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Comparison

accessiBe vs Pa11y

No leader: the top candidate Pa11y has only 0.30 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

accessiBe full profile →Pa11y full profile →
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accessiBe37
Pa11y45
Score
Vioscale score
accessiBe37 / 100low · 42%updating
Pa11y45 / 100low · 30%updating
Pricing
Free tier
accessiBe✗
Pa11y✓
Model
accessiBecommercial
Pa11yopen_source
Price level
accessiBeunknown
Pa11yfree
Transparent
accessiBe✗
Pa11y✓
Integrations
Count
accessiBe14
Pa11y–
Security
Gdpr
accessiBe✓
Pa11y–
Scorecard
accessiBe–
Pa11y7.3
Soc2
accessiBe✓
Pa11y–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
accessiBe–
Pa11y1,668
Github stars
accessiBe–
Pa11y4,490
Activity
Commits last 30d
accessiBe–
Pa11y3
Release
Cadence days
accessiBe–
Pa11y131
History
accessiBe–
Pa11y6 items
License
Spdx
accessiBe–
Pa11yLGPL-3.0
Language
Primary
accessiBe–
Pa11yJavaScript
Market
Availability
accessiBeAvailable worldwide
Pa11y–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for accessibility testing. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Scan method
accessiBeAutomated rules engine
Pa11yAutomated rules engine
Wcag level
accessiBeAA
Pa11y-
Ci cd integration
accessiBe✓
Pa11y✓
Browser extension
accessiBe✓
Pa11y-
Design stage plugin
accessiBe-
Pa11y-
CMS plugins
accessiBe✓
Pa11y-
Continuous monitoring
accessiBe✓
Pa11y✓
Vpat acr generation
accessiBe✓
Pa11y-
Manual audit service
accessiBe✓
Pa11y-
Overlay widget
accessiBe✓
Pa11y-
Document PDF testing
accessiBe✓
Pa11y-
Open source
accessiBe-
Pa11y✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

accessiBe

Combines automated accessibility scanning, expert manual testing, and continuous monitoring to help organizations ensure their websites comply with regulations like WCAG, ADA, and EAA, with litigation support included in enterprise plans.

Independently observed

Pa11y

A suite of free and open-source tools for identifying and tracking accessibility issues on websites. Provides both automated testing via a web dashboard and command-line utilities for developers.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

accessiBe

Subscription
  • Essential-
    • Automatic monthly scans
    • AI based auditing & monitoring
    • Ticketing system integrations
    • Dedicated onboarding
    • In-app fix guidance
  • Pro-
    • Bi-weekly scan frequency
    • Federated Login using Google
    • CI/CD integrations (SDK)
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Weekly scan frequency
    • No user limits
    • Custom Legal and SLA
    • Single Sign-On
as of verify ↗

Pa11y

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
accessiBe✓
Pa11y✓
Linux
accessiBe✗
Pa11y✓
CLI
accessiBe✗
Pa11y✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
accessiBe✓
Pa11y✓
Self-hosted
accessiBe✗
Pa11y✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

accessiBe

14 total
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • GitLab
  • Jira
  • Asana
  • ClickUp
  • WordPress
  • Concrete CMS
  • OpenCart
  • Google
  • Chrome
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Adobe Acrobat
Independently observed

Pa11y

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.