Manual re-audit every 90 days
A Studio AM developer walks the site by hand with axe, Lighthouse, VoiceOver, and a keyboard. Same process as the original audit — just scoped to what's changed.
Manual review · Every 90 days
Compliance drifts. We catch it.
Even a fully remediated site tends to slide out of compliance over time — new marketing pages, theme updates, a developer's quick fix that breaks focus order. Our quarterly review retainer is one thing: a Studio AM developer manually re-auditing your site every 90 days and closing the small regressions as they appear.
- ManualReview
- 90 daysCadence
- IncludedFix window
- Q/QNo lock-in
What's in the retainer
Six deliverables. Every quarter.
Manual audit, diff report, fix window, VPAT refresh — the same work, on a schedule you can plan around.
Quarterly diff report
What changed since last quarter. New violations get flagged, resolved ones get documented, and your overall WCAG score is updated in a report you can keep.
Included fix window
Every quarter comes with a small fix window — enough time to close any critical regressions we find. Larger jobs roll into a fresh remediation quote at fixed price.
Between-review hotline
If you ship a major redesign or add a new section mid-quarter, email us. We'll run an off-cycle scan and flag anything urgent before it becomes a lawsuit risk.
VPAT refresh
Your Voluntary Product Accessibility Template gets re-stamped with every review, so your legal and procurement teams always have current documentation.
Dev-team readout
Optional 30-minute call with your developers after each review. We walk them through the findings so the same issues don't come back next quarter.
How it works
Four steps. Every 90 days.
- 1Month 0
Retainer starts
After a remediation or fresh audit, we set your baseline score and lock the review schedule. Reviews land the same week each quarter — you always know when to expect them.
- 2Every 90 days
Quarterly review
A developer re-runs the scans, walks the key templates, and compares the site to the previous baseline. Takes us about half a day per site.
- 3Day 1–2 after review
Diff report delivered
What changed, what's new, what's been fixed. Critical issues get triaged first, minor ones roll into the fix window.
- 4Day 3–7 after review
Included fix window
We close regressions inside the retainer's included hours. Anything bigger gets a separate fixed-price remediation quote — your call whether to proceed.
Retainer pricing
Three scopes. Quarter-to-quarter.
No annual lock-in. Pause after any review. If the retainer stops earning its keep, you stop paying.
Single site
From $1,800 / quarter
Manual quarterly review + diff report + small fix window
- 1 domain, up to 10 templates
- Quarterly manual audit
- Diff report vs last quarter
- Up to 4 hours of fixes included
- VPAT refresh
Multi-site
From $3,600 / quarter
Same process across a small portfolio — startups and agencies
- Up to 3 domains
- Quarterly manual audit each
- Consolidated diff report
- Up to 8 hours of fixes
- VPAT refresh + dev-team readout
Enterprise
Custom quote
Larger sites, stricter SLAs, deeper dev-team handoff
- Custom scope
- Dedicated developer
- Faster response window
- Extended fix window
- On-site or remote readout
Questions
What teams ask before signing on.
Why do I need reviews if my site is already remediated?
Accessibility drifts. Every new page, every theme update, every developer's 'tiny fix' can re-introduce a violation. The WebAIM Million report has found that most homepages have measurable accessibility issues, and drift after a remediation is one of the main causes. Quarterly reviews catch the regressions early, before they become demand letters.
What's the difference between this and running axe-core in CI?
axe-core in CI is great — we'll happily set it up for you, and it catches roughly 30–40% of real violations at commit time. The quarterly review adds what CI can't: a human walking the site with a screen reader, testing keyboard paths, and making judgment calls about things like alt text semantics. Automated + manual is the combination that actually holds up.
Who actually does the review?
A Studio AM developer — the same team that would handle your original audit and remediation. We don't outsource it, we don't delegate to juniors, and we don't run it from a generic dashboard. It's a manual review, done carefully, by people who work on your codebase.
Can you fix the regressions, or just report them?
Both, within the included fix window on each retainer tier. If a quarterly review surfaces a small regression (a few contrast issues, a missing label, a broken focus state), we fix it inside the included hours. Larger jobs come with a separate fixed-price quote — you stay in control of scope.
What happens if you find nothing?
Good news for you. You still get the diff report, the VPAT refresh, and the peace of mind that someone actually looked. No upsell attempt when the site's clean — we'd rather keep the retainer long-term than pitch you into something you don't need.
Can I pause the retainer?
Yes. Retainers are quarter-to-quarter by default with no annual lock-in. Pause it after any review, re-start when you want. If you pause for more than two quarters we'll need a fresh baseline audit before picking back up.
Stop finding out after the lawsuit.
Single-site retainer starts at $1,800 / quarter and takes about half a day of review work per review. No annual lock-in — pause anytime.