Email Accessibility

Overview

Email Accessibility is a web service for checking email accessibility, best suited to teams that need WCAG-focused reviews as part of producing campaigns. Its findings come with practical repair guidance, but the free allowance is only one audit a month.

Key features

Send an email to a unique address and receive a report against WCAG 2.2. The service says its AI scanner covers more than 80 criteria at 95%+ accuracy. Reports connect issues to WCAG guidance, assign severity, and provide code examples and suggested fixes, making results more actionable than a pass-or-fail check.

Image OCR extracts text and suggests alt text, while compatibility checks cover Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, and other major clients. Email Accessibility accepts HTML from tools including Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Salesforce, Braze, Campaign Monitor, and Constant Contact. Supported inputs range from HTML files and builder exports to inline CSS, embedded stylesheets, images, attachments, and multipart MIME emails.

Pro adds advanced AI insights and analytics, team collaboration, and custom report branding. Enterprise adds SMTP auto-correction, SSO through SAML or OIDC, custom integrations, an on-premise option, and white-labeling. API access is still in development, so teams needing a working API should not choose Pro on that basis.

Email content is retained for 60 days by default, configurable in account settings from 1 to 365 days. The privacy policy names encryption in transit and at rest, regular security assessments, and multi-factor authentication among its safeguards; it identifies AWS and Google Cloud as infrastructure providers and Stripe as payment processor.

Pricing

Free: One email audit per month, basic WCAG 2.2 scanning, PDF report downloads, guideline access, community forum, and email support. It is useful for occasional checks, but the single monthly audit makes it a poor fit for regular campaign review.

Pro: $10 a month, billed per month. It includes 10 emails monthly, with additional emails at $0.70 each, plus advanced AI insights, team sharing and collaboration, priority support, custom report branding, advanced analytics, and API access coming soon. This suits teams with recurring audits; the quota and per-email charge matter if volume varies or rises.

Enterprise: Custom pricing, billed by contacting the provider. It includes unlimited email audits, SMTP auto-correction, SSO, a 99.9% SLA guarantee, a dedicated account manager, custom integrations, an on-premise deployment option, and white-labeling. It fits organizations that need unlimited volume or those deployment and identity options, but requires a pricing conversation.

A free trial is offered. Pro is the only plan with a published paid monthly price.

Platforms

Email Accessibility runs on the web. Its broad email-format support helps teams bring in messages from different builders and workflows, but the listed platform is web rather than a desktop app.

Who it's for

This is a strong fit for email marketers and production teams that need accessibility checks across multiple clients and clear guidance for fixing issues. The Free plan can cover an occasional audit; Pro is more practical for routine team use. Organizations requiring SSO, an SLA, unlimited audits, or deployment options should consider Enterprise. It is less suitable for teams whose primary need is an email testing API today.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Reports pair severity and WCAG references with code examples and fix suggestions, helping teams move from findings to remediation.
• Pros: Image text extraction, suggested alt text, and checks across major email clients address accessibility and rendering concerns in one service.
• Pros: A wide range of supported email inputs can accommodate varied campaign workflows.
• Cons: Free allows only one audit each month, too little for frequent campaign checks.
• Cons: Pro includes 10 emails monthly, then charges $0.70 per additional email.
• Cons: API access is coming soon rather than currently available.

Alternatives

For broader email-testing needs, browse Email Testing Software. Choose Mailpit if a free tool for receiving and retaining recent test emails is the priority; its free package retains the most recent 500. MailHog is another free, open-source email testing tool under the MIT license.

Pick EmailQA when real-device renders are more important: its free plan includes 25 monthly renders and a 7-day history, while Pro is $20 a month. Emailens is another freemium alternative, with a free plan offering 30 simulated previews per day.

GlockApps is a better direction when spam testing, DMARC monitoring, or reputation monitoring is the priority; its free plan includes two spam test credits and several monitoring allowances. Choose Mailinator for private inboxes and email verification, or MailSlurp for a free plan centered on sandbox sends, inbox creation, and limited device rendering. Twilio Segment is a broader freemium platform with a free tier for visitor and Reverse ETL volumes, rather than an email accessibility checker.

Verdict

Email Accessibility is the right choice for teams that want WCAG-oriented email audits with issue severity, repair suggestions, image-text assistance, and client compatibility checks in one workflow. Pro's 10 monthly audits and collaboration tools make it the practical option for regular use, while Enterprise serves organizations needing greater control and volume. Look elsewhere if you need an API now or expect frequent audits without paying beyond the Free plan's single monthly check.