Website governance and accessibility · November 2026 Edition
Silktide Governance vs Deque axe Platform
Five of fourteen models named Silktide Governance first on the direct prompt; zero named Deque axe Platform. Silktide Governance was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Deque axe Platform by nine and Silktide Governance carries 48 labels and Deque axe Platform 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Silktide Governance
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share23%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels4812A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Silktide Governance reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Acquia Web Governance was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Siteimprove vs Silktide Governance · Siteimprove vs Deque axe Platform · Silktide Governance vs Pope Tech
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the website governance and accessibility page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Silktide GovernanceFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDeque axe Platform
Direct50
Paraphrase40
Comparative60
Budget-constrained103 against Silktide Governance · 1 against Deque axe Platform
Scale-constrained21
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Silktide Governance and Deque axe Platform were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 117 answers naming Silktide Governance and the 39 naming Deque axe Platform. In those answers Deque axe Platform took the first choice zero times and Silktide Governance six.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Silktide Governance and Deque axe Platform stood in it.
| Model | DirectSG | ParaphraseSG | ComparativeSG | Budget-constrainedSG | Scale-constrainedSG | NegativeSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | SG | SG | SG | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | SG | | SG | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | SG | SG | SG | SG | SG | |
| Perplexity Sonar | SG | SG | SG | SG | SG | |
| Grok 4.20 | SG | SG | SG | |||
| Mistral Small | SG | SG | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | SG | SG | SG | | SG | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | SG | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | SG | ||||
| Kimi K2 | SG | SG | SG | SG | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | SG | SG | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | SG | SG | SG | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | SG | SG | SG | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | SG | SG | SG |
SG Silktide Governance Deque axe PlatformSG first choiceSG named as an alternativeSG argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Silktide Governance on the left and Deque axe Platform on the right.
Deque axe PlatformSG first choiceSG named as an alternativeSG argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Silktide Governance on the left and Deque axe Platform on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Silktide Governance and Deque axe Platform stood in it.
Silktide Governance first, Deque axe Platform not the choice
5 of 14 modelsDeque axe Platform was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5Silktide Governance alternatives: AudioEye, Siteimprove, SortSite, accessiBe
Gemini 3.5 FlashSilktide Governance alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Deque axe Monitor, DubBot, Level Access Accessibility Platform
Perplexity SonarSilktide Governance alternatives: DubBot, Level Access Accessibility Platform
MiniMax M2.5Silktide Governance alternatives: Accessiway, Acquia Web Governance, Level Access Accessibility Platform, UserWay
GPT-6 LunaSilktide Governance alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Siteimprove
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniSiteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, DubBot, Level Access Accessibility Platform, Silktide Governance
Grok 4.20Siteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, AudioEye, DubBot, Equally.ai, Level Access Accessibility Platform, Monsido, Silktide Governance, UserWay
DeepSeek V4 FlashAcquia Web Governance, Siteimprove alternatives: Silktide Governance
Llama 4 MaverickAcquia Web Governance alternatives: Monsido, Pope Tech, Silktide Governance, Siteimprove
Kimi K2Siteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Silktide Governance
GLM 4.7 FlashXAcquia Web Governance alternatives: EqualWeb, Insytful, Silktide Governance, UserWay
Muse Glimmer 30BSiteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Silktide Governance
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Mistral SmallSiteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, DubBot
Qwen 3.7 FlashWordPress alternatives: Drupal, Level Access Accessibility Platform, Microsoft SharePoint Online, accessiBe
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Silktide Governance leads by nineteen points.
Silktide Governance19%#1 of 15
Deque axe Platform0%#– of 15Mid-marketThe figures above
Silktide Governance leads by twenty-one points.
Silktide Governance23%#2 of 15
Deque axe Platform2%#8 of 15Enterprise
Silktide Governance leads by eleven points.
Silktide Governance11%#3 of 10
Deque axe Platform0%#6 of 10What the models said about Silktide Governance
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“What to Avoid ... Silktide: Premium pricing, though faster ROI” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“can be cost-prohibitive, as they often start at $10,000 to $20,000+ per year” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“it sits above the sub-$50 tiers above” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“Silktide: Known for its "human-first" approach. It combines automated scanning with data on how real users with disabilities experience the site.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“An all-in-one platform for analyzing and improving websites... best for global teams needing a single dashboard for multiple sites and brands.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“Siteimprove and Silktide lead the field for teams that want accessibility, content quality and SEO checks in one dashboard.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Deque axe Platform
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“or Deque (starting around $5K/year)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“The leaders to start with in your evaluation are Level Access, Deque, Siteimprove, and Silktide” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Need stronger developer testing, manual audits, or help running an accessibility program? Look at Deque axe or Level Access.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · alternative
“Industry-standard automated tools—such as Deque Axe, Siteimprove, Pope Tech, Level Access, or WAVE” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
Also compared
Siteimprove vs Silktide GovernanceSiteimprove vs Deque axe PlatformSilktide Governance vs Pope TechSilktide Governance vs Acquia Web GovernanceSilktide Governance vs Level Access Accessibility PlatformSilktide Governance vs DubBotSilktide Governance vs Equally.aiPope Tech vs Deque axe PlatformAcquia Web Governance vs Deque axe PlatformLevel Access Accessibility Platform vs Deque axe PlatformDubBot vs Deque axe PlatformEqually.ai vs Deque axe PlatformAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full website governance standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.