Accessible websites under the European Accessibility Act
Pluton Studio audits websites, online stores and booking flows for the European Accessibility Act, measured against EN 301 549 and WCAG 2.1 AA. The audit takes 1 to 2 weeks, and the quote for it is free. You get a report prioritised by severity and a fixed-price remediation quote.
- Measured, not claimedAutomated checks plus manual keyboard and screen-reader tests, each finding tied to EN 301 549.
- Remediation at a fixed priceQuoted from the report and ordered by impact; you commission as much as you want.
- Something you can publishA conformance statement with the level reached, known limitations and a feedback route, plus re-checks.
EAA requirements: what has applied since 28 June 2025?
The European Accessibility Act has applied since 28 June 2025. It covers e-commerce and consumer-facing services, which in practice means online stores, booking and ordering flows, and customer accounts. Germany implements it through the BFSG, and the other member states through their own national laws.
Conformance is measured against a standard, not an opinion: EN 301 549, which for web content points to WCAG 2.1 level AA. Penalties exist and are set nationally, with market surveillance handled by each country's own authority.
For an operator that means something concrete: the checkout has to be completable with a keyboard alone, error messages have to be announced to a screen reader, contrast has to hold, and the state of all of it has to be documented rather than assumed.
Who is in scope, and who is not?
Service providers have a microenterprise exemption: fewer than 10 staff and no more than 2 million euros in annual turnover. Below that line a service provider is outside the obligation, though companies grow into it and the exemption does not cover every arrangement.
Whether your particular service falls under the law is a question for your legal adviser, not for us. We will tell you plainly in the first call whether the work is worth doing for you now, and we take the technical side: the measurement, the fixes and the documentation.
Obligation aside, a checkout that cannot be completed with a keyboard loses orders from people who intended to buy.
What do you get?
The audit is the first step; remediation, the conformance statement and re-checks build on it. To see where your site stands before you ask us, run the checks in our EAA compliance checklist for websites.
| Step | What you get | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Audit | Automated checks plus manual testing with keyboard and screen reader across your most important flows. A report prioritised by severity, each finding tied to its EN 301 549 criterion with a concrete fix. | 1 to 2 weeks |
| Remediation | A quote written from the report: effort per finding, ordered by impact, at a fixed price. You decide how much of it to commission. | scope dependent |
| Conformance statement | A publishable page stating the level of conformance, the known limitations and a feedback route for users. | with the remediation |
| Re-checks | Re-testing after significant changes, so new content does not quietly undo what was fixed. Runs inside the care plan. | ongoing |
How much does an accessibility audit cost?
The audit is priced in a free written quote, sent within two working days. That price follows the number of flows tested rather than the number of pages: a checkout, a customer account and a contact route tell you more about a site's accessibility than a hundred text pages do.
Remediation is quoted only after the audit, because before it nobody can honestly say what it costs. You then get a fixed price broken down by finding, and you can commission part of it. Where a finding comes from work we built ourselves, it is fixed at no cost.
After launch, re-checks run inside the care plan.
What we do not do
We do not install an overlay script that puts a toolbar on the page and calls it accessibility. Those tools change nothing about what the standard actually tests, and nothing about the experience of the people the law was written for. Findings are fixed in the code or they are not fixed.
We do not give legal advice either. Whether your offering is in scope, which deadlines apply to you and how the statement should be worded in the end is for your legal adviser. We supply the measurement, the fixes, the documentation and a draft your adviser can approve.
Rebuilding your site anyway?
Then do it now: accessibility built in costs a fraction of accessibility retrofitted. Every new site we build carries the baseline: what every build includes.
Scope, timelines and the quote process for new builds are on our market pages:
- Web development for the UK and Ireland
- Nearshore development for companies across Europe, including the Netherlands, Belgium, the Nordics and Italy
What we put in writing
Pluton Studio writes these terms into every quote, so you know exactly what you get and when.
A reply within one working day
The engineer who will build your project answers every message, not a salesperson. The fixed written quote is free and follows within two working days of the first call.
A fixed price in writing
The quote lists everything included, and the price you sign is the price you pay. Any scope change is quoted separately, before work on it starts.
Delivery windows we keep
Business website: 3 to 5 weeks. Online store: 5 to 8 weeks. Web app or custom software: a first working version within 4 to 6 weeks, the rest on a written plan.
Design approved before we build
You approve the design on screen before any code is written. Two rounds of design revisions are included, plus small changes to text, photos and prices for 30 days after launch.
Payment in two halves
Half at the start, half at go-live. Larger projects split payment into three milestones tied to deliverables, and the quote says which schedule yours follows. We never ask for full payment up front.
Domain, accounts and content in your name
The domain and accounts are registered in your name from day one, and you can export your content at any time. No mandatory subscription.
A 30-day warranty and measured performance
Any defect found within 30 days of launch is fixed at no cost. The site ships within the performance budget set in the quote, with a Core Web Vitals report on your own domain and a lab test you can repeat yourself.
Frequently asked questions
Does this apply to my business?
It depends on what you offer and on your size: e-commerce and consumer-facing services are the categories most often in scope, and service providers have a microenterprise exemption at fewer than 10 staff and no more than 2 million euros of annual turnover. Whether your specific offering falls under it is a question for your legal adviser. We will say plainly if we think the work is not worth doing for you yet.
Is an accessibility widget enough?
No. A script that adds a toolbar changes none of what EN 301 549 actually tests: keyboard operability, focus order, labels, error messages, contrast and structure. Those are fixed in the code or they are not fixed at all.
What does the remediation cost?
Only the report can answer that, which is why the audit comes first and the remediation is quoted out of it, with effort per finding at a fixed price. On sites we built ourselves, findings that came from our own work are fixed at no cost.
How long does an audit take?
One to two weeks, depending on how many flows are tested. You receive the report as a document you own, not as access to a tool you then have to interpret yourself.
Do you guarantee conformance?
Not permanently: we document the level of conformance at the time of testing and fix what we found. Every new page and image can change it again, which is why re-checks belong in the care plan.
Is this legal advice?
No. We provide measurement, remediation, documentation and a draft conformance statement. Whether and how far the law applies to you, and the final wording of the statement, is approved by your legal adviser.
Let's start your project
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