accessiBe vs UserWay, side by side.
accessiBe and UserWay both sell an accessibility widget with expert services and legal support on top. They price in different units, so the sticker prices mislead. This page lines up what each publishes, with a source for every claim. We make Accessora, a third option, and say where it fits at the end.
Last reviewed November 1, 2026.
At a glance
- accessiBe from
- $59 a month
- UserWay from
- $49 a month
- Priced by
- Visits vs page views
- Free widget
- UserWay only
- Litigation support
- Both
- UserWay costs less for most sites. Its Pro plan is $49 a month for up to 100,000 page views. accessiBe starts at $59 a month for up to 5,000 visits, and 30,000 visits costs $179.
- UserWay's widget has more languages (50+ against 33), a built-in screen reader and a free version. accessiBe includes automatic fixes on every plan, where UserWay lists AI remediation from Pro Plus at $119 a month.
- Both sell manual audits, VPATs and litigation support, and neither widget makes a site compliant on its own. accessiBe paid $1 million under a 2025 FTC order over claims that it could.
Side by side
Each entry comes from the company's own pages or a public record. The numbers link to the sources at the end.
| Feature | accessiBe | UserWay |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $59 a month or $490 a year (Micro), up to 5,000 visits1 | $49 a month or $490 a year (Pro), up to 100,000 page views12,13 |
| What the price is based on | Monthly visits to one domain, a six-month Similarweb average1 | Monthly page views, one site per subscription12,14 |
| Higher plans | Growth $179 a month (30,000 visits), Scale $479 a month (100,000 visits), Enterprise custom1 | Pro Plus from $119 a month, Ultimate from $249 a month; up to 1 million page views for $1,490 a year12,13 |
| Free option | 7-day free trial4 | Free trial, plus a free widget with fewer features15 |
| Visitor widget | Content, color and orientation adjustments, preset profiles, 33 languages2,3 | 8 profiles, 50+ languages, a built-in screen reader and voice navigation16,15 |
| Automatic fixes at page load | Every plan, with a rescan every 24 hours2 | AI remediation listed on Pro Plus and Ultimate12 |
| Scanning and developer tools | accessScan, a free one-URL scan; accessFlow, a developer platform with unpublished prices5,6 | Monitoring from 100 pages for $990 a year to 1,500 pages for $10,99012 |
| Manual audit, VPAT | Yes, quoted per project7,8 | Yes; manual audits from $4,900 to $24,50017,18,13 |
| Litigation support | Growth plan and up: a case manager, and a pledge from $15,000, by plan, if a case is lost in court9 | Annual plans: consultations and documents for demand letters. UserWay says it is not a law firm.19 |
| Owner | accessiBe, independent | Level Access, since March 202420 |
What the same site pays on each
accessiBe counts visits and UserWay counts page views. One visit usually includes several page views, so compare with your own traffic, not the plan names.1,12
Take a store with 20,000 visits a month and three pages per visit, about 60,000 page views. On accessiBe that is the Growth plan at $179 a month, which includes automatic fixes and litigation support. On UserWay it is Pro at $49 a month, or Pro Plus from $119 if you want AI remediation, live translation and usage stats.1,12,13
Paying yearly lowers both. accessiBe's plans run $490 to $3,990 a year. UserWay Pro is $490 a year, Pro Plus $1,190 and Ultimate $2,490.1,12
What regulators and courts have said
In April 2025 the FTC approved a final order requiring accessiBe to pay $1 million. The FTC alleged that accessiBe's claims that its widget could make any website WCAG compliant were false or unsubstantiated. accessiBe neither admitted nor denied the allegations.10
In July 2024 a UserWay customer, Bloomsybox.com, filed a proposed class action over earlier marketing that promised full compliance. In March 2026 a federal court in Delaware let the consumer fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims go ahead. That ruling did not decide whether the claims are true.21
UserWay now says no automated tool can guarantee full ADA or WCAG conformance. The practitioners behind the Overlay Fact Sheet say the same of every widget. Use either one to help visitors adjust the page, and plan for code fixes and a manual review.13,11
A third option: Accessora
We make Accessora, so weigh this section with that in mind. Plans are $4.99, $24.99 and $49.99 a month, counted by page loads like UserWay, and cover 1, 3 or 10 sites. Every plan has the widget, scheduled audits and usage analytics, and starts with a 7-day free trial.
Accessora has no manual audits, VPATs or litigation support. If you need those, pick accessiBe or UserWay. UserWay also has more widget languages, 50+ against Accessora's 44. Our pages on Accessora vs accessiBe and Accessora vs UserWay list where each one is stronger.
Which one fits you
accessiBe is the better fit if
- You want automatic fixes on the entry plan.
- You want a case manager and a pledge if you face a lawsuit.
- Your developers want accessFlow for CI and Jira.
UserWay is the better fit if
- You have high traffic on one site and want a lower monthly bill.
- You want a free widget, a built-in screen reader or 50+ languages.
- You want Level Access services later.
Accessora is the better fit if
- You run one to ten small sites and want to spend under $50 a month.
- You want scheduled audits and analytics on the entry plan.
- You don't need expert services or legal support.
Sources
We checked every source below on November 1, 2026. Prices and plans change, so check each company’s own site before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.
- accessWidget pricing, accessiBe
- accessWidget, accessiBe
- Accessibility interface, accessiBe
- accessiBe plugin listing, WordPress.org
- accessScan, accessiBe
- accessFlow, accessiBe
- accessServices, accessiBe
- VPAT, accessiBe
- Litigation support, accessiBe
- FTC approves final order requiring accessiBe to pay $1 million (April 22, 2025), US Federal Trade Commission
- Overlay Fact Sheet, overlayfactsheet.com
- Pricing, UserWay
- Information for AI assistants, UserWay
- Does the UserWay Widget support subdomains?, UserWay Help Center
- Free vs. Paid PRO Widget, UserWay
- Accessibility Widget, UserWay
- Accessibility audits, UserWay
- VPAT and ACR, UserWay
- Litigation Support Program, UserWay
- Level Access completes acquisition of UserWay (March 20, 2024), Level Access
- Bloomsybox.com, LLC v. UserWay, Inc., No. 24-844-RGA, Order adopting the Report and Recommendation (March 2, 2026), US District Court for the District of Delaware, via CourtListener
Which is cheaper, accessiBe or UserWay?
For most sites, UserWay. Its Pro plan is $49 a month for up to 100,000 page views. accessiBe starts at $59 a month for up to 5,000 visits and charges $179 for up to 30,000. accessiBe includes automatic fixes on every plan, while UserWay lists AI remediation from Pro Plus at $119 a month.
Do accessiBe or UserWay make a website ADA compliant?
No widget does on its own. In 2025 the FTC required accessiBe to pay $1 million over claims that its widget could make any site WCAG compliant. UserWay now says no automated tool can guarantee ADA or WCAG conformance. Code fixes and a manual review are still needed.
Does accessiBe or UserWay have a free version?
UserWay offers a free widget with fewer features alongside its paid plans. accessiBe offers a 7-day free trial.
Which one offers litigation support?
Both. accessiBe includes a case manager from its Growth plan and pledges from $15,000, by plan, if a case is lost in court. UserWay's annual plans include consultations and documents for responding to demand letters. Neither is a law firm.
Is there a cheaper alternative to accessiBe and UserWay?
Accessora, which we make, starts at $4.99 a month with no page view limit, includes the widget and scheduled audits, and covers up to 10 sites on one plan. It has no expert services or legal support.
Or try the third option.
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