AudioEye comparison
AudioEye vs accessibilitywebsite.com: strong scanning, but the fix still isn't yours
AudioEye is the most technically serious of the big three overlays: its self-managed Pro tier lists at $468/year and its scanning genuinely finds real issues. The gap is what happens next. AudioEye's remediations are applied through its own layer, which means the improvement lives inside the vendor's product rather than in your repository. We hand you the code change.
- accessibilitywebsite.com
- $199/yr
- 1 site · no traffic limits
- AudioEye
- $468/yr
- Pro, self-managed
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Why teams move off AudioEye
You own the remediation
AudioEye applies fixes through its runtime layer, so the improvement stops when the subscription does. Our output is a diff you commit — the accessibility gain stays in your codebase whether or not you renew.
Regressions blocked before they ship
A REST API and GitHub Action fail the build on new WCAG violations and comment in the pull request. AudioEye's self-managed tiers don't put a gate in your pipeline, so the same issue can ship again next sprint.
Half the price, more of the surface
$199/year against $468/year, with no traffic metering, plus full PDF and document remediation, a multi-language RTL-ready widget, and VPAT 2.5 generation included rather than partial or add-on.
accessibilitywebsite.com vs AudioEye, feature by feature
| Capability | accessibilitywebsite.com$199/yr1 site · no traffic limits | AudioEye$468/yrPro, self-managed |
|---|---|---|
| Live assistive widget & reading profiles | Included | Included |
| AI WCAG 2.2 scanner with per-criterion findings | Included | Included |
| 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 | Partial or paid add-on |
| Keyboard & screen-reader testing | Included | Partial or paid add-on |
| Multi-language, RTL-ready widget | Included | Not included |
| 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 |
AudioEye 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.
If the scanning is good, why does the overlay still matter?
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.
AudioEye alternatives: your questions, answered honestly
See what AudioEye would be covering up
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