Acquia Web Governance

(Formerly known as Acquia Optimize and Monsido)

Acquia Web Governance accounts are currently only available to Cascade Managers and designated points of contact in the Cascade Content Cleanup & Accessibility Compliance project.

New Design as of September 21, 2026

The Acquia Web Governance platform has a new design for the navigation, accessibility module and statistics modules. These updates improve your workflows and simplify the application design. Read the product team article or watch the video to see the primary changes. The guidance below has been updated to align with the updates.

Acquia Web Governance helps you manage and improve your websites. It includes tools for accessibility, quality checks and brand compliance to keep your site consistent, compliant and user-friendly.

Once Web Development & Strategy creates your Acquia Web Governance account, you will receive an email welcoming you to the platform. The email will include a temporary password. If you cannot locate this email, you can use the “Forgot your password” option on the login page to set your password instead.

First-Time Login

1. Visit login.monsido.com and log in with your email address and temporary password. If you have not logged in before or cannot locate your temporary password, select “Forgot your password” and follow the instructions in the password reset email. Note: Monsido is the platform's former name.
2. Review and accept Acquia Web Governance's privacy terms.
3. You will not be prompted to change your temporary password, but it is recommended (see Changing Your Password below).

Changing your Password

1. In the top navigation, select the account (silhouette) icon. The account menu opens.
2. Select Edit profile
3. On the Edit profile screen, scroll down to the Password and Security section. Enter your current password in the Current password field. If you are updating your initial temporary password, paste the password you received in the welcome email.
4. Enter your desired password in the New password field and then again in Confirm new password.
5. Enabling 2FA for extra security is optional.
6. Select Save.

Getting Started

• When you log in, you’ll arrive at your Domain Overview screen. You can always return to the Domain Overview by selecting the Web Governance logo or Domains in the top navigation.
• Select a domain or group name to open its Dashboard. The Dashboard gives you an overview of your domain or group data, including the results of the latest scan. You can see or quickly access your overall accessibility score, content policy violations, content quality issues and more.
• Use the dashboard widgets or left side-bar menu to access the available modules. For most users, these are Content Quality (now including Content Policies) and Accessibility. You can ignore Insights, Site Performance and Privacy. Selecting a module lets you view the reports within that module.
• Note: On smaller devices, the top navigation and side-bar menu collapse and appear at the top of your screen.

Weekly Email Reports

You will receive select reports by email each week when a fresh scan is completed. These reports provide a quick overview of the results and give easy access to view the data in Acquia Web Governance. However, you can also bookmark the Acquia Web Governance website and access the most recent scan data anytime through the Domain Overview.

Tip: From the email reports, if you experience an error when selecting the "Open in Acquia Web Governance" button, you can access them instead by logging into the Acquia Web Governance website directly, selecting your domain or group and exploring the Accessibility and Content Quality modules.

Web Browser Extension

The web browser extension lets users quickly view website issues. Detailed installation instructions for Chrome, Edge and Firefox are available in Acquia Web Governance's documentation.

How to Use The Extension

Key Acquia Web Governance Documentation 

• Reports Introduction: contains the contents of every scan, sorted and organized into useful reports.
• Content Quality: allows users to quickly identify and repair issues such as content with broken links and misspellings. 
• Prioritized Pages: helps users to prioritize and fix all content issues from one consolidated view.