axe DevTools - Web Accessibility Testing
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- Extension status: Featured
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Accessibility Checker for Developers, Testers, and Designers in Chrome
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★Digital accessibility testing right in your browser:
The Axe DevTools Extension is an automated accessibility testing tool that helps you find and fix accessibility issues early in web development right in your Chrome browser. It helps ensure your team gets fast, accurate, actionable results so you can save time on costly reworks, and create digital experiences that are compliant and work for everyone.
★Leverage the global standard in automated web accessibility testing:
The free version of the Axe DevTools Extension gives you the tools to conduct page-by-page, automated accessibility testing—all run on Axe-core, the global standard in automated web accessibility testing.
With the free browser extension, teams get a useful introduction to accessibility and a quick, automated way to catch defects, all while benefiting from the same reliable and consistent results trusted by industry leaders around the world.
★Find and fix even more accessibility issues with AI and automated testing:
Upgrade to the pro version of the Axe DevTools Extension to move faster, smarter, and further streamline workflows with AI-enhanced features, intelligent guided testing, component-level checks, the ability to test entire user flows, central administration, deduplicated results, Jira integration, and more.
Dev teams can use this pro version of the browser extension to fix a majority of issues before production by combining traditional test automation with AI, reducing remediation costs and saving time. It’s great for teams who want to check specific pages, groups of pages, or workflows for accessibility issues.
To learn more about the Axe DevTools Extension visit https://www.deque.com/axe/devtools/extension
Use of this extension is governed by this license agreement https://www.deque.com/terms-of-use/axe-ext/ and the privacy policy linked under the developer information
Data collection information can be found here: https://docs.deque.com/devtools-server/4.0.0/en/data-collection#axe-devtools-browser-extension-free
Upgrading to the Axe DevTools Extension pro plan gives you more control over what data is collected.
Latest reviews
- Mitchell Martinez
- Have to use it for work and nearly everything is paywalled. Feels really gross to use. Another case study of a company deliberately making their product worse just to monetise it at the expense of the user's experience. I'm looking forward to when it hopefully gets replaced soon.
- Milena Trifonova
- It is payed and doesn't work with dev test environment.
- Marino Barisic
- Could someone help with the error below, got it when trying to Full Page Scan. Error: BackgroundRecorder is not running in a known context at #t (chrome-extension://lhdoppojpmngadmnindnejefpokejbdd/content.bundle.js:2:85128) at async t.advancedRun (chrome-extension://lhdoppojpmngadmnindnejefpokejbdd/content.bundle.js:2:90883) at async chrome-extension://lhdoppojpmngadmnindnejefpokejbdd/content.bundle.js:2:51920
- Yaroslav Slepukhin
- Somehow it breaks the rendering of the openapi specification in Gitlab.
- Agustin Hrelja
- The tool stopped working, almost no errors are shown when other tools show basic code errors are present. Not sure if this was because of an update or what happened.
- Jeroen Stassen
- As a QA department, the EAA has really pushed the importance of proper Accessibility analysis which conforms with the WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines. This tool is a tremendous help in analyzing the quality of our product from an Accessibility perspective, and provides a wealth of information concerning the issues it has observed. This doesn't just allow us to put the bulk of the time into the more functional aspects of accessibility implementation, it also allows us to direct our developers in the right direction based on the information it provides. Sure, it's not super pretty. But I'll take its functionality and immense information provisioning over some slick UI any time of the day. In addition, I advise to take the licensed version if you want to use it in a professional setup. It's cheap for what it does, and the licensed version adds some additional functionalities that make this tool even more reliable.
- Jack Kelly
- This free extension does a great job in identifying accessibility issues that can be checked in an automated fashion. Each error is provided with references to the code and tips on how to address the problem as well as links to WCAG information. I was using the free version since 2018. If you pay for their Pro version of the tool (which I have since 2023), additional helpful features are available. You can save a page's test results on the web and share it with collaborators who are involved with fixing the problems. You can also export the list of issues to an external file if desired. A nice feature of the pro version is their Guided Tests addition. These tests are beneficial for those who don't know a lot about accessibility manual testing and they help guide you in identifying other problems related specifically with respect to tables, forms, keyboard navigation, and more. I've tried other extensions which don't compare in the way feedback is presented. And those other tools don't seem to identify as many issues as DevTools identifies.
- Anne Marston
- Looks like it would be useful, but the free version doesn't currently let you select WCAG 2.2AA, which is the standard being expected by the UK GDS for Public Sector websites since October 2024. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/accessibility-requirements-for-public-sector-websites-and-apps#meeting-accessibility-requirements
- Torry Guo
- Just hope it can support WCAG 2.2 sooner! Very handy tool to use.
- Sivanesh S
- Great extensions, help us identify and fix accessibility issues
- victoria
- must be broke or something it doesn't do anything
- Lakshya Sethi
- Great extension! But Enabling this breaks the openapi preview mode, throwing the error "Please indicate a valid Swagger or OpenAPI version field". Disabling the extension makes it work. I love this extension but 1 star just to get the attention as this makes it cumbersome to look with the api contracts written in openapi. I'll surely update the review once it's fixed.
- Venu Gopal
- Great Tool . Need clarification whether is it able to identify colour contrast issues and did we have screen reader in this tool?
- DeeDee
- This is a wonderful free disability compliance check on your web page. Thank you!
- Saptarishi Roy
- This ha been an excellent feature. Please confirm if the extension to cover WCAG 2.2 has been made open to all?
- Divya Naik
- Thanks. Could you please confirm if this is latest version of Axe ? I believe this covers up to WCAG 2.1 AA standard issues.
- Valeria Bocanegra
- Hello, I have to say this is a very useful tool. It quickly runs in the browser, scan my pages and triggers very helpful results about the issues found it and point the exactly parts of my code with the issue. Is there any plan to update soon the webtool to covers WCAG 2.2 AAA?
- Bishal Paul
- Doesn't work if you are not pay lol
- Tristan Lins
- Good tool, but only if you pay for it. Elementary basic functions were once free, but now have to be paid for. It's worth it if you use it regularly, but it's no longer useful for occasional users.
- malyadri g
- is there any feature regarding speech reading in axe developer tool plugin? Sorrt to give 3 star , I have used the product from a month , found it user friendly and one of the best app in finding accessibility issues. My rating has been changed now.
- john kelly
- This extension uses amplitude for tracking, which gradually fills your cookie with junk 'amp_cookie_text<randomstring>' causing sites to fail to load. Privacy nightmare and shady practices
- Heki G
- Axe Devtools Pro is truly fantastic. It's user-friendly and easy to comprehend. When compared to other accessibility products, it stands out as the best.
- Edward
- Tried to run a test, but it's purely focused on getting you to upgrade. Useless by itself, don't waste your time.
- Paul G
- A valuable resource in checking web accessibility. Hopefully even more clever tricks can be included to automate accessibility checking.
- Paul G
- A valuable resource in checking web accessibility. Hopefully even more clever tricks can be included to automate accessibility checking.
- Dennis Lembree
- Quick and easy to use. Very trustworthy results.
- Anthony Cunningham
- Constantly badgers the user to upgrade to the paid version. Not worth the aggravation.
- Anthony Cunningham
- Constantly badgers the user to upgrade to the paid version. Not worth the aggravation.
- James Reetzke
- Doesn't seem to do much without purchasing the "pro" version. Not sure why this is so highly rated.
- James Reetzke
- Doesn't seem to do much without purchasing the "pro" version. Not sure why this is so highly rated.
- Dave Gallant
- This was a great extension to use, they have since changed it to just push the paid version. If you are not looking to pay for the extension the free version offers nothing.
- Dave Gallant
- This was a great extension to use, they have since changed it to just push the paid version. If you are not looking to pay for the extension the free version offers nothing.
- Z Z
- This tool used to be great, now it's it's a scam. Doesn't actually scan anything. Instead, wants you to subscribe to a 7-day trial and collect your personal information or subscribe to their pro version to unlock anything remotely useful. "Accessibility is for everyone," right?
- Z Z
- This tool used to be great, now it's it's a scam. Doesn't actually scan anything. Instead, wants you to subscribe to a 7-day trial and collect your personal information or subscribe to their pro version to unlock anything remotely useful. "Accessibility is for everyone," right?
- Dariia Leliukh
- it didn't give me anything other than attempts to upsell to Pro version right away
- Dariia Leliukh
- it didn't give me anything other than attempts to upsell to Pro version right away
- Johnny Nguyen
- Works great! However axe DevTools does not use the latest axe-core ver. It uses 4.4.2 when the latest available ver is 4.6.1. Are there any plans to update to the latest ver?
- Johnny Nguyen
- Works great! However axe DevTools does not use the latest axe-core ver. It uses 4.4.2 when the latest available ver is 4.6.1. Are there any plans to update to the latest ver?
- Brad Chapman
- Tried a test. Immediately popped up a notification to upgrade to a pro-version.
- Brad Chapman
- Tried a test. Immediately popped up a notification to upgrade to a pro-version.
- Neeraj Chouksey
- Best accessibility tool to check accessibility issues with zero false positives
- Neeraj Chouksey
- Best accessibility tool to check accessibility issues with zero false positives
- Wayne McManus
- Good extension, but seems to recently have switched to a paid subscription after an initial trial, and the free version of the extension only displays 50% of the accessibility issues discovered (which is a bit pointless if you're wanting to perform a worthwhile audit).
- Wayne McManus
- Good extension, but seems to recently have switched to a paid subscription after an initial trial, and the free version of the extension only displays 50% of the accessibility issues discovered (which is a bit pointless if you're wanting to perform a worthwhile audit).
- Roshan Shah
- You can't change to WCAG 2.1 AA and it tests against AAA which is not what you always need. You should have flexibility to test against any WCAG level. Also you should be able to export the results using this extension. They scare you for no reason. You mostly need AA compliance and not AAA
- Roshan Shah
- You can't change to WCAG 2.1 AA and it tests against AAA which is not what you always need. You should have flexibility to test against any WCAG level. Also you should be able to export the results using this extension. They scare you for no reason. You mostly need AA compliance and not AAA
- Veselin Tsvetanov
- Excellent!
- Veselin Tsvetanov
- Excellent!
- Jeffrey Kee
- Worthless, doesn't work at all
- Jeffrey Kee
- Worthless, doesn't work at all