OnCrawl is an enterprise SEO crawler for specialists. PageGuard is no-code website health monitoring for everyone — WCAG/ADA accessibility, Core Web Vitals, and SEO scores in 30 seconds, free to start.
ADA Title II Deadline: April 24, 2026
State and local government websites must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. OnCrawl excels at technical SEO crawl analysis but does not audit accessibility compliance. PageGuard continuously monitors WCAG/ADA health — free to start, alerting you before violations become lawsuits.
| Feature | PageGuard | OnCrawl |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ✓ Free + from $9/mo | No free tier — from $49/mo (Starter, 500 URLs/crawl) |
| Who is it for? | Small businesses, designers, agencies — no-code site health monitoring | SEO professionals and enterprise teams doing large-scale technical crawl analysis |
| Accessibility audit (WCAG / ADA) | ✓ Yes — WCAG 2.1 AA scored 0–100 with specific issue list | No — does not audit WCAG or ADA accessibility compliance |
| Technical SEO audit | Yes — meta tags, headings, canonical, structured data | ✓ Yes — deep crawl analysis: redirects, orphan pages, pagination, hreflang, internal links |
| Performance audit (Core Web Vitals) | ✓ Yes — LCP, CLS, FCP scored 0–100 | Partial — integrates with GSC data for CWV but no direct Lighthouse-style scoring |
| Log file analysis | No — page-layer monitoring only | ✓ Yes — Googlebot log analysis to see exactly what Google crawls and when |
| Crawl depth & scale | Single URL audit per scan | ✓ Yes — crawl entire sites up to millions of URLs, custom crawl scheduling |
| Best Practices audit | ✓ Yes — HTTPS, security headers, image optimization, more | Partial — technical issues only, no security header checks |
| AI-generated plain-English report | ✓ Yes — explains issues in non-technical language | No — raw data tables and charts for SEO specialists |
| ADA Title II compliance monitoring | ✓ Yes — WCAG audit + alert on accessibility regression | No — does not audit or monitor ADA/WCAG compliance |
| Setup complexity | ✓ Zero — paste URL, get results in 30 seconds | Medium — configure crawl settings, connect integrations (GSC/GA), upload log files |
| Continuous monitoring | Yes — scheduled automated scans with email alerts on score drops | Yes — scheduled crawls, but alerts focus on crawl/SEO changes not quality scores |
| Data integrations | No — standalone monitoring dashboard | ✓ Yes — Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Majestic integrations |
| Non-technical user friendly | ✓ Yes — designed for business owners and marketers | No — requires SEO expertise to interpret crawl data, log files, and segment analysis |
| Free tier available | ✓ Yes — scan any site for free, no signup required | No — 14-day trial only, then from $49/month |
Performance + Accessibility + SEO + Best Practices in 30 seconds. No crawl setup, no login — just paste a URL and see results instantly.
Results in ~30 seconds. 4 scores: Performance, Accessibility, SEO, Best Practices.
For most small businesses and agencies, yes. OnCrawl is built for SEO professionals who need to crawl entire websites at scale and analyze Googlebot log files. PageGuard is built for anyone who wants instant quality scores — paste a URL and get Performance (Core Web Vitals), Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), Technical SEO, and Best Practices results in 30 seconds. PageGuard also offers WCAG/ADA compliance monitoring that OnCrawl does not provide, starting free.
No. OnCrawl focuses on technical SEO crawl data — it does not audit WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance, Core Web Vitals quality scores, or ADA compliance. With the ADA Title II deadline on April 24, 2026, PageGuard provides automated WCAG monitoring with zero setup, alerting you when accessibility scores drop before they cause legal exposure.
SEO crawling (like OnCrawl) maps your entire website — following all links, discovering every page, analyzing redirects, orphan pages, and crawl budget from log files. It’s a deep structural analysis for SEO specialists. Website health monitoring (like PageGuard) audits individual page quality — scoring Performance, Accessibility, SEO, and Best Practices. PageGuard delivers results in 30 seconds without any technical configuration.
Yes, significantly. OnCrawl starts at $49/month with no free tier. PageGuard offers unlimited free on-demand scans with no signup, and paid monitoring plans starting at $9/month for up to 5 sites with weekly automated scans and email alerts. For businesses that need website health visibility without enterprise SEO tooling budgets, PageGuard is the practical choice.