Siteimprove vs Level Access

Quote on request

Quote on request

Enterprise annual contracts priced by pages crawled and modules.

Enterprise contracts combining platform licence with audit and advisory services.

Free browser extension for single-page checks.

No free tier.

Widely used

Siteimprove · since 2003

Established

Level Access · since 1997

• Scans entire large sites and assigns findings to content owners, not just developers.
• Combines accessibility with SEO and content quality in one governance view.
• Reporting suited to demonstrating compliance progress to executives and regulators.

• Human expert audits and assistive-technology user testing alongside the tooling.
• Legal and VPAT support for organisations under compliance pressure.
• Covers web, mobile and desktop applications.

• Expensive and aimed at organisations with a governance function.
• Weak fit for application testing as opposed to content sites.
• Limited shift-left developer tooling compared to Deque.

• Expensive, services-heavy engagement model.
• The UserWay overlay heritage is contentious — automated overlays are widely criticised by accessibility practitioners.
• Not a self-serve developer tool.

Universities, government and large content organisations with legal accessibility obligations.

Organisations facing accessibility litigation or formal procurement requirements.