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Seviranta vs. Deque
The European Accessibility Act has applied since June 2025. Deque makes the standard we build on, so this is not about quality, but about how you procure and deploy that same engine. Here you read exactly where the difference lies.
Factual accountability (as of June 2026). Every statement about Deque on this page traces back to public sources and their own documentation: the Deque product pages on axe-core and the axe toolsuite (DevTools, Linter, Auditor, Monitor) and the open-source axe-core repository on GitHub. A public price list for the axe suite is sales/seat-based and not published; we mark that explicitly. Read our source list ↓
Same engine, different packaging
The reality: Deque is the quality source. They invented axe-core and have maintained it open source since 2015, it is the standard Seviranta also runs on. So this is not about who detects better; we measure on the same engine. The difference lies purely in the packaging. Deque ships a developer toolkit: axe DevTools, Linter, Auditor and Monitor, built to be embedded by engineering teams in the software pipeline. Powerful, but it assumes a development team that gets to work with it. Seviranta delivers that same standard as a ready-made, self-serve service: we run the scan and deliver the code fix, so even the entrepreneur without an engineering team can demonstrably comply. No developer? Then our packaging fits; have a full dev team that wants to build into CI/CD, then Deque's toolkit makes sense.
| Strategic aspect | Seviranta | Deque |
|---|---|---|
| Approach | Delivers accessibility as a ready-made service: we scan and deliver the code fix, with continuous monitoring and a retainable compliance file. No engineering team required. | Delivers a developer toolkit (axe DevTools, Linter, Auditor, Monitor) with which engineering teams build and test accessibility inside their own software pipeline. |
| Foundation | Runs on axe-core, the open-source engine Deque makes. We deliberately build on their standard, because it is transparent and community-validated. | Makes and maintains axe-core itself, open source since 2015 (MPL 2.0), literally the market standard. All respect: this is the engine we run on. |
| Procurement & price | Self-serve: pricing ladder open on the site (€69-699/mo, excl. VAT), sign up without a sales call, metering on unique URL. | The commercial axe suite is seat/sales-based; no transparent public pricing ladder. The open-source axe-core of course remains free to use. |
| Audience | Entrepreneur up to larger shop who wants a workable service, self-serve to procure, without having to develop yourself. | Developers and enterprise engineering teams who build accessibility into the SDLC and CI/CD and operate the toolkit themselves. |
The B2B math: tooling plus execution
Deque delivers axe DevTools and audits, first-class tooling, but it stays tooling: your own team performs the fixes, or you hire consultancy by the hour. With Seviranta execution is part of the service, self-serve and scalable, you don't pay separately for the fixing itself.
Why 100% automated compliance is a myth
No scanner catches everything, not even axe-core, and Deque acknowledges this itself. An estimated 57% of WCAG criteria can be tested reliably by automation; the remaining ~43% requires human judgement, think logical reading order, meaningful alt text and usable focus order. Anyone promising full automated compliance is selling false security. We say it as it is: the machine does what the machine can, human work fills in the rest, and together that helps you demonstrably comply with the European Accessibility Act.
Choose Seviranta if you…
- want the same axe-core standard, but as a ready-made service rather than a toolkit you have to operate yourself.
- have no engineering team or don't want to burden your developers, we scan and deliver the code fix.
- want to start today: pricing open on the site, sign up without a sales call or seat negotiation.
- seek an efficient, scalable approach at enterprise quality, from entrepreneur to larger shop.
Ready for structural compliance?
Sources
Every factual claim about Deque on this page is traceable to a public source as of June 2026: Deque's own website (axe suite, axe DevTools) and the public documentation of axe-core. Figures may have changed since. Spot a fact that's no longer correct? Email us at info@seviranta.com, we'll fix it and note the correction.