Website governance and accessibility · November 2026 Edition
Siteimprove vs Deque axe Platform
Six of fourteen models named Siteimprove first on the direct prompt; zero named Deque axe Platform. Siteimprove was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Deque axe Platform by nine and Siteimprove carries 57 labels and Deque axe Platform 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share27%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate21%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5712A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Siteimprove reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Silktide Governance was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Siteimprove vs Silktide Governance · Siteimprove vs Pope Tech · Siteimprove vs Acquia Web Governance
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.
SiteimproveFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDeque axe Platform
Direct603 against Siteimprove
Paraphrase502 against Siteimprove
Comparative110
Budget-constrained007 against Siteimprove · 1 against Deque axe Platform
Scale-constrained31
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, Siteimprove and Deque axe Platform were named in the same answer thirty-seven times, of the 180 answers naming Siteimprove and the 39 naming Deque axe Platform. In those answers Deque axe Platform took the first choice one time and Siteimprove twenty-one.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Siteimprove and Deque axe Platform stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | | |
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Siteimprove Deque axe Platform first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Siteimprove on the left and Deque axe Platform on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Siteimprove and Deque axe Platform stood in it.
Siteimprove first, Deque axe Platform not the choice
6 of 14 modelsDeque axe Platform was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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
Mistral SmallSiteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, DubBot
DeepSeek V4 FlashAcquia Web Governance, Siteimprove alternatives: Silktide Governance
Kimi K2Siteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Silktide Governance
Muse Glimmer 30BSiteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Silktide Governance
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Silktide Governance alternatives: AudioEye, Siteimprove, SortSite, accessiBe
Llama 4 MaverickAcquia Web Governance alternatives: Monsido, Pope Tech, Silktide Governance, Siteimprove
GPT-6 LunaSilktide Governance alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Siteimprove
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Qwen 3.7 FlashWordPress alternatives: Drupal, Level Access Accessibility Platform, Microsoft SharePoint Online, accessiBe
GLM 4.7 FlashXAcquia Web Governance alternatives: EqualWeb, Insytful, Silktide Governance, UserWay
MiniMax M2.5Silktide Governance alternatives: Accessiway, Acquia Web Governance, Level Access Accessibility Platform, UserWay
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
Siteimprove leads by four points.
Siteimprove4%#7 of 15Deque axe Platform0%#– of 15Mid-marketThe figures above
Siteimprove leads by twenty-five points.
Siteimprove27%#1 of 15Deque axe Platform2%#8 of 15Enterprise
Siteimprove leads by fifty-seven points.
Siteimprove57%#1 of 10Deque axe Platform0%#6 of 10What the models said about Siteimprove
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid enterprise-heavy tools like Siteimprove unless you have a budget exceeding \$20k-\$30k/year” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Avoid starting with Siteimprove unless the budget supports enterprise pricing” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid - Siteimprove: $10,000–$50,000+/year (enterprise pricing)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Siteimprove is an established option for large enterprises, combining accessibility, content quality, SEO, and analytics modules in a suite built for large, regulated organizations.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Siteimprove is the safe enterprise-standard choice when the company wants accessibility compliance plus ongoing editorial/SEO quality governance and reporting” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best overall: Siteimprove if you want the strongest mix of website governance + accessibility + content/SEO/analytics in one platform.” GPT-5.4 mini · direct 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 Pope TechSiteimprove vs Acquia Web GovernanceSiteimprove vs Level Access Accessibility PlatformSiteimprove vs DubBotSiteimprove vs Equally.aiSilktide Governance vs Deque axe PlatformPope 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.