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.
Quick answer
Five tools side by side. Prices are the starting price each vendor shows on its own site in October 2026.
| Tool | Approach | Starting price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| WebAbility | AI remediation plus expert audit tiers | From $12/mo ($99/yr) | Teams that want fixes and a conformance report they own |
| accessiBe | Automated AI widget; manual testing on higher plans | From $59/mo (up to 5,000 visits/mo) | Small sites that want traffic-based pricing and litigation support |
| UserWay | Overlay widget with optional monitoring and audits | From $49/mo or $490/yr (up to 100,000 page views) | Sites that want visitor display controls at a low entry price |
| AudioEye | Automation plus expert layers (self-serviced and managed plans) | Not published (free trial or sales quote) | Teams that want a vendor to manage accessibility end to end |
| Level Access | Enterprise platform with audits, remediation and governance | Not published (demo and quote) | Large organizations with many properties and teams |
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 October 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: No; fees non-refundable (free trial offered) |
| 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: No; fees non-refundable (free trial offered) | |
| FTC enforcement history | |
WebAbility: None accessiBe: $1M FTC order (2025) | |
Run a free WCAG scan, then get a remediation plan and a conformance report you actually own, not another widget hand-waving at compliance.
Other options
Short notes on tools you may also be comparing. Each is described from its own site.
UserWay sells an accessibility widget by page views: Small is $49/mo or $490/yr for up to 100,000 views, and Medium is $149/mo for up to 1 million. Its Pro Plus plan adds AI-powered remediation. It fits sites that mainly want visitor display controls at a low entry price. The limit is that audits and VPATs are add-ons priced on request.
AudioEye offers three plans: automated, self-serviced, and managed. The managed plan has AudioEye experts handle the work, including custom fixes. It fits organizations that want to hand accessibility to a vendor. The limit is price visibility: the plans page lists no prices, so you start a free trial or ask sales for a number. Its own plans page says the automated plan does not include expert testing.
Level Access sells a platform and expert services: audits and testing, remediation help, and governance reporting, plus training and VPAT or ACR work. It serves enterprise, public sector, and higher education teams. The limit is buying effort: the site lists no prices and routes buyers to a demo, so it suits larger programs more than a single small site.
Siteimprove offers continuous accessibility monitoring across web pages, documents, and PDFs, with agents that guide remediation and suggest code fixes. It names finance, healthcare, higher education, and government among its customers. The limit is that accessibility is one part of a wider platform, and the site lists no prices, so you must request a demo to learn the cost.
Standards covered
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