Curbcut and Pope Tech compared
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Pope Tech is a web accessibility platform that scans websites with the WAVE engine and tracks results over time.
Curbcut is one rule set on four surfaces: a browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Firefox, an extension for VS Code, a WordPress plugin and a web app that scans whole sites on a schedule. Its checks use the open-source axe-core engine with our own explanations and fix steps.
Side by side
| Feature | Curbcut | Pope Tech |
|---|---|---|
| Browser extension | Chrome, Edge and Firefox; free single-page checks, Pro $49 per year | not listed on the pricing page |
| Editor extension | VS Code, free | not listed |
| WordPress plugin | yes, free; Pro $79 per year | not listed |
| Free plan for site scans | no; free single-page checks in the extension, VS Code and WordPress | Free: 25 pages, 2 users, 1 website, scheduled scans and reports |
| Paid site scans | Starter $29 per month: 1 site, 500 pages per scan; Team $79: 5 sites; Agency $199: 25 sites | Team from $30 per month billed monthly ($25 billed annually) for 50 pages, tiers up to 500 pages, unlimited users and websites |
| Scanning behind a login | no | Business Plus plan |
| CI integration | web app Team and Agency, from $79 per month | Business Plus plan (from $270 per month billed monthly): developer API, GitHub and Bitbucket CI/CD |
| Rule engine | axe-core (open source) | the WAVE engine |
Differences to weigh
- Pope Tech counts active pages across the account (a page tier); Curbcut's web app counts sites and pages per scan.
- Pope Tech has a free plan for site scans and plans with manual testing tracking and training; Curbcut's web app has no free plan and no manual testing workflow.
- Curbcut has a browser extension, a VS Code extension and a WordPress plugin; the Pope Tech pricing page does not list these.
Sources
- Pope Tech pricing: pope.tech/pricing, as of 6 November 2026: Free 25 pages; Team from $25 per month billed annually or $30 billed monthly for the 50-page tier, tiers up to 500 pages; Business Plus from $225 per month billed annually or $270 billed monthly for 500 pages, with scanning behind login, a developer API and GitHub and Bitbucket CI/CD; Professional from $400 per month billed annually. The Team price of $30 per month for 50 pages billed monthly was also read on 5 November 2026.
Curbcut's own facts come from the pricing page and the web app docs.
A note on automated checks
Automated tools, ours included, find only part of all WCAG failures. Whatever tool you use, test with a keyboard and a screen reader as well, and do not read a clean automated result as proof that a page is accessible.