A11y Pulse

A11y Pulse is your automated solution for comprehensive website accessibility testing, engineered to ensure continuous compliance and superior usability. It addresses the critical need for digital inclusion and legal risk mitigation by continuously scanning your site for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) issues. Designed for developers, QA teams, and compliance officers, A11y Pulse delivers fast, actionable data essential for building a truly inclusive experience for every user.

Key Features

A11y Pulse streamlines the path to accessibility by integrating industry-standard testing with efficient workflow tools, saving significant developer and QA time.

⚖️ Automated WCAG Compliance Scanning

Leverage robust, AXE-based testing to automatically run daily scans across multiple pages of your site, quickly uncovering WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 (AA/AAA) issues. This proactive approach helps reduce legal risk and ensures you meet global compliance standards automatically.

🛠️ Actionable Issue Prioritization and Visual Indicators

Move beyond simple pass/fail metrics. A11y Pulse prioritizes identified issues based on severity and real-world user impact, allowing your team to focus on the most critical barriers first. Visual indicators link the issue directly to its location on the page, accompanied by clear descriptions and specific fix recommendations.

🚀 Developer Efficiency and Workflow Integration

Eliminate slow, manual browser extensions. A11y Pulse accelerates testing with one-click batch testing of multiple URLs, comprehensive site crawling to discover all pages, and automatic URL syncing via your sitemap. This efficiency ensures your development pipeline receives fast, actionable results immediately.

🌍 Comprehensive Global Guideline Support

Go beyond basic WCAG adherence. You can configure A11y Pulse to test against a broad spectrum of international and regional standards, including ADA (United States), Section 508 (United States), EN 301 549 (Europe), and the Equality Act (United Kingdom), ensuring your site is compliant wherever your users are located.

📧 Integrated Reporting and Degradation Alerts

Maintain oversight with easy-to-read reports delivered straight to your inbox or Slack. A11y Pulse clearly categorizes findings as pass, fail, or requiring manual audit, and can send immediate alerts when your site's accessibility rating degrades, ensuring issues are addressed before they become significant problems.

Use Cases

A11y Pulse provides tangible benefits across development, quality assurance, and legal compliance workflows:

1. Maintaining Continuous Compliance Post-Deployment: Instead of relying on periodic, expensive audits, you can use A11y Pulse’s daily scans and automated alerts to monitor for regressions. If a new feature deployment inadvertently introduces an accessibility barrier, the system immediately notifies your team via Slack, allowing for rapid remediation and continuous risk reduction.

2. Streamlining QA and Remediation Cycles: QA teams can utilize the page-level UX scoring and prioritized issue reports to quickly generate tickets for developers. Because the tool provides visual indicators and specific fix recommendations, developers spend less time diagnosing the problem and more time implementing the solution, significantly accelerating the path to an accessible codebase.

3. Boosting SEO and Brand Reputation: Accessible websites inherently offer a better user experience, which is rewarded by search engines. By fixing barriers that impact users—including those using assistive technologies—you not only demonstrate commitment to inclusivity but also improve overall site performance and search rankings.

Unique Advantages

Holistic View of Compliance, Not Just Code

Unlike tools that focus solely on technical errors, A11y Pulse allows you to configure testing across a wide range of global standards (including WCAG, ADA, EN 301 549, and others). This extensive coverage ensures your compliance efforts are robust, comprehensive, and tailored to your specific regulatory requirements, providing a stronger legal defense and broader market reach.

Realistic and Trustworthy Testing

A key advantage of A11y Pulse is its realistic approach to accessibility testing. We clearly communicate that automated tools typically catch 30–50% of all issues. By providing clear categorization of issues that must be manually audited (e.g., contextual meaning of alt text or logical content flow), A11y Pulse empowers your team to focus human effort where it matters most, integrating seamlessly into a complete testing strategy rather than promising a false sense of security.

Conclusion

A11y Pulse provides the clear, automated foundation required to build and maintain an accessible web presence. By combining industry-standard automated testing with efficient reporting and detailed fix recommendations, you can reduce legal exposure, save developer time, and ensure your site is usable by everyone.

Explore how A11y Pulse can help you achieve continuous accessibility compliance.