For Compliance & Legal Teams
Defensible Documentation.
Every Jurisdiction.
Whether you're an in-house compliance lead governing one portfolio or an agency compliance practice serving many clients, Governance Studio produces the formal, jurisdiction-correct paper trail regulators and procurement teams actually ask for - not just a pass/fail score.
The Risk
Accessibility is no longer optional. The legal exposure is real.
ADA website accessibility lawsuits have surged year after year. The question compliance teams actually get asked is no longer "is the site accessible" - it's "do you have a documented program, with evidence."
The documentation gap most teams carry
A one-off audit from two years ago is not a program. A badge widget is not an ACR. An accessibility statement with no audit data behind it is a liability, not an asset.
Sources:
[1] Seyfarth ADA Title III Mid-Year Review, September 2026.
Who This Is For
One tool, two compliance workflows.
The underlying work is the same - formal, defensible accessibility documentation - whether it's your own portfolio or a client's.
Heads of Accessibility, General Counsel, and compliance officers who need ACR/VPAT, formal audit reports, and accessibility statements to satisfy regulators, procurement officers, and legal counsel - across every property in the portfolio, not just the flagship site.
Legal and compliance-focused web agencies advising clients on ADA, Section 508, or EAA compliance. You need ACR/VPAT documentation and evidence-grade audit reports for legal proceedings or government procurement - white-labeled, with your name on every document.
Jurisdiction Coverage
One audit. Six jurisdiction-correct VPAT® editions.
Governance Studio generates a full VPAT® Version 2.5 as an editable Word document, with the correct edition, success-criteria mapping, legal citations, and document classification for your jurisdiction - automatically.
United States
VPAT® Rev 508, mapped to Section 508
European Union
VPAT® Rev EU, mapped to EN 301 549 V3.2.1, EU Web Accessibility Directive, European Accessibility Act
United Kingdom
VPAT® Rev EU, mapped to EN 301 549 V3.2.1, PSBAR 2018, Equality Act 2010
Australia
VPAT® Rev EU, mapped to EN 301 549 V3.2.1, Disability Discrimination Act 1992
India
VPAT® Rev INT, mapped to IS 17802:2021, RPwD Act 2016
International
VPAT® Rev INT, mapped to EN 301 549 V3.2.1
Pre-Production Compliance
Catch violations before they reach production.
Because Governance Studio runs on your desktop, compliance review isn't limited to what's already live - staging environments, localhost builds, and internal preview URLs can all be audited before launch.
Uncapped local scanning. Full data sovereignty.
The audit engine runs entirely on your machine. No source code, no unreleased content, no internal environment details ever reach a third-party server - critical for healthcare, legal, financial, and government organizations.
Audit staging and localhost before go-live
Find and fix WCAG violations before launch, not after a complaint or legal demand letter.
Source never leaves your perimeter
For regulated industries - healthcare, financial services, legal, government - cloud audit tools create data handling risks. Nothing leaves your network.
Every engagement, fully documented
Each audit run produces a complete documentation package - the evidence regulators and auditors actually ask for, not just a dashboard screenshot.
Return on Investment
The cost of non-compliance far exceeds the cost of the tool.
At $399/month ($4,450/year), Governance Studio costs less than a single demand letter settlement - and produces the documentation that makes demand letters less likely.
| Scenario | Without a compliance program | With Governance Studio | Annual saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADA demand letter response | $25,000-$50,000 settlement + $15,000+ legal fees | Documented audit trail reduces exposure and settlement leverage | $30,000-$60,000 |
| Government procurement VPAT | $5,000-$15,000 per manual VPAT from a consultant | VPAT generated in one click per property | $5K-$15K / contract |
| vs enterprise monitoring platforms (5 sites) | $75,000-$200,000/year | $4,450/year - same portfolio coverage | $70K-$196K/yr |
| Manual audit report assembly | 20-40 hours per property per audit cycle | Reports auto-generated after each audit run | $2,000-$6,000 / audit |
Pricing
One license. Every compliance deliverable. No per-page fees.
A single flat price covers unlimited WCAG audits and compliance documentation across every property you own - and includes AEO/SEO and Site Health tools in the same license, not a separate add-on.
Governance Studio License
$4,450 billed annually - or month-to-month at $399
- Unlimited properties - no domain or site cap
- Unlimited pages - no volume tiers or overages
- Unlimited audit runs - scan as often as needed
- 5 simultaneous sign-ins, each with their own login
- All 11 WCAG report formats included
- VPAT® Version 2.5 - US, EU, UK, Australia, India & International editions
- WCAG 2.2 AA + Section 508 + ADA + EN 301 549 + IS 17802
- Manual compliance checklist - feeds VPAT tables
- Verification reports - documented audit trail built in
- Also included: AI & Search Readiness (AEO/SEO) - 7 reports, 8 AI crawler checks
- Also included: Site Health tools - broken links, regex, meta, images
- Localhost, staging & authenticated-page scanning
- 7-day free trial - no credit card required
Common Questions
Things compliance teams ask us.
Ready to build a defensible compliance program?
Download the app, create your free trial account, and run a real audit on one of your properties. See exactly what your compliance team would receive. No call required.
$399/mo - Unlimited properties - 5 simultaneous sign-ins - 7-day free trial - no credit card required