Clicky is a real-time web analytics tool — visitor sessions, heatmaps, and individual traffic tracking. PageGuard monitors your website’s public-facing health — WCAG accessibility, Core Web Vitals, SEO, and ADA compliance — with zero tracking snippet required.
ADA Title II Deadline: April 24, 2026
State and local government websites must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. Clicky tracks real-time visitors but provides no accessibility auditing or ADA compliance monitoring. PageGuard monitors accessibility continuously — alerting you before violations occur.
| Feature | PageGuard | Clicky |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free + from $9/mo (automated website health monitoring) | Free (3,000 daily visitors); Pro $9.99/mo; Plus $14.99/mo; Pro Plus $19.99/mo |
| Who is it for? | Small businesses, designers, agencies — frontend health, ADA compliance & SEO | Site owners wanting real-time visitor analytics, heatmaps & basic uptime alerts |
| Accessibility audit (WCAG / ADA) | ✓ Yes — WCAG 2.1 AA scored 0–100 with specific issue list | No — no accessibility scoring or WCAG compliance checks |
| Technical SEO audit | ✓ Yes — meta tags, headings, canonical, structured data, robots.txt | No — no SEO auditing capabilities |
| Performance scoring (Core Web Vitals) | ✓ Yes — LCP, CLS, FCP scored 0–100 with fix recommendations | No — no Core Web Vitals scoring or front-end performance auditing |
| Real-time visitor analytics | No — scans public HTML health, not live traffic data | ✓ Yes — real-time visitor view: current visitors, pages, referrers, actions |
| Heatmaps & click tracking | No — focuses on technical health monitoring, not user clicks | ✓ Yes — heatmaps and click tracking on individual pages (Pro plans) |
| Requires JS tracking snippet | ✓ No — zero setup, scan any public URL instantly | Yes — requires Clicky tracking code on every page to collect data |
| ADA Title II compliance monitoring | ✓ Yes — WCAG audit + automated email alert on accessibility regression | No — no ADA compliance features or alerts |
| Continuous automated health monitoring & alerts | ✓ Yes — weekly or daily scans with email alerts on score drops | Uptime monitoring only (Pro plans); no technical health or accessibility alerts |
| Best Practices audit (HTTPS, security headers) | ✓ Yes — HTTPS enforcement, security headers, image optimisation | No — no front-end best practices auditing |
| No-signup instant scan | ✓ Yes — scan any URL in ~30 seconds, no account required | No — requires account creation and tracking code installation before data flows |
| Individual visitor tracking | No — focuses on page health, not individual visitor sessions | ✓ Yes — view individual visitor sessions, actions, and referrer paths |
| AI-generated plain-English report | ✓ Yes — explains technical issues in non-technical language | No — analytics dashboards require interpretation of traffic metrics |
| Multi-site management | ✓ Yes — monitor up to 50 sites from $9/mo | Multi-site plans available; pricing increases per site/traffic volume |
Unlike Clicky, no tracking snippet, no account required. Performance + Accessibility + SEO + Best Practices scored in 30 seconds.
Results in ~30 seconds. 4 scores: Performance, Accessibility, SEO, Best Practices.
They solve different problems. Clicky tracks real-time visitors — session analytics, heatmaps, individual visitor actions, and basic uptime monitoring. PageGuard monitors your public-facing website health — WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility scoring, Core Web Vitals, technical SEO, and ADA compliance alerts. Many teams use both: Clicky for real-time traffic insights and PageGuard for ensuring the site is technically healthy and accessible.
No — Clicky does not provide WCAG 2.1 AA compliance scoring or ADA accessibility monitoring. It is a web analytics platform focused on real-time visitor tracking, not the technical health or accessibility of public web pages. With the ADA Title II deadline on April 24, 2026, PageGuard provides the accessibility monitoring that Clicky cannot.
PageGuard is free for on-demand website health audits — no tracking snippet, no account, zero setup. While Clicky has a free tier for visitor analytics, it does not monitor website health, WCAG accessibility, or technical SEO. PageGuard lets you scan any public URL and receive a scored report covering Performance, Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), SEO, and Best Practices in ~30 seconds. Automated monitoring with email alerts starts at $9/month.
Yes — they are complementary tools. Use Clicky to understand your traffic in real time (visitor sessions, heatmaps, referrers, individual visitor tracking) and PageGuard to ensure your public-facing pages are technically healthy and accessible (WCAG audit, SEO audit, Core Web Vitals, ADA compliance monitoring). Together: Clicky for “who is visiting and what are they doing”, PageGuard for “is the site healthy and accessible to all visitors”.