mid-tier phone. It delayed the main content by 1.74 s. Accept responded in 40 ms and Reject in 32 ms. It held trackers back in all 4 consent checks.

On desktop, the banner took 1.68 s. Per vendor docs, Ketch supports IAB TCF, IAB GPP, Google Consent Mode v2, Google CMP certification and Global Privacy Control.

| Question | Answer | How it compares | Context |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| How fast does the banner appear? | 7.95 s | 10th fastest of 10 measured | Median of 15 visits. |
| Does it slow the page down? | +1.74 s | 10th of 10 measured, from least to most delay | Compared with the same page without a consent manager. There were too few paired visits to calculate an interval. |
| How fast does a click respond? | 40 ms | 8th fastest of 10 measured | Reject responded in 32 ms. Under 200 ms feels instant. |
| Does it block trackers until consent? | 4 of 4 checks passed | One of 7 of 10 measured to pass every check | No tracker ran and the page set no cookie before the visitor chose. |

### Known issues on mobile

- Its remote script or config changed during the run, so the run gives no confidence intervals for this cell. Differences are medians only.

## Which standards and features does Ketch support?

### Standards

| Feature | Support | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| IAB TCF | Per vendor docs (TCF v2.2) | https://www.ketch.com/solutions/privacy-frameworks |
| IAB GPP | Per vendor docs | https://www.ketch.com/solutions/privacy-frameworks |
| Google Consent Mode v2 | Per vendor docs | https://www.ketch.com/solutions/privacy-frameworks |
| Google-certified CMP | Per vendor docs | https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/13554116 |
| Global Privacy Control | Per vendor docs | https://www.ketch.com/solutions/privacy-frameworks |

### Compliance

| Feature | Support | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Geo-targeted banners | Per vendor docs | https://www.ketch.com/solutions/privacy-frameworks |
| Script blocking | Per vendor docs (Tag orchestration) | https://www.ketch.com/platform/consent-management |
| Consent records | Per vendor docs | https://www.ketch.com/platform/consent-management |
| Cookie scanning | Per vendor docs | https://www.ketch.com/pricing |

### Developer

| Feature | Support | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Partial (SDKs and samples only) | https://docs.ketch.com/ |
| Self-hostable | Not supported (Hosted service) | https://www.ketch.com/terms-of-service |
| Headless UI | Per vendor docs | https://github.com/ketch-sdk/ketch-samples/tree/main/ketch-plugin/ketch-custom-consent-plugin |
| TypeScript types | Per vendor docs | https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ketch-sdk/ketch-js |

### Pricing

| Feature | Support | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | Per vendor docs (5,000 users) | https://www.ketch.com/pricing |

## Which frameworks does Ketch work with?

Ketch has no first-party framework SDKs. It installs through a script tag in each framework listed. This run measured 6 integrations, each against the same app without a consent manager. The results at the top start on Next.js, the framework that we tested every CMP on. The Framework menu switches them.

| Framework | Integration | Benchmarked |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Script tag | Script tag | [Yes](https://cookiebench.com/benchmarks/ketch/script-tag.md) |
| React | Script tag | [Yes](https://cookiebench.com/benchmarks/ketch/react.md) |
| Next.js | Script tag | Yes (this page) |
| Vue | Script tag | No |
| Nuxt | Script tag | [Yes](https://cookiebench.com/benchmarks/ketch/nuxt.md) |
| Svelte | Script tag | No |
| SvelteKit | Script tag | No |
| Astro | Script tag | [Yes](https://cookiebench.com/benchmarks/ketch/astro.md) |
| TanStack Start | Script tag | [Yes](https://cookiebench.com/benchmarks/ketch/tanstack-start.md) |

## How does Ketch compare?

- [c15t vs Ketch](https://cookiebench.com/compare/c15t-vs-ketch.md): Side-by-side results from the same run.

## Questions about Ketch

### How fast is Ketch’s cookie banner?

On desktop, it appeared in a median 1.68 s, against 471 ms for the median of the 10 CMPs measured. On an emulated mid-tier phone, it appeared in a median 7.95 s, against 2.71 s for the median of the 10 CMPs measured.

### Does Ketch slow down the page?

On desktop it delayed the main content by 0 ms. On an emulated mid-tier phone it delayed the main content by 1.74 s. Delay is the extra time before the main content appears. We compare Largest Contentful Paint on the same page, with and without a consent manager.

### Does Ketch block trackers before consent?

It passed 4 of 4 checks on desktop and on an emulated mid-tier phone. A check fails if a tracker runs, the page sets a cookie or data leaves the page before the visitor chooses.

### Does Ketch support IAB TCF and IAB GPP?

Per vendor docs, Ketch supports IAB TCF, IAB GPP, Google Consent Mode v2, Google CMP certification and Global Privacy Control. Feature support comes from Ketch’s documentation. CookieBench did not test these features itself.

Spotted a mistake? [Report a correction](https://cookiebench.com/corrections.md) and we will re-check it.

Methodology [cookiebench-v3.2.4](https://cookiebench.com/methodology). inth, the team behind c15t, maintains CookieBench. c15t is one of the consent managers we measure ([disclosure](https://cookiebench.com/methodology)). Feature support comes from vendor documentation unless a row says "Verified by test".
