saas accessibility audits and remediation

SaaS and B2B Software Accessibility Services

Enterprise, government and education buyers often ask SaaS vendors for WCAG 2.2 AA evidence and a VPAT during procurement. We audit authenticated SaaS apps, design systems and key workflows with NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver, hand your developers ticket-ready fixes, and document results in an ACR. Starting a project? Book a free 30-minute call. Need technical answers now? Book the $100 one-hour consultation.

SaaS Accessibility Services

Accessibility Services for SaaS Companies

HalfAccessible works as a product accessibility partner for SaaS teams. We audit your public site, onboarding and logged-in app against WCAG 2.2 AA, help your engineers fix what we find, and document the results for enterprise buyers.

Each service can stand alone or run as one engagement, from a first audit to remediation and retesting and a VPAT and ACR your sales team can send. See the format in our sample audit report.

Diagram: four tiles for an audit checklist, code, interface components and a release cycle connect by dotted lines to a SaaS dashboard window with a navigation sidebar, a bar chart and a data table whose selected row has a green focus ring. Dotted lines lead on to a headphones tile and a navy panel of green ticks with a verified badge, showing a SaaS product tested, fixed and documented.
  • WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Audit

    Public pages, sign-up, login, dashboards, forms and workflows tested by hand with a keyboard and screen readers, plus automated checks and component review.

  • Accessibility Remediation

    Code guidance and component fixes in React, Next.js, Angular and Vue: ARIA cleanup, keyboard interaction, focus management and retesting.

  • Design System Accessibility Review

    Components, tokens, color, typography, focus states and variants reviewed, so your team ships accessible patterns by default.

  • VPAT / ACR Preparation

    VPATs and Accessibility Conformance Reports grounded in real product testing, for enterprise, government, education and healthcare procurement.

  • Accessibility QA

    Regression testing, sprint validation, release verification and acceptance testing that catch defects before your customers do.

  • Accessibility Consulting

    Roadmaps, design reviews, engineering workshops, CI/CD testing strategy and governance for ongoing releases.

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SaaS Accessibility Audits

SaaS Accessibility Audits for Authenticated Apps and Enterprise Procurement

Software accessibility services for SaaS make sure people with disabilities can sign up, log in, work through dashboards, data tables, forms, editors and billing, and manage settings using a keyboard, a screen reader, magnification, voice control or a small screen. For B2B vendors, SaaS accessibility is also a sales requirement: enterprise, government and education buyers often ask for WCAG 2.2 or WCAG 2.1 Level AA evidence and a VPAT before they sign.

HalfAccessible audits SaaS products to WCAG 2.2 AA across public pages, onboarding, authenticated workflows and shared components, helps your engineers fix what we find and documents conformance in an Accessibility Conformance Report. Audits are founder-led by Mohammad Shadab Saifi (IAAP CPACC, WAS and CPWA) with 10+ years of accessibility work. Review the sample audit report, compare packages on the pricing page, or see how we delivered a tested ACR in 7 days in the Happeo VPAT case study.

Why SaaS Buyers Ask for Accessibility Evidence

  • 95.9% of the top one million home pages had detectable WCAG 2 failures in February 2026 Source: WebAIM Million 2026
  • 4 ITI VPAT 2.5Rev editions buyers may ask for: 508, EU (EN 301 549), WCAG and INT Source: ITI VPAT page
  • Apr 26, 2027 ADA Title II WCAG 2.1 AA date for public universities and large state and local governments, including apps they license from vendors Source: ADA.gov Title II web rule
  • 29% of 143 known barriers were missed by all 10 automated tools the UK Government Digital Service tested Source: GOV.UK accessibility blog
Get Started

Choose Your Next Step

Still scoping or need a quote for a buyer's VPAT request? Start with the free call. Already have findings, an ACR or a live product issue to review? Book the technical hour.

  • $100

    One-Hour Technical Consultation

    Best for: product and engineering teams who need technical answers now

    Walk through an existing audit or ACR, talk directly with your developers about components and fixes, or review a live product issue, with a written summary within 24 hours.

    Book the $100 consultation
  • $500

    Quick Accessibility Audit

    Best for: a first look at your marketing site and key product screens

    Manual WCAG 2.2 review of up to 5 representative templates with automated checks and a top-10 issues report.

    Start a $500 Quick Audit
  • Quote

    VPAT / ACR Quote

    Best for: an enterprise or public sector deal that needs an ACR

    Send your product URL, user roles and the VPAT edition the buyer wants. We reply with a scope and fixed price within 2 business days.

    Request a VPAT quote
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SaaS Accessibility

How We Make SaaS Products Accessible

What we test, the WCAG 2.2 criteria that trip up SaaS apps, how fixes reach your developers, procurement evidence and why overlays fall short.

Accessibility Audit for SaaS: What We Test in Your Product

We follow the journeys your customers and their employees actually complete, not a random sample of marketing pages, and test every screen against each WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA success criterion using staging or test accounts for each user role.

  • Journeys: sign-up, team invites, SSO and MFA login, onboarding, settings, roles and billing.
  • Complex UI: dashboards, charts, data tables with filters and bulk actions, wizards, rich text editors and toasts.
  • Testing: automated scans plus manual keyboard, 400% zoom, NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver and TalkBack.
  • Report: severity, WCAG criterion, component, steps to reproduce and fix guidance ready for Jira or GitHub.
See the sample audit report

WCAG 2.2 Criteria That Catch Out SaaS Apps

WCAG 2.2 added six Level A and AA success criteria, and SaaS interfaces run into all of them.

  • Accessible Authentication (3.3.8): login and one-time-code steps cannot depend only on memory or transcription, so allow paste and password managers.
  • Focus Not Obscured (2.4.11): sticky toolbars, cookie banners, chat bubbles and toasts must not hide the focused control.
  • Dragging Movements (2.5.7): kanban boards, reorder lists, sliders and column resizing need a single-pointer alternative.
  • Target Size (2.5.8): icon buttons and table row actions need 24 by 24 CSS pixels or enough spacing.
  • Consistent Help (3.2.6) and Redundant Entry (3.3.7): keep help in the same place and do not ask for the same data twice.
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Accessibility Remediation and Developer Handoff for Enterprise SaaS

Most SaaS accessibility debt lives in a few shared components, so remediation starts in the design system: one fix repairs every screen that uses the component. Automated checks help, but when the UK Government Digital Service tested 10 tools, 29% of 143 known barriers were missed by every one, so we retest each fix by hand.

  • Design system first: buttons, dialogs, menus, comboboxes, data grids, date pickers and toasts.
  • Delivery: tickets with WCAG references and code examples, or pull requests in React, Next.js, Angular or Vue.
  • CI and monitoring: axe-core checks in your pipeline plus ongoing accessibility monitoring so regressions are caught early.
  • Retest: every fix checked with screen readers and a keyboard before it is closed.
Explore accessibility remediation

Accessible SaaS Website and App Builds for Enterprise Procurement

Rebuilding a legacy app or launching a new marketing site? Building accessibility in from the start costs far less than retrofitting it, and you launch with evidence for enterprise procurement checklists. We bring 10+ years of accessible web development.

  • Front ends: accessible React and Next.js apps and component libraries (accessible React development).
  • Marketing sites: accessible WordPress development with semantic HTML and visible focus.
  • Patterns: full keyboard support and tested ARIA for menus, dialogs, tabs and tables.
  • Launch: WCAG 2.2 AA testing and a VPAT ready to share with buyers.
See accessible React development

VPAT, ACR and Procurement Evidence for SaaS

Buyers usually expect conformance evidence as an Accessibility Conformance Report built on the ITI VPAT 2.5Rev template. We write ACRs only from actual test results and help you keep them current release after release.

  • Enterprise: most procurement checklists ask for WCAG 2.1 or 2.2 Level AA.
  • US federal: agencies buy against the Revised Section 508 Standards, which incorporate WCAG 2.0 AA.
  • US public sector: the ADA Title II web rule covers apps governments and public universities provide through contracts and licenses.
  • Europe: EN 301 549 is used in public procurement, and the European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025 to consumer services.
See VPAT and ACR documentation

Why Overlays Do Not Make a SaaS Product Accessible

The WebAIM Million 2026 found detectable WCAG 2 failures on 95.9% of the top one million home pages. An overlay widget cannot fix that inside your product, because it does not change the components, focus handling or ARIA in your authenticated app.

  • Procurement: enterprise reviewers want an ACR based on manual testing, not a widget badge.
  • Lawsuits: 496 of the 2,045 ADA website lawsuits filed January to June 2026 (24.25%) targeted sites with a widget installed (EcomBack).
  • Regulators: the US FTC finalized a $1 million order against accessiBe in April 2025.
  • Already have one? Our overlay replacement service fixes the code and removes the widget safely.
Read our overlay lawsuit analysis
SaaS Products

SaaS Products We Audit for Accessibility

We test the logged-in screens your customers and their teams use every day, from CRM and ERP to AI apps, and hand your developers fixes they can ship.

Diagram: keyboard, data table and notification tiles in a dashed frame connect to a SaaS app window labelled App, with a sidebar, a bar chart, a data table and a dialog whose button has a visible focus ring. Dashed lines lead to a headphones tile and a navy card labelled VPAT with three green ticks, the path from testing a logged-in product to procurement evidence.
  • CRM Software

    Customer records, lead pipelines, activity timelines, search, filters and admin settings, tested with a keyboard and real screen readers.

  • ERP Systems

    Approvals, large data tables, reports, inventory screens and role-based navigation across complex enterprise workflows.

  • HR Platforms

    Onboarding, employee records, benefits, payroll, performance reviews and time-off flows for employees and administrators.

  • Project Management Tools

    Boards, lists, calendars, comments and notifications, with a single-pointer alternative to every drag-and-drop action (WCAG 2.2 Dragging Movements).

  • Helpdesk Software

    Ticket forms, queues, rich text editors, file uploads, status changes, macros and customer portals.

  • AI Applications

    Prompts, generated responses, chat history, citations and feedback controls, including how streaming and status updates are announced to screen reader users.

More SaaS Products We Test

Analytics Platforms

Analytics products need accessible dashboards, charts, filters, tables, exports, KPI widgets, and data exploration workflows that work beyond visual-only interaction.

  • Dashboards
  • Charts
  • Filters
  • Exports

Marketing Automation

We test campaign builders, segmentation tables, forms, editors, reporting dashboards, automations, and settings pages for accessible user workflows.

  • Campaign builders
  • Segmentation
  • Editors
  • Reports

Healthcare SaaS

Healthcare SaaS products need accessible portals, forms, appointment workflows, documents, dashboards, and secure authenticated experiences for staff and patients.

  • Portals
  • Appointments
  • Documents
  • Dashboards

FinTech SaaS

FinTech SaaS needs accessible authentication, transaction history, dashboards, exports, statements, charts, compliance documentation, and secure workflows.

  • Authentication
  • Statements
  • Charts
  • Exports

LMS Platforms

Learning platforms require accessible course navigation, quizzes, media, certificates, assignments, content authoring, documents, and user management.

  • Courses
  • Quizzes
  • Media
  • Assignments

Internal Enterprise Applications

Internal applications affect employees, contractors, and administrators. We help teams make custom workflows, admin portals, and operational dashboards accessible.

  • Admin portals
  • Operational dashboards
  • Internal tools
  • Workflow apps
Enterprise Accessibility Readiness

Standards and Procurement Expectations We Support

We help SaaS teams prepare for WCAG alignment, procurement questions, VPATs, and global accessibility expectations.

WCAG 2.2 AA

Primary accessibility benchmark for SaaS platforms, authenticated workflows, and enterprise software.

EN 301 549

European ICT accessibility standard used in public procurement. The current version, V3.2.1, applies WCAG 2.1 AA to web content, and the VPAT EU edition reports against it.

VPAT / ACR

The ITI VPAT 2.5Rev template comes in WCAG, 508, EU and INT editions. Once completed after testing it becomes an Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) that buyers review during procurement.

ADA

Title III lawsuits target customer-facing websites and apps, and the Title II web rule (WCAG 2.1 AA, April 2027 and April 2028 deadlines) covers public universities and governments that license software.

European Accessibility Act

Directive (EU) 2019/882 has applied since 28 June 2025 to consumer services such as ecommerce, consumer banking and e-books. B2C SaaS sold to EU consumers may be in scope; microenterprise service providers are exempt.

PDF/UA

PDF/UA (ISO 14289) is the standard for accessible tagged PDFs. We test the reports, invoices, statements and exports your product generates with PAC and the NVDA screen reader against PDF/UA and WCAG 2.2 AA.

Section 508

US federal agencies must buy software and web content that meets the Revised Section 508 Standards, which incorporate WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA. The VPAT 508 edition documents conformance for federal buyers.

SaaS Frameworks and Technologies

SaaS Frameworks and Technologies We Audit

We test SaaS products built on these frameworks and app types. The user journeys we test (sign-up, login, dashboards, tables, forms, dialogs, editors, uploads and notifications) are covered in the issue cards below.

  • React
  • Next.js
  • Angular
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • Blazor
  • ASP.NET
  • Java Spring
  • Electron
  • Progressive Web Apps
  • Mobile Apps
  • Design Systems
SaaS Product Accessibility Issues

Common Accessibility Issues in SaaS Platforms

Each card shows what we check, the failures we find most often in SaaS apps, and the typical fix, mapped to WCAG 2.2.

Authentication & User Management

SaaS accessibility starts at account access: if a user cannot sign in, nothing else in the product matters.

We check: sign-up, login, SSO and OAuth redirects, MFA and one-time codes, password reset, team invitations, session timeouts and role switching.

Common failures: one-time code fields that block paste or password managers, CAPTCHA puzzles with no alternative, sessions that expire without warning, focus lost after an SSO redirect.

Typical fix: accessible authentication (3.3.8) that allows paste and password managers, timeout warnings with a way to extend (2.2.1) and focus returned to a logical place after each step.

Dashboards & Analytics

Dashboards pack charts, KPI cards, filters and live data into one screen, and much of it is visual only.

We check: charts and graphs, KPI widgets, date-range filters, drill-downs, hover tooltips, heading structure and behaviour at 200% and 400% zoom.

Common failures: charts with no text alternative or data table, information shown only on mouse hover, colour-only legends, layouts that break when zoomed.

Typical fix: a text summary or data table for each chart (1.1.1), legends that do not rely on colour (1.4.1) and layouts that reflow at 320 CSS pixels (1.4.10).

Data Tables

Enterprise data tables hold the records users work through every day: sortable, filterable and often editable.

We check: table semantics, header associations, sorting, filters, pagination and virtual scrolling, row selection, bulk actions, inline editing and exports.

Common failures: div-based grids with no table semantics, sort state that is never announced, row actions that only appear on hover, inline edits that cannot be reached by keyboard.

Typical fix: real table or grid semantics with headers (1.3.1), announced sort state and keyboard-operable row actions with accessible names (4.1.2).

Forms & Workflows

Onboarding, settings and multi-step workflows are where accessibility failures add up across screens.

We check: onboarding wizards, configuration and settings forms, CRM and ticket forms, required-field messaging, validation and error summaries.

Common failures: placeholder-only labels, errors shown only in red, the same details requested again on a later step, error summaries that are not linked to the fields.

Typical fix: visible labels and instructions (3.3.2), text error messages (3.3.1) and no repeated data entry (3.3.7 Redundant Entry).

Modal Dialogs

Dialogs handle confirmations, upgrades, deletes, imports and settings, so they have to be predictable.

We check: initial focus, focus containment, Escape and close behaviour, background interaction, accessible names and descriptions, and where focus returns on close.

Common failures: focus left behind the dialog, keyboard users trapped with no way out, dialogs with no accessible name, sticky headers or toasts covering the focused control.

Typical fix: focus moved into the dialog and returned to the trigger on close, no keyboard trap (2.1.2) and focused controls that are not hidden by sticky content (2.4.11).

Design Systems & Components

Shared components spread accessibility debt across the whole product, so one fix can repair hundreds of screens.

We check: buttons, menus, comboboxes, date pickers, tabs, accordions, tooltips, toasts, custom selects, design tokens, colour and focus styles.

Common failures: custom controls with no role or state, invisible focus indicators, tiny icon buttons, token colours that fail contrast.

Typical fix: components with correct names, roles and states (4.1.2), a visible focus indicator (2.4.7) and targets of at least 24 by 24 CSS pixels (2.5.8). See our accessibility remediation service for design-system fixes.

Rich Text Editors

Rich text editors power comments, ticket replies, knowledge bases and campaign builders.

We check: toolbar access, formatting shortcuts, focus order between toolbar and editing area, mentions and slash menus, and the semantics of the content users create.

Common failures: toolbar buttons with no names, single-key shortcuts that fire while a speech or screen reader user is typing, mention pop-ups that cannot be reached by keyboard.

Typical fix: a named, keyboard-operable (2.1.1) toolbar, single-key shortcuts that can be turned off or remapped (2.1.4) and output that keeps real headings and lists.

File Uploads

File uploads often assume a mouse and a sighted user watching a progress bar.

We check: file pickers, drag-and-drop zones, upload progress, validation errors, remove and retry controls.

Common failures: drag-and-drop as the only way to add a file, progress shown only visually, rejected files with no announced reason.

Typical fix: a standard file button next to every drop zone (2.5.7 Dragging Movements), announced progress and errors (4.1.3) and named remove and retry buttons.

Notifications and Live Regions

Toasts, alerts and background job updates have to reach screen reader users without stealing focus.

We check: success and error toasts, background job and sync status, mentions, billing warnings, dismissal controls and timing.

Common failures: toasts that disappear before they can be read, updates that are never announced, alerts that move focus away from the task.

Typical fix: status messages (4.1.3) announced through live regions, enough time to read or a way to reopen them, and focus left where the user is working.

CI/CD Accessibility Gaps

Automated checks catch regressions early, but only manual testing confirms that a release still works.

We check: axe-core or similar checks in component tests and CI pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Playwright, Cypress), accessibility acceptance criteria and release sign-off.

Common failures: no automated checks at all, scans that run but block nothing, CI treated as proof of conformance, regressions found only in a buyer’s procurement review.

Typical fix: automated checks on every pull request, manual keyboard and screen reader checks on high-risk flows before release, and ongoing accessibility monitoring and governance between audits.

Product Lifecycle

Our Accessibility Testing Process

  1. 01

    Discovery and Scoping

    Start with a $500 Quick Audit or book a consultation. We map core product workflows, user roles, shared components and your release cadence.

  2. 02

    Design Review

    We review designs and your component library for contrast, focus order, target size and accessible patterns before code ships.

  3. 03

    Automated Testing

    Automated checks cover templates and components, and we help you add accessibility tests to your CI pipeline.

  4. 04

    Manual WCAG 2.2 AA Audit

    We manually test key workflows against WCAG 2.2 AA with keyboard, zoom and screen readers including NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver.

  5. 05

    Developer-Ready Report

    Findings include user impact, WCAG references, affected components, reproduction steps and fix guidance ready to become tickets.

  6. 06

    Remediation and Retesting

    Your engineers fix with our guidance, or we pair on remediation. We then retest fixes to confirm barriers are resolved without regressions.

  7. 07

    VPAT and Release Validation

    We document conformance in a VPAT or ACR for procurement and retest new releases so regressions do not reach customers.

Validation, Outcomes and Partnership

Why Choose HalfAccessible

Published, Fixed Pricing

A one-hour consultation is $100, the Quick Audit is $500 for up to 5 page templates, and the Complete Audit is $2,000 for up to 25 templates or key user flows. No surprise quotes.

Founder-Led CPACC, WAS & CPWA Audits

Audits are led by Mohammad Shadab Saifi, IAAP certified (CPACC, WAS, CPWA) and a DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester, previously at Deque Software and Pivotal Accessibility, with 10+ years of audits, remediation and accessible development.

Happeo ACR in 7 Days

We delivered a tested, procurement-ready Accessibility Conformance Report for the Happeo social intranet web app in 7 days, with every claim backed by manual assistive technology testing.

Audit, Fixes and VPAT in One Engagement

For a SaaS web application we ran the full audit, fixed findings at code level and then documented conformance in a VPAT, across three contracts each rated 5.0 out of 5.0 on Upwork.

Authenticated App Testing

We test logged-in dashboards, settings, billing, data tables, editors and admin roles using staging environments or approved test accounts.

Real Screen Reader Testing

Product journeys are tested with NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack and keyboard-only navigation, not automated scans or overlay widgets alone.

Developer-Ready Handoff

Findings map to WCAG 2.2 success criteria and affected components, with reproduction steps and fix guidance ready for Jira or GitHub tickets.

See a Sample Report First

Review our sample audit report to check the severity ratings, WCAG 2.2 mapping and code-level fix guidance before you commit.

Need a SaaS Accessibility Audit?

Start with a $500 Quick Audit of up to 5 page templates in your SaaS site or app, or the $2,000 Complete Audit for up to 25 templates or key user flows. Still scoping procurement, VPAT or remediation work, or need a quote? Book a free 30-minute call. Teams that need technical answers now, such as walking through findings with developers, can book the $100 one-hour consultation.

SaaS Accessibility FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to common questions about SaaS accessibility, SaaS accessibility audits, WCAG 2.2, the ADA and European Accessibility Act for software companies, authenticated audits, React apps, design systems, VPATs, overlays, Agile QA, dashboards, regression testing, remediation and accessible SaaS builds.

What is SaaS accessibility?

SaaS accessibility means people with disabilities can use your software product with assistive technology, keyboard navigation, zoom, captions, clear forms, accessible charts, proper semantics, and predictable workflows. It applies to public pages, authenticated areas, dashboards, components, settings, billing, reports, and admin panels.

What does a SaaS accessibility audit include?

A SaaS accessibility audit tests the parts of your product customers actually use: marketing and pricing pages, sign-up, login and SSO, onboarding, dashboards, data tables, forms, editors, notifications, settings, billing and admin roles. We combine automated scans with manual keyboard, zoom and screen reader testing (NVDA, JAWS and VoiceOver), map every finding to a WCAG 2.2 success criterion and the affected component, and give developers reproduction steps and fix guidance. Start with the $500 Quick Audit or see the format in our sample audit report.

What are the best accessibility remediation solutions for SaaS platforms?

The most durable fixes happen in source code, starting with shared design system components such as buttons, dialogs, menus, comboboxes, tables and date pickers, so one fix repairs every screen that uses them. Overlay widgets do not fix the underlying code. We pair with your engineers or fix issues directly through accessibility remediation and accessible React development, retest each fix with assistive technology, and help you add automated checks to CI so regressions are caught before release.

Do you provide WCAG testing, workflow testing and developer handoff for enterprise SaaS?

Yes. Each engagement covers WCAG 2.2 AA testing, task-based testing of real user workflows with screen readers and keyboard-only navigation, and a developer handoff: findings grouped by component with severity, WCAG references, reproduction steps and code-level guidance your team can turn into Jira or GitHub tickets. We join walkthrough calls, review pull requests and retest fixes. Compare packages on the pricing page, book a free 30-minute call to scope the work, or book a $100 technical consultation if your developers need answers now.

Which VPAT edition does a SaaS company need?

The current ITI template is VPAT 2.5Rev, which comes in four editions: WCAG (WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2), 508 (Revised Section 508 for US federal buyers), EU (EN 301 549) and INT (all three). Choose the edition that matches where your next deals come from; SaaS vendors selling internationally often use INT. Learn more in our VPAT for SaaS guide or request a VPAT quote.

Does WCAG apply to SaaS applications?

WCAG is the most common technical standard used to evaluate SaaS accessibility. Enterprise buyers, procurement teams, government customers, education customers, and regulated industries often ask SaaS vendors about WCAG conformance, VPATs, accessibility roadmaps, and remediation status.

Do SaaS companies need to comply with the ADA?

Often, yes, in practice. The ADA does not name a technical standard for private businesses, but the Department of Justice says businesses open to the public must make their web content accessible (ADA.gov web guidance), and customer-facing SaaS websites and apps can be named in ADA Title III lawsuits. B2B vendors also inherit the requirement from customers: under the ADA Title II web rule, state and local governments and public universities must meet WCAG 2.1 AA for content they provide through contracts and licenses by April 26, 2027 (populations of 50,000 or more) or April 26, 2028 (ADA.gov fact sheet), and US federal agencies buy against the Section 508 Standards. We do not give legal advice, but our ADA and Section 508 audit gives you the evidence these buyers ask for. See the Title II deadline guide.

Does the European Accessibility Act apply to B2B SaaS?

Usually not directly. The European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) has applied since 28 June 2025 to listed products and to services provided to consumers, such as ecommerce, consumer banking, electronic communications, e-books and passenger transport websites and apps. A SaaS product sold only to businesses is generally outside its direct scope. A B2C app, or a platform that runs a consumer-facing service for your customers such as an online store or a banking front end, can be in scope, and your customers may then ask you for evidence. Microenterprises (fewer than 10 staff and no more than EUR 2 million in annual turnover or balance sheet) that provide services are exempt. EU public sector buyers also refer to EN 301 549 in procurement. See our European Accessibility Act guide and EU accessibility compliance audit.

Which WCAG 2.2 success criteria affect SaaS apps the most?

The six Level A and AA criteria added in WCAG 2.2 all show up in SaaS products: Accessible Authentication (3.3.8) for login, SSO and one-time codes; Focus Not Obscured (2.4.11) for sticky toolbars, banners and chat widgets; Dragging Movements (2.5.7) for kanban boards and drag-to-reorder lists; Target Size (2.5.8) for icon-only buttons and table row actions; Consistent Help (3.2.6) for help and chat placement; and Redundant Entry (3.3.7) for multi-step onboarding. Older criteria still cause most failures in apps, especially name, role and value for custom controls (4.1.2), status messages (4.1.3), keyboard access (2.1.1) and focus order (2.4.3).

Can you build an accessible SaaS website or web app for enterprise procurement?

Yes. We build accessible React and Next.js front ends, design systems and WordPress marketing sites, test them against WCAG 2.2 AA with screen readers and a keyboard before launch, and can document conformance in a VPAT so your sales team can answer procurement checklists from day one. If you are rebuilding a legacy app, we can audit the old version first so the new build avoids the same barriers. See accessible React development, accessible WordPress development, or tell us about your project in the free accessibility needs assessment.

Do accessibility overlays make a SaaS product WCAG compliant?

No. Accessibility experts and disability organisations broadly agree that overlay widgets do not fix the underlying code, and in a SaaS product they cannot reach the components, focus handling and ARIA inside your logged-in app. In April 2025 the FTC finalized a $1 million order against accessiBe that bars it from claiming its tool makes any website WCAG compliant without evidence, and EcomBack counted 496 ADA website lawsuits from January to June 2026 against sites that already had a widget. Enterprise buyers expect an ACR based on manual testing. Our overlay lawsuit analysis explains the evidence.

How do I choose an accessibility testing provider for my SaaS company?

Choose a provider that tests your authenticated product manually with real screen readers and a keyboard rather than selling a scan or an overlay, maps every issue to a WCAG 2.2 success criterion with fix guidance your developers can use, can help fix the issues and retest them, and writes VPATs only from actual test results. Ask for a sample report and published prices. Ours are on the pricing page: a $100 one-hour consultation, the $500 Quick Audit and the $2,000 Complete Audit, led by our founder, who is IAAP certified (CPACC, WAS, CPWA) and has 10+ years of experience. Review the sample audit report before you decide.

How long does a SaaS accessibility audit or VPAT take?

It depends on how many templates, user roles and workflows are in scope. Send us your product URL and target standard and we reply with a scope and a fixed price within 2 business days. As a reference point, we delivered a tested, procurement-ready Accessibility Conformance Report for the Happeo social intranet app in 7 days; read the Happeo VPAT case study or request a VPAT quote.

Can you audit authenticated areas?

Yes. We can audit authenticated SaaS workflows using staging environments, approved test accounts, or guided access. This is important because dashboards, settings, billing, team management, and reports often contain the most important accessibility risks.

Can you test React applications?

Yes. We test and remediate React applications, including custom components, routing, modals, data tables, forms, focus management, ARIA usage, and design system patterns. We also support Next.js and other modern frontend frameworks.

Can you review our design system?

Yes. We review component libraries, tokens, color systems, typography, focus states, interaction patterns, documentation, and accessibility acceptance criteria. Design system accessibility helps prevent the same issue from appearing across many product screens.

Do you provide VPATs?

Yes. We prepare VPATs and Accessibility Conformance Reports for SaaS applications based on actual accessibility testing, using the current ITI VPAT 2.5Rev template. For Happeo we delivered a tested ACR in 7 days (see the Happeo VPAT case study). VPAT support is useful for enterprise sales, public-sector procurement, education customers, healthcare procurement and vendor questionnaires. Request a VPAT quote or read about our VPAT and ACR documentation service.

Can accessibility testing fit into Agile sprints?

Yes. Accessibility can fit into Agile through design reviews, component acceptance criteria, sprint validation, regression tests, developer support, QA checklists, and release verification. We help teams avoid treating accessibility as a final QA step.

Can you test enterprise dashboards?

Yes. We test dashboards, charts, tables, filters, cards, KPI widgets, navigation, exports, and responsive behavior. We focus on keyboard navigation, accessible data visualization, screen reader clarity, and low-vision support.

How often should a SaaS product be audited?

A SaaS product should be audited before major releases, after significant design system changes, before enterprise procurement, and periodically as workflows evolve. Ongoing regression checks help prevent accessibility debt from returning.

Do you test mobile applications?

Yes. We test responsive web apps, progressive web apps, and mobile apps where scope allows. Mobile checks can include VoiceOver, TalkBack, touch target size, zoom, focus order, gestures, and screen reader labels.

Can you review reusable UI components?

Yes. We can review buttons, dialogs, dropdowns, date pickers, tabs, accordions, comboboxes, tooltips, popovers, tables, editors, charts, and upload components. Component-level fixes are one of the fastest ways to reduce accessibility debt.

Can you perform regression accessibility testing?

Yes. Regression accessibility testing can include automated checks, manual keyboard testing, screen reader smoke tests, component tests, and release validation for high-risk workflows.

How much does a SaaS accessibility audit cost?

Our packages are listed on the accessibility audit pricing page. A one-hour technical consultation (audit walkthrough, developer Q&A or live issue review) is $100; first conversations are a free 30-minute call. The Quick Audit is $500 for up to 5 page templates with a top-10 issues report mapped to WCAG 2.2, which suits a marketing site plus a first look at key product screens. The Complete Audit is $2,000 for up to 25 page templates or key user flows, with a full manual audit and a retest of fixed issues. VPAT/ACR documentation and remediation are scoped separately; request a VPAT quote if procurement needs one.

Can you support ongoing releases?

Yes. We can support ongoing releases with accessibility QA, sprint reviews, component guidance, retesting, developer office hours, CI/CD recommendations, and roadmap planning.

Can you audit Angular, Vue, or Next.js applications?

Yes. We audit Angular, Vue, Next.js, React, Svelte, Blazor, ASP.NET, Java Spring, Electron, PWAs, and design systems. The accessibility principles are consistent, but implementation guidance is adapted to the stack.

Can you integrate accessibility into CI/CD?

Yes. We can advise on axe-core, Playwright, Cypress, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Storybook checks, component tests, and practical thresholds so automated testing supports release quality without replacing manual review.

Do automated tools find all SaaS accessibility issues?

No. Automated tools are useful but cannot fully test keyboard workflows, screen reader usability, focus management, chart alternatives, meaningful labels, route changes, or complex authenticated journeys. We combine automation with manual testing.

Can you help with procurement questionnaires?

Yes. We can support VPATs, ACRs, procurement questionnaires, accessibility statements, remediation plans, and evidence for enterprise customers that ask about accessibility maturity.

Can you test billing and subscription flows?

Yes. We test plan selection, checkout, invoices, payment forms, billing settings, subscription changes, confirmations, errors, and account ownership workflows for accessibility barriers.

Can you audit AI SaaS products?

Yes. We test prompt inputs, generated response regions, chat history, citations, file uploads, loading states, feedback controls, and keyboard/screen reader workflows for AI products.

Can you train our product and engineering teams?

Yes. We provide training for designers, developers, QA, product managers, and leadership on WCAG, accessible components, testing workflows, design review, and Agile accessibility practices.

Can you validate fixes after remediation?

Yes. Retesting confirms whether fixes resolve the original issue and whether the user workflow is accessible with keyboard, screen reader, zoom, responsive layouts, and expected browser combinations.

Should we book the free 30-minute call or the $100 consultation?

Book the free 30-minute call if this is your first conversation with us. We learn about your product, user roles, release plans and what buyers are asking for (for example a VPAT for an enterprise or public sector deal), then recommend a package or send a quote. It is the right first step for most SaaS teams. Book the $100 one-hour consultation when you need a hands-on technical session now, such as walking through an existing audit or ACR, talking with your developers about specific components and fixes, or reviewing a live product issue on screen.

Who leads your SaaS accessibility audits?

Every SaaS audit is led by founder Mohammad Shadab Saifi, who holds the IAAP CPACC, WAS and CPWA certifications, is a DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester and has 10+ years of accessibility audits, remediation and accessible development, including work at Deque Software and Pivotal Accessibility. He scopes the work, tests key workflows by hand with screen readers and a keyboard, and reviews every finding and ACR entry before it reaches your team. Read the founder profile or check the format first in our sample audit report.

How can we check our SaaS product before a full audit?

Run a public page, such as your marketing site or login screen, through AccessibilityScore.in, our free WCAG accessibility scan powered by axe-core. It gives you a website accessibility score with issue-level remediation guidance. Treat it as a starting point: automated scans cannot reach authenticated workflows or judge keyboard and screen reader use, so a manual audit is still needed for procurement evidence. The $500 Quick Audit covers up to 5 templates by hand, and the Complete Audit ($2,000) covers up to 25 templates or key user flows.