Website governance and accessibility · October 2026 Edition
Silktide vs Wave
Five of fourteen models named Silktide first on the direct prompt; zero named Wave. Silktide was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Wave by nine and Silktide carries 50 labels and Wave 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
First-choice share23%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5013A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Silktide reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Siteimprove was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Siteimprove vs Silktide · Siteimprove vs Wave · Silktide vs Acquia Web Governance
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the website governance and accessibility page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SilktideFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWave
Direct50
Paraphrase40
Comparative50
Budget-constrained122 against Silktide
Scale-constrained40
Negative11
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Silktide and Wave stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Silktide Wave first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Silktide on the left and Wave on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Silktide and Wave stood in it.
Silktide first, Wave not the choice
5 of 14 modelsWave was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashSilktide alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, DubBot, Monsido
Mistral SmallAcquia Web Governance, Silktide alternatives: Siteimprove
Llama 4 MaverickMonsido, Silktide
MiniMax M2.5Monsido, Silktide alternatives: Accessible Web RAMP, Siteimprove
GPT-6 LunaSilktide alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Siteimprove
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Acquia Web Governance alternatives: DubBot, Silktide, Siteimprove
GPT-5.4 miniAcquia Web Governance alternatives: DubBot, Silktide, Siteimprove, accessiBe
Grok 4.1 FastAcquia Web Governance alternatives: AudioEye, Level Access, Silktide, Siteimprove
DeepSeek V4 FlashAcquia Web Governance alternatives: Silktide
Kimi K2Acquia Web Governance, Siteimprove alternatives: Silktide
GLM 4.7 FlashXSiteimprove alternatives: AudioEye, Silktide, UserWay
Muse Glimmer 30BSiteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, Monsido, Silktide
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Perplexity SonarSiteimprove alternatives: Acquia Web Governance, PowerMapper
Qwen 3.7 FlashSiteimprove Quality Assurance alternatives: Deque axe Platform, Sudo
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Silktide leads by seventeen points.
Silktide17%#2 of 12Wave0%#10 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
What the models said about Silktide
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“routinely start at $5,000 to $50,000+ per year—are usually out of reach” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“~$500/mo+ | Large enterprises ... Overkill for most small budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Silktide: Known specifically for web governance. It helps manage multiple sites, enforces content quality alongside accessibility, and provides a clear overview for large organizations.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“All-in-one web governance with strong accessibility (WCAG 2.1/2.2 scanning at A/AA/AAA), content quality, SEO, broken links, legal compliance, and user behavior analysis.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“Silktide - a web governance platform that analyzes and improves websites across accessibility, content, SEO, user experience, analytics, and compliance.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Wave
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“free or low-cost tools like WAVE (by WebAIM) or Google's Lighthouse are excellent starting points” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“e.g., Deque Axe, WAVE, Siteimprove, Pope Tech, or Monsido” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Start with free tools - WAVE, Lighthouse, WCAGsafe” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Siteimprove vs SilktideSiteimprove vs WaveSilktide vs Acquia Web GovernanceSilktide vs UserWaySilktide vs MonsidoSilktide vs Pope TechSilktide vs AudioEyeAcquia Web Governance vs WaveUserWay vs WaveMonsido vs WaveWave vs Pope TechWave vs AudioEyeAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full website governance standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.