Total Validator vs WCAG Toolkit
Total Validator
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| Figure | Total Validator | WCAG Toolkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €7.50/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 | 12 |
| Spec score · Website Accessibility Tools | 9.0 (#10) | 8.6 (#16) |
| Browser extension | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says the company does not track website visitors, regularly purges logs, and does not sell, trade, or rent collected information. | Radar runs in the user's browser and the page and findings are not sent to WCAG Toolkit. |
| Security | The maker says Pro returns local results for security. | The privacy statement says all traffic uses HTTPS, data is stored in a Helsinki data centre, and raw data access is limited to the operator. |
| Support | The maker offers a contact form for product issues and questions and recommends checking the FAQ for common issues. | Radar checks link to an auditor, and the site says questions are answered within 3 to 5 working days. |
Plans
Total Validator
- TestFree
- Basic$10, paid once
- CI$39, paid once
- Pro$39, paid once
WCAG Toolkit
- Free RadarFree
- Personal licence — monthly€11.95 a month
- Personal licence — annual€119 a year
- Organisation subscription — 2 to 4 seats€175 a year
- Organisation subscription — 5 to 9 seats€150 a year
- Organisation subscription — 10 to 19 seats€130 a year
- Organisation subscription — 20 to 49 seats€110 a year
- Organisation subscription — 50 or more seats€90 a year
- FreeFree
- Personal licence€11.95 a month
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 Toolkit
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