AccessGuard vs Equalize Digital for agency audits
Equalize Digital's Accessibility Checker scans WordPress sites from inside wp-admin. AccessGuard audits client sites on any platform and sends each client a report.
Which one fits
Equalize Digital suits agencies whose client sites are all WordPress and who want checks in the editor. AccessGuard suits agencies auditing sites on any platform and reporting to each client.
- Choose Equalize Digital if
- Every client site is WordPress and you want scanning inside wp-admin, on the post editor screen.
- You want every post and page scanned, which AccessGuard does not do.
- You want their community, with office hours calls from the Small Business plan up and an Agency Partner Program.
- Choose AccessGuard if
- Your client sites are not all on WordPress.
- You send each client a report under your agency's name.
- You want a suggested code fix for each finding.
- You want every client site in one account, with new and fixed failures since the last scan.
Side by side
| What you need | AccessGuard | Equalize Digital |
|---|---|---|
| Automated WCAG checks | Yes | Yes |
| Works on any platform Accessibility Checker is a WordPress plugin | Yes | No |
| Checks inside the WordPress editor | No | Yes |
| Scans every post and page Full-site scans on Equalize Digital's paid plans. In AccessGuard you choose the pages to audit | No | Yes |
| Client reports under your agency's name Accessibility Checker emails scan summaries from each WordPress site | Yes | Partly |
| Suggested code fix per finding AI fixes on AccessGuard paid plans | Yes | No |
| Every client site in one list Accessibility Checker runs inside each site | Yes | No |
| Public pricing and a free tier | Yes | Yes |
Where Equalize Digital is better
- Built into WordPress
- Accessibility Checker shows issues on the edit screen, so content editors see them where they write.
- Whole-site coverage
- Paid plans scan every post and page. AccessGuard only audits the pages you add.
- A real community
- The plugin has over 10,000 active installs and a 4.9 out of 5 rating from 78 reviews on WordPress.org, with office hours calls and an Agency Partner Program behind it.
Pricing
Prices change. Check each vendor's page before you decide.
- AccessGuard
- Free audit of any page without an account, and 3 free credits when you sign up. Plans from €14.99 a month. See pricing
- Equalize Digital
- On 25 September 2026 Accessibility Checker had a free plan for one site, Professional at $190 a year for one site, Small Business at $750 a year for 5 sites and Agency at $2,250 a year for 25 sites. That is $7.50 per site per month billed yearly, or $9 on the $225 monthly plan. Source (Equalize Digital pricing, opens in new tab)
Questions
Is AccessGuard an Equalize Digital alternative?
For agencies whose clients are on different platforms, or who send each client a report, yes. If every site is WordPress and you want checks in the editor, Accessibility Checker is the closer fit.
How is the pricing different?
Accessibility Checker is priced by the number of sites. AccessGuard plans are priced by monthly scan credits, with a site limit on the smaller plans, so compare them on how many pages you audit each month.
Does AccessGuard crawl the whole site?
No. You add the pages that matter, such as the home page, templates and key journeys, and AccessGuard audits and rescans those.
Does either tool make a site compliant?
No. Both find failures automated checks can detect. Neither can test every WCAG criterion, so a person still needs to test the rest.
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- Color contrast checker
Two colors in, the ratio out, and the nearest color that passes WCAG 2.2.
- Alt text checker
A page's URL in, every image out with its alt text, so missing, placeholder and duplicate text are easy to find.
- Form labels checker
Finds inputs without labels, placeholders used as the only label, and fields that don't say what they collect.
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