Accessibility Remediation Calculator
Estimate how much it costs to retrofit WCAG compliance on an existing app. See a category-by-category cost breakdown, compare remediation vs building accessible from scratch, and understand your legal risk exposure.
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How it works
1. Set your parameters
Enter your page count, target compliance level, frontend framework, and team size. Each affects the final cost differently.
2. See the breakdown
Get a category-by-category cost breakdown across 8 WCAG areas. Compare the retrofit cost against building accessible from scratch with a template.
3. Assess risk
Understand your legal and business risk exposure — ADA penalties, EU/EAA fines, and lost enterprise deals from missing VPATs.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about accessibility remediation costs, WCAG compliance, and risk exposure.
How much does accessibility remediation cost?
Retrofitting WCAG AA compliance on an existing web application typically costs between $5,000 and $50,000, depending on the number of pages, the severity of existing issues, and the framework. For large enterprise apps, remediation can easily exceed $100,000.
The cost breaks down across 8 WCAG categories: color contrast, keyboard navigation, form labels, images/alt text, heading structure, ARIA/landmarks, reflow/zoom, and multimedia/motion. Color contrast and keyboard navigation are the most common and time-consuming to fix.
For many teams, starting fresh with an accessible template is cheaper than retrofitting. Our Website Accessibility Checker can give you a real score for your current site, and this calculator estimates what it would take to fix everything.
Start accessible, stay compliant
Every thefrontkit starter kit ships WCAG AA compliant out of the box. Contrast-checked, keyboard-tested, screen-reader friendly. Skip the retrofit.