Pa11y
Pa11y provides a suite of free and open-source tools designed to improve web accessibility for everyone.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Free and open-source tools to help designers and developers make web pages more accessible.
Who should look elsewhere
Requires some technical knowledge for CLI and Webservice tools
Pros
- +Completely free and open-source
- +Offers multiple tools for different use cases (CLI, Dashboard, Webservice, CI)
- +Helps track accessibility trends over time with graphs
- +Supports integration into continuous integration workflows
Cons
- −Requires some technical knowledge for CLI and Webservice tools
- −Dashboard might require setup and hosting by the user
Key features
- ✓Command-line interface for one-off accessibility tests (Pa11y)
- ✓Web dashboard for daily automated accessibility testing (Pa11y Dashboard)
- ✓Graphs to track accessibility improvements and regressions over time
- ✓JSON-based webservice for custom integrations (Pa11y Webservice)
- ✓Command-line tool for iterating over multiple web pages, suitable for CI (Pa11y CI)
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pa11y | — | month | Command-line interface; Loads web pages and highlights accessibility issues; Useful for one-off tests |
| Pa11y Dashboard | — | month | Web dashboard; Automatically tests web pages for accessibility issues daily; Graphs help track improvements and regressions |
| Pa11y Webservice | — | month | JSON-based webservice; Backs Pa11y Dashboard; Useful for building custom dashboards or repurposing data |
| Pa11y CI | — | month | Command-line tool; Iterates over a list of web pages; Highlights accessibility issues |