Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) vs. WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)
ScoreĀ 0.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
N/A
TPGiā€™s Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) provides organizations with a platform and suite of accessibility tools to support them at each stage of their accessibility journey. ARC helps teams to adopt a continuous accessibility strategy and embed accessibility testing into their SDLC. ARC includes a scanning and monitoring tool, a library of KnowledgeBase articles, user flow mapping, and testing, and individualized training courses that are integrated and provide code-levelā€¦
$29
per month
WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
ScoreĀ 6.6Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
N/A
WAVE is a suite of evaluation tools that helps authors make their web content more accessible to individuals with disabilities. WAVE can identify many accessibility and Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) errors, but also facilitates human evaluation of web content. The vendor, WebAIM who offers WAVE as a free suite of tools, states their philosophy is to focus on issues that they know impact end users, facilitate human evaluation, and to educate about webā€¦
$0
Pricing
Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
Editions & Modules
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WAVE API Credits 10000+
$0.25
per credit
WAVE API Credits 1000-9999
$0.3
per credit
WAVE API Credits 250-999
$0.4
per credit
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
Accessibility Testing
Comparison of Accessibility Testing features of Product A and Product B
Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)
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Ratings
WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
5.7
1 Ratings
17% below category average
Accessibility Scanning and Assessment00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Issue Ranking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Manual Auditing Services00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Compliance Reporting and Tracking00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
HTML and CSS scanning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Color/Contrast Analysis00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
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ScoreĀ 8.3Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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ScoreĀ 8.3Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
Medium-sized Companies
Siteimprove
Siteimprove
ScoreĀ 8.9Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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ScoreĀ 8.9Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
Enterprises
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ScoreĀ 8.3Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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ScoreĀ 8.3Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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User Ratings
Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
6.5
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
Likelihood to Recommend
TPGi
No answers on this topic
WebAIM
This is pretty middle of the road. It does a good job of picking out some of the low-hanging fruit, but it's not going properly evaluate semantic structure and will pop several false positives. Additionally, the tools are incomplete. For instance, the contrast editor will allow you to test your colors with sliders so you can get the closest color that passes; however, that isn't how color palettes work, you generally don't get to change a companies palette without a lot of pain; furthermore, there is no ability to adjust the font-size and both font-size AND color are used to determine contrast requirements. Oh, and they use points VS pixels...nobody is using points on the web even if the ADA uses them in their fairly dated guidelines. Text from the actual contrast editor "Text is present that has a contrast ratio less than 4.5:1, or large text (larger than 18 point or 14 point bold) has a contrast ratio less than 3:1.". 14pt = 18.66 pixels, so I can see their logic even if I don't agree with it
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Pros
TPGi
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WebAIM
  • Provides report of errors for you
  • Explains what needs to be fixed so you know why
  • Shows the errors next to each item on your website so you can see which one they mean
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Cons
TPGi
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WebAIM
  • Sometimes the automated functions miss things or are mis-triggered
  • I would like it to link out to more in-depth reading on issues and resolving them
  • I would love it if it generated a PDF report to send people.
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Alternatives Considered
TPGi
No answers on this topic
WebAIM
For this, I'm speaking specifically to the Siteimprove browser plugin. The Siteimprove plugin: Allows to filter on guideline level Catches a few more errors than WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool, but comes pretty close But, both do a great job in all other aspects WebAIM shines in its simplicity of overlaying of errors and warnings on the page. I think its real benefit is a lower learning curve on understanding how to use the tool
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Return on Investment
TPGi
No answers on this topic
WebAIM
  • It has led us to be more inclusive and accessible in our website
  • We have more website visitors
  • We have had positive comments about our website in terms of being accessible
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ScreenShots

Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) Screenshots

Screenshot of A Workspace dashboard within ARC and data from a scan displaying the WCAG density of a website. WCAG 2.1 errors discovered on 50 pages scanned.Screenshot of Pie chart listing top WCAG failures and data indicating performance by component.Screenshot of Trend report for different time periods showing WCAG issue density