Accessibility overlay
AccessVane vs UserWay: overlay or repair
UserWay is the other large overlay vendor. Same architecture as accessiBe, same consequence: your pages are unchanged, so a scan of them still fails.
Side by side
| What is being compared | UserWay | AccessVane |
|---|---|---|
| Where the fix happens | In the visitor's browser | In your pages |
| WordPress plugin maintenance | Last updated December 2025 | Actively maintained |
| What a scan of your site shows after installing | The same failures as before | The failures you chose to repair are gone |
| Price | Free tier plus paid plans | Free scanner and free plugin |
| Manual checklist | Not provided | 16 checks, included free |
What is on the public record
- Sites running UserWay appeared in 187 US web accessibility lawsuits during 2024.
- Its WordPress plugin has around 80,000 active installs and had not been updated for roughly eight months as of August 2026.
- In the first half of 2025, 456 US accessibility lawsuits were filed against websites that already had some overlay installed.
In fairness to UserWay
UserWay's free tier is genuinely free and its widget is less intrusive than some. If you want a preferences panel and understand it is not compliance, it does that job.
Decide with your own data
Scan a page of your site. If UserWay is installed, the report names it and lists what is still failing underneath.
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