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A11y Pulse vs Accessibility Checker

Same daily scans.
Roughly a quarter of the per-domain bill.

Accessibility Checker is a credible scanner with strong audit-readiness positioning and per-domain pricing from $69 / month annually. We cover the same automated scanning on a daily schedule, with stakeholder reports included, from $19 / month.
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What is Accessibility Checker?

Accessibility Checker is a hosted scanner aimed at small and mid-sized organisations that want documented evidence of accessibility testing, particularly around ADA litigation in the United States. It sits in the middle of the SaaS scanner market — more polished and sales-oriented than open-source options, less expensive and less broad than enterprise suites.

Per-domain pricing $69, $119, $249 / month
Billed annually. Above 2,000 pages or for multi-domain bundles, you move to a quote-based Tailored Plan.
AI-assisted fixes Marketed feature
Generated suggestions for supported issue types. How often the suggestion is actionable depends on the issue.
Add-on services Audits + remediation
Expert audits, PDF remediation, and developer-for-hire engagements bundled into the same contract.

Side by side

A11y Pulse vs Accessibility Checker

Pricing
Multi-site bundling
Scan frequency
Testing engine
Authenticated pages
SPA / interactive scanning
AI-assisted fixes
WCAG 2.2 AAA
Reporting
Add-on services
Best for
A11y Pulse Continuous, site-wide
Recommended
$19, $49, $159 / month Billed monthly
3 sites on Growth, unlimited on Comprehensive
Daily + unlimited manual rescans
axe-core Open source
Scripted login flow
Real Chrome, JS-aware
Detailed remediation guidance per rule
Partial via axe-core AAA needs manual audit
Monthly stakeholder email + delta
Partner referrals
Focused, affordable automated scanning
Accessibility Checker Per-domain SaaS scanner
For comparison
$69, $119, $249 / domain / month Billed annually
Per-domain subscription Multi-domain via Tailored quote
Continuous monitoring + unlimited rescans
Proprietary WCAG 2.2 AAA coverage marketed
Supported
Supported
AI-suggested fixes Supported issue types
Marketed as supported
Audit-evidence + branded reports
Audits, PDF remediation, developer-for-hire
Audit-readiness positioning bundled in

Accessibility Checker prices reflect annual billing as published. Monthly billing is available at a higher effective rate.

Why teams switch to A11y Pulse

Three reasons the per-domain bill adds up

Accessibility Checker is fair for a single-domain buy. The pricing shape and the framing are what teams looking for an alternative usually want to change.

1

Multi-site

One plan covers many sites

Per-domain pricing works for one site. With five client sites at the entry tier you're paying around $345 / month. The same five fit inside A11y Pulse Growth at $49 or Comprehensive at $159.

3 sites on Growth at $49

2

Framing

Find issues, not lawsuit defence

Accessibility Checker leans hard on ADA-lawsuit and audit-readiness language. For developer-led or content-led teams shipping an accessible site, the framing can feel a step removed from the work.

Focused on shipping fixes

3

Billing

Monthly, not annual lock-in

Accessibility Checker prices are billed annually; monthly costs more. We bill monthly with no annual lock-in, which suits teams who want to evaluate over a few months.

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Where we fit

A focused scanner with no upsell

A11y Pulse is purely a scanner with no bundled training, services, or consulting. axe-core runs daily across your sitemap or via a fresh crawl, each page loads in real Chrome, and issues come into a triage-first UI. Scripted authentication and unlimited rescans are on every plan, and the monthly stakeholder report holds up in audit-readiness contexts without being marketed as such.

  • axe-core daily across your full sitemap
  • 3 sites on Growth, unlimited on Comprehensive
  • Email, Slack, and Microsoft Teams regression alerts
  • Monthly stakeholder report with 30-day delta
The A11y Pulse site overview showing the accessibility score, total issues, and a per-page list across every tracked URL.

The verdict

When each tool is the right call

Choose

A11y Pulse

  • You want focused automated scanning at a clearly published monthly price
  • You manage more than one domain and want predictable bundled pricing
  • Monthly billing matters more than annual lock-in
  • Your workflow is developer-led, working from an issue list in source
  • You want regression alerts in Slack or Teams the moment something breaks
  • You'd rather not pay for bundled audit services you don't need

Choose

Accessibility Checker

  • Your primary driver is documented audit-readiness for ADA-lawsuit defence
  • You want AI-assisted fix suggestions as a marketed feature
  • You need expert audits, PDF remediation, or developer-for-hire in one contract
  • Per-domain pricing maps cleanly to how your business charges its own clients
  • WCAG 2.2 AAA coverage as a marketed scanner feature matters to procurement

The information presented here about A11y Pulse and Accessibility Checker is provided for comparison purposes and may change over time. Pricing and feature claims about Accessibility Checker should be verified on their own website before making a purchasing decision.

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