Why Silktide customers switch to AccessProof
Silktide is a broad web-governance platform — accessibility plus content quality, SEO, and analytics across a full-site crawl. AccessProof does one thing: defensible WCAG audits on the axe-core engine, self-serve from $0/mo, with court-ready PDFs and a CI gate.
AccessProof vs Silktide
| Criterion | AccessProof | Silktide | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit engine | axe-core 4.9.1 (vendored, open-source) | Proprietary accessibility checks | Tie |
| Scope | Focused: WCAG/ADA accessibility only | Broad: accessibility + content QA + SEO + analytics | Tie |
| Pricing model | Flat self-serve $0-$199/mo | Platform subscription, sales-led for larger sites | AccessProof |
| Court-ready PDF report | Timestamped PDF with WCAG citations + selectors | Governance dashboards + exports | AccessProof |
| CI/CD pipeline gate | REST API + JSON, block deploys on threshold | Scheduled crawl, not a build gate | AccessProof |
| Full-site content crawl | Per-site scheduled WCAG scans | Whole-site crawl across content + SEO + a11y | Competitor |
| Free browser extension | Free public scanner page (no install) | Free Silktide browser extension | Tie |
Claims about Silktide reflect public marketing as of 2026-05-22. Inaccurate? Email [email protected] — we correct factual errors.
WCAG conformance without buying a whole web-governance platform.
Silktide is a capable web-governance platform. Beyond accessibility it covers content quality, spelling, SEO, and analytics, crawling an entire site and reporting across all of those dimensions. For a marketing or comms team that wants one dashboard for the health of a large website, that breadth is the selling point.
AccessProof is deliberately narrow. We audit WCAG conformance with the axe-core 4.9.1 engine and turn it into the artifacts that matter for compliance: timestamped PDFs with criterion-level citations, a score history per scan, and a REST API you can gate a deploy on. We do not do SEO scoring or content QA — there are dedicated tools for that.
The decision is about scope. If you need a single platform for site-wide content governance and accessibility is one of several concerns, Silktide is a strong fit. If accessibility is the concern and you want a focused, developer-friendly tool with court-ready evidence and CI integration, AccessProof is leaner and cheaper.
Sources: silktide.com (platform scope + positioning as of 2026-05) · github.com/dequelabs/axe-core (engine AccessProof ships).
Audits, not band-aids.
Vendored axe-core 4.9.1
We ship the audit engine ourselves. Same rule set used by Deque, GOV.UK, and the W3C — 90+ rules across WCAG 2.2 A/AA/AAA, Section 508, EN 301 549.
Court-ready timestamped PDFs
Each scan produces a signed PDF with site URL, scan time (UTC), exact element selectors, WCAG criterion citations, and remediation steps. Designed to be admissible.
Scheduled scans, regression alerts
Daily, weekly, or hourly cadence. Email + Slack + webhook alerts when a regression introduces a new critical or serious issue.
Multi-site, multi-tenant
One dashboard for a portfolio. Agencies manage 25+ clients on a single Pro account; enterprises run unlimited sites on Business.
REST API + CI/CD gate
Block deploys with an accessibility threshold in your pipeline. POST a URL, get JSON back with violations, score, and a fail/pass gate.
No JavaScript on your site
AccessProof does not inject anything into your pages. We render them in Chromium and inspect — your DOM stays exactly as your team built it.
Pay for an audit, not a widget.
1 site · monthly · HTML report
5 sites · weekly · PDF reports · email alerts
25 sites · daily · API + CI/CD · branded PDF
Silktide is sold as a web-governance platform subscription, typically scaled to site size and the modules you enable (accessibility, content, SEO, analytics). Larger deployments are sales-led and quote-based.
Source: silktide.com public marketing as of 2026-05. Confirm current pricing directly with the vendor.
Business plan ($199/mo) covers unlimited sites and hourly scans — see /pricing.
Questions we hear from Silktide customers.
How is AccessProof different from Silktide?
Scope. Silktide is a broad web-governance platform where accessibility is one module alongside content quality, SEO, and analytics. AccessProof is a focused WCAG/ADA audit tool: axe-core engine, court-ready PDFs, score history, and a CI/CD gate, with flat self-serve pricing. You buy AccessProof when accessibility specifically is the problem you need to prove you are addressing.
Does AccessProof cover SEO and content quality like Silktide?
No, and that is intentional. We focus exclusively on WCAG conformance and accessibility evidence. For SEO and content QA there are excellent dedicated tools. Keeping the scope narrow is what lets us keep the price flat and the reports defensible.
Can AccessProof crawl my entire website like Silktide does?
AccessProof scans on a per-site, per-template basis with scheduled cadence rather than crawling every unique URL. For most teams, monitoring the key templates and high-traffic pages catches the systemic issues, since accessibility bugs usually live in shared components. If your requirement is a literal full-site crawl across all content dimensions, a governance platform fits that better.
Is the axe-core engine as good as Silktide's checks?
axe-core is the most widely adopted open-source accessibility engine, maintained by Deque and used by Lighthouse, Microsoft Accessibility Insights, and most CI tooling. It is rigorously tested against WCAG 2.0/2.1/2.2. For the violations that matter in an audit or lawsuit context — contrast, labels, keyboard, ARIA — it is the industry reference.
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