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EqualWeb vs UserWay

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UserWay is an accessibility widget. EqualWeb is a complete accessibility platform - an AI widget plus certified IAAP/CPWA experts, managed compliance with liability & warranty, a full PDF accessibility suite, and 24/7 monitoring. Compare for yourself.

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The short version: if all you need is a widget, both companies sell one. Everything past the widget - human remediation, legal-grade documentation, accessible PDFs, monitoring - is where the comparison gets one-sided.

Side-by-side comparison

EqualWeb products and services, next to what UserWay offers.

CapabilityEqualWebUserWay
Accessibility widget
AI-powered accessibility widget
Accessibility profiles & assistive tools
100+ interface languages
Full branding control (colors, icon, position)Partial
Human expertise
Certified IAAP/CPWA experts in-house
Expert manual remediation of complex contentLimited
Accessibility training for your team
Managed Compliance
Fully managed compliance program
Liability & Warranty
Litigation support with expert documentation
Signed compliance certificate & VPAT/ACRPartial
PDF & document accessibility
Free PDF accessibility checker (80+ checks, 0-100 score)
AI auto-remediation of PDFs
Expert manual PDF remediationServices
Accessible in-browser PDF viewer
PDF Audit REST API
PDF integrations: WordPress, Drupal, Moodle, Shopify, Canvas LMS
Cloud Connect: SharePoint, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, S3-compatible storage
Batch processing - up to 1,000 PDFs at a time
Testing & monitoring
24/7 monitoring with a live 0-100 compliance scorePartial
Full-domain accessibility crawlerPartial
Lawsuit-risk rating
Trust
ISO/IEC 27001 certified 
GDPR & CCPA aligned
G2 rating4.6 

What the industry says about widget-only accessibility

Public positions - judge for yourself.

Practitioners' consensus

Hundreds of accessibility practitioners have publicly cautioned that automated widgets alone cannot make a website conform to WCAG - complex structure, forms and judgment calls require human remediation.

Advocacy organizations

The National Federation of the Blind resolved in 2021 that reliance on automated widget solutions alone does not deliver equal access for blind users.

Litigation data

Industry litigation tracking shows 25%+ of companies sued over web accessibility already had an accessibility widget installed - a widget alone is not a legal strategy.

Our takeaway: widgets are a real part of the answer - EqualWeb ships one too. They are just not the whole answer. Human experts, document accessibility, monitoring and documentation complete the coverage.

Why teams switch to EqualWeb

The three gaps a widget alone cannot close.

Documents are part of compliance

WCAG, ADA and the EAA apply to your PDFs too. EqualWeb ships a free PDF checker, AI auto-remediation, an accessible viewer, an API and 16 platform integrations. No widget vendor offers automated PDF tooling.

Automation has a ceiling

Automated fixes resolve the mechanical majority - complex tables, forms and judgment calls need people. EqualWeb employs certified IAAP/CPWA experts in-house who finish the work, certify it, and stand behind it with liability & warranty and litigation support.

Compliance is ongoing

Sites change daily. EqualWeb's 24/7 monitoring tracks a live 0-100 compliance score across your whole domain, rates legal risk, and catches regressions before a complaint does.

See the whole platform in one meeting

A 30-minute walkthrough of the widget, managed compliance, PDF suite and monitoring - with your own site and documents on screen. Free accessibility checks included, no credit card required.

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Comparison based on publicly available information, August 2026, and subject to change. All product and company names are trademarks of their respective holders; UserWay is a trademark of UserWay Inc. (a Level Access company). EqualWeb is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by UserWay. No accessibility product makes an organization legally compliant on its own; EqualWeb supports and documents your accessibility program.