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The Forrester Wave™: Digital Accessibility Platforms

Deque named a Leader in The 2025 Forrester Wave™

We’re proud to be named a Leader in The Forrester Wave for Digital Accessibility Platforms.

Forrester has recognized us as a pioneer in digital accessibility. We received the top score in the Strategy category and the highest possible ranking across 21 criteria—the most out of all vendors analyzed—including vision, innovation, and roadmap.

In our opinion, this cements our position as the global pace-setter for digital accessibility innovation.

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Chart depicts The Forrester Wave™: Digital Accessibility Platforms, Q4 2025. It plots vendors by strength of offering (vertical axis) and strength of strategy (horizontal axis). Deque appears near the top right corner, indicating a strong strategy and strong offering. Other vendors shown include Level Access and Siteimprove, who are one of three vendors who are in the Leader section of the chart with Deque, and UsableNet, Evinced, Allyant, Crownpeak, Acquia, and Silktide, which are placed lower or further left in the Strong Performers and Contenders areas.

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“Deque is the best fit for organizations seeking a full-service partner to complement a strong suite of AI-powered tools for experience makers.”

Key takeaways

In The Forrester Wave™️: Digital Accessibility Platforms, Q4 2025 report, Forrester stated:

  • Deque is consistently first to market with innovative features, including new testing approaches, genAI features, and most recently its MCP solution.
  • Deque focuses on integrating with tools that teams already use to bolster adoption. Its roadmap is straightforward and the result of extensive customer feedback.
  • Deque’s tools for designers and developers are a strength, and when combined with its chatbot they’re a powerful enabler for users who are new to accessibility.
Forrester Wave Leader 2025, Digital Accessibility Platforms.

About The Forrester Wave for Digital Accessibility Platforms

The Forrester Wave is a well-respected, independent evaluation by Forrester Research that ranks and compares vendors in the digital accessibility platform space.

We believe recognition in The Forrester Wave gives enterprises third-party proof they’re partnering with a trusted leader, so teams can move forward with confidence and know their accessibility efforts are in expert hands.

Why leading organizations choose Deque

Innovation

  • Inventors of axe-core, the global standard in accessibility testing.
  • First to launch agentic AI support for accessibility testing.
  • 18 contributors to W3C accessibility working groups.

Data

  • Thousands of audits power test methodology.
  • 400K extension users and 3+ billion axe-core downloads.
  • Largest library of accessibility expertise.

Expertise

  • Zero false positives based on a 25-year history.
  • Largest team of IAAP-certified accessibility pros.
  • 200,000+ learners subscribed to Deque University programs.

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