Comparison
After the FTC's $1M ruling against accessiBe, teams are moving from overlay widgets to real remediation backed by an audit-ready conformance report.
Why teams are re-evaluating
Why buyers are switching? The point isn't that overlays are bad, it's that a widget alone no longer satisfies regulators, courts, or procurement.
$1M
The FTC charged that accessWidget did not make websites WCAG-compliant as advertised, failing basic components like navigation menus, form fields, and image descriptions, and that the company presented paid reviews as independent.
980+
Widget-related lawsuits rose to 983 in 2025 (nearly 25% of all ADA digital-accessibility suits), up from 722–1,023 in 2024 depending on the tracker. Courts have declined to treat installing an overlay as proof of compliance.
2021
The National Federation of the Blind publicly cut ties with accessiBe, calling overlay marketing misleading and the approach an inadequate substitute for real accessibility.
The real difference
accessiBe's accessWidget injects a JavaScript layer at runtime that gives visitors display toggles (contrast, font size, etc.). It doesn't produce an independent conformance report you can hand to legal or procurement, and the FTC found it doesn't guarantee WCAG conformance on its own.
AI-native remediation fixes a large share of issues automatically in production and flags what needs human work. Our expert tiers fix issues at the source and deliver a documented Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR), the artifact buyers and courts actually ask for, plus continuous monitoring and expert audits.
Side by side
Feature and pricing comparison, current as of June 2026.
| Capability | WebAbility | accessiBe |
|---|---|---|
| Core approach | WebAbility: AI runtime remediation + expert audit | accessiBe: Overlay widget (accessWidget) |
| Fixes issues at the source | WebAbility: Yes, Self-Managed & Managed tiers | accessiBe: No, overlay layer only |
| Owned conformance report (ACR) | WebAbility: Yes, audit / Managed | accessiBe: Not provided |
| Manual expert auditing | WebAbility: Yes | accessiBe: Yes, Scale tier ($479/mo) and up only |
| Continuous monitoring | WebAbility: Yes | accessiBe: Yes |
| Standards covered | WebAbility: WCAG 2.2 AA, ADA, Section 508, EAA, AODA | accessiBe: WCAG (overlay scope, partial) |
| Install | WebAbility: One line of code, ~2 min | accessiBe: Widget script |
| Starting price | WebAbility: $12/mo ($99/yr) | accessiBe: $59/mo, up to 5,000 visits/mo |
| Money-back guarantee | WebAbility: 30 days | accessiBe: None |
| FTC enforcement history | WebAbility: None | accessiBe: $1M FTC order (2025) |
WebAbility | accessiBe |
|---|---|
| Core approach | |
WebAbility: AI runtime remediation + expert audit accessiBe: Overlay widget (accessWidget) | |
| Fixes issues at the source | |
WebAbility: Yes, Self-Managed & Managed tiers accessiBe: No, overlay layer only | |
| Owned conformance report (ACR) | |
WebAbility: Yes, audit / Managed accessiBe: Not provided | |
| Manual expert auditing | |
WebAbility: Yes accessiBe: Yes, Scale tier ($479/mo) and up only | |
| Continuous monitoring | |
WebAbility: Yes accessiBe: Yes | |
| Standards covered | |
WebAbility: WCAG 2.2 AA, ADA, Section 508, EAA, AODA accessiBe: WCAG (overlay scope, partial) | |
| Install | |
WebAbility: One line of code, ~2 min accessiBe: Widget script | |
| Starting price | |
WebAbility: $12/mo ($99/yr) accessiBe: $59/mo, up to 5,000 visits/mo | |
| Money-back guarantee | |
WebAbility: 30 days accessiBe: None | |
| FTC enforcement history | |
WebAbility: None accessiBe: $1M FTC order (2025) | |
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Standards covered
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