Crazy Egg is a behaviour analytics tool — heatmaps, scroll maps, and session recordings. PageGuard monitors your website’s public-facing health — WCAG accessibility, Core Web Vitals, SEO, and ADA compliance — with zero JavaScript snippet required.
ADA Title II Deadline: April 24, 2026
State and local government websites must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. Crazy Egg tracks visitor behaviour but provides no accessibility auditing or ADA compliance monitoring. PageGuard monitors accessibility continuously — alerting you before violations occur.
| Feature | PageGuard | Crazy Egg |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ✓ Free + from $9/mo (automated website health monitoring) | From $29/mo Starter; Plus $99/mo; Pro $249/mo — no free tier |
| Who is it for? | Small businesses, designers, agencies — frontend health, ADA compliance & SEO | Marketing teams wanting heatmaps, scroll maps, click recordings, and A/B testing |
| 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 performance auditing |
| Heatmaps & click tracking | No — scans public HTML health, not visitor click behaviour | ✓ Yes — heatmaps, scroll maps, click maps, and confetti reports |
| Session recordings | No — focuses on HTML and technical health, not visitor sessions | ✓ Yes — session recordings to replay individual visitor journeys |
| Requires JS snippet installation | ✓ No — zero setup, scan any public URL instantly | Yes — requires embedding a JavaScript snippet on every page |
| ADA Title II compliance monitoring | ✓ Yes — WCAG audit + automated email alert on accessibility regression | No — no ADA compliance features or alerts |
| Continuous automated monitoring & alerts | ✓ Yes — weekly or daily scans with email alerts on score drops | No — passive recording tool; no proactive health 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 JS snippet installation |
| A/B testing | No — focuses on health monitoring, not experiment management | ✓ Yes — built-in A/B testing and multivariate experiments |
| AI-generated plain-English report | ✓ Yes — explains technical issues in non-technical language | No — data visualisations require marketing expertise to interpret |
| Multi-site management | ✓ Yes — monitor up to 50 sites from $9/mo | Varies by plan; each plan covers one or more tracked domains |
Unlike Crazy Egg, no JavaScript installation, 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. Crazy Egg shows you how visitors interact with your pages through heatmaps and session recordings. PageGuard tells you whether your pages are technically healthy — WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility scoring, Core Web Vitals, technical SEO, and ADA compliance alerts. Many teams use both: Crazy Egg for conversion optimisation, PageGuard for ensuring the site is accessible and healthy for all users.
No — Crazy Egg does not provide WCAG 2.1 AA compliance scoring or ADA accessibility monitoring. It is a behaviour analytics platform focused on visitor engagement patterns. With the ADA Title II deadline on April 24, 2026 requiring WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, PageGuard provides the accessibility monitoring that Crazy Egg cannot.
PageGuard is free for on-demand website health audits — no JavaScript snippet, no account required. Crazy Egg starts at $29/month with no free tier and requires adding a JS snippet to every page. PageGuard requires zero setup: enter any public URL and receive scored results in ~30 seconds. Automated monitoring with email alerts starts at $9/month.
Yes — they are complementary tools for different insight layers. Use Crazy Egg to understand how visitors behave on your pages (heatmaps, click maps, session recordings, A/B tests) and PageGuard to ensure your pages are technically healthy and accessible (WCAG audit, SEO audit, Core Web Vitals, ADA compliance monitoring). Together they give complete coverage: Crazy Egg for “how are users engaging”, PageGuard for “is the site healthy and accessible to all users”.