Alternatives to SortSite
Website quality scanner testing accessibility, broken links, browser compatibility and SEO against over 1200 checkpoints. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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SortSite
Website quality scanner testing accessibility, broken links, browser compatibility and SEO against over 1200 checkpoints.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as SortSite.
Rocket Validator
A hosted crawler that runs HTML, CSS and accessibility checks across thousands of site pages.
Rocket Validator crawls up to 5,000 pages per report for HTML and accessibility issues with scheduling and an API, but is paid after the trial and skips SEO.
EXPERTE Accessibility Checker
An online checker that crawls a website and tests each page for accessibility problems.
EXPERTE Accessibility Checker crawls an entire site for free with 41 accessibility checks, but does not cover broken links, compatibility or SEO.
WooRank
A web-based website review that audits a URL for SEO, usability and accessibility issues.
WooRank reviews a URL for SEO, usability and accessibility in one freemium report, but does not list broken link or browser compatibility checks.
Checkbot
Chrome extension that crawls a website and tests its pages for SEO, speed and security problems.
Checkbot is a Chrome extension that crawls hundreds of pages for SEO, speed and security issues, works on local sites, and does not focus on accessibility.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider
A desktop website crawler for Windows, macOS and Linux that audits sites for technical SEO issues.
Screaming Frog SEO Spider is a desktop crawler for Windows, macOS and Linux checking over 300 SEO issues, with a free tier limited to 500 URLs.
Dr. Link Check
Online crawler that checks a website for broken links, bad SSL certificates and malicious links.
Dr. Link Check crawls a site for broken and malicious links and bad SSL certificates, without the accessibility and compatibility checkpoints of SortSite.
Also worth comparing
These listings name SortSite as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Asqatasun
Open-source, self-hosted engine that audits web pages and whole sites for accessibility and SEO.
SortSite combines accessibility, links, compatibility and SEO in one scan, but its free demo covers only 10 pages and full scans are paid.
Dead Link Checker
Online broken link checker that crawls a website or single page and reports dead links.
SortSite checks broken links together with accessibility, browser compatibility and SEO, but its free demo covers only the first 10 pages.
Pa11y
Open-source command-line and dashboard tools that test web pages for accessibility issues automatically.
SortSite scans accessibility together with links, compatibility and SEO, with a free demo covering only 10 pages and full scans paid.
Tanaguru Engine
An automated accessibility testing engine that checks websites and web applications against RGAA and WCAG.
SortSite combines accessibility with broken link, compatibility and SEO checks across over 1200 checkpoints, though the free demo covers only the first 10 pages.
UserWay Accessibility Checker
Online scanner that checks a website for ADA and WCAG accessibility issues and gives a score.
SortSite checks accessibility alongside broken links, compatibility and SEO across over 1200 checkpoints, with a free demo limited to the first 10 pages.
W3C Link Checker
An online W3C tool that finds broken links and anchors on a web page or whole site.
SortSite checks broken links together with accessibility, compatibility and SEO, but its free demo covers only the first 10 pages.
webhint
A customizable linting tool that checks websites for accessibility, speed, compatibility and security problems.
SortSite scans for accessibility, broken links, compatibility and SEO against over 1200 checkpoints as a freemium web product, with full scans paid.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
axe DevTools
Accessibility testing tools and browser extension from Deque, built on the axe-core rules engine.
WAVE
A suite of web accessibility evaluation tools, available online and as browser extensions.
Can I use
A searchable web tool with browser support tables for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and other front-end features.
Nu Html Checker
The W3C's online checker that tests HTML documents against current HTML conformance rules.