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HandyPal is the strongest fit in this comparison for a small team that wants monthly, site-count pricing and self-serve visitor tools. EqualWeb deserves a look for page-count pricing, while AudioEye or accessiBe's higher plans fit buyers who want expert services in the same vendor relationship. HandyPal Starter is $49/month; accessiBe lists Micro at $490/year for up to 5,000 monthly visits.
We compared price basis, visitor controls, testing, remediation, and human support. No widget alone establishes WCAG conformance.
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HandyPal publishes this page and competes with the providers listed below. We checked public vendor pages on September 7, 2026; we did not run a hands-on product test for this update.
Start with the work your team needs completed. A visitor widget changes the browsing experience. Automated testing finds a limited set of detectable issues. Source-code remediation fixes problems in the site itself. Expert audits add human judgment. Vendors combine those jobs differently, so identical-looking buttons and prices can hide very different scopes.
Compare five inputs in writing: what changes the price, which pages and documents are included, what the software tests or changes, who repairs unresolved barriers, and how your team verifies the result. A report is useful evidence only when its scope, date, method, and unresolved findings are clear.
These options cover self-serve widgets, service-supported programs, and developer-led testing. They are not interchangeable.
| Option | Category | Public entry price | Best fit | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HandyPal | Self-serve widget, audits, and selected auto-fixes | Free tier; Starter $49/month by website | Small teams that want predictable site-count pricing | Expert manual testing is not included |
| EqualWeb | Widget with a separate managed option | Small: $39/month or $390/year for up to 100 pages | Sites that prefer page-count tiers and unlimited visits | Expert remediation requires a quoted managed plan |
| UserWay | Widget or Widget+ with compliance services | Confirm current price during trial or sales review | Teams comparing a light widget with service-supported fixes | The public page we reviewed did not expose a numeric price |
| AudioEye | Automated, self-managed, and managed programs | No numeric price shown on the public plan page | Buyers who want expert audits or custom fixes available | Service scope and price require a sales conversation |
| Deque axe | Developer testing and monitoring tools | Free axe-core and browser extensions; paid platform via free trial or demo | Engineering teams prepared to repair issues in source code | It is not a visitor widget or a hands-off managed service |
Pricing and scope were checked on September 7, 2026. Vendor pages describe their own products; confirm the checkout total, renewal terms, page or traffic limits, and included services before signing.
Public plan details checked against both vendors' current pages on September 7, 2026.
| Decision point | HandyPal | accessiBe |
|---|---|---|
| Entry offer | Free tier; Starter is $49/month | Micro is $490/year; monthly plans start at $59 |
| Plan basis | Number of websites | Average monthly website visits |
| Visitor tools | 43 features and 7 one-click profiles | Interface adjustments plus automated remediation |
| Language support | Translation in 100+ languages | Interface supports 33 languages |
| Reports | Unlimited audits, history, and PDF reports | Monthly audit and remediation reports |
| Expert manual testing | Not included in the self-serve subscription | Yearly on Scale; on demand on Enterprise |
HandyPal figures come from the current pricing and feature pages. accessiBe figures come from its accessWidget pricing page. Prices and plan details can change.
The annual price is only useful when its visit allowance matches your site.
accessiBe says it calculates a domain's average monthly visits from Similarweb data covering the previous six months, counting non-unique desktop and mobile visits. Before you buy, compare that allowance with your renewal record and ask about a mismatch before a traffic estimate becomes your plan tier.
$490/year
Up to 5,000 monthly visits
Automated scans and fixes, documentation, and standard support
$1,490/year
Up to 30,000 monthly visits
Adds litigation support and account-management features
$3,990/year
Up to 100,000 monthly visits
Adds yearly expert testing and custom remediation
Custom
Above 100,000 monthly visits
Adds on-demand expert testing, SSO, and dedicated support
For a line-by-line review of billing terms, expert services, and plan limits, read the accessiBe pricing guide.
Search results sometimes mix Accessiway and accessiBe because their names are similar. Their public pricing pages use different limits. Accessiway currently lists its Standard widget at €490 per year for websites under 1,000 pages, while accessiBe's Micro plan uses a 5,000-monthly-visit limit.
Compare the contract on the page you are actually buying from. The current Accessiway pricing page also sells expert audit and remediation packages, so its widget price does not describe the full service catalog.
A visitor may use a contrast control while a developer still needs to repair an unlabeled checkout field. Those are different jobs. W3C evaluation guidance says tools cannot automatically check every accessibility aspect and that human judgment is required.
In April 2025, the FTC finalized an order requiring accessiBe to pay $1 million and barred unsupported claims that an automated product could make any website WCAG compliant. Read the FTC's final-order announcement. HandyPal should be judged by the same standard.
Move one controlled step at a time.
Record your accessiBe billing term, renewal date, monthly-visit tier, and cancellation terms. Compare that contract with the HandyPal plan for your website count.
Add your site, copy the installation script, and place it in a staging environment or scheduled maintenance window before changing the live setup.
Check navigation, search, forms, account access, and checkout with a keyboard. Add screen-reader testing and verify that visible labels, focus, errors, and status messages still work.
Remove accessiBe only after the checks pass. Repeat the same tests on production, save the audit report, and follow the cancellation instructions in your accessiBe account.
For an accessiBe vs AudioEye shortlist, compare each vendor's current plan basis, testing scope, and remediation services before treating two entry prices as equivalent. Then review the separate UserWay alternative or AudioEye alternative pages instead of mixing vendors with different pricing models.
Shortlist HandyPal when predictable site-count pricing and self-serve controls match your team. Then install it on staging and run the same keyboard, form, and checkout tasks you use to judge every other option.