AccessLint vs Functional Accessibility Evaluator
AccessLint
accesslint.comFunctional Accessibility Evaluator
accessibleit.disability.illinois.eduSide by side
| Figure | AccessLint | Functional Accessibility Evaluator |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Website Accessibility Tools | 9.0 (#8) | 7.6 (#88) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Maker | The privacy policy identifies the maker as AccessLint, LLC and lists its address in Albany, New York, United States. | The Accessible IT Group is part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Division of Disability Resources and Education Services. |
Plans
Functional Accessibility Evaluator
- Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE)Free
In their own words
AccessLint
AccessLint checks accessibility during development, on pull requests, and on live sites. Its WCAG 2.2 engine has 95 rules and a stated 53ms median audit across 5,000 real-world sites. Pull-request reviews inspect changed files and leave inline comments with the relevant rule and a suggested correction, but do not fail builds or block merges. Deploy-triggered scans require Starter or Pro, run asynchronously, and also do not synchronously fail builds. Saved user journeys can run daily, with email alerts for new violations or changes against a baseline. The toolkit provides checks for Playwright, Vitest, and Storybook, while pull-request reviews use a GitHub App. Starter and Pro include shareable read-only evidence reports with before-and-after screenshots of affected elements. Free covers public-repository pull-request reviews, one daily monitored flow, and violation trends. Starter costs $19 a month or $190 a year; Pro costs $349 a month or $3,490 a year. AccessLint says automated checks alone cannot make a site compliant.
Functional Accessibility Evaluator
Functional Accessibility Evaluator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.