GTM
Google Tag Manager (GTM) is Google's tag management solution, entirely free and widely adopted. It allows marketing and analytics teams to deploy and manage tracking tags on their digital properties without direct developer involvement, considerably speeding up the implementation of tracking and data collection.
What is GTM?
Google Tag Manager is a tag management system (TMS) that centralizes the deployment of all tracking scripts and pixels on a website or mobile application. From a single interface, teams can add, edit or remove tags (GA4, Google Ads, Meta Pixel, Hotjar, AB Tasty, and many others) without modifying the site's source code. GTM relies on a system of containers, triggers and variables that allows for finely orchestrating data collection based on the user's browsing context. It also offers a built-in preview and debugging mode to validate implementations before publishing.
When should you use GTM?
GTM is useful from the very first tag deployed on a site. It becomes essential once several tools need to be integrated (analytics, advertising, CRO, personalization), when teams want to gain autonomy from developers, or when the frequency of tracking changes is high. It is also the recommended starting point before any server-side tracking migration project.
Key features
A complete and free TMS to deploy, manage and debug all your tracking tags without touching your site's source code.
Who is it for?
Google Tag Manager is designed for all digital teams, from small structures to large groups. It is particularly useful for marketing and analytics teams who want to gain autonomy over tracking, for consultants and agencies managing multiple properties, and for data teams who want to standardize data collection across all their sites.
What are the GTM integrations?
GTM offers a catalog of native templates for the leading solutions on the market: GA4, Google Ads, Floodlight, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Hotjar, Contentsquare, AB Tasty, Kameleoon, Didomi, and many others. The community also offers hundreds of custom templates via the GTM Template Gallery.
What are the alternatives to GTM?
All tools- AddingwellAddingwell by Didomi is an all-in-one French server-side tracking platform based on GTM Server-Side, acquired by Didomi in April 2025. It is designed to maximize data collection, bypass adblockers and ensure GDPR compliance.Server-side taggingAnalytics
- Commanders ActCommanders Act is a European marketing data platform, presented as an "AI-Ready Data Platform". Its offering combines PlatformX Server-Side Tracking (tag management and consent), PlatformX Real Time CDP and Adloop Media Optimisation. It enables digital teams to collect, unify and activate their first-party data while ensuring GDPR compliance across all their channels.Tag ManagementCDP












