VPAT and conformance report
A report against the standard the buyer asked for.
$605 per WCAG edition · $1,770 for every standard at once.
Someone asked you for a VPAT and you have never heard the word?
It happens to everyone who sells software to a university, a government body or a large company for the first time. Procurement asks for an accessibility document, the deadline is a week away, and nobody inside can fill it in: fifty-odd criteria, and each one needs an answer you can stand behind.
A report that holds up to scrutiny
You hand procurement a finished document, not an email thread. We fill in the ITI industry template — the thing everyone calls a VPAT — and give each criterion one of four answers plus an explanation.
The answers come from testing your product, not from what a developer says: a criterion we did not check by hand does not go into the document. So it does not fall apart when someone who reads such reports every day asks a follow-up question.
The document carries a date and a product version. After a big release we edit that same document instead of building it again from scratch.
What the document includes
- included: A completed conformance report on the ITI template
- included: An answer for every criterion: supported, partially, not supported, not applicable
- included: An explanation for every «partially» and «no» — what exactly, and where
- included: Hands-on testing of the product before we fill anything in, not a developer's word for it
- included: A section on the rules and on where to report access problems
- included: The date, the product version and the name of the person who tested
- included: The file in .doc and .pdf, both of them accessible
- included: A walk-through of the document with your salesperson before it goes to procurement
Your price
WCAG
$605 per edition
WCAG 2.1 levels A and AA
What the tier includes
- included: An answer for every WCAG 2.1 criterion at levels A and AA
Section 508
$920 per edition
US federal procurement
What the tier includes
- included: Plus the 508 chapters: hardware, software, support and documentation
EN 301 549
$1,190 per edition
European procurement
What the tier includes
- included: Plus the European chapters: software, documents, support desk
All standards at once
$1,770 per edition
One document for three procurements
What the tier includes
- included: WCAG, Section 508 and EN 301 549 in one file, updated together
Extras
- not included: A product audit before we fill anything infrom $25 per page
- not included: Mobile app screens$150–$210 per screen
- not included: Product documents: manuals, contractsfrom $5.60 per page
- not included: Testing a journey with screen readers$175 per hour
- not included: A session with a user with a disability$450 per session
- not included: Accessibility checks inside the buildfrom $1,400 per pipeline
Questions
Can a VPAT be filled in without an audit?
It can, but that document falls apart at the first follow-up question. We stand behind only what we tested by hand: if we did not look at the product, the report says «not evaluated», and procurement reads that as «not supported».
How is a VPAT different from a conformance report?
A VPAT is the blank form, the ITI template. Once filled in it is called an ACR, a conformance report, and that is what procurement asks for. In conversation both words mean the same thing — the document you hand your client.
The requirements say «Section 508». Which edition should we take?
The Section 508 edition. If you sell the same product in Europe as well, one document for three standards comes out cheaper than three separate ones and updates in a single pass.
The product changes every month. How often should the document be updated?
After every big release and once a year. We retest only the screens that changed and change the answers that stopped being true.
Tell us which standard you were asked for and what the product is — we will send the quote by email and call if that is easier.
We have your request
We answer during the hours listed in the contacts at the foot of the page. The quote and the conversation come first — nothing is signed and nothing is charged.