PDF Remediator vs.
The Competition
The key question to ask every PDF accessibility vendor: “Am I paying an annual fee for documents you already fixed?” With Inquiros, the answer is no. Here’s the full comparison.
PDF Remediator vs. CivicPlus
- Works on any CMS — WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, custom
- Automated crawler detects new PDFs daily
- Residents stay on your site — no redirect to a separate HTML page
- Transparent pricing — publicly listed, no sales call needed
- 14-day free trial — start today, no commitment
- Setup in 5 minutes, not weeks
- Real-time compliance dashboard with severity scoring
- Ongoing monitoring — not just one-time remediation
- Not locked into a vendor ecosystem
- ✗ Best suited for CivicPlus CMS customers only
- ✗ Requires manual PDF upload — no auto-detection
- ✗ Converts PDFs to separate HTML pages — breaks user journey
- ✗ Pricing requires a quote — no self-service option
- ✗ No self-serve trial — must go through sales process
- ✗ Multi-week implementation and onboarding
- ~ Basic reporting, limited compliance scoring detail
- ~ Supports 150+ languages (strength) — but tied to their platform
The Bottom Line on CivicPlus
CivicPlus’s tool works well inside their ecosystem — but it charges annual subscription fees for every document, including ones they fixed years ago. The hidden assumption in that model is that you’ll never ask why you’re still paying for a PDF that hasn’t changed. With Inquiros, you pay once to remediate; ongoing costs cover only what actually requires ongoing work. That’s a fundamentally different — and more defensible — model for government procurement.
PDF Remediator vs. Revize
- Platform independent — no vendor lock-in
- Automated discovery — finds PDFs you didn’t know existed
- Self-serve signup — live in minutes, not weeks
- Transparent pricing — no surprises on your budget
- Ongoing continuous monitoring for new documents
- Resident widget stays on your site — branded experience
- Open to all platforms: WordPress, Drupal, static sites, etc.
- ✗ Optimized for Revize CMS — limited value on other platforms
- ✗ No automated scanning for independently published PDFs
- ✗ Must engage sales — no self-service trial
- ✗ Pricing not publicly available
- ✗ Ongoing monitoring capability limited
- ~ Works well within the Revize ecosystem
The Bottom Line on Revize
If you’re already a Revize CMS customer, their PDF tool may be bundled in — but bundled doesn’t mean free, and the same annual-fee-for-already-fixed-documents problem applies. More importantly: if you ever switch away from Revize, your “remediated” documents aren’t truly yours — your compliance depends on maintaining that contract. PDF Remediator gives you permanently remediated assets you own outright, independent of any vendor relationship.
PDF Remediator vs. Every Alternative
Only Inquiros charges you once to remediate — then only for what requires ongoing effort. Every other vendor in this table depends on you not asking this question.
| Feature / Tool | PDF Remediator Inquiros |
CivicPlus PDF Tool |
Revize PDF Tool |
CommonLook Validator |
Adobe Acrobat Pro Manual |
Hired Agency Freelancer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automated scanning of all site PDFs | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Auto-remediation (not just flagging) | ✓ | ✓ (HTML) | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Inline resident-facing widget | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multilingual resident requests | ✓ | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ |
| Real-time compliance dashboard | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Works on any CMS / platform | ✓ | ~ CivicPlus best | ~ Revize best | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Self-serve trial, no sales call | ✓ 7 days | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Transparent public pricing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ~ | ✓ | ~ |
| Pricing model | ✓ Pay once to fix; ongoing only for new docs & monitoring | ✗ Annual fee — even for already-remediated docs | ✗ Annual fee — even for already-remediated docs | ~ Per-license; recurring | ✗ Per seat + hours per doc | ✗ Ongoing hours — never ends |
| Setup time | 5 minutes | Weeks | Weeks | Hours/doc | Hours/doc | Weeks/months |
| Ongoing monitoring (new docs) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Audit trail / compliance export | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
| Scale cost with # of documents | Flat subscription | Per-doc or bundle | Per-doc or bundle | Per license | Per seat | Per hour |
The Choice Is Clear
PDF Remediator is the only tool that combines automated scanning, continuous monitoring, a resident-facing widget, transparent pricing, and a self-serve trial. Try it free — no sales call required.