Chrome DevTools vs. Equalweb

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Chrome DevTools
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Chrome DevTools is a set of authoring, debugging, and profiling tools built into Google Chrome.N/A
Equalweb
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Equalweb is a web accessibility software testing solution from the company of the same name in Manhattan.N/A
Pricing
Chrome DevToolsEqualweb
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Chrome DevToolsEqualweb
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Chrome DevToolsEqualweb
Small Businesses
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Score 9.1 out of 10
BrowserStack
BrowserStack
Score 8.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Score 9.1 out of 10
Siteimprove
Siteimprove
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Score 9.1 out of 10
BrowserStack
BrowserStack
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Chrome DevToolsEqualweb
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(25 ratings)
6.9
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Chrome DevToolsEqualweb
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Chrome DevTools is best for web developers, front end designers and anyone who is developing a website. It's great for SEO optimization to get advice and info on the assets and resources the website uses and how it performs. Also great for checking if your website is mobile friendly. Great for debugging
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Equalweb
Equalweb is well suited to most web browsing experiences, especially desktop. If someone already has a screen reader or accessibility tools, the functionality overlap might not be ideal.
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Pros
Google
  • Provides clear, easy to understand, and actionable intelligence on how the browser is retrieving, parsing and rendering the page.
  • Covers a wide gamut of front-end development tasks, from manipulating CSS rules to line-by-line debugging of JavaScript to helpful page and server insights.
  • Continuously incorporates new tools and helpful features. With nearly every major Chrome release there is a "What's new" update with at least one or two useful items.
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Equalweb
  • It offers great accessibility features that are 100% customizable and are available in more than 32 languages.
  • Easy installation.
  • Low cost.
  • It allows to adjust the functions or web pages according to the disabilities, needs or individual preferences.
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Cons
Google
  • I think the layout is too complex, it should be simpler and easy to use for an average developer.
  • I would like more tools for CSS oriented development like Grid Helpers, Flux containers, CSS animations, etc.
  • I would like a better tool for errors, like telling me what to do if I find a JS problem, CSS problem or a wrong redirection.
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Equalweb
  • The 2FA to login to the account only has the option for an automated call, not text message or an authentication app. This can get annoying to deal with on the long run, especially if you access the dashboard a lot.
  • Sometimes, the pricing tool has trouble detecting the number of pages on a site we just launched (it's still counting the pages on the old site) so the pricing choices that are presented are not accurate and I have to contact support to get the correct pricing package in place.
  • The last price increase wasn't too cheap.
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Usability
Google
While Chrome DevTools are very powerful, it's not the easiest thing to use, as there are so many different tools built in. It takes some exploring to discover all the options possible within DevTools, but with a little exploring, the DevTools become a very powerful asset. Accessing the basic HTML and CSS inspection is very easy though, and that's the most common usage for the DevTools.
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Equalweb
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Support Rating
Google
I'm not entirely sure what to rate the support for DevTools, because I don't have any experience dealing with official customer support for DevTools. I would guess the primary support for DevTools would be in a Chrome forum. Typically if I have a question or issue, I am able to find an answer from doing a quick Google search. It's pretty widely used, so it's not difficult to find answers.
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Equalweb
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Alternatives Considered
Google
Chrome DevTools stacks up well against similar browser tools like those offered by Microsoft Edge and Firefox. It has plenty of strengths and while it may not stand out strongly from the crowd amongst its peers it has built a strong user base around it due to its constant improvement and the popularity of the Chrome browser. It is an easy pick for us to lean on for the majority of our front-end development needs.
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Equalweb
These tools help to customize our website in an effective and efficient way, facilitating access to our website without any problem for people with special abilities for perfect accessibility.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • One major positive impact that using Chrome DevTools has on business is the ability to test your page on multiple devices, screen sizes, and user agents. You can do a lot of QA testing from chrome and that saves time.
  • Since DevTools is a free product that comes bundled within another free product I don't see any negative impact that derives from its use.
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Equalweb
  • Provides extra value in our website maintenance package.
  • An edge over the competition in terms of website functionality.
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