UserWay alternative
Find and fix the real failures, instead of hiding them
UserWay's widget applies adjustments in your visitor's browser. The WCAG failures stay in your code. BugPort takes the other road: scan your site, turn every real failure into a ticket with element-level evidence, and keep the re-scan history that proves the work got done.
Sites with an accessibility widget installed were sued every single month of 2025, 95 to 155 suits a month.
UsableNet tracked over 5,000 digital accessibility suits in 2025 and found no meaningful reduction in filings against widget users. The widget was already on the page when the complaint was filed. It didn't stop anything.
How BugPort replaces the widget
No script tag, no floating icon. BugPort works on your code, not on your visitors' browsers.
Scan your site
We scan your key pages in a real browser and check them against WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 success criteria. Real failures, not a vague score.
Get tickets with evidence
Each finding becomes a ticket with the violated criterion, severity, and the exact element affected. Send it straight to Linear or GitHub and your team fixes it at the source.
Re-scan and keep the record
Re-scans confirm what's fixed and log it. Over time you build a scan, fix, re-scan history: a remediation record you can actually show someone.
BugPort vs the UserWay widget
This isn't a feature-for-feature race. The two products take opposite approaches: BugPort finds failures in your code so your team can fix them there. The UserWay widget applies accommodations in the visitor's browser and leaves your code as it was.
| Feature | BugPort | UserWay widget |
|---|---|---|
| Finds real WCAG failures in your code (UserWay pricing: scanner and audits sold separately) | ✓ | Partial. Scanner add-ons available |
| Fixes applied at the source, in your code (UserWay widget page) | ✓ | No. Accommodations run in the visitor's browser |
| Works without a JavaScript widget on your page (UserWay widget page) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Evidence trail for legal defense (scan, fix, re-scan history) (UsableNet: widget-equipped sites were sued every month of 2025) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Turns findings into tickets (Linear, GitHub) (UserWay widget page) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Claims of automatic compliance (FTC business guidance on the accessiBe order) | Never. We don't claim compliance | The FTC now bars unsubstantiated automated-compliance claims |
| On-demand human accessibility experts (UserWay widget page) | Hire vetted a11y experts from the same workspace | ✗ |
| Pricing model (UserWay pricing) | Free to start; Team $49/mo flat, unlimited seats | Per-site subscription priced by page views, add-ons extra |
Vendor details verified from the linked sources, July 2026. The FTC's 2025 order was against accessiBe, not UserWay; it's cited here because it now restricts automated-compliance claims across the category.
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Simple plans, no page-view meter
UserWay prices the widget by page views and sells scanning as an add-on. BugPort has flat tiered plans, and the free scan costs nothing.
Frequently asked questions
Is an overlay ever enough?
Honestly, it can help some users. Some people like the display adjustments a widget offers: bigger text, different contrast, reduced motion. But the widget doesn't fix the WCAG failures sitting in your markup, and sites running widgets keep getting sued. UsableNet tracked suits against widget-equipped sites every single month of 2025, 95 to 155 a month, with no meaningful reduction (blog.usablenet.com). Treat an overlay as a user preference layer, not as a fix.
Didn't Level Access acquire UserWay?
Yes. Level Access acquired UserWay for $98.7 million; the deal was announced in December 2023 and completed in March 2024 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UserWay). Level Access also sells human audits and remediation services, and that's real work we respect. This page is about the widget itself, which applies accommodations in the visitor's browser and leaves your code unchanged.
When is UserWay the better choice?
If what you want is a visitor-facing accessibility menu, profiles for contrast, text size, and motion, as a supplement on a site your team already keeps accessible, UserWay's widget is built for exactly that and BugPort doesn't do it. Its pricing page also lists scanner subscriptions and code-level audits as separate add-ons. Just don't treat the widget alone as your compliance strategy.
Does BugPort make my site WCAG-compliant?
No, and we won't claim that. In 2025 the FTC ordered an overlay vendor to pay $1 million over compliance claims it called false, misleading, or unsubstantiated, and its order bars that kind of unsubstantiated claim (ftc.gov). What BugPort gives you is the honest version: a scan that finds real failures against WCAG 2.1 and 2.2, the standard ADA.gov points to, tickets your team can fix, and a re-scan history that shows the work.
How does the free scan work?
Drop in your URL and your work email. We scan your key pages in a real browser, map each failure to its WCAG criterion with the affected element, and email you the report, usually within one business day. No account, no widget pitch at the end.
See what the widget can't fix on your site
Enter your URL and we'll email you a free WCAG 2.1 AA report of the real failures on your key pages.
One report, no spam.