Not Lighthouse. Not a widget. Not an enterprise contract.
The four ways people deal with accessibility, tested on the same pages. An overlay is a script that changes what the browser shows, not your site's code; WCAG is the standard almost every ADA lawsuit points to.
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| What you get | Rampa | Lighthouse / PageSpeed | Overlay widgets | Enterprise scanners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pages checked | Up to 100 per site, every week | One — the URL you type | None (it doesn't check) | Many |
| Phone and desktop | Both, on every page — fixes verified in the viewport where they failed | One or the other (PageSpeed: phone; DevTools: desktop) | — | Usually desktop |
| Fixes your code | Yes — corrected HTML, ready to paste | No — a link to documentation | No — a script patches the page in the visitor's browser | No — reports with references |
| SEO | Not an SEO tool — but flags which fixes Google also reads (alt text, title, headings, links) | Separate audit, no fixes | — | — |
| Fixes tested before you see them | Yes | — | — | — |
| Explained for the owner | Yes, plus a developer view | No — audit names | — | Technical reports |
| The other half of WCAG (keyboard, zoom, captions…) | 7 one-minute tests with a pass criterion | Lists 10 "manual checks", no instructions | — | Sometimes, as a paid audit |
| Keeps watching after today | Yes — alerts, history, monthly summary | No — a snapshot | — | Yes |
| Score you can trust | Counts every element and its severity | 92 with 12 unreadable texts on the page | — | Varies |
| English, Spanish and Portuguese | Yes — site, PDF, emails, statement | Yes (Chrome's language) | Partly | Rarely |
| Honest about limits | Yes — covers ~50% of criteria and the report says so | Yes | Claimed "automatic compliance" — FTC fined one vendor $1M in 2025 | Yes |
| Price | $9–$99 / month | Free | $49–$800 / month | $300–$1,000+ / month, plus onboarding |
Sources: Lighthouse 13.4 run on the same pages we scanned, September 2026 (same axe-core engine underneath; it gave 92 to a page with 12 low-contrast texts and 50 to one with 33 missing image descriptions); FTC final order against accessiBe (April 2025); public price lists, September 2026.
Comparison
Alternatives, compared with facts
What each tool does, what it cannot do, with sources and dates. No adjectives.
- accessiBe alternative: fix the code instead of covering itWhat accessiBe does, what it cannot do, what the FTC ordered in 2025, and what changes when the corrected code is delivered instead of a widget.
- UserWay alternative: corrected code, not a floating buttonWhat UserWay does, what an overlay cannot fix, and what a report with the corrected code looks like.
- Accessibility overlay alternative: what to use instead of a widgetWhy a floating accessibility button does not stop ADA lawsuits, and what does: the corrected code, tested, plus the manual checks.
- AudioEye alternative: the corrected code, without the overlayWhat AudioEye does, what its automatic fixes cannot reach, what happened when it sued a critic in 2023, and what a report with the corrected code delivers instead.
- EqualWeb alternative: fixes in the code, not on top of itWhat EqualWeb does, why "no code changes required" is exactly the problem, and what a report with the corrected code delivers instead.
- Lighthouse accessibility score vs a WCAG report with the fixesLighthouse and Rampa run the same engine (axe-core). What the free score leaves out: other pages, the phone, the corrected code and the manual half of WCAG.