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Website ADA Audit
Find out where your site stands on WCAG 2.1 AA — in five minutes. Free.
What you get
- Accessibility scan against WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 Level AA — the standard most ADA lawsuits cite
- Up to 10 pages of your site checked end to end
- Keyboard-only navigation test + screen-reader compatibility check
- Branded HTML report emailed in under five minutes
- Compliance score 0-100 + ranked issues with concrete remediation steps
- No card, no spam — $299 value, free
How it works
- Submit URL. Paste your website address into the scan form.
- Automated scan. We check up to 10 internal pages against the WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 AA criteria most ADA cases cite — color contrast, alt-text presence, ARIA usage, form labels, heading structure, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader compatibility.
- Report emailed. You get a branded HTML report with the compliance score, every issue grouped by severity, and step-by-step remediation links per finding.
- Optional: book a call. If you want help acting on the findings, schedule a 30-minute call.
About this service
US Title III of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) has been interpreted by federal courts to cover websites — and roughly 4,000 ADA web lawsuits and demand letters are filed every year. Healthcare, legal, retail, and restaurant SMBs are over-represented as defendants. Settlement costs typically run $20,000-$100,000, many multiples of what remediation would have cost.
This free scan tells you exactly where your site stands. We test your site against the same accessibility criteria federal courts cite in ADA cases — automated rule checks, keyboard-only navigation, and how assistive technology like screen readers interprets each page. Up to 10 pages get scanned. You receive a branded report with a compliance score, every issue ranked by severity, and concrete remediation steps — emailed within minutes, no card required.
Honest scoping: automated checks cover roughly 80% of WCAG 2.1 AA (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Level AA) criteria. The remaining ~20% — alt-text quality, focus-order semantics, screen-reader announcement quality, dynamic content — requires manual testing by a person using a real screen reader. This scan is not, by itself, a guarantee of legal compliance — but it is the right starting point for any business that has not yet checked.
Important
- Automated checks cover roughly 80% of WCAG 2.1 AA criteria. The remaining ~20% requires manual testing by a person using a real screen reader. This scan is not, by itself, a guarantee of legal compliance.
- We work to WCAG 2.1 AA — the standard most ADA Title III complaints cite. WCAG 2.2 AA where applicable.
- Not legal advice. If you have already received a demand letter, talk to an ADA attorney first.
FAQ
Real answers to the questions every prospect asks before signing.
Is it really free?
Yes. No card, no contract, no obligation. The same tooling we use here would cost ~$299 from a typical SaaS-tier accessibility platform; we run it free as a goodwill diagnostic.
Will my business actually get sued?
It is more common than most owners realize — roughly 4,000 ADA web lawsuits and demand letters are filed each year in the United States, with healthcare, legal, retail, and restaurant SMBs over-represented. Demand letters typically open with a settlement offer in the $20,000-$50,000 range. Most settle out of court because litigation costs more. The cheapest defense is to be substantially compliant before a letter ever lands — this scan tells you where you stand.
Is the automated scan enough?
It is enough to know where you stand and to surface the issues that automated tools can detect — roughly 80% of WCAG 2.1 AA criteria: color contrast, alt-text presence, ARIA usage, form labels, heading structure, keyboard navigation, and screen-reader compatibility. It is not, by itself, a guarantee of compliance: the remaining ~20% (alt-text quality, focus-order semantics, screen-reader announcement quality, dynamic content) requires manual testing by a person using a real screen reader. The scan is honest about that limit.
What is WCAG 2.1 AA and why do you check that standard?
WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) is the international standard for web accessibility. Level AA is the conformance level that US Title III ADA cases cite as the de facto compliance bar. We check WCAG 2.1 AA plus WCAG 2.2 AA where applicable — the DOJ has signaled 2.2 as the going-forward standard.
Are accessibility overlays (accessiBe, UserWay) enough?
No — and increasingly the courts agree. US federal courts have rejected overlay tools as adequate ADA defense in multiple cases, and the National Federation of the Blind has formally opposed them. Overlays often make accessibility worse for real assistive-technology users by interfering with screen readers. We recommend remediation at the source rather than overlay band-aids.
Is your scan the same as Lighthouse accessibility?
Lighthouse runs a subset of the same kinds of checks but only on a single page, and it skips a chunk of WCAG criteria entirely. We run the full WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 AA criteria across up to 10 pages of your site, plus keyboard-navigation testing and screen-reader compatibility checks that Lighthouse doesn't cover. Coverage is roughly 80% of WCAG vs. ~30-40% for Lighthouse alone.
I already got a demand letter — what should I do?
Talk to an ADA attorney first. We are not lawyers and this scan alone is not a defense. The scan can give you and your attorney a baseline of where the site stands; what to do about it is a legal-strategy decision your attorney will make.
Will you call me?
No. We only follow up if you ask us to. The report is yours to keep.
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