Free Website Accessibility Scanner
Paste a URL below and we'll run a real automated scan — the same axe-core engine used industry-wide — and show you the top violations, which WCAG success criterion each one breaks, and how many elements are affected.
How this scan works — and what it can't tell you
This tool loads your page in a real headless Chromium browser and runs axe-core, the industry-standard open-source accessibility testing engine, against the WCAG 2.1 Level AA ruleset plus the WCAG 2.2 AA additions. Violations are grouped by severity (critical, serious, moderate, minor) and we show you the top 5 by severity and number of affected elements, each with the WCAG success criterion it relates to, a plain-English explanation of the problem, and how many elements on the page are affected.
Automated tools catch only 30–40% of accessibility barriers. A clean scan is not EAA compliance. Automated testing cannot evaluate things like whether alt text is actually meaningful, whether a keyboard-only user can complete your checkout flow, whether your reading order makes sense to a screen reader, or whether color is the only way you're conveying critical information. A genuine WCAG/EAA compliance assessment requires manual testing with assistive technology and, ideally, testing with real disabled users — this scanner is a fast first pass, not a substitute for that.
Scans are limited to 3 per IP address per day, and only public http(s) pages can be scanned (internal/private network addresses are blocked). Very large or slow-loading pages may time out — if that happens, try a lighter page or request a full manual audit from our team instead.
Frequently asked questions
No. Automated tools like this one catch only 30–40% of accessibility barriers. A clean scan means you've cleared the issues axe-core can detect automatically — it does not mean your site is compliant with the European Accessibility Act or WCAG. Full compliance requires manual testing with assistive technology, and ideally with real disabled users.
Each scan launches a real browser and runs a full accessibility audit, which takes real server resources and time. The 3-scans-per-day limit keeps the free tool available and fast for everyone. If you need to audit more pages, talk to us about a full site audit.
Very large, JavaScript-heavy, or slow-loading pages can exceed our scan window (about 20 seconds, to keep the tool responsive for everyone). Try scanning a lighter page like a specific article or landing page rather than a heavy homepage, or request a manual audit for a full assessment of the page.
No — this tool only scans publicly reachable http(s) pages, and blocks localhost, private network ranges, and internal hostnames for security reasons. For internal, authenticated, or staging pages, our team can run a manual audit directly.
Need more than a 30-second scan?
Our accessibility audits combine automated scanning with manual testing and assistive-technology review, so you get a real picture of EAA/WCAG compliance risk — not just what a bot can see.
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