Pope Tech vs WAVE

Pope Tech provides automated and manual accessibility testing for websites, with reporting and training, and a separate accessibility platform integrated into Canvas LMS. Website scanning uses the WAVE testing engine; scheduled scans, API access and CI/CD integration are listed. Business Plus and Professional include guided manual-testing tools and tracking. Listed integrations include JIRA, Asana, email task and ticketing, GitHub, Bitbucket and YouTube. The free plan covers 25 active pages, two users, one website and one group, with unlimited rescanning within the page allowance. It is free forever and requires no credit card. Team costs $25 a month at the 50-page tier, billed annually. Business Plus costs $225 a month and Professional costs $400 a month, each at the 500-page tier and billed annually; higher page tiers are available in some plans. Monthly and annual billing are offered, and annual plans may qualify for invoicing. Support includes email, a help desk and help center, onboarding, training and consultations. Pope Tech lists Providence, Utah as its headquarters.

WAVE is a web accessibility tool that identifies many accessibility and WCAG errors and provides tools for human evaluation of web content. Its browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge can examine password-protected, locally stored, and highly dynamic pages. The service supports page scans, scheduled site audits, intranet pages with most authentication types, and custom viewport sizes for checking responsive breakpoints. Stand-alone tools can integrate with continuous-integration systems including Selenium and Puppeteer. The API returns JSON or XML; basic analysis uses one credit, while advanced features may use two or three. New accounts receive 100 free API credits. Subscription API access has a 250-credit minimum purchase for $10 a month. Stand-alone API licenses cost $4,000 a year for Basic, $8,000 a year for Expanded, and $12,000 a year for Unlimited. The stand-alone API runs on Linux, Mac, or Windows web servers with PHP and Node installed; minimum requirements are 1 CPU, 1 GB memory, and 100 MB storage.