FullStory is a digital experience intelligence platform — session replay, heatmaps, and frustration signals for enterprise teams. PageGuard monitors your website’s public-facing health — WCAG accessibility, Core Web Vitals, SEO, and ADA compliance — with zero JS snippet required.
ADA Title II Deadline: April 24, 2026
State and local government websites must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. FullStory replays user sessions but provides no accessibility auditing or ADA compliance monitoring. PageGuard monitors accessibility continuously — alerting you before violations occur.
| Feature | PageGuard | FullStory |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ✓ Free + from $9/mo (automated website health monitoring) | No public pricing — enterprise plans; Free tier limited to 1,000 sessions/month |
| Who is it for? | Small businesses, designers, agencies — frontend health, ADA compliance & SEO | Enterprise teams wanting session replay, heatmaps, and digital experience analytics |
| 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 |
| Session replay & recordings | No — scans public HTML health, not individual visitor sessions | ✓ Yes — high-fidelity session replay of individual user journeys with DX data |
| Heatmaps & click analytics | No — focuses on technical page health, not visitor click patterns | ✓ Yes — click, scroll, and rage-click heatmaps across pages |
| Requires JS snippet installation | ✓ No — zero setup, scan any public URL instantly | Yes — requires embedding FullStory 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 WCAG monitoring alerts |
| Continuous automated monitoring & alerts | ✓ Yes — weekly or daily scans with email alerts on score drops | No — passive recording tool; no proactive website 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, JS snippet, and session data accumulation |
| Frustration signals (rage clicks, dead clicks) | No — focuses on page health, not visitor frustration patterns | ✓ Yes — automatically surfaces rage clicks, dead clicks, and error clicks |
| AI-generated plain-English report | ✓ Yes — explains technical issues in non-technical language | Limited — DX Data autocaptures signals; interpretation requires analyst expertise |
| Multi-site management | ✓ Yes — monitor up to 50 sites from $9/mo | Enterprise plans; pricing scales with session volume not site count |
Unlike FullStory, no JavaScript installation, no enterprise contract. Performance + Accessibility + SEO + Best Practices scored in 30 seconds.
Results in ~30 seconds. 4 scores: Performance, Accessibility, SEO, Best Practices.
They solve different problems. FullStory records and replays individual user sessions to surface frustration signals and UX issues. 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: FullStory for diagnosing specific user journey problems, PageGuard for ensuring the site is accessible and healthy for all users.
No — FullStory does not provide WCAG 2.1 AA compliance scoring or ADA accessibility monitoring. It is a digital experience intelligence platform focused on session replay and frustration analytics, not the technical accessibility of public web pages. With the ADA Title II deadline on April 24, 2026, PageGuard provides the accessibility monitoring that FullStory cannot.
PageGuard is free for on-demand website health audits — no JavaScript snippet, no account, zero setup. FullStory requires a JS snippet installation and its enterprise pricing is not publicly listed. 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 for different insight layers. Use FullStory to understand how individual users experience your product (session replay, heatmaps, rage clicks, DX data) and PageGuard to ensure your public-facing pages are technically healthy and accessible (WCAG audit, SEO audit, Core Web Vitals, ADA compliance monitoring). Together they give complete coverage: FullStory for “how are individual users experiencing the product”, PageGuard for “is the site healthy and accessible to all users”.