AccessRadar VS Wave

AccessRadar's answer

AccessRadar is built on radical honesty. Unlike accessibility "overlay" widgets — which claim to make a site compliant and have drawn FTC action — it never injects code or fakes a badge. It scans your real HTML against WCAG 2.1 AA / EN 301 549 (the European Accessibility Act standard), is upfront that automated testing only covers ~30–40% of WCAG, and flags the rest for human review instead of pretending a tool can do everything. You get a clear risk score, plain-language fixes, and continuous monitoring.

AccessRadar's answer

Three reasons. (1) Honesty — no overlays, no fake "compliant" badges, just an accurate read on your risk and exactly how to fix it. (2) EU focus — built around the European Accessibility Act and EN 301 549, with country-by-country enforcement context rather than generic messaging. (3) Built for agencies — white-label reports let agencies resell branded accessibility audits and monitoring as their own service. It's also fast and self-serve: a free scan in about 20 seconds, nothing installed, nothing changed on your site.

AccessRadar's answer

Two main audiences. First, web agencies and freelancers who want to offer accessibility audits and monitoring to clients under their own brand. Second, EU-facing businesses — especially e-commerce and digital services — that now fall under the European Accessibility Act and need to find, fix, and monitor their accessibility risks. In short, anyone responsible for an EU-facing website who needs an honest read on their WCAG/EAA exposure.

AccessRadar's answer

AccessRadar was created in 2026, just as the European Accessibility Act became enforceable across the EU. The market was full of "accessibility overlay" widgets promising instant compliance — but they don't fix the underlying code, disability communities dislike them, and the FTC fined one vendor $1M for deceptive claims. AccessRadar was built as the honest alternative: a tool that tells you the truth about your accessibility risk, what an automated scan can and can't catch, and exactly how to fix it — then keeps watch so problems don't creep back.

AccessRadar's answer

AccessRadar is built on Node.js and Express, with a static HTML/CSS analysis engine using Cheerio to evaluate pages against WCAG success criteria. It's containerized with Docker and deployed on Railway, with Stripe handling subscriptions. The engine is deliberately server-side — it reads your page's real HTML rather than running an overlay in the browser.