Pope Tech

pope.tech
DevOps
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Your Web Accessibility Solution

How to Replace Pope Tech

Overview

Pope Tech is a web accessibility platform that provides automated testing, manual testing, and accessibility training to help organizations achieve web accessibility compliance. It offers tools for scanning websites and Canvas LMS courses, tracking progress with customizable reports, and scaling accessibility training across teams.

Features

47 features across 14 categories

Automation(1)

Scheduled Scanning

Schedule weekly, monthly, or quarterly scans with automatic reports sent to inbox

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Compliance(1)

Accessibility Statement

Pope Tech maintains its own accessibility statement and undergoes regular audits

Also in: Insider CDP, Airtable, 1Password

Configuration(1)

Customizable Crawl & Scan SettingsPremium

Set default crawl and scan settings for each website with ability to customize individual sites

Consultation(2)

Annual Accessibility ConsultationPremium

Annual strategic consultation on accessibility initiatives included in Professional plan

Training Strategy ConsultationPremium

Strategic consultation on accessibility training program design and implementation

Documentation(1)

Result Documentation

In-product documentation explaining what each result means, how to fix it, and relevant WCAG 2.2 guidelines

Integration(6)

Asana IntegrationPremium

Create and assign accessibility tasks directly in Asana

Canvas LMS Integration

Integrated directly inside Canvas LMS for scanning course content and helping instructors create accessible content

Developer APIPremium

Build custom integrations using the Developer API for advanced automation

GitHub & Bitbucket CI/CD IntegrationPremium

Integrate with GitHub and Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines for automated scanning

JIRA IntegrationPremium

Create and assign accessibility tasks directly in JIRA

Task Assignment IntegrationPremium

Create accessibility tasks in Asana or Jira directly from Pope Tech or email tasks to people

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Reporting(7)

AIM ScorePremium

Accessibility Improvement Metric score combining automated and manual testing results

Automated Reporting

Schedule automatic reports in HTML, PDF, CSV and email formats with summary, page detail, and result detail options

Benchmark and Track Progress

Track accessibility progress with dashboards and customizable reports

Custom Report PresetsPremium

Create custom report presets with specific accessibility results needed

Enterprise DashboardPremium

High-level dashboard view with most common errors and alerts, drill-down capability, and built-in WAVE Inspect

Group ReportsPremium

Generate reports filtered by specific groups

Multi-Website DashboardPremium

Dashboard view across multiple websites with filtering by group

Also in: monday.com, Smartsheet, 1Password

Security(1)

SSO LoginPremium

Login to Pope Tech with SAML-supported SSO providers including Azure, Google, and Shibboleth

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Airtable

Setup(2)

Bulk UploadsPremium

Upload multiple pages or websites in bulk for scanning

Easy Onboarding

Add first website, crawl and scan within minutes; supports mass import of websites and users

Support(5)

Accessibility Help DeskPremium

Get answers to accessibility questions from Accessibility Specialists for training seat users

Email Support

Email-based support for all plan tiers

Help Center

In-product and public Help Center with articles, videos, and step-by-step instructions accessible from every view

Onboarding AssistancePremium

Dedicated onboarding support and training for key users

Zoom SupportPremium

Priority Zoom-based support for Business Plus and Professional plan users

Team Management(2)

Group HierarchiesPremium

Organize users and websites into groups that match organizational structure with nesting and editing capability

Unlimited Users & Customizable Permissions

Add unlimited users with customizable permissions for different roles like view-only, scan and review, and admin

Testing(11)

Automated Testing

Automatically find accessibility issues on all pages using the industry-standard WAVE testing engine

Broken Link CheckingPremium

Automated detection of broken links on scanned pages

Group ScansPremium

Run scans across multiple sites within a group

Login & Authentication ScanningPremium

Scan web pages behind a login by configuring website settings with authentication

Manual TestingPremium

Guided manual tests with scheduling and tracking to ensure comprehensive accessibility coverage

Manual Testing ScorecardPremium

Tracks which websites have and have not been manually tested to ensure comprehensive coverage

PDF ScanningPremium

Optional add-on for scanning PDF documents for accessibility issues

Template vs Content ResultsPremium

Separate accessibility results by errors and alerts in content versus website template

Unlimited Rescans

Unlimited rescans for active pages with no extra cost across all plans

WAVE Testing Engine

Uses the trusted WAVE engine to find detectable WCAG 2.2 A and AA success criteria and separates data into 6 categories: Errors, Alerts, Contrast, Structure, Features, and ARIA

YouTube Caption DetectionPremium

Integration for detecting captions on YouTube videos

Tracking(1)

Dismissed Results TrackingPremium

Dismiss reviewed results and track which results were dismissed, by whom, and with what notes

Training(6)

Accessibility Training ProgramPremium

Built-in accessibility training to make accessibility a team sport with unlimited users and groups

Customizable TrainingPremium

Customizable training opportunities to meet specific organizational needs

Monthly Accessibility FocusPremium

Curated monthly accessibility training topics integrated into dashboard for Professional Plan users

Quarterly Webinars & Open Office HoursPremium

Four quarterly webinars and open office hours for Professional Plan users with training seats

Self-Paced Intro CoursePremium

Self-paced web accessibility introduction course available to training seat users

WebAIM 4 Hour TrainingPremium

Annual 4-hour training from WebAIM for Professional Plan training seat users

Pricing

Free

Free
  • 25 page tier
  • Scan 1-25 pages each month
  • 2 users
  • 1 website
  • 1 group
  • Unlimited rescanning
  • Powered by WAVE testing engine
  • Email support
  • Schedule scanning and reports
  • Track progress over time
  • Dismiss results
  • Help Center access
  • Integrated accessibility documentation
  • Automated testing score
  • Inspect WAVE integration

Team

$25/mo (annual) or $30/mo (monthly)
  • 50-500 page tiers
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited websites
  • Unlimited groups
  • Unlimited rescanning
  • All Free features
  • Test more pages
  • Involve entire team
  • Group hierarchies for websites and users
  • Multi-website dashboard
  • Group scans
  • Group reports

Business Plus

$225/mo (annual) or $270/mo (monthly)
  • 500 to million+ page tiers
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited websites
  • Unlimited groups
  • Unlimited rescanning
  • All Team features
  • Manual testing tracking
  • AIM score guided manual test
  • Zoom support
  • Annual accessibility consultation
  • Onboarding assistance and training
  • JIRA, Asana, and email task/ticketing
  • Scanning behind login
  • Developer API
  • GitHub and Bitbucket CI/CD
  • Templates and regions
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Bulk uploads
  • YouTube caption detection
  • Accessibility plan tracking
  • Broken link checking
  • PDF scanning (optional add-on)

Professional

$400/mo (annual)
  • 500 to million+ page tiers
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited websites
  • Unlimited groups
  • Unlimited rescanning
  • All Business Plus features
  • Training strategy consultation
  • Accessibility training program
  • 5 training seats (can add more)
  • Accessibility help desk
  • WebAIM 4-hour training
  • 4 webinars and open office hours
  • Self-paced accessibility intro course
  • Integrated monthly accessibility focus
  • 1 annual AIM score by WebAIM (can add more)
  • 1 self-paced document training seat (can add more)
  • Schedule manual tests

Enterprise

Custom
  • Custom solutions for unique needs
  • Help scaling accessibility
  • Contact for details

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Pope Tech

Monthly$30/mo
Yearly$360/yr
5-Year Total$1.8k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~4 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $120
SaaS
$360
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $360
SaaS
$1.1k
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $600
SaaS
$1.8k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 47 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Pope Tech alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 47 features.

Buy Pope Tech

Better Value
Monthly cost$300/mo
3-year total$10,800
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying Pope Tech saves ~$26,160 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 47 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

14 known integrations

ablrAsanaAzureBitbucketCanvas LMSGitHubGoogleGrackleDocsJIRASensusAccessShibbolethWAVE Testing EngineWebAIMYouTube