Deque Reviews

Guided testing feature plus automated testing.

Issues exporting could be better, along with a dashboard interface for saved reports.

I love that they have a whole on-demand academy for training and prepping for certificate exams. I also like that their axe scan tool is so easy that we could have our PMs and UXers run the scans and it was really clear what we needed to fix and what was and was not in complpiance.

for the first year I had worked with Deque I had a hard time getting someone to work with me to see if we could come up with a solution for our enterprise QA automation, but it took a while to get someone to call me back, and also when I did talk to someone who I believe to be the son of the founder, we determined they didn't have what they needed. After I signed a deal with Level Access a year later they started hard selling me on their automated services, which was too late. SO that was a bummer cause I liked Deque. Level Access has been great too.

Auditor - very comprehensive and detailed write-up of WCAG test cases ; easy for non-accessibility folks to perform a11y testing to catch low-hanging fruits Monitor - easy to set up; easy to produce accessibility reports

Auditor - not compatible with JIRA.. not able to export bugs found to JIRA which our projects use for bug tracking ; would be nice to get specific test cases for mobile and PDFMonitor - many false positives or "needs review".. hopefully AI technology will improve to eliminate need for human verification ; able to scan SPA or multistep flows but requires someone who is technical.. hopefully in future, there will be easier option for non-technical folks to set up SPA/multistep pages; only Axe Devtools - does not support Salesforce platform

love that the Axe product is available for free. There's so much you can do with it. I had the opportunity for a year to use the paid version and would like to again, but it hard selling management when they don't have the budget. So I make do with the free extension.

Would be really nice if there was some sort of app in the mobile world that could test mobile apps like the web extension does for web applications.

It's so easy to use it to find accessibility problems, and does such a thorough job, at least for starters. I also like that the tool itself links to Deque's pages about how to remediate the issues. And with a Pro account you can even link to a page with a screenshot of the problem element along with the specific code of the site. Splendid!

The screenshot functionality is a little buggy, or at least has been from time to time .

The DevTools chrome extension makes automated accessibility testing super streamlined. Integrating directly with DevTools means developers easily know where to look to run tests and find issues. I love the ability to highlight and scroll directly to elements causing issues on the page. The Pro version's Intelligent Guided Tests are a great way to learn manual accessibility testing techniques!

I would love to see more of the Pro features become available in the Free version. Some ability to run Intelligent Guided Tests (or perhaps Guided Tests without the Intelligence) would be amazing to see available for free to all web devs.

Products are easy to install and use. Use of the rule set across products makes the tools from the free browser add-on, to the automated tool consistent in the results being provided.

It's not a problem with the software. Getting enterprise-wide adoption is a bear.

This tool is so impactful to my work and mission as a champion for a11y. From a11y standards picked up, to keyboard navigation, this tool has helped not only my work but those I influenced with the use of this tool. Even the way we can integrate this automation testing into our projects internal application through a few yaml file and wdio configs. Also the tips the tool gives you when it lets you know of a found a11y issue, it lets you not just know where to find the issue it picked up but also the standard tied to it, a link to learn more, and code examples on how you can go about fixing it.

I feel like the only issues I can think of that I have had back as someone new using this for the first time, was not knowing all the functionality this tool can offer. But Deque offers a ton of insight through articles and hosting talks to help you learn more.

We needed software that could help us achieve accessibility. We tested a few and Deque came up on top each time. It was so easy to use and intuitive. It helped me with manual and technical tasks. I have since recommended this software to other departments in my company and they are now using Deque Axe. Such a great product.

We purchased this product for the web team (4 licenses). Every one on the team loved the product and we didn't find anything that didn't work well.

Offer web accessibility to meet WCAG standards compliance.

Not all error are true, there is chance are false positive

Super easy to set up and use. UI of Accessibility pane within Storybook is really nice.

Would love to be able to integrate better with Interaction testing in Storybook.

Deque's axe dev tools browser extension makes finding accessibility issues very easy. When an issue is discovered on your page, Deque provides CSS highlighting to identify the problematic element, and when you don't know how to fix the accessibility issue, their dev tools provide a Deque link describing the issue and potential fixes.

Deque's dev tools are not able to identify the entire range of accessibility issue. Most results are related to color contrast of surrounding elements or accessibility attributes on HTML buttons and other elements. I've also noticed that their dev tools can sometimes falsely flag an a11y issue.

This tool is easy to use and uses plain language

I do not have any suggested improvements at this time.

Having the pro license, it is very easy to scan the individual sections of the page that I am responsible for ensuring they are WCAG compliant. I like that I can easily see what is flagged and also see suggestions for how to improve it.

It is a challenge for users who do not have the pro license and are using the free extension to sift through hundreds of errors to find those that apply to them.

Our department creates documents in MS office suite and Adobe CC. I'm currently working my way through the Deque University courses for Document Accessibility.Courses are laid out in bite-sized engaging videos with captioning. Cool features: it keeps my place when I leave off on a lesson, and issues certificates on completion. There are also training units for IAAP Certification!Our entire team uses the free Colour Contrast Analyser too.

I need to explore more of the tools to answer this. I have not found any cons.

I use more than one tools offered by Deque; and for all of them, one common thing is ease of use, wide variety of features for that tool and comparatively not so pricey

Just like any other product, Deque products are still work in progress so it may not satisfy all of your requirement but they are still best option available in the market

I saw this software demonstrated at an online accessibility conference and purchased it when I was asked by a friend to do a site audit for her client. The features have continued to improve and be easier to use and more tailored to individual situations.

I haven't had enough experience using this software to know the limitations, nor do I have experience with any other software for comparison.

- Axe devtools can be used through the browser plugin (I use the one that is available for Google Chrome)
- These devtools can identify any existing a11y (accessibility) issues with the current page or part of the current page. Example of such issue is a missing aria-label on a button in the page, or lack of contrast between text and its background color
- This tool is handy when we work on a new feature on the UI, and want to know if our code is generating an accessibility issue. This will generate a report for you to look at all the accessibility issues in the page/part of the page, along with suggestions hinting at how to fix those issues

- Without subscribing for the paid version, you cannot scan part of the page (you can scan the entire page though). This is a little less helpful in a situation when part of the page is owned by a different team and that part already has existing a11y issues
- It could be difficult to pinpoint exactly which element the a11y issue is coming from, because there is a lack of visual hint regarding the list of issues and the place where the relevant template element is

Deque is the most thorough reference guide when it comes to researching accessibility best-practices.

I don’t have enough time to read more of it.

wholistic support, cutting edge, easy to use

None, but I am being forced to write something

I used Deque for accessibility training. I like that it has lots of structure so if I'm in a hurry I can reference one section to answer a question. It is clearly written and has lots of links if I want to check source material in more detail. I also really like the 1-pager reference sheets and wish there were more of them available to download so I can have a reminder even after I complete the full course.

It would be great if Deque would bookmark my progress more clearly so I could go back to where I left off, especially since the format does make it easy to pick up and put down the training as time allows. It would be great if there was a straightforward list of the courses I've taken as right now the navigation splits them up by certification.