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Octopus Scanner (formerly A11y Scanner) comparisons

Free#1 of 129 in Website Accessibility Tools

Octopus Scanner (formerly A11y Scanner) is compared head-to-head with WAVE, IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker and Level Access Platform and more: 7 head-to-heads in Website Accessibility Tools, each with the specs and prices we checked.

9.3/10Editor score
Octopus Scanner (formerly A11y Scanner)9.3 Visit site

Octopus Scanner (formerly A11y Scanner) head-to-head

Octopus Scanner (formerly A11y Scanner) vs each of them

#ToolFree planPaid fromWCAG versionScan scopeScore
1Octopus Scanner (formerly A11y Scanner)YesFreeWcag 2.2Site9.3
2WAVEYesWcag 2.2Page9.1
3IBM Equal Access Accessibility CheckerYesFreeWcag 2.2Page9.0
4Level Access Platform8.8
5Axe DevToolsYesWcag 2.2Page8.7
6EvincedNoWcag 2.1Site8.6
7AudioEyeNo8.5
8Siteimprove AccessibilityNoWcag 2.2Site8.4

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