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axe Monitor

byDeque Systems
in Digital Accessibility
3.0

Overview

Product Information on axe Monitor

Updated 13th October 2025

What is axe Monitor?

axe Monitor is a software designed to automate accessibility testing for web applications. It allows organizations to conduct regular scans across sites and applications to identify accessibility issues based on recognized standards. The software enables scheduling of tests, reporting, trend analysis, and tracking of accessibility violations over time. axe Monitor provides dashboards and detailed issue breakdowns to support teams in prioritizing and remediating accessibility concerns. Through integration capabilities, axe Monitor fits into development and compliance workflows, supporting efforts to achieve and maintain accessibility requirements for digital properties. The software addresses the challenge of achieving consistent and ongoing accessibility compliance in dynamic web environments.

axe Monitor Pricing

axe Monitor software uses a subscription-based pricing model, offering different tiers based on the number of monitored sites and frequency of scans. Pricing may vary depending on enterprise requirements and additional features such as report customization and integration capabilities. A quote is typically provided upon request based on specific usage and organizational needs.

Overall experience with axe Monitor

IT Associate - IT (Tech Support)
Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees, Education
FAVORABLE

“Addressing Web Application Accessibility with Deques Axe Dev Tools”

5.0
Jul 4, 2024
We rely on deques axe Monitor and axe Dev Tools to check the accessibility of our web applications. These tools seamlessly fit into our work process enabling us to identify and resolve accessibility concerns effectively.
Director of Web and Digital Strategy
Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education
CRITICAL

“Developer's Nightmare: The Worst Software Experience in 20 Years”

1.0
May 7, 2025
This is the worst software I have ever tried to use. When I initially started to use it, I had 8 pages of issues where I essentially QA'd the software for the company. There documentation is inaccurate. Tons of UI/UX and functionality issues. The scans takes days to load and we have not even scratched the surface with adding our sites into the system. The exported results on issues do not show the page URL to the location of a PDF that has the issues. The exported results also do not show if the issue is critical, or other severity metrics. They told our team they were working on launching improvements since last August and we still have not received the updated version. The customer support is terrible when articulating the issues and stop gaps, they took over 4 months to put in a feature request to do the simple task of scanning only portion of the page and being able to automatically email the results. I do not recommend this software. Worst experience I have had in my 20 years of being a developer on using and onboarding a new software.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 10th November 2023

A global digital accessibility testing company with a full suite of products, services, and training built to support accessibility testing through the software development lifecycle. From design through development, QA, and production, Deque tools make accessibility testing easier through automation and integration into existing processes and tools. The AI-driven tool suite is underpinned by 20 years of accumulated accessibility testing data. The AI models are regularly reviewed and updated by Deque accessibility experts that hold a collective 125 WCAG certifications. Our open-source rules engine, axe-core, powers all our products. With more than 1 billion downloads, it’s the most commonly accessed accessibility testing ruleset in the industry. Deque serves customers from global enterprises to small and medium businesses operating in every industry and geography around the world.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Year Founded
1999
Head office location
Herndon, United States
Number of employees
201 - 500
Website
http://www.deque.com

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Reviewer Insights for: axe Monitor

axe Monitor Likes & Dislikes

Like

The axe Monitor conducts scans. Generates detailed reports giving us insights into the well-being of our applications and pointing out any significant problems. It classifies issues based on their seriousness. Provide code examples to expedite the resolution process.

Like

nothing...its an awful product.

Like

Integration and scalability.

Dislike

I haven't noticed any problems, with the axe monitor.

Dislike

everything, this tool is inadequate

Dislike

Plan breakdown and overall cost structure.

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axe Monitor Reviews and Ratings

3.0

(4 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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4 Star
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1 Star
25%
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

3.8

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3.8

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4.0

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  • Director of Web and Digital Strategy
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Developer's Nightmare: The Worst Software Experience in 20 Years

    1.0
    May 7, 2025
    This is the worst software I have ever tried to use. When I initially started to use it, I had 8 pages of issues where I essentially QA'd the software for the company. There documentation is inaccurate. Tons of UI/UX and functionality issues. The scans takes days to load and we have not even scratched the surface with adding our sites into the system. The exported results on issues do not show the page URL to the location of a PDF that has the issues. The exported results also do not show if the issue is critical, or other severity metrics. They told our team they were working on launching improvements since last August and we still have not received the updated version. The customer support is terrible when articulating the issues and stop gaps, they took over 4 months to put in a feature request to do the simple task of scanning only portion of the page and being able to automatically email the results. I do not recommend this software. Worst experience I have had in my 20 years of being a developer on using and onboarding a new software.
  • IT Associate - IT (Tech Support)
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Addressing Web Application Accessibility with Deques Axe Dev Tools

    5.0
    Jul 4, 2024
    We rely on deques axe Monitor and axe Dev Tools to check the accessibility of our web applications. These tools seamlessly fit into our work process enabling us to identify and resolve accessibility concerns effectively.
  • AVP, accessibility lead
    10B+ USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Fantastic product and service-best in class

    5.0
    Aug 1, 2023
    Best of class service and professionalism or the whole team assigned to us.
  • IT MANAGER
    50M-1B USD
    Energy and Utilities
    Review Source

    Deque aXe Monitor and dev tool plugin

    5.0
    May 23, 2023
    We are using deque aXE monitor and deque axe dev tools for accessibility testing for our web applications. These tools have helped us in reducing the manual effort for performing the accessibility checks. The best thing is aXe dev tools can easily integrate into the deployment pipelines and accessibility checks are performed in parallel with functional issues and this has helped us in catching those issues earlier. aXe Monitor we are using for our prod instance and with the help of deque aXe Monitors scans can be scheduled and reports are available when the day starts. aXe monitor provides a health check status and if there are any serious flaws , developers or operation team can work on those issues on priority. AXE monitor also categorise these issues in different categories from crictical to minor issues and provide the code snippet where actually the issue is and reduce the time in debugging.
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