CommonLook PDF vs Normfluss

CommonLook PDF helps organizations remediate PDFs for accessibility and compliance. Users can choose an advanced or simplified editor based on their experience and document complexity. AI-driven tagging assists with tables, lists, forms, and other elements, while manual tagging tools and a Fix Wizard support review and correction. The software provides PDF tagging, reading-order, and alternative-text tools, and validates against WCAG, PDF/UA, and HHS standards. It can generate bookmarks from document headings and supply a downloadable Validation Report showing passed, failed, and warning issues. A system of record tracks remediation history and lets users remove older files or download accessible PDFs with their reports. The desktop version is an on-premises plugin for Adobe Acrobat Pro or Pro DC. Allyant offers live and on-demand training and a CommonLook Knowledge Base. The product is designed for users of every ability and organizations addressing requirements such as Section 508, ADA Title II, and the EAA. Pricing is available on request, and a seven-day trial is listed.

Normfluss checks PDF documents for accessibility, applies structural fixes, and provides a signed record describing the checks and decisions made. It evaluates PDFs against PDF/UA-1 and the parts of WCAG 2.2 AA that apply to PDF files. The platform can automatically handle tags, reading order, and tables; people review judgment calls in a guided editor. A self-hosted model drafts image descriptions in English, French, German, or Dutch, but a person must accept each suggestion before it is applied.

Users can check up to 25 PDFs at once for free. Files may be up to 100 MB and 150 pages without an account, or 1,000 pages with a free account. A remediated file can be downloaded with a signed evidence record. Normfluss offers a REST API and HMAC-signed webhooks. Processing takes place in the EU; the maker says models are self-hosted, files are not used for training, and no third-party AI is used. Unauthenticated free-check files are deleted after 72 hours; account documents remain until deleted. Plans include a free check and one-time credit bundles from €50, paid once. The platform reports technical conformance, not legal certification or advice.