axe DevTools
Why models recommend it
“axe DevTools (by Deque). The free browser extension uses *axe-core*, the industry standard for testing accessibility”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Choose Deque axe DevTools alongside Silktide if engineering teams need automated accessibility checks in CI/CD.”Perplexity Sonar · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Use manual audits combined with professional automated testing tools (e.g., axe DevTools, WAVE, Lighthouse)”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · alternative
“Best free developer option: axe DevTools... but it is not a complete website-governance system”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as axe DevTools, over the 27 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 4 | View → | |
| 21 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 5 | View → | |
| 13 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 6 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 7 | 2 | View → | |
| 6 | 2 | View → |
What the models named instead of axe DevTools →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 25 of the 27 answers that named axe DevTools and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for axe DevTools, so its own site is not marked.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |