accessiBe pricing 2026: plans, what you pay over time and what it buys
accessiBe pricing starts at about $490 a year for its smallest plan, with higher tiers listed by third-party comparison sites at $1,490 and up to $3,990 a year, and enterprise quotes above that. The fee is recurring: you pay it every year for as long as the script runs on your site. Published tiers differ between sources and change, so confirm the current numbers on accessiBe's own pricing page before you buy. This guide adds the part the price pages skip: what five years costs, what the fee does not cover, and when a one-time fix is the cheaper way to reach the same goal.
How much does accessiBe cost?
Prices below come from third-party pricing reviews and comparison sites we read on 2026-11-15. accessiBe sells by plan and quotes larger sites, so treat these as a guide, not an offer.
| Plan (as listed by reviewers) | Listed price | Who it is aimed at |
|---|---|---|
| Micro | About $490 a year (roughly $40 a month on annual billing) | Small sites and sole traders |
| Growth | About $1,490 a year | Larger small business sites |
| Scale (top published tier) | Up to about $3,990 a year | Bigger stores and many pages |
| Enterprise | Quote only | Large organisations |
Sources disagree on what each tier includes: some describe tiers by monthly visits, an older listing by page count. Ask which limit applies to you, and what happens when you pass it.
The cheapest tier is the one most small businesses are shown first. It is also the one most affected by the limits, so check the visit and page caps before you assume $490 is your real number.
What you are paying for
accessiBe's main product is a script you add to your site. It runs in the visitor's browser, adds a toolbar that lets people change font size, contrast and motion, and uses automated rules and AI to adjust parts of the page while it loads. The company also sells an audit and manual testing service on top. The fee buys that runtime layer and its monitoring, and the vendor's statement. It does not rewrite the HTML, theme or plugins that produce your pages.
That matters because the legal and practical test is whether people can use your site, not whether a toolbar exists. Practitioners who work with blind and keyboard users have long argued that overlays do not repair underlying problems, and in January 2025 the US Federal Trade Commission ordered accessiBe to pay $1 million over claims that its AI tool could make any website WCAG compliant, and over reviews that were not disclosed as paid. Read the pricing in that light: you are buying a tool with limits, not a compliance result. We are not lawyers, and this is not legal advice.
What five years of accessiBe pricing adds up to
A subscription looks small each year and large in total. Using the listed prices and assuming no increases (renewal prices can change):
| Years | Micro (about $490 a year) | Growth (about $1,490 a year) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $490 | $1,490 |
| 3 | $1,470 | $4,470 |
| 5 | $2,450 | $7,450 |
Compare that with one-time routes. A written fix list from us is $499 once. Agencies charge $100 to $200 an hour, and a small business site often totals $1,500 to $3,500 with an audit and fixes. A fix to the code stays fixed when you cancel anything; a script stops working the day the subscription ends, and the errors it patched at load time come back.
What the accessiBe fee does not cover
- Your source code. Missing labels, empty buttons, heading order and form errors are patched in the browser, not repaired in the files your developer or platform serves.
- Content you add later. New images, PDFs, videos and pages still need alt text, captions and structure from you.
- Third-party widgets. A booking tool, chat or payment embed can have its own errors that a script on your page may not reach.
- Legal protection. A subscription does not stop a demand letter, and a vendor's compliance statement is not a ruling. Overlay vendors have been named in suits alongside the sites that used them.
- Ownership. If you cancel, the fixes leave with the script.
When accessiBe pricing makes sense
An overlay can be a reasonable short-term aid when you need a visible toolbar quickly and have no developer, as long as you do not read it as finished work. It is easier to justify when your site changes often and you have no one to rescan it, since the vendor monitors continuously. It is harder to justify when you own the code and can change it once: the same five years of fees would pay for a full set of fixes and leave you with a site that works for everyone without a script.
Questions to ask before you pay or renew
- What exact limit (visits, pages, domains) applies to my plan, and what happens when I pass it?
- Is the price shown the first-year price? What is the renewal price in years two and three?
- Does it change my site's source code or only the page in the browser?
- Can I see which errors it fixed and which it could not?
- If I cancel, what does my site look like the next day?
- What happens if I get a demand letter: is anyone helping me, or is the statement all I get?
- What does the audit add-on test, by whom, and for which pages?
A vendor that answers these plainly in writing is a vendor you can compare. One that answers with the word "compliance" and no numbers is selling reassurance. Our accessiBe alternatives guide goes through what to buy instead, and the UserWay pricing page does the same arithmetic for its biggest rival.
Cheaper ways to reach the same goal
| Route | Cost | What you keep |
|---|---|---|
| Free scanner and your own fixes | $0 plus your time | An error list and your own changes. See ADA website compliance checker |
| Written fix list (Site Record) | $499 once | Each error and the fix for your platform, monthly rechecks for a year |
| Developer or agency | $100–$200 an hour; small sites $1,500–$3,500 | Changes in your code |
| Manual expert audit | $1,000–$7,000 by size | A tester's report; fixes extra. See website accessibility audit cost |
| Overlay subscription | From about $490 a year, every year | A toolbar and runtime patches while you pay |
The practical order for a small business: scan, fix the cheap errors yourself (colour contrast, alt text, labels), pay a developer only for what is left, publish an honest accessibility statement, and rescan every month. If you still want an overlay on top, make it an addition, never the plan.
Does accessiBe pricing include a manual audit?
The listed plans are for the script and its automated scanning. Reviewers describe manual audits and expert testing as separate services at their own prices. A manual audit is a person using a keyboard and a screen reader on your pages, which is what finds the problems automated tools cannot; see accessibility audit services for websites for what each type delivers.
A worked example: a 30-page dentist site
A dental practice has a 30-page site on a hosted builder and about 4,000 visits a month. The owner is shown the smallest overlay plan at about $490 a year and signs up for three years: $1,470. A free scan of the same site shows 38 errors on the home page and 20 more across the service pages: low contrast on the appointment button, 14 images with no alt text, a booking form with unlabelled fields, and two icon links with no names. Fixing those in the builder's settings, plus one hour from a freelancer for the form, costs about $150 to $250 and one weekend. The toolbar would have stayed on for the three years; the fixes stay for as long as the site does. The owner who also wants ongoing checks adds a monthly rescan, free with a scanner or included in a written fix list for the first year.
The lesson is not that overlays are always the wrong buy. It is that the price page shows the cost of one year, and the question that matters is what is left on your site when the subscription stops.
Frequently asked questions
How much is accessiBe a month?
Reviewers put the smallest plan near $40 a month on annual billing, about $490 a year. Larger plans cost more and enterprise is quoted. Check the vendor's page for today's price.
Is accessiBe free?
There is a free trial listed by some reviewers, but not a permanent free plan that fixes your site. A free scanner is the no-cost way to find errors.
Does accessiBe make my site ADA compliant?
No tool can promise that. The FTC's January 2025 order concerned claims that it could. Compliance is judged against standards such as WCAG 2.1 AA on how people actually use the site.
Can I cancel accessiBe at any time?
Terms differ by plan and billing period. Ask in writing about the cancellation window and what happens to your site after.
Is there a one-time alternative to accessiBe?
Yes: fixing the source code. Our written fix list is $499 once; a developer charges by the hour. Neither adds a recurring script.
Do accessibility overlays protect from lawsuits?
Not reliably. Sites running overlays have still received demand letters, and some vendors have been named in suits too. Speak to an attorney if you get a letter.
Sources
- accessiBe Pricing Review, accessibilitychecker.org (checked 2026-11-15).
- accessiBe Pricing 2026, testparty.ai (checked 2026-11-15).
- accessiBe Pricing 2026: Cost & Competitor Comparison, checkthat.ai (checked 2026-11-15).
- FTC, order against accessiBe, January 2025.
- W3C, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1.