AccessLint vs Open Scans
AccessLint
accesslint.comOpen Scans
mgifford.github.ioSide by side
| Figure | AccessLint | Open Scans |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Website Accessibility Tools | 9.0 (#8) | 8.2 (#38) |
| CI/CD integration | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The toolkit provides accessibility checks for Playwright, Vitest, and Storybook, while pull-request reviews use a GitHub App. | The project describes using Top Task Finder to identify important pages and then submitting their URLs to Open Scans. |
| Privacy | AccessLint says it does not sell personal information or share it for advertising, and says it never asks for or stores site passwords. | Scan results are published publicly to GitHub Pages, and the documentation says not to submit URLs that should remain private. |
| Support | AccessLint directs users who cannot find an answer in Help to email [email protected]. | The project directs users who need help to workflow run logs and troubleshooting guidance in its repository documentation. |
Plans
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.
Open Scans
Open Scans has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.