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“We have accessibility obligations to meet”
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1. Accessibility Testing

Because you said: “We have accessibility obligations to meet”

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axe-coreBest fitOpen source

The open-source accessibility rules engine almost every other tool is built on.

Why this fits you

  • Effectively zero false positives, which is why it became the industry default.
  • Integrates into any existing test suite in a few lines.

Main limitation

  • Automated rules detect roughly a third of WCAG issues — the rest need human testing.
  • A library, not a workflow: no dashboards, tracking or reporting.
LighthouseOpen source

Google's built-in audit for performance, accessibility, SEO and best practices.

Why this fits you

  • Already installed in every Chrome browser
  • Covers performance, accessibility and SEO in one report.

Main limitation

  • Lab data from a synthetic environment, not what real users experience.
  • Scores vary run to run, which makes strict thresholds frustrating.
axe DevToolsFree tier

Deque's commercial layer over axe-core: guided manual testing and enterprise reporting.

Why this fits you

  • Guided manual testing addresses the two thirds of WCAG that scanners cannot.
  • Findings come with concrete code-level remediation advice.

Main limitation

  • Per-seat pricing adds up across a large engineering organisation.
  • The free extension is good enough for many teams, blurring the upgrade case.
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