Best WAVE Alternatives
Looking for a WAVE alternative? Here are 4 real accessibility tools worth a look, each with an honest take on what it does differently.
Built on axe-core, the engine quietly powering most other a11y scanners — go to the source instead of a wrapper around it.
Free and scriptable — the one to reach for when you want automated accessibility checks in CI, not another dashboard subscription.
Microsoft's free FastPass flags your highest-impact accessibility issues in minutes, with zero sign-up friction.
Catches contrast and accessibility problems in Figma before a developer ever touches the code.