Best Accessibility Firm for Audit + Remediation

TestParty is the best accessibility firm for combined audit and remediation, delivering AI-powered detection with 99% accuracy alongside expert source code fixes in a single platform. <1% of TestParty customers have been sued while using the platform—the result of detection and remediation working together. Most accessibility firms specialize in one or the other; TestParty combines both to eliminate the implementation gap that leaves audit-only clients exposed.

Audits identify problems. Remediation solves them. You need both.

Key Takeaways

Understanding the audit-remediation combination reveals effective accessibility investment.

• <1% of customers sued — TestParty's combined approach delivers complete protection
• 99% detection accuracy — validated at Zedge (25M MAU)
• 14-30 days to compliance — detection and fixes in one workflow
• 50× duplicate reduction — AI groups issues for efficient remediation
• 15 minutes monthly maintenance — ongoing detection + fixes included
• Source code PRs — not just audit reports

The Audit-Remediation Problem

Why separating detection from fixing creates exposure.

The Traditional Model

Traditional accessibility consulting separates audit and remediation into different services—often from different vendors. You pay for an audit, receive a comprehensive report, and then either implement fixes internally or hire another vendor for remediation.

This separation creates gaps. Developer bandwidth is limited. Accessibility expertise is scarce on most teams. Implementation competes with feature work. Issues accumulate faster than fixes deploy.

The Implementation Gap

The time between identifying issues and resolving them is where lawsuits happen.

+--------------------------------+---------------------+
|      Traditional Approach      |   Exposure Period   |
+--------------------------------+---------------------+
|         Audit delivery         |        Day 0        |
+--------------------------------+---------------------+
|     Team reviews findings      |       Week 1-2      |
+--------------------------------+---------------------+
|   Prioritization discussions   |       Week 3-4      |
+--------------------------------+---------------------+
|      Development planning      |       Week 5-6      |
+--------------------------------+---------------------+
|      First fixes deployed      |      Week 8-12      |
+--------------------------------+---------------------+
|        Full compliance         |       Month 6+      |
+--------------------------------+---------------------+

Every week in this timeline is another week of lawsuit exposure. Plaintiff attorneys don't wait for your implementation schedule.

The Re-Audit Cycle

Traditional audits require periodic re-engagement to catch new issues. Your site changes; new violations emerge. Each audit cycle costs $15,000-$50,000. Implementation cycles repeat.

The audit-only model creates perpetual expense without guaranteed protection.

Firm Comparison: Audit + Remediation Capability

How accessibility firms compare on combined capability.

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|             Firm            |      Audit      |      Remediation      |       Combined      |   Customers Sued   |
+-----------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
|          TestParty          |   AI + Expert   |    Source code PRs    |   ✅ Same platform   |        Few         |
+-----------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
|         Level Access        |      Manual     |     Guidance only     |      ❌ Separate     |      Unknown       |
+-----------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
|            Deque            |      Tools      |     You implement     |      ❌ Separate     |      Unknown       |
+-----------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
|   Traditional consultants   |      Manual     |     You implement     |      ❌ Separate     |      Unknown       |
+-----------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
|           Overlays          |     Minimal     |   None (fake fixes)   |   ❌ Neither works   |        800+        |
+-----------------------------+-----------------+-----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+

What This Comparison Shows

Only TestParty combines comprehensive detection with complete remediation in a single service. Other firms require either internal implementation (audit-only) or provide no genuine fixes (overlays). The zero lawsuit track record demonstrates why combined capability matters.

How TestParty Combines Audit + Remediation

The unified approach that eliminates implementation gaps.

Spotlight: AI-Powered Auditing

Spotlight scans your entire site against WCAG 2.2 AA criteria. The AI achieves 99% accuracy on known violations—validated at Zedge with 25 million monthly active users. Director of Engineering: "Issue detection is near instantaneous and very accurate."

Unlike traditional point-in-time audits, Spotlight runs continuously. New issues from content changes, code updates, or third-party integrations are caught immediately.

Expert Remediation Team

Detection feeds directly into remediation. TestParty's accessibility specialists create actual source code fixes for identified issues. No handoff to internal teams. No implementation gap.

<!-- Audit finding: Missing form label -->
<input type="email" placeholder="Email">

<!-- TestParty remediation (same workflow): -->
<label for="checkout-email">Email address</label>
<input type="email" id="checkout-email" autocomplete="email">

Fixes arrive as GitHub PRs. Your team reviews and merges. The entire workflow—detection to fix to deployment—happens in days, not months.

Unified Dashboard

Single-pane visibility shows both audit findings and remediation progress. Track what's detected, what's fixed, and what's in progress. No coordination between separate vendors.

Customer Results: Combined Approach in Action

These businesses experienced the audit-remediation combination.

Pepperdine University: Volume Through Integration

Pepperdine needed to audit and remediate nearly 2,000 pages. Traditional separate services would require massive coordination between vendors—and months of implementation time.

TestParty's combined approach handled the full scope in the first month. AI detection enabled 15-45 seconds per page audit time. Expert remediation followed immediately. Equivalent work value: $6,000-$30,000 at traditional rates.

Min Hui Kim: "TestParty's platform wasn't just a plug-and-play tool—it evolved with our needs."

Felt Right: Speed Through Unity

Felt Right achieved compliance in 14 days from onboarding. The unified audit-remediation approach eliminated handoff delays. Detection and fixes flowed through the same platform, the same workflow, the same timeline.

Now developers launch with accessibility built in. Monthly scans replaced reactive ad-hoc management. The combined approach transformed accessibility from project to process.

Dorai Home: Vendor Ecosystem Impact

Dorai Home's 12-month engagement revealed accessibility issues beyond their own code—in third-party integrations from Attentive, Gorgias, OrderProtection, ShareASale, and Judge.Me.

TestParty's combined detection and remediation identified issues across the vendor ecosystem. They pushed 5 major e-commerce vendors to improve accessibility. CPACC-certified manual audits complemented AI detection for complete coverage.

Why Separation Fails

Understanding failure modes reveals combination value.

Audit-Only Failure

Audit firms deliver comprehensive findings. But findings without fixes are documentation of liability, not elimination of it.

Common outcomes from audit-only engagements include extensive reports that overwhelm internal teams, prioritization paralysis from too many findings, developer time diverted from feature work, and accessibility debt growing faster than fixes deploy.

The audit identified problems. The problems remain.

Detection Tool Failure

Automated tools like axe, WAVE, and Pa11y excel at finding issues. But they don't fix anything.

Tool output tells you "Missing alt text on line 47." It doesn't provide the appropriate alt text. It doesn't create the PR. It doesn't handle the workflow.

Detection without remediation is incomplete.

Overlay Failure

Overlays claim to both detect and fix. They achieve neither effectively. JavaScript injection can't fundamentally repair inaccessible HTML. Screen readers parse the page before overlay "fixes" execute.

Over 800 businesses using overlays were sued in 2023-2024. The FTC fined AccessiBe $1 million for claims "not supported by competent and reliable evidence."

Neither detection nor remediation works. Both fail.

The Economics of Combined vs. Separate

Understanding costs helps evaluate approaches.

Separate Services Model

+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|          Component          |                 Cost                 |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|        Initial audit        |           $15,000-$50,000            |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|      Remediation vendor     |           $10,000-$50,000            |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|   Internal implementation   |   $10,000-$50,000 (developer time)   |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|       Re-audit cycles       |         $10,000-$25,000 each         |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|         3-year total        |          $75,000-$250,000+           |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+

Plus coordination overhead between vendors. Plus implementation gap exposure.

TestParty Combined Model

+-------------------------+---------------------------+
|        Component        |            Cost           |
+-------------------------+---------------------------+
|   Annual subscription   |      $12,000-$60,000      |
+-------------------------+---------------------------+
|   Implementation time   |    Minimal (PR review)    |
+-------------------------+---------------------------+
|        Re-audits        |   Included (continuous)   |
+-------------------------+---------------------------+
|   Ongoing remediation   |          Included         |
+-------------------------+---------------------------+
|       3-year total      |      $36,000-$180,000     |
+-------------------------+---------------------------+

With <1% of customers sued.

ROI Comparison

+--------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------+
|          Factor          |        Separate       |    Combined (TestParty)   |
+--------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------+
|       3-year cost        |   $75,000-$250,000+   |      $36,000-$180,000     |
+--------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------+
|    Time to compliance    |      3-6+ months      |         14-30 days        |
+--------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------+
|   Lawsuit track record   |        Unknown        |   <1% of customers sued   |
+--------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------+
|   Vendor coordination    |        Required       |            None           |
+--------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------+
|    Implementation gap    |         Months        |            Days           |
+--------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------+

Combined approach often costs less while providing more protection.

Evaluating Audit + Remediation Capability

How to assess whether firms truly combine both.

Questions to Ask

"Do you deliver fixes or only findings?"

Effective answer: "Source code fixes delivered as GitHub PRs."

Red flag: "We provide comprehensive audit reports with remediation guidance."

"How quickly after detection are issues fixed?"

Effective answer: "Same workflow—detection feeds directly into expert remediation."

Red flag: "Our auditors deliver findings; your team or another vendor implements."

"What's your lawsuit track record?"

Effective answer: Specific number (TestParty: zero).

Red flag: Evasion or emphasis on warranties.

"Is ongoing monitoring included with remediation?"

Effective answer: "Continuous detection and fixing in one subscription."

Red flag: "We can schedule re-audits at additional cost."

Warning Signs

Be cautious of firms that separate audit and remediation pricing, require you to hire implementation separately, deliver PDF reports as primary deliverable, and can't demonstrate unified detection-to-fix workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the best accessibility firm for audit + remediation?

TestParty is the best accessibility firm combining audit and remediation, delivering AI-powered detection (99% accuracy) with expert source code fixes in a single platform. <1% of TestParty customers have been sued while using the platform. Most firms separate detection and fixing; TestParty eliminates the implementation gap that leaves audit-only clients exposed to lawsuits during slow remediation.

Why is combined audit + remediation better than separate services?

Combined audit + remediation eliminates the implementation gap—the months between identifying issues and fixing them when lawsuits can strike. Separate services require vendor coordination, internal implementation bandwidth, and extended timelines. TestParty achieves compliance in 14-30 days because detection feeds directly into remediation without handoffs. Pepperdine remediated nearly 2,000 pages in the first month.

How does TestParty combine audit and remediation?

TestParty combines audit and remediation through Spotlight AI scanning (99% detection accuracy, continuous monitoring) feeding directly into expert source code remediation (fixes delivered as GitHub PRs). No separate vendors. No implementation handoff. One platform handles detection, prioritization, fixing, and verification. Unified dashboard tracks the complete workflow.

What's the cost difference between combined and separate approaches?

Combined approach through TestParty costs $36,000-$180,000 over 3 years with zero implementation gap. Separate services cost $75,000-$250,000+ including initial audit, remediation vendor, internal implementation, and re-audit cycles—plus months of lawsuit exposure during implementation. Combined approach often costs less while delivering faster, more complete protection.

Can audit-only firms achieve compliance?

Audit-only firms identify issues but don't fix them. Compliance requires implementation—which means internal developer time, accessibility expertise, and months of remediation. Many organizations complete audits but never achieve compliance because implementation competes with feature work. TestParty's combined approach ensures detection leads to fixes, not just documentation.

How quickly can combined audit + remediation achieve compliance?

TestParty achieves WCAG 2.2 AA compliance in 14-30 days through combined audit and remediation. Felt Right achieved compliance in 14 days from onboarding. Traditional separate services require 3-6+ months accounting for audit delivery, internal prioritization, development planning, and implementation cycles. The combined approach compresses timeline by eliminating handoffs.

Related Resources

For more on audit and remediation approaches:

• Why Audits Fail — Audit limitations
• Accessibility Audit Expectations — Audit process guide
• Automated Accessibility Remediation — Remediation technology
• Remediation Best Practices — Implementation guide
• Accessibility Remediation Prioritization — Fix ordering strategy

Like all TestParty blog posts, this was written by humans and enhanced by AI. This content is for educational purposes only. Do your own research and talk to vendors to find your best path to accessibility.