Piwik PRO is a privacy-first analytics platform — GDPR/HIPAA-compliant visitor tracking, funnels, and consent management for enterprises. PageGuard monitors your website’s public-facing health — WCAG accessibility, Core Web Vitals, SEO, and ADA compliance — with zero tag required, from $9/mo.
ADA Title II Deadline: April 24, 2026
State and local government websites must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. Piwik PRO excels at GDPR-compliant visitor analytics but provides no accessibility auditing or ADA compliance monitoring. PageGuard monitors accessibility continuously — alerting you before violations occur.
| Feature | PageGuard | Piwik PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ✓ Free + from $9/mo (automated website health monitoring) | Free up to 500k actions/month (Core plan); paid enterprise plans with custom pricing; Piwik PRO Cloud and On-Premises editions |
| Who is it for? | Small businesses, designers, agencies — frontend health, ADA compliance & SEO | Enterprises and government bodies requiring GDPR/HIPAA-compliant web analytics with full data ownership |
| 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 |
| Privacy-first analytics (GDPR / HIPAA) | No — not a web analytics platform; monitors page health externally | ✓ Yes — cookieless tracking, data residency control, GDPR/HIPAA/CCPA compliance built-in |
| Visitor journey & funnel tracking | No — scans public HTML health, not visitor behaviour | ✓ Yes — full funnel analysis, session recordings, goal tracking, and customer journey maps |
| Requires JS snippet installation | ✓ No — zero setup, scan any public URL instantly | Yes — requires Piwik PRO tag on every page before data collection begins |
| 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 — analytics dashboards are reactive, not proactive health monitors |
| 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 tag installation before data appears |
| Tag Manager & data layer integration | No — focuses on page-level health, not tag management | ✓ Yes — built-in tag manager, data layer, custom dimensions, and consent management |
| AI-generated plain-English report | ✓ Yes — explains technical issues in non-technical language | No — analytics dashboards require data analysis skills to interpret |
| Multi-site management | Yes — monitor up to 50 sites from $9/mo | Yes — multiple websites supported; each property tracked independently |
Unlike Piwik PRO, no JS tag, 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. Piwik PRO is a privacy-first analytics suite for tracking visitor behaviour with full GDPR/HIPAA compliance — session recordings, funnel tracking, consent management. 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: Piwik PRO for privacy-compliant visitor analytics, PageGuard for ensuring the site is technically healthy and accessible to all visitors.
No — Piwik PRO does not provide WCAG 2.1 AA compliance scoring or ADA accessibility monitoring. It is a privacy-compliant analytics platform focused on visitor behaviour tracking — not the technical accessibility of public web pages. With the ADA Title II deadline on April 24, 2026, PageGuard provides the accessibility monitoring that Piwik PRO cannot.
PageGuard is free for on-demand website health audits — no tracking tag, no account, zero setup. While Piwik PRO has a free Core plan for up to 500,000 actions/month, it does not monitor website health, accessibility, or 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 starts at $9/month.
Yes — they are complementary tools. Use Piwik PRO for GDPR/HIPAA-compliant visitor analytics (session recordings, funnel analysis, consent management, goal 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: Piwik PRO for “how are visitors behaving while staying compliant”, PageGuard for “is the site technically healthy and ADA-compliant for all visitors”.