# Askem

> Askem is a website compliance and accessibility monitoring platform that continuously scans websites for broken links, accessibility violations, and content quality issues, delivering real-time reports through an easy-to-use dashboard.

## About

Askem helps website teams across Europe stay compliant with WCAG 2.1, the European Accessibility Act (EAA), and national accessibility laws. The platform combines automated quality assurance scanning, cookieless GDPR-compliant web analytics, and user feedback collection into one dashboard.

Founded in Finland, Askem serves healthcare organizations, educational institutions, government bodies, financial services, e-commerce companies, and associations across the EU, UK, and Nordics.

## Products

- [Quality Assurance](https://askem.com/product/quality-assurance/): Automated WCAG scanning, broken link detection, readability analysis, and continuous monitoring
- [Web Analytics](https://askem.com/product/web-analytics/): Cookieless, GDPR-compliant website analytics without cookies or consent banners
- [Feedback (website feedback widget)](https://askem.com/website-feedback-widget/): Accessible, GDPR-safe "Did you find what you were looking for?" page-level feedback widget for content-heavy websites and intranets
- [PDF Fixer](https://askem.com/product/pdf-fixer/): Automated PDF accessibility remediation — upload a document or a batch and get tags, structure, reading order, alt text and metadata fixed and validated against PDF/UA-1 and WCAG 2.1 AA

## Free Tools

- [Colour Contrast Checker](https://askem.com/tools/contrast-checker/): Check foreground and background colour combinations against WCAG contrast ratio requirements
- [EAA Checklist](https://askem.com/tools/eaa-checklist/): Interactive European Accessibility Act readiness checklist
- [WCAG Checklist](https://askem.com/tools/wcag-checklist/): Interactive WCAG success-criteria checklist

## Key Pages

- [Homepage](https://askem.com/)
- [Pricing](https://askem.com/pricing/)
- [Get Started — free website review](https://askem.com/get-started/)
- [Book a Meeting](https://askem.com/contact-demo/)
- [Compliance Hub](https://askem.com/compliance/)
- [European Accessibility Act Guide](https://askem.com/compliance/eaa/)
- [WCAG 2.2 Guide](https://askem.com/compliance/wcag-2-2/)
- [Accessibility Law Guide](https://askem.com/compliance/accessibility-law/)
- [Accessibility Audit Guide](https://askem.com/compliance/accessibility-audit/)
- [Accessibility Statement Guide](https://askem.com/compliance/accessibility-statement/)
- [WCAG Compliance Checklist](https://askem.com/compliance/wcag-compliance-checklist/)
- [Website Accessibility Checker](https://askem.com/website-accessibility-checker/)
- [Website Accessibility Testing](https://askem.com/website-accessibility-testing/)
- [Glossary](https://askem.com/glossary/)
- [Blog](https://askem.com/blog/)
- [User Guide](https://askem.com/user-guide/what-is-askem/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://askem.com/privacy-policy/)
- [Terms of Service](https://askem.com/terms-of-service/)

## Industries Served

- [Healthcare](https://askem.com/healthcare/): Accessibility and content monitoring for hospitals, health services, and care providers
- [Education](https://askem.com/education/): Universities, colleges, and schools meeting accessibility obligations across large sites
- [Government & Public Sector](https://askem.com/government/): Public bodies subject to the Web Accessibility Directive and national accessibility law
- [Financial Services](https://askem.com/financial-services/): Banks, insurers, and financial institutions under EAA scope
- [E-Commerce](https://askem.com/e-commerce/): Online retailers meeting EAA requirements for consumer-facing services
- [Associations & Trade Unions](https://askem.com/associations-trade-unions/): Membership organisations with large content and member-services sites

## Comparisons

Accessibility monitoring tools compared on accessibility and content quality only. SEO, performance and CMS features are deliberately out of scope.

- [Website accessibility monitoring tools compared](https://askem.com/alternatives/): Askem, Siteimprove, Silktide, DubBot, Monsido and accessiBe compared on WCAG scanning, documents, EU data residency and pricing transparency
- [Siteimprove alternatives](https://askem.com/alternatives/siteimprove/): Alternatives to the Siteimprove governance suite for teams whose obligation is accessibility specifically
- [Silktide alternatives](https://askem.com/alternatives/silktide/): Alternatives to Silktide for accessibility and content-quality monitoring
- [DubBot alternatives](https://askem.com/alternatives/dubbot/): Alternatives to DubBot for accessibility, broken links and content QA
- [accessiBe alternatives](https://askem.com/alternatives/accessibe/): Monitoring tools that fix accessibility at the source, versus overlays that alter pages in the browser
- [Silktide vs Siteimprove](https://askem.com/alternatives/silktide-vs-siteimprove/): The two platforms compared head to head on accessibility scope
- [Askem vs Google Analytics vs Matomo](https://askem.com/post/askem-vs-google-analytics-vs-matomo/)

## Languages

Askem's website is published in three languages. Each has its own localised URLs:

- English: https://askem.com/
- Finnish (suomi): https://askem.com/fi/
- Swedish (svenska): https://askem.com/sv/

## Glossary — Web Accessibility Knowledge Base

Askem maintains a glossary of 35 terms covering web accessibility, compliance, and web quality. Each entry is a self-contained definition suitable for citation:

- [Accessibility Audit](https://askem.com/glossary/accessibility-audit/): An accessibility audit evaluates a website or application against accessibility standards to identify barriers for people with disabilities.
- [Accessibility Statement](https://askem.com/glossary/accessibility-statement/): An accessibility statement describes a website's accessibility status, identifies known barriers, and provides contact information for users who need help.
- [Alt Text](https://askem.com/glossary/alt-text/): Alt text is a short description in an image's HTML that conveys its content or function to screen reader users and search engines.
- [ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)](https://askem.com/glossary/aria/): ARIA is a W3C specification defining HTML attributes that communicate the role, state, and properties of interactive web elements to assistive technologies.
- [Assistive Technology](https://askem.com/glossary/assistive-technology/): Assistive technology is any hardware or software that helps people with disabilities interact with computers and digital content.
- [Bounce Rate](https://askem.com/glossary/bounce-rate/): Bounce rate is the percentage of website sessions in which a visitor leaves after viewing only a single page, without triggering any further interaction.
- [Broken Link](https://askem.com/glossary/broken-link/): A broken link is a hyperlink on a web page that no longer points to a valid destination, typically resulting in a 404 Not Found error.
- [Cognitive Accessibility](https://askem.com/glossary/cognitive-accessibility/): Cognitive accessibility is designing digital content so that people with cognitive, learning, and neurological disabilities can understand and use it.
- [Color Contrast Ratio](https://askem.com/glossary/color-contrast-ratio/): Color contrast ratio measures the luminance difference between text and background colors to evaluate readability for people with low vision.
- [Content Audit](https://askem.com/glossary/content-audit/): A content audit is a systematic review of all website content to evaluate its quality, accuracy, performance, and alignment with business goals.
- [Conversion Rate](https://askem.com/glossary/conversion-rate/): The percentage of website visitors or users who complete a defined goal action, such as making a purchase, submitting a form, or signing up for a service.
- [Cookie-Free Analytics](https://askem.com/glossary/cookie-free-analytics/): Cookie-free analytics tracks website visitor behavior without browser cookies, using aggregated data techniques that respect user privacy by default.
- [Core Web Vitals](https://askem.com/glossary/core-web-vitals/): Core Web Vitals are Google-defined performance metrics that measure real-world user experience for loading speed, interactivity, and visual stability.
- [European Accessibility Act (EAA)](https://askem.com/glossary/european-accessibility-act/): The European Accessibility Act is an EU directive requiring websites, apps, and e-commerce in the EU to meet accessibility standards from June 2025.
- [Flesch Reading Ease](https://askem.com/glossary/flesch-reading-ease/): Flesch Reading Ease is a readability formula scoring text on a 0-100 scale based on sentence length and syllable count, where higher scores mean easier text.
- [GDPR-Compliant Analytics](https://askem.com/glossary/gdpr-compliant-analytics/): GDPR-compliant analytics refers to web analytics practices that meet GDPR requirements when collecting and processing website visitor data.
- [Heatmap](https://askem.com/glossary/heatmap/): A heatmap visualizes user interaction data on a web page, using color gradients to show where visitors click, move, or focus their attention.
- [HTTP Status Codes](https://askem.com/glossary/http-status-codes/): HTTP status codes are three-digit codes returned by a web server indicating whether a request was successful, redirected, or resulted in an error.
- [Keyboard Navigation](https://askem.com/glossary/keyboard-navigation/): The ability to access and operate all functionality of a website or application using only a keyboard, without requiring a mouse or other pointing device.
- [Link Rot](https://askem.com/glossary/link-rot/): Link rot is the gradual process by which hyperlinks on the web become broken over time as the pages they point to are moved, deleted, or allowed to expire.
- [Net Promoter Score (NPS)](https://askem.com/glossary/net-promoter-score/): Net Promoter Score (NPS) is a loyalty metric from a single survey question about how likely someone is to recommend a product, scored from -100 to +100.
- [Page Views](https://askem.com/glossary/page-views/): A page view is a recorded instance of a user loading or reloading a page on a website, and is one of the foundational metrics in web analytics.
- [Plain Language](https://askem.com/glossary/plain-language/): Plain language is a writing approach where content is designed so readers can find what they need, understand it on first reading, and act on it.
- [Reaction Buttons](https://askem.com/glossary/reaction-buttons/): Reaction buttons are one-click feedback widgets embedded in web content that let visitors express approval or disapproval without leaving the page.
- [Readability Score](https://askem.com/glossary/readability-score/): A readability score is a numerical measure of how easy text is to read, calculated using formulas that analyze sentence length and word complexity.
- [Redirect Chain](https://askem.com/glossary/redirect-chain/): A redirect chain is a sequence of two or more consecutive HTTP redirects that a browser or crawler must follow before reaching a final destination URL.
- [Screen Reader](https://askem.com/glossary/screen-reader/): A screen reader converts on-screen text, images, and interface elements into speech or braille, enabling blind or low-vision users to use digital content.
- [Scroll Map](https://askem.com/glossary/scroll-map/): A scroll map is a type of heatmap that visualizes how far down a web page the average visitor scrolls, identifying where users stop reading or abandon the page.
- [Section 508](https://askem.com/glossary/section-508/): Section 508 is a US federal law requiring federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities.
- [Session Duration](https://askem.com/glossary/session-duration/): Session duration is the total elapsed time of a single user session on a website, measured from the first page view to the last recorded interaction.
- [User Feedback](https://askem.com/glossary/user-feedback/): Structured or unstructured input collected from website visitors and application users to evaluate their experience, satisfaction, and unmet needs.
- [User Satisfaction](https://askem.com/glossary/user-satisfaction/): How well a digital product meets user expectations, typically assessed through surveys, behavioral signals, or composite metrics.
- [VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template)](https://askem.com/glossary/vpat/): A VPAT is a standardized document describing how a technology product conforms to accessibility standards, used primarily in US federal procurement.
- [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)](https://askem.com/glossary/wcag/): WCAG is an internationally recognized set of technical standards for making web content accessible to people with disabilities, published by the W3C.
- [Web Accessibility Directive](https://askem.com/glossary/web-accessibility-directive/): The Web Accessibility Directive requires EU public sector bodies to make their websites and mobile apps accessible and publish accessibility statements.

Full glossary: https://askem.com/glossary/

## Key Facts

- Domain Rating: 40 (Ahrefs, March 2026)
- Headquarters: Finland
- Markets: EU, UK, Nordics (with focus on Sweden and UK)
- Languages: English, Swedish, Finnish
- Compliance standards supported: WCAG 2.1 AA, EAA (Directive 2019/882), Section 508, EN 301 549

## Contact

- Website: https://askem.com
- Book a Meeting: https://askem.com/contact-demo/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theaskem
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theaskem