Is your store quietly inaccessible — and getting you sued?
Shopify stores are about a third of all U.S. ADA web-accessibility lawsuits, and the EU Accessibility Act now applies to anyone selling to EU shoppers. AccessGuard runs a real, code-level WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA audit of your storefront, scores your risk, and fixes what it can — it is not an accessibility overlay widget.
Live on the Shopify App Store. Free plan available — Pro from $29/mo with a 7-day trial. We never touch your customer data. Not ready to install? Score your home page free — no install, no signup.
Overlays don't fix accessibility. They get you sued anyway.
The popular accessibility "widgets" bolt a toolbar onto your site and promise compliance. In 2025 the FTC fined one overlay vendor $1 million over claims that its AI product could make websites compliant, and stores running overlays still receive demand letters. AccessGuard does the opposite: it audits your real pages against the actual WCAG rules and changes the underlying store, honestly.
A real code-level audit
We load your live storefront pages in a real browser and run the industry-standard axe engine — the same checks an accessibility consultant starts with — across your home, collection, product, cart, and search pages.
One honest score
A single 0–100 accessibility score with a per-area breakdown, every issue mapped to the exact WCAG success criterion it breaks. No fake "compliant" badge — just where you stand and what to fix.
One-click fixes
Apply AI-written alt text to product images missing it and publish an accessibility statement, both from your Shopify admin. Language, zoom, skip-link and focus fixes come from the theme app embed at runtime, so your theme code is never edited — switch the embed off and they are gone.
Ongoing monitoring
Turn on weekly re-audits and AccessGuard records regressions on your dashboard before they become liabilities — like a new product added without alt text, or a theme change that reintroduces an issue.
From risk to fixed, in three steps
Everything runs inside Shopify. One click to install, no developer needed, and no edits to your theme code.
Audit
Install AccessGuard and run an audit. It scans your real storefront pages against WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA and scores your ADA & EAA risk.
Fix
Apply AI alt text, publish an accessibility statement, and let the app embed handle the theme-level fixes — or hand the prioritized, criterion-mapped list to your developer.
Monitor
Re-audit anytime and watch your score climb. With Pro, weekly monitoring catches new issues before they reopen your risk.
Honest about what automation can and can't do
We're upfront about the limits. AccessGuard reduces your risk and does the heavy lifting — but no tool, ours included, can "guarantee" legal compliance. That honesty is the point.
What AccessGuard does
- A real WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA audit of your live pagesThe industry-standard axe engine, in a real browser
- A 0–100 score, mapped to WCAG success criteriaPer-area breakdown: images, contrast, forms, structure, more
- One-click AI image alt textThe single biggest driver of ADA lawsuits
- A published accessibility statement (ADA & EAA)Generated for your store, published as a page
- Runtime theme fixes + weekly monitoringLanguage & zoom fixes from the app embed — no theme edits
What it isn't
- An overlay or accessibility widgetThose don't fix the underlying site — and get sued
- A "compliance guarantee"Automated testing catches a portion of issues, not all
- A replacement for manual testingFull conformance still needs assistive-tech testing
- Anything that touches customer dataWe read your storefront and catalog, and write only alt text and the statement page
Simple pricing
- 2 full audits every 30 days
- Full 0–100 score + per-area breakdown
- Every issue mapped to its WCAG criterion
- Prioritized fix plan
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited audits
- One-click AI alt text + runtime theme fixes
- Published accessibility statement
- Weekly monitoring + 7-day free trial
See your accessibility risk — and fix it
Install AccessGuard and run your first audit in minutes — or score your home page first, free and without installing anything.