Zinn® AdsThe Zaraz setup is free with no Zinn® Ads account: it checks your token and zone first, writes only its own parts, and checks that a real visitor's event arrives.
Comparisons
Zinn® Ads vs Beetle Tracking: Cloudflare Zaraz for WordPress, compared
The Zinn® Ads WordPress plugin and Beetle Tracking compared on Cloudflare Zaraz setup, the tools each writes, the plugins each counts, consent and sales lost before the thank-you page. Every Beetle Tracking fact comes from its WordPress.org listing, with the date we read it.
Beetle Tracking and the Zinn® Ads plugin both set up Cloudflare Zaraz from WordPress. Beetle Tracking is built for WooCommerce. Zinn® Ads sets up Zaraz for free with no account, and with a Zinn® Ads account it also counts sales, donations, memberships, course orders and form leads from your own server.
The short answer
Both plugins put your tags into Cloudflare Zaraz from wp-admin, and both are free to start. Beetle Tracking's listing describes a WooCommerce plugin with a setup wizard, a free version, and a Pro version that adds a consent banner, Gravity Forms tracking, scroll measurement and Conversion Recovery. The Zinn® Ads plugin checks your token and zone before it writes, checks that a real visitor's event reaches Zaraz, keeps its last ten Zaraz changes with Undo, and with a Zinn® Ads account reports paid orders from your server with the ad click id.
| Zinn® Ads | Beetle Tracking | |
|---|---|---|
| How to start | Free: the Zaraz setup needs no Zinn® Ads account or sign-up, and an account starts on the Free plan | A free version; Pro adds Beetle Consent, Gravity Forms tracking, page scroll measurement and Conversion Recovery[1] |
| Zaraz setup | Guided in wp-admin: finds your Cloudflare zone, checks that the token may edit Zaraz before writing, adds the analytics and ad tags the plugin supports with conversion triggers and consent, then checks that a real visitor's event reaches Zaraz | A step-by-step setup wizard; settings are pushed to Cloudflare Zaraz[1] |
| What you need | For Zaraz: a site proxied through Cloudflare and a Cloudflare API token, used once unless you tick Remember. Conversion tracking with an account works on any host | A Cloudflare account, with your domain's nameservers pointed to Cloudflare[1] |
| Plugins it counts | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, SureCart, FluentCart, GiveWP, Paid Memberships Pro, MemberPress, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS and LearnDash, and leads from Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Fluent Forms, Forminator, Ninja Forms and Formidable Forms | Named "Cloudflare Zaraz for WooCommerce"; Pro adds Gravity Forms submissions[1] |
| WooCommerce events | Product views, each variation chosen, product lists viewed, add to cart, removed from cart, checkout started and purchases; product ids or SKUs; a box on each order shows what was sent and when | Names page views, add to cart and purchases among the events it sends[1] |
| A buyer who never reaches the thank-you page | With an account, a paid order is reported from your server once it is paid and uploaded with the ad click id, so a closed tab or an ad blocker does not lose it | Conversion Recovery (Pro): checkout information is matched with the payment gateway's order status and the purchase is sent server to server[1] |
| Consent | A cookie banner that sets Google Consent Mode v2, or the answer of your WP Consent API plugin; in Zaraz, consent purposes are written for you and nothing reaches Zaraz before the visitor allows ad cookies | Beetle Consent (Pro): a customizable cookie banner[1] |
| Site events | Scroll depth, time on page, site search, logins, sign-ups, comments, file downloads, e-mail and phone clicks and links to other sites, each off until you switch it on | Page scroll measurement (Pro)[1] |
| Undo | Its last ten Zaraz changes are kept on your site, each with Undo; Remove from Cloudflare takes its parts out and puts back the two Zaraz switches it turned on, unless you changed them since | Not described on its WordPress.org listing[1] |
| Checks what the ad network counted | Your Zinn® Ads dashboard compares the conversions sent with what Google Ads counted | Not described on its WordPress.org listing[1] |
Three differences that matter
More than WooCommerce: Easy Digital Downloads, SureCart, FluentCart, GiveWP, Paid Memberships Pro, MemberPress, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, LearnDash and seven form plugins.
With a Zinn® Ads account, a paid order is reported from your server and uploaded with the ad click id, so a buyer who never returns to the thank-you page is still counted, and your dashboard compares what was sent with what Google Ads counted.
Where Beetle Tracking is stronger
Beetle Tracking is in the WordPress.org plugin directory, where its listing shows 200+ active installations and an average of five stars from 6 ratings. The tools it names for Zaraz include Meta Pixel and TikTok, which the Zinn® Ads Zaraz setup does not add to Zaraz.
Who should pick which
Pick Beetle Tracking if you run a WooCommerce shop and want Meta Pixel or TikTok run in Zaraz. Pick Zinn® Ads if you want a free, checked Zaraz setup with Undo, if you also sell through other WordPress plugins, or if you want paid orders reported from your server to the ad networks you connected.
Trying Zinn® Ads next to Beetle Tracking
Install the free plugin
Download the Zinn® Ads plugin and upload it in Plugins, Add New. The Zaraz setup needs no account.
Set up Zaraz from Settings, Zinn® Ads
Paste a Cloudflare API token with Zone Read and Zaraz Edit, and your tag ids. Each step is checked, and Undo puts the plugin's part of Zaraz back as it was.
Compare, then decide
Run one Zaraz plugin at a time on a live site, so each tag is counted once. Remove from Cloudflare takes the Zinn® Ads parts out again if you go back to Beetle Tracking.
Questions about Zinn® Ads and Beetle Tracking
Where do the Beetle Tracking facts on this page come from?
From Beetle Tracking's own WordPress.org listing, read on the date shown beside the source. Listings change, so check it before you decide.
Do I need a Zinn® Ads account to set up Cloudflare Zaraz?
No. The Zaraz setup works with no Zinn® Ads account and no sign-up. An account, which has a Free plan, adds conversion uploads from your own server and a dashboard that compares what was sent with what Google Ads counted.
Is the Zinn® Ads Zaraz setup server-side tracking?
Partly. In Zaraz, tools run from Cloudflare's network, and how much of each tool's traffic leaves from Cloudflare's servers depends on the tool; some, such as Google Ads, still make requests from the browser. With a Zinn® Ads account, paid orders and form leads are also reported from your own server.
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How we compare: every fact about another company comes from its own public page, cited with the date we read it. Zinn® Ads facts describe only features that are live today. Prices and plans change, so check each source before you decide.
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