Prices, with sources
How much does an accessibility audit cost?
The US vendors below publish $1,250 to $5,000 for a manual WCAG audit of a small or mid-size site; agencies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, €1,500 to €8,000. Who publishes what, what moves the price, and where we sit. Checked 7 October 2026.
Prices that vendors publish
Only prices companies state on their own pages, with the date of the page. Estimates from listicles are left out.
| Who | Full audit | How it is priced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accessible.org (US) | typically $1,250–2,750 | $100–250 per page or screen, $25–100 for light pages | pricing page, July 2026 |
| DigitalA11Y | $1,500–5,000 | by project type, devices, documentation | cost guide, Feb 2026 |
| Agencies in Germany, Austria, Switzerland | €1,500–8,000 | €100–200 per standard page, €200–320 per interactive element; short expert analysis €490–1,200 | sitebrunch, citing an agency directory, Sep 2026 |
| ITlab | from $1,300 | fixed quote before we start; free 5-page scan first | our service page |
What moves the price
- Unique templates and interactive parts, not page count. A store with thousands of product pages built on one template is audited once per template. Filters, the mini-cart and the checkout are where the hours go.
- Manual testing. A keyboard and a screen reader through the whole purchase path takes a person, and it is where the problems that stop a purchase show up.
- Documentation. An accessibility statement or a VPAT adds work. B2B sellers may be asked for one by their own buyers.
- The standard. WCAG 2.1 AA is the usual target; 2.2 adds criteria. The European standard EN 301 549 currently points to 2.1 AA.
What an audit does not include
Fixing. An audit says what is wrong and how to fix it; the fix is separate work, priced on the number of templates and the state of the code. That is why we do not publish a price for it in advance: we quote it with the audit report.
If you sell to consumers in the EU, the European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025. An audit is how you find out where your store stands against it.
Before you buy any audit, ask
- Is testing manual, or is this an automated scan with a report on top?
- Does it cover the whole purchase path, checkout included?
- Is every finding mapped to a WCAG success criterion, with how to fix it?
- Is a re-test after the fixes included, and what does it cost?
Short answers
Why do prices for the same audit differ so much?
Because "audit" covers very different work: an automated scan, a sample of pages checked by hand, or the whole purchase path tested with a keyboard and a screen reader. Ask which one is being quoted.
Is an automated scan enough?
It is a good start and it is cheap, but it does not catch everything. Deque, the company behind the axe testing engine, puts automated coverage at 57% of issues by volume. The rest needs a person.
Does the audit price include fixing the problems?
Usually not. An audit tells you what is wrong and how to fix it. Fixing is separate work, and its cost depends on the number of templates and the state of the code. Accessible.org, one of the vendors in the table, no longer offers code fixes at all.
Is an accessibility widget an alternative?
No. A widget does not change the code of your store. In 2025 the FTC ordered one widget vendor, accessiBe, to pay $1 million over claims that its tool made sites compliant.