EAA Compliance Scanner vs accessiBe
An honest, source-cited comparison of EAA Compliance Scanner and accessiBe — what each tool actually does, and when one fits better than the other.
accessiBe is an accessibility overlay — a script you embed on your site that adjusts the page in the browser. EAA Compliance Scanner is a scanner and reporting tool: we audit the page, hand you a plain-English fix list, and generate a VPAT — and your engineers ship the fix in your codebase. The two tools sit at different points in the workflow.
Why teams pick us
- Real code-level fixes in your repo — not a browser-side overlay layered on top of broken markup.
- Honest reporting: criteria we cannot verify are marked 'needs manual review' rather than auto-passed.
- Plain-English issue list ranked by user impact, with the exact code change.
- Priced for SMBs ($29–$299/mo), not enterprise overlay subscriptions.
- VPAT and accessibility statement generated from your actual scan, not a marketing template.
Where they're stronger
- If your goal is a one-line install on a marketing page and you accept the trade-offs widely discussed in the accessibility community about overlay tooling, an overlay is a faster install than a codebase change.
- Overlays offer instant deployment when your engineering team has no capacity for accessibility work.
Side-by-side comparison
Approach
- EAA Compliance Scanner
- Scans your site, returns a fix list — your team ships the change in your codebase
- accessiBe
- A script you embed that modifies the page in the user's browser
WCAG conformance impact
- EAA Compliance Scanner
- Fixes land in your source — conformance improvements are persistent and verifiable
- accessiBe
- Overlay changes are runtime-only; the underlying source code is unchanged
Reporting honesty
- EAA Compliance Scanner
- Per-criterion pass / fail / 'needs manual review' — we never auto-pass what we cannot verify
- accessiBe
- Vendor-supplied compliance claims; review the vendor's documentation for scope
VPAT report
- EAA Compliance Scanner
- Generated from your scan, editable, draft VPAT 2.5 (WCAG 2.2)
- accessiBe
- Check vendor documentation for current VPAT availability
Pricing
- EAA Compliance Scanner
- $0 free / $29 / $99 / $299 per month
- accessiBe
- Vendor pricing varies — review current published rates
Audience
- EAA Compliance Scanner
- SMBs, agencies, in-house teams under EAA pressure
- accessiBe
- Sites looking for a one-line overlay install
FAQ
- Are you saying overlays do not work?
- We are saying overlays modify pages at runtime in the browser; they do not change your source code. The accessibility community has documented trade-offs with overlay tooling — we recommend reading those critiques and the vendor's own documentation before choosing.
- Does using your tool guarantee EAA compliance?
- No tool can guarantee compliance. Automated scanning catches roughly a third of WCAG defects; manual testing and assistive-technology user studies remain necessary. We make the path cheaper and faster — we do not certify it.
- Can I use both?
- Yes. Some teams keep an overlay short-term while they ship real code-level fixes. The scanner shows you what is actually broken in the source, regardless of any overlay layered on top.
How we wrote this comparison
We do not make defamatory claims about competitors. Statements about accessiBe describe their tooling category (a browser-side overlay) as the vendor itself documents. Where we cannot verify a current claim (pricing, VPAT availability), we tell you to check the vendor's site instead of guessing.
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Competitor descriptions reflect publicly available information from each vendor's marketing site at the time of writing. We avoid claims we cannot verify; rerun the comparison if a vendor changes their offering.
