Popular Shopify themes ship multiple WCAG gaps out of the box.
Even well-built default themes miss Level AA criteria such as color contrast, form labels, and focus order. Custom themes usually add more.
Meets Built for Shopify technical criteria
Find and fix every WCAG violation on your Shopify store.
AccessifyAI scans your storefront, writes the Liquid fix, and shows you the diff before anything ships. Real code, not an overlay.
- Free tier: 10 pages, no card
- EAA + ADA + Section 508
- 30 second time-to-first-result
What you get on day one
- Meets Built for Shopify technical criteria
- WCAG 2.2 AA scanner
- EAA + ADA + AODA coverage
- Free tier, 10 pages, no card
- No customer data accessed
Verifiable trust signals
- Meets Built for Shopify technical criteria
- Free tier, no credit card
- EAA + BFSG + AODA citations in every report
- 10+ in-depth articles across 3 languages
- Founder-signed honesty pledge in the footer
The problem
The accessibility gap on Shopify is bigger than most stores realize.
Three facts most accessibility apps will not tell you.
EAA fines reach 100,000 EUR per infringement.
The European Accessibility Act has been enforceable since 28 June 2025. Germany's BFSG, France's ARCOM, and the Dutch ACM are actively auditing e-commerce sites with revenue above 2M EUR.
EU Directive 2019/882 + national transpositions
Most Shopify accessibility apps are overlays.
Overlays inject a widget at runtime, they do not fix the underlying code. Courts have held that overlay widgets do not relieve merchants of their compliance obligations, and the FTC fined accessiBe 1 million USD for marketing one as a fix.
How it works
Scan, preview the diff, apply. No overlay, no surprise edits.
Three steps from install to first fix, usually under five minutes.
Step 01ScanCrawl your storefront and catch every WCAG issue.
Point us at your store URL. AccessifyAI checks every page you include against WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria, then groups what it finds by criterion, severity, and which template owns the issue.
Step 02Preview the AI diffSee the exact Liquid change before anything ships.
For each issue, AccessifyAI generates a unified diff against the source file: the old line, the new line, and the criterion it satisfies. You can edit the suggestion or reject it. We never push code without your approval.
Step 03Apply and monitorOne click writes the fix. A versioned theme update lets you roll back.
Applied fixes create a Shopify theme version you can revert in one click. Daily re-scans alert you when a new theme deploy or app injection breaks something. The Evidence Pack PDF is ready when your lawyer asks.
See it run
A 30-second look at how a real scan plays out
Watch the scanner go from a fresh Shopify URL to a prioritized issue list with AI-generated fix diffs. No editing, no marketing voice-over. Just the product.
Screenshot from the current scanner UI. Real video lands in this slot next week.
What you get
Six outcomes the rest of the App Store does not give you.
Every line below is something AccessifyAI does today. No roadmap items, no marketing copy.
Scans 500 pages on Pro
10 pages on Free, 50 on Basic, 500 on Pro. Each scan covers every WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA criterion plus our 14 Liquid-specific checks.
AI generates unified diffs
Every suggested fix arrives as a diff against the source file, with the WCAG citation and a one-click apply. No black-box rewrites.
Real Liquid edits, not an overlay
We write to your theme via the Shopify Asset API. The fix survives a page refresh, a script blocker, and a screen reader cold-start.
EAA, ADA, and AODA coverage
Reports map every issue to WCAG 2.2 AA, Section 508, EN 301 549 (the EAA technical standard), and Ontario's AODA.
Multi-language storefront widget
Optional accessibility toolbar with EN, PL, DE, and FR. Runs client-side, lazy-loaded, no impact on Lighthouse Performance.
30 second time-to-first-result
The free homepage scan returns a compliance score and the first 10 issues in around 30 seconds. Full scans run on our servers.
Honest comparison
AccessifyAI vs accessibility overlays vs DIY audit
Three real options for Shopify merchants who need WCAG fixes. Below is what each one actually does, with citations for the contested claims.
| Capability | AccessifyAI | Overlay apps | DIY audit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modifies your theme code (Liquid) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Holds up as a lawsuit defense[1] | Yes | No | Yes |
| EAA + BFSG evidence documentation[2] | Yes | Partial | Depends |
| Time to first scan | 30 seconds | Not applicable | 2 to 6 weeks |
| AI fix suggestions (per-issue diff) | Yes | No | No |
| Writes real Liquid via Asset API | Yes | No | Yes |
| Free tier | 10 pages free | Trial only | Not applicable |
| Verified with screen readers[3] | Yes | Partial | Depends |
Overlays let you cover your front page with a widget. AccessifyAI fixes the markup underneath, which is what the courts and the EAA actually require.
Worst-case math, not marketing math
How does the cost compare to what one EAA fine could cost you?
Real numbers, real laws. BFSG paragraph 37 caps fines at 100,000 EUR per violation in Germany. The EU EAA lets each member state set its own range. The US has no fines but a high lawsuit-settlement median. Pick your market and adjust the slider; we show the worst-case math next to the AccessifyAI annual cost.
Rough estimate is fine. We only use it to scale the lawsuit-risk model below.
Most Shopify storefronts have dozens of distinct accessibility issues across the homepage and a product page. Adjust the number to match your own scan.
Worst-case annual exposure
€500,000
$535,000
EU side uses BFSG paragraph 37 max of 100,000 EUR per violation, capped at five material violations for the model. US side uses the UsableNet 2024 median ADA web settlement (35,000 USD), one event per year.
AccessifyAI Pro, annual
$359.88
29.99 USD per month times 12 months = 359.88 USD per year.
AccessifyAI Pro is 1,487x times cheaper than your modelled risk.
Planning estimate, not a legal opinion. The actual fine depends on the regulator, the severity, your good-faith effort, and your turnover. Real fines have been issued well below the cap. AccessifyAI does not guarantee compliance; we give you the evidence pack and the diff log a regulator can review.
Pricing
Honest pricing. Free plan stays free, paid plans start at $9.99.
All paid plans include a 14-day free trial. No card needed for the free plan.
Launch promo: code OPUSLAUNCH50
50% off Pro for 3 months. After 3 months the plan reverts to $29.99 per month and we email you to re-confirm before the first full charge. EU consumers keep the 14-day right of withdrawal under Directive 2011/83/EU.
Free
Start with a 10-page scan and a compliance score. Forever free, no card.
$0/mo
- 10 pages per scan, manual trigger
- Issue list with WCAG citations
- Compliance score (0 to 100)
- Bronze badge at score 70+
- 1,000 AI tokens per month
- Email-only support
Basic
Weekly automated scans and AI fix suggestions for small stores.
$9.99/mo
- 50 pages per scan, weekly schedule
- AI fix suggestions you can apply
- Bulk alt text for 50 images
- Color contrast analyzer
- PDF compliance report
- Silver badge at score 80+
- 25,000 AI tokens per month
Pro
Daily scans, 500 pages, legal-ready Evidence Pack. Promo: OPUSLAUNCH50.
$29.99/mo
- 500 pages per scan, daily schedule
- All auto-fix modules with one-click rollback
- Bulk alt text for 500 images
- Evidence Pack PDF (WCAG-criterion mapping)
- Storefront accessibility widget (EN/PL/DE/FR)
- Advanced contrast tools
- Gold badge at score 90+
- 200,000 AI tokens per month
- Priority support, 1-business-day response
We will never advertise "100% WCAG compliant" because no automated tool can promise that. We automate everything we can and document the rest. Cancel anytime from your Shopify admin. EU consumers have a 14-day right of withdrawal on every paid plan.
From the blog
Practical guides for Shopify merchants.
Questions, answered honestly
Frequently asked questions
Overlays are JavaScript widgets that sit on top of a page and toggle visual settings at runtime. They do not change your underlying theme code, so screen readers still see the original markup. AccessifyAI rewrites the Liquid in your theme: real alt attributes, real ARIA labels, real focus outlines. The fixes survive a page refresh and a script blocker.
You can cancel from the app or your Shopify admin at any point during the 14-day trial and you will not be charged. EU consumers also have a separate 14-day right of withdrawal under Directive 2011/83/EU. We process refund requests within 14 days, as required.
No. We scan the public storefront URLs your store already serves. We do not request the read_customers or read_orders Shopify scopes and we cannot access your customer database. The only data we keep is your scan history, applied fixes, and the AI fix log, which is deleted 30 days after you uninstall.
A code generator produces a snippet. We produce a unified diff against the exact file in your theme, with the original line context, the failing WCAG criterion, and a one-click "apply" that creates a versioned theme update you can roll back. We never push code without a preview.
No, and we will never claim it. WCAG conformance requires manual review of context-sensitive criteria like meaningful alt text on decorative-vs-informative images, and accurate page titles. We automate everything that can be automated and give you the evidence pack for the rest. In 2025 the FTC fined accessiBe 1 million USD for misleading "100% compliant" claims. We are not going to repeat that.
Yes. We scan the live storefront URL, so the theme source does not matter. For auto-fix, we read theme.liquid via the standard Shopify Asset API and write back through the Asset API write scope you grant on install. If your theme is encrypted, we will still scan but cannot patch.
WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA, ADA Title III (informed by Robles v. Domino's case law), Section 508, the EAA / EN 301 549, and AODA for Ontario merchants. The Evidence Pack PDF maps every issue to its source criterion.
On the Free plan, the homepage scan takes about 30 seconds. A full 50-page scan on Basic runs in under 3 minutes. The 500-page Pro scan typically finishes in 8 to 12 minutes depending on your store's response time. Scans run on our servers, so there is no impact on your storefront speed.
Run your first free scan in 30 seconds.
No card, no overlay, no fake guarantees. Just your storefront, scanned, with the first ten WCAG issues and the AI fix preview in front of you before the kettle boils.