Alternative to axe DevTools

A11y Pulse helps you find accessibility issues across your whole website and fix the ones that matter most.

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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

FeatureA11y PulseDeque axe DevTools
Price$19 /month$45 /user /month
Data Retention / History2 yearsTest record saving / history in Pro plan
AutomationDaily site-wide scans or selected pagesBrowser extension + guided tests + integration into dev workflows
Integrations & CI/CD(Could build)Built-in support (linters, pull requests, APIs)
Best ForSmall teams needing automated coverageDev / QA teams embedding a11y in their processes

This page was last updated on . The information presented here about A11y Pulse and Axe DevTools is for illustration purposes and may not be up-to-date as products change over time.