Alternatives to axe DevTools
Accessibility testing tools and browser extension from Deque, built on the axe-core rules engine. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
axe DevTools
Accessibility testing tools and browser extension from Deque, built on the axe-core rules engine.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as axe DevTools.
WAVE
A suite of web accessibility evaluation tools, available online and as browser extensions.
WAVE offers browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Edge that show issues in place on the page, plus a paid API and engine for CI.
ARC Toolkit
Browser extension from TPGi that finds accessibility issues on individual web pages.
ARC Toolkit is a free browser extension using TPGi's ARC rules engine instead of axe-core, without IDE or CI toolkits.
AccessibilityChecker.org
Web accessibility scanner that audits a site against WCAG and ADA and explains how to fix issues.
AccessibilityChecker.org combines a free web scan with fix instructions and an extension for single-page apps, while monitoring is paid.
Tanaguru Engine
An automated accessibility testing engine that checks websites and web applications against RGAA and WCAG.
Tanaguru Engine is a self-hosted engine automating about 380 tests against RGAA and WCAG across whole sites, with its product page mainly in French.
EXPERTE Accessibility Checker
An online checker that crawls a website and tests each page for accessibility problems.
EXPERTE Accessibility Checker is a free web tool that crawls an entire public site, rather than checking pages inside your browser.
Rocket Validator
A hosted crawler that runs HTML, CSS and accessibility checks across thousands of site pages.
Rocket Validator is a paid hosted crawler running accessibility and HTML checks across up to 5,000 pages, with scheduling and an API.
AChecker
Online accessibility checker that tests a URL, uploaded file or pasted HTML against WCAG and Section 508.
AChecker is a free web checker accepting URLs or pasted HTML, but it only covers guidelines up to WCAG 2.0.
Also worth comparing
These listings name axe DevTools as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
AccessMonitor
A Portuguese government web service that checks web pages against WCAG 2.1 accessibility practices.
axe DevTools moves checking into a browser extension built on axe-core, with IDE and CI toolkits, and advanced features sold as enterprise products.
AudioEye Website Accessibility Checker
A free online scanner that checks a website for ADA and WCAG accessibility issues.
axe DevTools checks pages in the browser with the axe-core engine and offers CI and IDE toolkits, with advanced features sold through sales.
UserWay Accessibility Checker
Online scanner that checks a website for ADA and WCAG accessibility issues and gives a score.
axe DevTools runs the axe-core engine in the browser while you build, with IDE and CI toolkits and deduplicated results aimed at few false positives.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
WebAIM Contrast Checker
An online checker that tests foreground and background color contrast against WCAG AA and AAA levels.
SortSite
Website quality scanner testing accessibility, broken links, browser compatibility and SEO against over 1200 checkpoints.
WhoCanUse
A web tool showing how a text and background color pair looks to people with various vision conditions.
Toptal Colorblind Web Page Filter
A web tool that renders a web page through color blindness filters to test its design.
