How much does an accessibility audit cost in 2026?
The short answer
Between €2,000 and €5,000 excluding VAT for a standard website audit, according to the French government's digital agency (DINUM). The price lists providers publish range from about €2,000 for a simple brochure website to over €20,000 for a complex portal. The price depends mainly on the number of templates, components and journeys to test, not on the total number of pages.
Is there a reference price?
There's no official price barometer for accessibility. The only public reference comes from the French government: on its page about digital accessibility services, the DINUM states that an RGAA compliance audit (the French framework based on WCAG) costs between €2,000 and €5,000 excluding VAT, depending on the complexity of the website.
For the rest, you have to look at what providers publish themselves. Many publish nothing and quote case by case. Those who do show their prices give a useful order of magnitude.
What do providers publish?
These are French providers, prices excluding VAT:
| Type of website | Published price | Testing time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple brochure website (1 to 2 templates) | €2,000 to €3,000 | 2 to 4 days | SK Web |
| Website with several templates, forms or a customer area | €3,000 to €5,000 | 4 to 7 days | SK Web |
| E-commerce or multi-journey website | €4,500 to €9,900 | 1 to 3 weeks | SK Web |
| Institutional or multi-portal website | €8,000 to €20,000 and more | Several weeks | SK Web |
| Full RGAA audit, 15 to 20 pages | €2,500 to €5,000 | 2 to 3 weeks | Kolonell |
| Website and mobile app (20 pages and 10 screens) | €5,000 to €8,000 | 3 to 4 weeks | Kolonell |
Both price lists line up well with the DINUM range for a standard website. The differences appear on complex websites, which makes sense: that's where the number of things to test explodes.
Why is page count the wrong measure?
Because an audit doesn't test every page of a website. It tests a representative sample, built according to the audit method:
- The mandatory pages: home, contact and legal notice, plus the accessibility statement, sitemap or help page where they exist.
- One page per template: a product page, a category page, an article, a service page. If 300 product pages share the same template, one or two get tested.
- The recurring components: menu, search, carousel, modal window, forms.
- The key journeys: account creation, basket, checkout, appointment booking.
So the number of audited pages is dynamic. A 500-article blog built on 3 templates can cost less to audit than a 20-page website with 10 templates, forms and a customer area.
What drives the price?
- The number of distinct templates and components, and the length of the journeys.
- The technology: a web app that changes view without reloading needs more testing than a classic website.
- The standard: WCAG internationally, RGAA in France, RAAM for a mobile app.
- The deliverables: a simple list of non-conformities, fix recommendations, an accessibility statement, a debrief with a roadmap.
- Follow-up: a verification audit after the fixes is sometimes included, sometimes billed separately.
What are the different types of audit?
Offers look alike from one provider to the next, even if the names change. At GR AdLab, there are four:
| Package | What it includes |
|---|---|
| Flash Audit | Criterion-by-criterion observations, with no remediation plan, an Excel report and an accessibility statement |
| Full audit | Observations, a technical recommendation per non-conformity, the statement and a debrief with a roadmap |
| Cross audit | An independent counter-audit of an existing audit, to validate its score |
| Support | Checks during and after the fixes |
Where does GR AdLab stand?
Below these ranges. I work on my own, with no agency overheads to fund, using the same method I apply on enterprise websites such as Michelin, Volkswagen and Generali.
The exact price depends on the sample: I define it with you during a 30-minute call, then send a fixed quote. The packages are on the Accessibility page, and the errors I find most often are in the 4 accessibility failures I find in almost every audit.
Frequently asked questions
Can an automated audit tool replace an audit?
No. These subscription tools catch some of the errors, but not the ones that need human judgement: whether an alt text is relevant, whether a keyboard journey makes sense, whether an error message is clear. They're for monitoring a website, not for demonstrating compliance.
How long does an audit take?
Providers who publish their timelines quote 2 to 4 days of testing for a simple brochure website, and 1 to 3 weeks for an e-commerce website. Add the scoping beforehand, then writing the report and the debrief.
How much do the fixes cost after the audit?
Often more than the audit itself, because they depend on the state of the website and on who carries them out. One French provider, for example, publishes €5,000 to €10,000 excl. VAT for a brochure website and €12,000 to €30,000 for an e-commerce website. The full audit's roadmap is what lets you prioritise them and spread the cost.
Do I need a new audit every year?
Not necessarily a full one. But a website that evolves can regress with every new feature: a follow-up audit after the fixes, then at each redesign or new journey, keeps your accessibility statement up to date.
Sources
- Prestations accessibilité numérique (in French) · DesignGouv, DINUM (French government)
- Prix d'un audit RGAA en 2026 : tarifs réels et livrables (in French) · SK Web (provider)
- Audit RGAA site entreprise Paris : obligations et coût 2026 (in French) · Kolonell (provider)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 · W3C