Draft Accessibility Conformance Reports

We do the evidence-gathering and the structure. A qualified reviewer does the judgement calls. Neither of us pretends a scanner can sign a VPAT.

What this is not. This does not produce a finished, signed ACR, and nothing that does exists. We measured it: an automated rule exists for only 23 of the 55 WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criteria, and those rules test only the machine-checkable part of each one. Anyone selling you an automatically generated conformance report is selling you a liability.

The problem

Under the ADA Title II web rule, US public entities must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA by 26 April 2027 (populations of 50,000+) and 26 April 2028 (smaller entities and special districts). That obligation extends to the software they buy, so procurement teams increasingly require an ACR before approving or renewing a vendor. Surveys of public institutions put it at 45% relying directly on VPAT/ACR documentation.

A third-party ACR costs roughly $1,850–$4,450 per product, and goes out of date the next time you ship. We index 205 reports from 14 vendors; 76 of them are more than two years old. Staying current is the part nobody has solved.

What you get

A draft ACR in the ITI structure — all 55 Level A and AA criteria, laid out the way procurement expects to read it.
Detected failures with evidence — the rule that fired, the page it fired on, and the offending markup, so your reviewer can verify rather than take our word.
A specific question for every criterion a machine cannot judge, so the manual pass is a checklist rather than a blank page.
An explicit coverage statement — what was tested automatically, what was not, and why. This is the part that protects you if the document is ever challenged.

What it costs

Draft report

$299 per product, one-off

A scan of up to 25 pages, the draft ACR, and the evidence file. Yours to complete, edit and publish under your own name.

Kept current

$249 per month

Everything above, re-run every quarter and on request, plus a hosted page on this index and an alert whenever your published report goes stale. For vendors who get asked for an ACR more than once a year.

Compare: one consultant-produced ACR, once, is $1,850–$4,450 — and it starts ageing the day it is signed.

Request one

This is a request, not a checkout. We will look at your product first and reply with what we can and cannot cover for it — some products are a poor fit for automated evaluation and we would rather say so than take the money.

We store your address, the URL and your note so we can reply. Nothing else, and no marketing. Privacy.

Honest limits

Automated testing can demonstrate that a criterion fails. It cannot demonstrate that one is met. Every conformance level in the draft is left for your reviewer.
Content behind a login, in a native mobile app, or generated per-user needs a different approach. Tell us and we will say whether we can help.
We are not an accessibility consultancy and do not employ auditors. If your product needs a full expert audit, you should buy one — this is the wrong product for you.