StatusCake checks if your site is online. PageGuard checks if your site is healthy — auditing performance, WCAG/ADA accessibility, and technical SEO, free in 30 seconds with no code changes needed.
ADA Title II Deadline: April 24, 2026
State and local government websites must meet WCAG 2.1 AA. StatusCake monitors availability and SSL expiry but does not audit accessibility compliance. PageGuard continuously monitors WCAG/ADA health — alerting you before violations occur, no code changes needed.
| Feature | PageGuard | StatusCake |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ✓ Free + from $9/mo | Free (10 monitors) + from $24.99/mo |
| Who is it for? | Small businesses, designers, agencies — comprehensive site health monitoring | Developers and DevOps teams who need uptime, SSL, and domain expiry alerts |
| 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 | No — no SEO analysis or page content auditing |
| Performance audit (Core Web Vitals) | ✓ Yes — LCP, CLS, FCP scored 0–100 | Partial — page speed index (load time) from multiple locations, no Core Web Vitals scoring |
| Uptime / availability monitoring | No — checks site health on schedule, not ping-based uptime | ✓ Yes — HTTP/TCP checks every 5 min (free) or 1 min (paid) with instant down alerts |
| SSL certificate monitoring | Partial — HTTPS best practices checked in audit | ✓ Yes — dedicated SSL expiry monitoring with configurable advance alerts |
| Domain expiry monitoring | No | ✓ Yes — domain expiry alerts on paid plans |
| Best Practices audit | ✓ Yes — HTTPS, security headers, image optimization, more | No — no best practices or code quality auditing |
| Setup complexity | ✓ Zero — paste URL, get results in 30 seconds | Low — sign up, add monitor, configure alert contacts |
| AI-generated plain-English report | ✓ Yes — explains issues in non-technical language | No — no AI analysis or actionable recommendations |
| ADA Title II compliance monitoring | ✓ Yes — WCAG audit + alert on accessibility regression | No — does not audit or monitor ADA/WCAG compliance |
| Multi-location checks | N/A — single Cloudflare edge scan globally | ✓ Yes — 30+ global probe servers for uptime checks |
| Multi-site support | Yes — 1–50 sites depending on plan | Yes — 10 free monitors, unlimited on paid plans |
| Non-technical user friendly | ✓ Yes — designed for business owners and marketers | Moderate — simple dashboard but alerts focus on technical availability metrics |
Performance + Accessibility + SEO + Best Practices in 30 seconds. No code changes, no seat pricing — just paste a URL.
Results in ~30 seconds. 4 scores: Performance, Accessibility, SEO, Best Practices.
It depends on what you need. StatusCake monitors whether your site is online, alerting on downtime, SSL expiry, and domain renewal. PageGuard monitors whether your site is healthy — auditing Performance (Core Web Vitals), Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), Technical SEO, and Best Practices with scored reports. Many teams use both: StatusCake for availability alerts, PageGuard for ongoing quality health checks.
No. StatusCake checks whether your server responds within a time threshold from multiple global locations — it does not analyze WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility, Core Web Vitals, technical SEO, or page content quality. With the ADA Title II deadline on April 24, 2026, businesses need dedicated accessibility monitoring. PageGuard provides exactly that with no engineering setup required.
StatusCake page speed testing measures page load time from multiple global probes — useful for tracking response times. PageGuard audits Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, FCP) scored 0–100, plus accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), technical SEO, and best practices in the same scan. PageGuard gives you a complete quality scorecard, not just load time numbers.
Yes — they complement each other well. Use StatusCake for instant downtime alerts, SSL expiry warnings, and domain renewal reminders. Use PageGuard to continuously monitor site quality — Core Web Vitals, WCAG/ADA accessibility, technical SEO, and best practices — with weekly or daily audits and email alerts when scores drop. PageGuard monitoring starts at $9/month for up to 5 sites, free for one-off scans.