Bernhard Prange

Bernhard Prange

Founder & Lead Engineer

Bernhard has been building tracking setups for online shops and SaaS products for 15 years. The GA4 Auditor is his attempt to automate the recurring audit steps.

Focus areas are GA4 data quality, BigQuery analytics, consent-compliant tracking and server-side tagging. Bernhard writes here based on lessons from real audits - not theory.

Focus areas

GA4BigQueryTracking architectureConsent Mode v2Server-side tagging

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AI traffic in GA4: what the new "AI Assistants" channel shows - and what it misses Since May 2026, GA4 groups ChatGPT & co. into the "AI Assistants" channel. Why the number is a floor, why Perplexity is missing - and how to audit your own property. What does Google Analytics 4 really cost? Free tier, GA4 360 pricing and the limits of the free version GA4 is free - until it is not. What GA4 360 really costs, which limits the free version draws, and when BigQuery starts costing money. Custom dimensions in GA4: setting up and auditing What are custom dimensions in GA4, how do you set them up and which mistakes does an audit find? Event- vs. user-scoped, limits and cardinality explained. Unassigned traffic in GA4: finding and fixing the causes What does Unassigned mean in GA4 and how do you get rid of it? Causes, fix and the distinction from (not set) - with an automatic check in the GA4 Auditor. Duplicate purchases in GA4 - why they happen and how the auditor finds them Duplicate purchase events distort revenue reports. Here is how the auditor detects them via second buckets - and how you prevent them. "(not set)" in GA4 - where auditing really begins When page titles, traffic sources or UTM parameters show up as (not set), the reports are already worthless. Here is how the auditor breaks the problem apart. Checking and understanding Consent Mode v2 in GA4 How to check in minutes whether Consent Mode v2 runs correctly: ad_user_data, ad_personalization and modelling - with the GA4 Auditor. BigQuery export for GA4 - the auditor view Why the BigQuery export belongs in every serious GA4 setup and which audits only become possible with it. GA4 Audit Checklist 2026: 24 Checks + Free Template The complete GA4 audit checklist: 24 checks across configuration, BigQuery data quality, server-side tagging and on-page consent. Copy it as a template or run it automatically.