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Yes — if you operate a website that serves the public in the US. Under ADA Title III, all businesses that qualify as a "public accommodation" must provide an accessible website. This includes e-commerce, healthcare, hospitality, law firms, and SaaS products — regardless of company size or revenue. There is no small business exemption. The DOJ's April 2026 deadline for public entities has already passed, and private sector enforcement continues to accelerate.

Act immediately — do not ignore it. (1) Note the response deadline, typically 20–30 days. (2) Do not contact the plaintiff's attorney directly. (3) Engage an ADA defense attorney. (4) Commission an accessibility audit in parallel — this demonstrates good faith. Pre-litigation settlements average $4,000–$20,000. Waiting for a lawsuit to proceed escalates costs to $37,000–$125,000 or more. Accessive can generate your audit report immediately.

No — and this is critical. US courts have consistently rejected overlay tools as insufficient remediation. The FTC took enforcement action against accessiBe in 2025 for deceptive compliance claims. The National Federation of the Blind officially opposes overlay products. Overlays detect only 20–30% of WCAG violations — the remaining issues persist in your underlying code and create ongoing legal exposure. Accessive identifies the real issues in your code so they can be permanently fixed.

WCAG 2.2, published in September 2023, adds 9 new success criteria to WCAG 2.1 — focused on mobile usability, cognitive accessibility, and focus visibility. The DOJ's ADA Title II rule requires WCAG 2.1 AA, but courts are increasingly referencing WCAG 2.2 in Title III cases. Accessive audits against WCAG 2.2 AA — the current standard — giving you the broadest legal coverage and future-proofing your site against upcoming requirements.

No automated tool can guarantee 100% compliance — and any tool that claims otherwise should raise a red flag. Automated scanners reliably catch approximately 30–40% of WCAG issues. The remaining issues require human judgment — things like whether an image description is meaningful, or whether a workflow is truly keyboard-accessible. Accessive combines automated scanning with expert manual audit services to close that gap. Our reports clearly distinguish what was found automatically from what requires human review.

Accessive scans against all four standards required for full US compliance coverage: WCAG 2.2 AA (international standard), ADA Title III (US private sector), Section 508 (US federal contractors and government vendors), and PDF/UA (accessible document standard). We also cover the European Accessibility Act (EAA) for organizations operating in the EU.

No. Scanning runs server-side on our infrastructure — your website's performance is completely unaffected. There are no scripts injected into your live site, no overlays added, and no impact on your Core Web Vitals or SEO scores. Your visitors never know a scan is running.

No. Accessive is built for compliance managers, legal teams, marketing directors, and agency account managers — not just developers. Every issue in your report comes with a plain-English explanation of what the problem is, why it matters, and what needs to be fixed. You can forward reports directly to your dev team or use our expert remediation service.

Free tools are great starting points but have significant limitations: they scan one page at a time, miss dynamic and authenticated content, and provide no ongoing monitoring. Accessive scans your entire site continuously, catches issues in SPAs and complex interactions, tracks your compliance score over time, and generates exportable VPAT/ACR reports that your legal team and enterprise clients actually need. We also offer human expert audits for issues automation cannot catch.

Yes. You can scan any public URL for free — no account or credit card required. Your free scan includes a full WCAG 2.2 violation report with severity levels, affected elements, and fix guidance for every issue found. Paid plans add continuous monitoring, multi-page scanning, PDF audits, VPAT report generation, and expert remediation services.

For most sites, automated fixes for common issues take 1–2 weeks with a focused developer. Full WCAG 2.2 AA remediation typically takes 4–8 weeks depending on site complexity. The most cost-effective approach is building accessibility into your development workflow from the start — which is exactly what Accessive's continuous monitoring enables. Our expert audit service includes a prioritized remediation roadmap so your team fixes the highest-risk issues first.

A VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) is a standardized document that describes how your product or website meets accessibility standards. Enterprise clients, federal agencies, universities, and healthcare organizations routinely require a VPAT before procurement. If you sell to the public sector, a VPAT is often mandatory. Accessive Pro generates exportable VPAT/ACR reports automatically from your scan data.