uniqu vs accessiBe
Both put a button on your website. That's where the similarity ends.
| accessiBe | uniqu | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | $490+/yr recurring | Pay once, use forever (LTD) |
| Mechanism | AI overlay layered on top of your site | Real axe-core scans + CMS-specific fixes |
| Honesty about claims | Marketed as "AI compliance" | We don't claim to make your site legally compliant |
| Lawsuit posture | Sued frequently; widely criticized by disability advocates | No overlay; no compliance claim; honest scan tool |
| Fix instructions | No — overlay tries to mask issues | Yes — step-by-step in your CMS (WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, Webflow) |
| Visitor preferences | Per-session | Per-visitor via localStorage |
| Open-source engine | No, proprietary | Yes, axe-core (industry standard) |
Why this matters
AI accessibility overlays have been at the center of a wave of lawsuits because they don't actually fix the underlying HTML — they just paper over it with JavaScript at runtime. Plaintiffs and their attorneys treat overlay-only sites as low-hanging fruit.
uniqu takes the opposite approach. We run the same open-source rule engine that governments and consultancies use (axe-core, by Deque), then tell you in plain English where to click in your CMS to fix each issue. Real fixes, not cosmetics.
And because we use Cloudflare's edge for everything, our marginal cost per customer stays near-zero — so we can charge once and remain in business serving you forever.
Our honesty pledge
We will never tell you uniqu makes your site "legally compliant." Only your code, reviewed by a real human, can do that. What we will do: find every WCAG issue, tell you exactly what's wrong, and show you how to fix it.