1,416 companies using overlays got sued in 2025. Get real accessibility instead.
There’s a category of company that claims they can solve accessibility issues with a line of javascript. They failed to mention that in addition to not really making websites more accessible, they got 500 real companies sued in 2025 alone. Silktide doesn’t just add line of text, it tests every page the way a real user (or litigator) sees it. Then it generates a prioritized list of everything you need to make sure you don’t find out about an accessibility problem via a letter from a lawyer.
Source: UsableNet, “ADA Web Lawsuit Trends for 2026,” January 2026.
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The “instant compliance” widget could be the most expensive line of JavaScript you’ll ever install.
In January 2025, the FTC settled with a major overlay provider for $1 million over deceptive marketing claims about accessibility. The same year, plaintiffs’ firms filed more than 1,400 ADA lawsuits against websites that had overlays installed. 38.5% of the organizations sued thought they were already covered.
The overlay is JavaScript that runs in the visitor’s browser. It can’t fix the underlying HTML, the underlying CMS templates, or the underlying images that ship without alt text. The actual WCAG failures the lawsuit cites are still there in the source. The defensible position is the boring one: real WCAG conformance, tested on rendered pages, evidenced over time.
Source: UsableNet, “ADA Web Lawsuit Trends for 2026,” January 2026.
60% → 98% accessibility · post-migration from an overlay product
“I find Silktide’s initial setup to be incredibly easy, which made transitioning from our previous product, ReciteMe, hassle-free… I used Silktide to transform our website’s accessibility from 60% to 98% in under 12 months.”
Tests what’s actually broken — the underlying page, not a runtime patch.
Silktide loads every page in a real browser, follows the rendered DOM, and tests up to WCAG 2.2 AAA the way a screen reader actually encounters it. It flags the issues in your source and tells your team how to fix them at the source.
"I love the Accessibility evaluator in Silktide. It is thorough, grades on multiple WCAG levels, and offers suggestions and solutions on how to fix the issues."
The audit trail your legal team can hand to opposing counsel.
Every issue is timestamped. Every fix is logged. Every page-level and site-level score change is exportable. When a demand letter arrives, you have a year of evidence showing continuous conformance work — not a vendor letter and a JavaScript snippet.
“Silktide gives us data to support conversations with leadership and departments… making it easier to advocate for time, resources, and budget.”
A migration playbook for getting off your overlay without breaking what works.
Migrating off an overlay doesn’t have to be a multi-quarter project. Many Silktide customers have moved off accessiBe, AudioEye, UserWay, and ReciteMe, then watched their accessibility scores climb afterward, because they’re now fixing the source rather than patching the runtime. We bring the playbook. Your team brings the priorities.
"Silktide was able to identify and break accessibility down into really bite-sized chunks. It told us what the issues were, in a language that was understandable."
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“I used Silktide to transform our website’s accessibility from 60% to 98% in under 12 months.”
“…we have managed to improve this score to average 96% out of 100, mainly due to using this new tool.”
“Silktide provides continuous monitoring and trend tracking… a central place to view all our platforms in one area.”
See what your site actually looks like without the overlay smoke and mirrors.
Sub-headline: 30 minutes. We scan your real pages — the way a real user (and an automated scanner) would see them — and show you the WCAG failures your overlay isn’t fixing.
Frequently Asked Questions
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There are three main reasons: compliance laws like ADA, EAA, Section 508, AODA, and DDA now require accessible websites, and enforcement is rising. Reach: roughly one in four US adults has a disability; an inaccessible site shuts them out. Scale: manual checking doesn’t survive contact with a 500-page (let alone 50,000-page) estate.
Our plans are custom-tailored but predictable: a per-page pricing structure that includes all of our accessibility, compliance, technology, and content tools, as well as our full customer service experience. There’s the option to add analytics, as well as manual auditing and some other less-common add-ons. But the headline is predictable rates and no hidden fees.
Most teams are fully operational within a few days. We onboard your sites, configure SSO, import users, and tailor training to your roles. Larger estates take longer, but we handle the heavy lifting either way.
Yes. Silktide connects to all major content management systems and supports SAML single sign-on out of the box. Click-through-to-edit takes you from a flagged issue right into the relevant CMS page, so fixes don’t bounce between tools.
We render every page in a real browser with JavaScript enabled, so we see what your real users see, including content that loads dynamically. That cuts false positives dramatically while catching issues other tools miss. And unlike many tools, we’ll prioritize fixes by their impact and ease, so you always get maximum ROI on your time spent working on the website.
Silktide tests the real page the way your users see it, in a real browser, continuously. Other automated tools are code-only and noisy. Manual audits are accurate snapshots, not ongoing systems. Overlays don’t fix anything. They sit on top of broken code, which is why courts and the FTC have ruled against them.
SOC 2 Type 2, current VPAT v4.0, GDPR-aligned, and we don’t train AI models on your data. Cookieless analytics by construction. Our security and procurement kit is ready to send to your IT and legal teams whenever you need it.
Named Customer Success Managers with offices around the world (not a call center), a help center, role-based onboarding through Silktide Academy, and a 9.7-on-G2 support rating as of June 2026 (the highest in our category).
Real compliance.
Not a widget.
The defensible position is the boring one — and Silktide gives you the evidence to prove you’re holding it.
Lawsuit sources per UsableNet, “ADA Web Lawsuit Trends for 2026,” January 2026
https://blog.usablenet.com/ada-web-lawsuit-trends-2026