Plain-English accessibility checker for small-business websites
Scan a site, get each accessibility issue explained in plain words with a fix, and track progress each month.
- Micro-SaaS
- Developer Tools
- Medium build
- 2-3 months (solo)
- Researched by ProjPilot
The problem
Small-business owners hear their website should be accessible but can't read the output of developer audit tools. Overlay widgets promise a one-line fix, and regulators have acted against misleading claims about them. Owners need a list of real problems, who each one affects, and what to ask their web designer to change.
For: Small-business owners · Freelance web designers · Nonprofits
Why now
In April 2025 the FTC finalized an order requiring overlay vendor accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented its AI tool's ability to make any website WCAG-compliant. UsableNet counted more than 5,000 digital accessibility lawsuits in 2025, 64% of them against companies with under $25 million in revenue.
Demand signals
Monthly Google searches in the US, pulled 2026-09-24. These are the words people with this problem actually type.
What exists already
- WAVE (WebAIM) ↗Free and widely used, but checks one page at a time and reports in technical WCAG terms.
- accessiBe ↗Overlay widget from $59/month; a 2025 FTC order bars it from making misleading claims about what the tool does.
- AudioEye ↗Automated monitoring plus expert services; prices are not published, and its plans page says automation addresses about 50% of issues.
- axe DevTools (Deque) ↗Free extension for page-by-page testing, aimed at developers; paid tiers need a trial or a sales demo.
MVP scope
- Crawl up to 50 pages and run automated WCAG 2.2 checks (axe-core)
- Each issue explained in plain English, with who it affects
- Fix steps for WordPress, Squarespace, Wix and Shopify
- Monthly re-scan with a progress chart
- Shareable report link for the web designer
- Clear note that automated checks catch only part of the issues
How it could make money
- Free single-page scan
- $29/month per site (monthly scans, 50 pages)
- Agency plan $99/month for 10 sites
Suggested stack
- Playwright + axe-core
- Node workers on Fly.io
- Postgres
- Next.js dashboard
Sources
- FTC Approves Final Order Requiring accessiBe to pay $1 Million (FTC, Apr 22, 2025) (accessed 2026-09-24)
- FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims (FTC, Jan 3, 2025) (accessed 2026-09-24)
- 2025 Year-End Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Report (UsableNet) (accessed 2026-09-24)
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