WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool Reviews & Insights

Score5 out of 10

5 Reviews and Ratings

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TrustRadius Insights for WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Comprehensive and Helpful Reports: Many users have found the reports generated by the product to be comprehensive and helpful in identifying and rectifying accessibility issues quickly. The detailed analysis provided by the product's dashboard is praised for its usefulness in making business decisions.

Customizable Settings: Users appreciate the ability to customize settings according to their preferences, such as scanning the entire webpage or specific sections, and choosing to ignore certain types of accessibility issues. This flexibility allows users to tailor the product to their specific needs.

Seamless Integration through API: Users appreciate the seamless integration of accessibility testing into their development process through the API. This feature streamlines workflow and ensures that website accessibility is addressed from an early stage.

WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool Reviews

4 Reviews

It gets the job done

Rating: 5 out of 10

February 16, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use this for very basic accessibility testing for our websites and applications and is by no means a comprehensive breakdown of the state of accessibility.

Pros

Identifies contrast errors
Identifies skipped headings
locates hidden or empty containers

Cons

It uses pt VS px. Nobody outside of print is using pt
It has some tools and they are incomplete at best
misidentifies inputs as needing labels (like a submit which does not require a label)

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

14 years of experience

WAVE helping make websites accessible

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 7, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It addressed accessibility concerns on our website and let us know what we needed to fix in terms of things like alternative text, color, contrast. It helped us look at our website as a whole and go one by one through sections. It was very easy to run the report and discover.

Pros

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

Cons

Help provide you to resources to fix your website
Have the website look a little more detailed, it is very plain
Have people that work to help you make changes to your website

Likelihood to Recommend

The tool is suited if you just created a website for your organization and want to be sure it means all accessibility guidelines. It is not appropriate for making those changes for you automatically. You need to do it manually and keep running reports to see if it is fixed.

Verified User

Employee in Social Media (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Excellent, Free Resource for Basic Accessibility Checking

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 6, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I routinely use the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool browser extension to check accessibility for web pages and web content. I primarily use it to give vendors a clear and understandable way to see the accessibility errors in their websites as well as in content they want us to embed on our websites. The tool helps us keep our partners meeting at least the bare minimum for accessibility.

Pros

Easy to use
Easy to read and understand
Free to use, leaving even stubborn vendors without a reason to refuse.

Cons

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

I recommend this tool all the time. It's a great, free way to, at-a-glance, gauge the basic accessibility of a web page. It catches most of the glaring issues and provides an easy way to quickly show a client or vendor where some fundamental issues are and how to resolve them. Given the price, you can't go wrong. It does not replace manual review, or even a more powerful site scanner, but it's a great, quick, foot-in-the-door to explain what accessibility is, why it matters and what some basic issues and fixes are.

Verified User

Director in Marketing (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Simple to understand interface makes this a great tool for entry level through experienced testers!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 6, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am the lead web accessibility specialist for the state. This tool was the first automated plugin I ever used during accessibility testing. I use this to spot-check specific web pages as well as automated testing for smaller-scale sites. I also strongly encourage any of our testers to use this as the automated testing component of their testing process.

Pros

Creates a great visual display of where the error is located, both in HTML source and page view.
An excellent option in the contrast checker is to select the color slider to locate a color that will pass accessible.
Clearly displays the alt text of images to check that it makes sense and is accurate
Great at indicating if an error is visually hidden but in the code.
Clean, organized, easy-to-understand details report

Cons

Have it check for ARIA errors
Indicate whether errors are A, AA, etc.
Have the ability to set the accessibility standard level
Quick export of report

Likelihood to Recommend

I personally think WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool has the best-simplified interface of any automated checking tool. For this reason, I think this is the best for someone who is just learning how to review and read accessibility errors. It is obviously well suited if you don't need to run through a ton of pages at once. It's best for spot-checking or checking smallish sites. It works well if you don't need to export any type of accessibility report. It is ideal for someone who can go along and make the changes themself as they review the reports.

Lainie Strange

Web Accessibility Specialist/Developer in Quality Assurance at State of Missouri (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

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