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Deque axe DevTools
- Price: Starts at $45 /month per user
- Data Retention: Limited
- Testing Frequency: Manual testing
- Best For: Teams who perform dedicated accessibility testing during their development workflows
Deque’s axe DevTools aims to bring accessibility into the development lifecycle — combining automated checks, guided tests, coding integrations, and reporting tools. Since pricing is per user, costs can stack up and may be more suitable for larger organisations.
A11y Pulse
- Price: Starts at $19 /month (billed monthly)
- Data Retention: 2 years
- Testing Frequency: Daily (unlimited free rescans)
- Automation: Crawl your site (or use your sitemap) to scan all pages, or select specific pages
- Best For: Smaller teams wanting affordable, continuous automated accessibility coverage
A11y Pulse gives you consistent, low-friction monitoring and trend visibility without the enterprise overhead.
Summary
| Feature | A11y Pulse | Deque axe DevTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 /month | $45 /user /month |
| Data Retention / History | 2 years | Test record saving / history in Pro plan |
| Automation | Daily site-wide scans or selected pages | Browser extension + guided tests + integration into dev workflows |
| Integrations & CI/CD | (Could build) | Built-in support (linters, pull requests, APIs) |
| Best For | Small teams needing automated coverage | Dev / QA teams embedding a11y in their processes |