Feature-by-Feature Comparison
WAVE is an excellent free tool. AllyShield builds on where it leaves off.
| Feature | WAVE | AllyShield |
|---|---|---|
| Free to Use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full-Site Scanning | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scheduled Monitoring | ✗ | ✓ |
| Progress Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Team Collaboration | ✗ | ✓ |
| Reports | Inline | Executive |
| REST API | ✗ | ✓ |
| CI/CD Integration | ✗ | ✓ |
| AI Code Fixes | ✗ | ✓ |
| Manual Testing | Required | Automated |
WAVE for Your Whole Site
WAVE from WebAIM is one of the best free accessibility evaluation tools available. Its browser extension gives instant, visual feedback on a single page — perfect for developers doing quick spot-checks during development.
But when your site grows beyond a handful of pages, checking them one at a time becomes impractical. You need to know which pages regressed after a deploy, whether your overall score is improving, and how to delegate fixes across a team.
AllyShield picks up where WAVE leaves off. It crawls your entire domain on a schedule, tracks your accessibility score over time, generates AI-powered code fixes, and gives your whole team a shared dashboard — so nothing slips through the cracks.
A Natural Upgrade Path
Use WAVE Free
Start with WAVE to spot-check individual pages during development.
Outgrow Single Pages
Your site has dozens or hundreds of pages. Manual checking no longer scales.
Add Team & Monitoring
Bring in AllyShield for automated scanning, dashboards, and team collaboration.
Full-Scale Accessibility
CI/CD integration, executive reports, AI fixes, and continuous monitoring across every page.
Pricing, Side by Side
WAVE
- ✓ Great browser extension
- ✓ Visual page feedback
- ✓ Single-page evaluation
- ✓ WCAG reference links
- ✓ Community trusted
Starter
- ✓ Full-site crawling
- ✓ Weekly monitoring
- ✓ Progress dashboard
- ✓ Exportable reports
- ✓ Email alerts
Pro
- ✓ Everything in Starter
- ✓ AI code fixes
- ✓ REST API + CI/CD
- ✓ Team collaboration
- ✓ Daily monitoring