SiteGuard vs UserWay
Short answer: UserWay is best known for its Accessibility Widget, a script that adds a personalization menu and automated remediation on top of your site, with monitoring included. SiteGuard installs nothing; it scans your site every week and tells you what to fix in the code.
The two take different approaches. A widget changes what visitors see in their browser. Monitoring finds problems in your site’s code so they can be fixed at the source. Our guide on overlays vs monitoring explains the difference in more detail.
Pricing, as published
As of October 2026, UserWay’s pricing page lists its Accessibility Pro Widget at $490 per year (Small, up to 100K page views a month) and $1,490 per year (Medium, up to 1M), with Pro Plus at $1,190 per year and Ultimate at $2,490 per year at the 100K level. Its stand-alone monitoring is $990 per year for 100 pages, $4,490 for 500 pages and $10,990 for 1,500 pages. SiteGuard is $29 per site per month ($348 a year), or $99 for a one-time audit.
Side by side
| SiteGuard | UserWay | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A weekly scanner and plain-English fix list | An accessibility widget with automated remediation, plus monitoring and add-on services |
| Installs a script on your site | No | Yes, the widget is a script on your site |
| Pages monitored | Up to 25 pages, scanned weekly (50 pages for the one-time audit) | 10 pages on Pro, 50 on Pro Plus, 100 on Ultimate; more with stand-alone monitoring |
| Published pricing (October 2026) | $29 per site per month ($19 per site at 10 or more sites), month to month; or a $99 one-time audit | $490 to $2,490 per year for widget plans at up to 100K page views; monitoring from $990 per year |
| Manual audits and VPATs | Not offered | Available as add-ons |
| Best fit | Owners who want to find and fix issues in their own code | Sites that want visitor personalization tools, live translation or a widget-based approach |
When UserWay is the better fit
- You want visitor-facing personalization tools or live site translation, which UserWay includes on higher plans.
- You need a manual audit or a VPAT from the same vendor.
- You want to monitor more pages than SiteGuard’s 25-page weekly scan covers.
When SiteGuard fits
- You want nothing added to your site: no widget, no script.
- You want monthly billing at $29 per site with no annual plan, or a single $99 audit.
- You want a weekly email that says what changed since last week and how to fix it.
Questions
How much does UserWay cost compared to SiteGuard?
As of October 2026, UserWay’s pricing page lists its Pro widget from $490 per year and stand-alone monitoring from $990 per year for 100 pages. SiteGuard is $29 per site per month ($348 a year) for weekly scans of up to 25 pages, or $99 for a one-time audit of up to 50 pages.
Is SiteGuard a widget like UserWay?
No. SiteGuard never adds anything to your site. It scans your pages from the outside and gives you a fix list; the fixes go into your site’s code.
Can I use SiteGuard to check a site that already has a widget?
Yes. SiteGuard scans the page as a browser loads it. Many teams scan before and after removing a widget to see which issues were in the code all along.
Automated scans catch roughly a third to a half of WCAG criteria; the rest needs a person. SiteGuard is monitoring and a fix list, not a compliance certificate, legal advice or lawsuit protection. UserWay is a trademark of its owner; SiteGuard is not affiliated with it. Competitor details come from UserWay’s own website as of 2026-10-14 and may have changed.
See where your site stands.
Weekly scans for $29 per site per month, or a one-time audit for $99.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-14.