Equalweb vs. Siteimprove

This software did not work for us in a medium-sized digital marketing agency setting. Perhaps a direct end-user, like a one-site manager, would be able to make use of it better than we could in our setting.

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Simple, easy-to-deploy accessibility that automatically scans, remediates and provides proof of compliance once the process is complete. It is ideal for people who want to make their website much more accessible and provide their users with an intuitive adjustable interface.

Incentivized

• The magnify feature for people who are near-sighted is particularly helpful for website visitors.
• Equalweb tracks activations of accessibility tools on all our sites from a centralized dashboard so we can get a clear view of the data.
• The customization option of the accessibility icon is useful so we can match the color scheme of the site.

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• User-friendly customisable dashboards, easy to make a dashboard from a template, or create your own, and add in whichever 'widgets' are relevant for what you are looking at
• Flagging words to review, allowing users to check and confirm if the word is 'accepted' or is a misspelling

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• Customer support is weak.

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• I don't like that there are different navigation paths to go from point A to point B. When I want to navigate to a specific place, I have more than one way to get there, which means I have to make a decision about how I want to there and I'd rather the designer make that design based on what would be most efficient for me.

Tool has undergone numerous changes, both to function and UX/CX. Makes it less than user friendly at times. But on the other hand, that does indicate a willingness to improve the product in a continual manner - which they've done nearly year after year - but it's always a case of who moved my cheese with each new iteration.

I've used support often and it has been responsive, thorough and considerate of our needs. I can get a tech right away, they understand the issue, and work with us to resolve it. Often the problem is with the site we are trying to scan, sometimes it is with their product. I appreciate that they go beyond support into continually helping us implement SiteImprove in more places with 3rd party integration.

UserWay has a free version as well, and a WordPress plugin. However, they are much more expensive and did not seem to offer the same level of value as Equalweb.

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Siteimprove provides richer features when it comes to how granular you can define policies and metrics for search engine optimization and content relevance. It is also much easier to set up and maintain the sites that you want to administer. However, pricing wise is more costly which can be a constraint for smaller organizations.

Incentivized

• It is an effective website accessibility tool through an extremely simple and cost-effective process. It helps scan the entire website for potential issues that hinder accessibility, breach risks, etc., for our business.
• Provides an intuitive, unique and perfect experience for everyone.
• Our organization has been working for years with the disability community thanks to the color adjustment features that help users with visual impairments, such as color blindness or other visual problems, to create a solution that really benefits them.

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• Siteimprove has helped bring our accessibility scores up from middling to near-perfect.
• Siteimprove has helped reduce our broken links, style violations and misspellings.
• Siteimprove's heatmaps have helped us make the case for enforcing best practices on the website among key stakeholders.

Incentivized