Total Validator vs WCAG Radar
Total Validator
totalvalidator.comWCAG Radar
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| Figure | Total Validator | WCAG Radar |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €9.92/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Accessibility Testing Software | 9.1 (#6) | 8.6 (#27) |
| Automated scans | Yes | Yes |
| Browser extension | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Purpose | Total Validator checks website accessibility, HTML, CSS, broken links, and spelling. | WCAG Radar runs accessibility checks on the page open in your browser, including pages behind a login and on localhost. |
| Support | The maker offers a contact form for product issues and questions and recommends checking the FAQ for common issues. | Licence holders can contact the auditors who built the tool for support, and the maker says replies to questions about findings arrive within 3 to 5 working days. |
| WCAG coverage | wcag 2.2 | wcag 2.2 |
Plans
Total Validator
- TestFree
- Basic$10, paid once
- CI$39, paid once
- Pro$39, paid once
WCAG Radar
- FreeFree
- Personal licence€1,195 a month
- Personal licence annual€119 a year
- Organisation subscription€350 a year
- Personal licence€119 a year
In their own words
Total Validator
Total Validator is a freemium tool for checking website accessibility, HTML, CSS, broken links and spelling. Automated accessibility checks cover WCAG 2.2, 2.1 and 2.0, US Section 508 and ARIA standards. It validates HTML and XHTML against W3C and WHATWG standards, and CSS against W3C standards. The product runs through web, Windows, macOS, Linux, an API and a browser extension, with CI/CD integration. Jenkins, Team City and Selenium can call the CI version, which also provides a Web API. Remediation guidance is included. Pro can test authenticated pages, intranets, private websites and JavaScript-generated DOMs through browser extensions, while returning results locally for security. The free Test version shows only a one-page issue summary. Basic handles one page at a time; whole-site and multiple-site validation are Pro features. Manual review tools and mobile testing are not provided.
WCAG Radar
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