EAA Compliance Audit Tool

An EAA compliance audit evaluates whether your website meets the accessibility requirements established by the European Accessibility Act (Directive 2019/882). Since the EAA references EN 301 549, which incorporates WCAG 2.1 Level AA, an EAA audit is fundamentally a structured WCAG 2.1 AA assessment.

A comprehensive EAA compliance audit includes:

• Automated scanning: Programmatic evaluation of web pages against WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria. Detects issues like missing alt text, contrast failures, form label problems, and ARIA errors. CompliScan handles this step
• Manual testing: Human evaluation of aspects that automated tools cannot assess — alt text quality, reading order logic, complex interaction patterns, and cognitive accessibility
• Assistive technology testing: Verification that the website works correctly with screen readers (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver), screen magnifiers, and alternative input devices
• User journey analysis: End-to-end testing of critical user flows (registration, purchase, account management) to ensure the complete experience is accessible

CompliScan's automated audit provides the essential first layer — identifying the 30-40% of WCAG issues that can be detected programmatically.

Understanding the strengths and limitations of each audit approach helps you build an effective EAA compliance program:

• Automated audits (CompliScan): Fast, consistent, and repeatable. Can scan hundreds of pages in minutes. Excellent at detecting contrast issues, missing attributes, structural problems, and ARIA syntax errors. Cannot evaluate subjective criteria like alt text meaning or reading order logic. Catches approximately 30-40% of WCAG issues
• Manual audits: Slower and more expensive, but necessary for full coverage. Expert auditors evaluate content quality, interaction patterns, and overall user experience with assistive technologies. Essential for criteria that require human judgment
• Hybrid approach (recommended): Use CompliScan for continuous automated monitoring, supplemented by periodic manual audits (quarterly or after major redesigns). This provides both breadth (automated coverage of all pages) and depth (expert evaluation of key journeys)

For most organizations, starting with CompliScan's automated audit is the most practical first step. It immediately identifies fixable issues and establishes a compliance baseline, allowing you to allocate manual audit resources more effectively.

Getting started with an EAA compliance audit through CompliScan is straightforward:

• Step 1 — Enter your URL: Use the free CompliScan scanner to scan any publicly accessible page. The scan runs in seconds using Playwright and axe-core to evaluate the rendered page
• Step 2 — Review results: Your audit report shows a compliance score, total violations found, and each issue categorized by WCAG success criteria and severity (critical, serious, moderate, minor)
• Step 3 — Examine AI fixes: Each violation includes an AI-generated fix suggestion with specific code changes. This transforms abstract WCAG criteria into concrete developer tasks
• Step 4 — Prioritize remediation: Focus on critical and serious violations first. These have the greatest impact on user experience and are most likely to trigger enforcement action

After your initial audit, set up ongoing monitoring. Accessibility regresses with every content update, design change, or third-party script addition. Regular automated audits catch these regressions early.

CompliScan offers audit capabilities at every scale:

• Free Audit ($0): Single page scan with compliance score, violation list, and AI fix suggestions. Perfect for an initial EAA compliance check. No account required
• Shield ($49/mo): Audit up to 3 sites with weekly automated scans. Full scan history lets you track compliance improvement over time. Ideal for individual businesses maintaining EAA compliance
• Shield Pro ($149/mo): Audit up to 10 sites with daily scans. PDF compliance reports provide formal documentation suitable for regulatory inquiries. Export results for stakeholder reporting
• Agency ($299/mo): Audit up to 50 sites with priority scanning. White-label PDF reports let agencies deliver branded compliance audits to their clients. Bulk management dashboard for multi-site oversight

All paid plans include annual billing options: Shield $470/year, Shield Pro $1,430/year, Agency $2,870/year. Annual plans provide 2 months free compared to monthly billing.