The free scan without an account

On the home page you can scan any website without creating an account. You see the result before you decide on anything.

How the scan works

1. Enter the website’s address and choose “Start scan”.
2. The scan uses the sitemap and links to pick a meaningful selection of up to 30 pages, respecting the website’s robots.txt.
3. A real browser loads every page, also at 320 pixels wide, and checks it. The result is usually ready within a few minutes; the report updates itself in the meantime.

What exactly is checked: What the service checks – and what it doesn’t.

What the result contains

• the full scan report with every occurrence, selector, measured value and screenshot,
• the uncertain results and the manual checks,
• a draft accessibility statement you can view and download.

The report is reachable at its address. The address cannot be guessed – but anyone who has it can open the report. Only pass it on if that is fine with you.

Limits – and why they exist

• The same website at most 3 times a day. Every scan loads dozens of pages from someone else’s server, and without an account we cannot know whether you run it. Once your domain is verified in your account, this limit no longer applies to your website.
• A short proof of work in the browser protects against abuse. The scan also works without JavaScript, but is limited more tightly then.
• No login areas, no click paths, no scheduled scans. Those require a verified domain.

What happens to your data

Results and screenshots of a free scan are deleted after 7 days. Form field contents are masked in the scanner’s browser before anything is stored. Details are in the privacy policy.

From the free scan to a published statement

A free scan does not belong to any website in an account and therefore cannot be published. The way there:

1. Create an account and add the website: Adding a website and verifying the domain.
2. Verify the domain.
3. Scan, review and publish there – from the Starter plan: From scan to published statement.

You can also use the draft yourself without publishing: Using the draft yourself.