Alternatives to AccessMonitor
A Portuguese government web service that checks web pages against WCAG 2.1 accessibility practices. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
AccessMonitor
A Portuguese government web service that checks web pages against WCAG 2.1 accessibility practices.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AccessMonitor.
WAVE
A suite of web accessibility evaluation tools, available online and as browser extensions.
WAVE is freemium and shows issues in context on the page, with browser extensions that can also check private, local and dynamic pages.
axe DevTools
Accessibility testing tools and browser extension from Deque, built on the axe-core rules engine.
axe DevTools moves checking into a browser extension built on axe-core, with IDE and CI toolkits, and advanced features sold as enterprise products.
AChecker
Online accessibility checker that tests a URL, uploaded file or pasted HTML against WCAG and Section 508.
AChecker is also free and accepts pasted HTML or file uploads, but only covers guidelines up to WCAG 2.0 rather than WCAG 2.1.
EXPERTE Accessibility Checker
An online checker that crawls a website and tests each page for accessibility problems.
EXPERTE Accessibility Checker crawls a whole site in one run with 41 checks, instead of evaluating individual pages with a single score.
AccessibilityChecker.org
Web accessibility scanner that audits a site against WCAG and ADA and explains how to fix issues.
AccessibilityChecker.org audits against WCAG and ADA with fix instructions for each issue, but ongoing monitoring and remediation are paid.
ARC Toolkit
Browser extension from TPGi that finds accessibility issues on individual web pages.
ARC Toolkit runs as a free browser extension on the current page using TPGi's rules engine, with an English interface instead of Portuguese.
AudioEye Website Accessibility Checker
A free online scanner that checks a website for ADA and WCAG accessibility issues.
AudioEye Website Accessibility Checker maps prioritized issues to WCAG and explains ADA and Section 508 context, but carries sales prompts for a commercial service.
UserWay Accessibility Checker
Online scanner that checks a website for ADA and WCAG accessibility issues and gives a score.
UserWay Accessibility Checker gives a one-click score for ADA and WCAG issues, though its free check is high level and promotes a paid widget.
Also worth comparing
These listings name AccessMonitor as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Tanaguru Engine
An automated accessibility testing engine that checks websites and web applications against RGAA and WCAG.
AccessMonitor is a free Portuguese government web service checking pages against WCAG 2.1 with a 0 to 10 score, with an interface mainly in Portuguese.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
SortSite
Website quality scanner testing accessibility, broken links, browser compatibility and SEO against over 1200 checkpoints.
Rocket Validator
A hosted crawler that runs HTML, CSS and accessibility checks across thousands of site pages.
WebAIM Contrast Checker
An online checker that tests foreground and background color contrast against WCAG AA and AAA levels.
Internet.nl
A web test that checks websites, mail domains and connections for modern Internet standards support.
Nu Html Checker
The W3C's online checker that tests HTML documents against current HTML conformance rules.
