accessiBe comparison
The accessiBe alternative that fixes your code, not just your pixels
accessiBe popularized the one-line accessibility overlay, and in January 2025 the FTC ordered the company to pay $1 million over claims that its AI could automatically make any site WCAG compliant. That is the honest starting point for this comparison: no script tag makes a site compliant, ours included. What we do differently is refuse to pretend otherwise — and then give you the scanner, the code-level fixes, and the audit trail that actually close the gap.
- accessibilitywebsite.com
- $199/yr
- 1 site · no traffic limits
- accessiBe
- $490/yr
- Up to 5,000 monthly visits
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Why teams move off accessiBe
You get the fix, not a filter
accessiBe's entry tier is overlay-first: the widget adjusts what the browser renders, but your markup is untouched. We return the failing element, the specific WCAG 2.2 criterion, and a copy-paste code change — plus AI alt text for every image — so the underlying page passes on its own.
Your traffic isn't a billing lever
accessiBe's cheapest annual plan is $490/yr and caps you at roughly 5,000 monthly visits, so growth triggers an upgrade. Our Starter plan is $199/yr for one site with no pageview metering at all.
Evidence instead of a badge
Instead of a trust seal, you get a time-stamped remediation history: what was broken, when you fixed it, and what the score did. If a demand letter arrives, that dossier is the good-faith record a badge can't provide.
accessibilitywebsite.com vs accessiBe, feature by feature
| Capability | accessibilitywebsite.com$199/yr1 site · no traffic limits | accessiBe$490/yrUp to 5,000 monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| Live assistive widget & reading profiles | Included | Included |
| AI WCAG 2.2 scanner with per-criterion findings | Included | Partial or paid add-on |
| Copy-paste code fixes & AI alt text | Included | Not included |
| Continuous monitoring & regression alerts | Included | Included |
| Developer API, CI/CD & GitHub PR checks | Included | Not included |
| PDF & document remediation | Included | Not included |
| Keyboard & screen-reader testing | Included | Not included |
| Multi-language, RTL-ready widget | Included | Partial or paid add-on |
| VPAT 2.5 & audit-ready reports | Included | Partial or paid add-on |
| No traffic / pageview metering | Included | Not included |
| Fixes source code, not just a runtime overlay | Included | Not included |
| No fake 'instant compliance' badge | Included | Not included |
accessiBe pricing reflects its lowest published annual plan as of June 2026 and may change. Entry tiers from the major widget vendors are metered by monthly traffic; our Starter plan has no traffic limits. Compared on list price and publicly documented features.
Does an overlay create legal risk instead of removing it?
An overlay is JavaScript that rewrites your page in the visitor's browser. Your HTML never changes, so the next audit — or the next demand letter — finds the same failures. Worse, plaintiff firms now specifically cite overlay usage as evidence a site was never remediated, and screen-reader users have publicly objected to overlays interfering with the assistive tech they already use. We ship the same kind of assistive widget, because it genuinely helps some visitors, but we never let it stand in for the fix. Every finding comes with the failing element, the exact WCAG 2.2 success criterion, and a copy-paste code change your developer applies to the source.
accessiBe alternatives: your questions, answered honestly
See what accessiBe would be covering up
Run a free WCAG 2.2 scan on any URL. You get the failing elements, the exact success criteria, and the first five fixes — no credit card.
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