About Deque Systems
Deque is the global digital accessibility leader advancing digital equality with innovative software solutions.
Why Deque?
Impact
Our tools are highly adopted and regarded, with over 875,000 installed extensions.
Expertise
Our experts hold a collective 145 IAAP-issued CPACC, WAS, and CPWA certifications.
Community
We are proud to be part of the global open-source, disability, and enterprise communities.
Become and stay accessible with the global digital accessibility leader
Axe Platform
Find and fix issues, monitor and report progress, and achieve long-term compliance with top digital accessibility tools.
Audits and services
Understand the state of your digital content and identify and prioritize issues with accurate, actionable results.
Training
Grow your expertise with Deque University, the digital accessibility training platform relied on by 200,000+ global learners.
Building on decades of digital accessibility excellence and innovation
Open-source initiatives
Axe-core, which we released in 2015, is now the industry standard and has surpassed 3B downloads.
No false positives
Our commitment to zero false positives means your valuable time is spent on real issues only.
Workflow integration
Our extensions, linters, and APIs, embed accessibility into your existing end-to-end tests.
Human-centered AI
As pioneers of people-first digital accessibility, we embrace a human-in-the-loop approach to drive innovation and impact.
Free conference
Our Axe-con conference brings together more than 35,000 accessibility experts and advocates every year, making it the largest accessibility event in the world.
Disability scholarships
We offer scholarships through Deque University to support people with disabilities in pursuing digital accessibility testing expertise and career advancement.
Deque offices
Deque Systems, Inc.
13800 Coppermine Road, Herndon, VA 20171
Deque Systems Europe B.V.
WTC Utrecht, Stadsplateau 7, 3521 AZ Utrecht, The Netherlands
Deque Software Private Limited
Plot No: 119 Ivy Terrace Kavuri Hills Madhapur Hyderabad – 500033 Telangana, INDIA
United in a common mission, here’s what our customers say
“We love Deque! It’s been a phenomenal journey. Our customers are extremely happy. We even won a couple of deals because we had an accessibility-compliant product.”
Senthilnathan Shanmugam,
Senior Manager of Design, Freshworks
“When I have conversations with customers about improving the accessibility of their products and mention Deque, they always recognize the name. Deque is known as an industry leader.”
Lija Hogan
Customer Experience Consultant, UserTesting
Deque leadership
Frequently asked questions
How does Deque Systems compare to other accessibility vendors?
Deque is the only full suite digital accessibility vendor providing AI and accessibility automation tools that cover up to 80% of total conformance issues, educating the next generation of accessibility leaders, and helping organizations achieve accessibility faster with services.
What is the culture like at Deque?
Deque’s social good mission comes through in every employee and customer interaction. As members, friends, family and advocates of the disability community, we all take on this important mission with a sense of personal passion.
When was Deque founded?
CEO and Founder Preety Kumar started Deque in 1999.
How do you pronounce Deque Systems?
We pronounce it dee-cue.
