Guides
Plain answers to what business owners ask about website accessibility and the law, each cited to its source.
- Why does an accessibility report cost $49 here and $1,250 elsewhere?
What website accessibility tools charge and what sets each price: overlays by your traffic, audits by a person's hours, BearScan by a browser's minutes. What each buys, and when a manual audit is worth it.
- Best ADA and WCAG website scanners in 2026
The ADA and WCAG website scanners compared by what they do, what they cost and what they can't check: BearScan, WAVE, Lighthouse, axe DevTools, Pa11y, Siteimprove and the overlay vendors.
- Is my website ADA compliant? How to check
How to check a website against the ADA: what standard to measure against, what an automated scan finds, what needs a person, and what to do with the results.
- How much does an ADA website lawsuit cost?
What a website accessibility claim can cost a business: attorney's fees under the ADA, state minimum damages such as California's $4,000, and why repeat suits are common.
- Do accessibility overlays prevent lawsuits?
What an accessibility overlay widget does and doesn't fix, what the Justice Department says about automated tools, and the FTC's 2025 order against accessiBe.
- WCAG 2.2 vs 2.1: what changed
The six new Level A and AA success criteria in WCAG 2.2, the one that was removed, and which version US law points to.
- What to do after receiving an ADA website demand letter
Practical first steps after an ADA website accessibility demand letter or lawsuit: deadlines, what to check, what to fix and what to keep. Not legal advice.