# For Compliance Teams - Beanstalk Governance Studio Source: https://getbgs.com/compliance {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":\[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://getbgs.com"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"For Compliance Teams","item":"https://getbgs.com/compliance"}\]} 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. **$399**per month, flat rate **6**jurisdiction-specific VPAT editions **11**formal WCAG report formats **0**cloud page limits or per-seat billing 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. 5,000+ Federal ADA Title III filings in just the first half of 2026, already ahead of the 4-year average $25K+ Average cost of an ADA demand letter settlement, before legal fees WCAG 2.2 The current standard referenced in DOJ guidance, EAA, and EN 301 549 - not WCAG 2.1 **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. ### In-House Compliance Leads 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. ### Agency Compliance Practices 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 **Jurisdiction-specific VPAT generation - especially a dedicated IS 17802 edition for India - is genuinely rare among accessibility tools.** Most automated VPAT generators handle a single edition or map loosely to EN 301 549. 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. PRE-LAUNCH AUDITING #### Audit staging and localhost before go-live Find and fix WCAG violations before launch, not after a complaint or legal demand letter. DATA SOVEREIGNTY #### Source never leaves your perimeter For regulated industries - healthcare, financial services, legal, government - cloud audit tools create data handling risks. Nothing leaves your network. DOCUMENTED AUDIT TRAIL #### 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 $399 / month $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. Is automated scanning sufficient for legal compliance? + No - and Governance Studio does not pretend it is. Automated tools catch roughly 30-40% of WCAG violations. The remaining criteria require human judgment: captions, cognitive load, keyboard-only navigation. Governance Studio includes a manual compliance checklist that covers the criteria automation cannot evaluate, with answers feeding directly into VPAT conformance tables. We have data handling requirements. Can we use a desktop tool in our environment? + This is exactly where Governance Studio has an advantage over cloud platforms. Because it runs entirely on your desktop, no audit data, source code, or internal URL structure ever leaves your machine. Your IT team installs it on a managed workstation like any other desktop application. No cloud data processing agreement is required. What does the VPAT cover? Is it accepted for federal procurement? + Governance Studio generates VPAT® Version 2.5 (the current ITI standard, published April 2025) in the correct edition for your jurisdiction - Rev 508 for US federal procurement, Rev EU for the EU/UK/Australia/India, or Rev INT for international engagements. The VPAT is populated from the automated scan results and the manual checklist answers. You review and finalize it as the accountable assessor. We have an accessibility overlay widget installed. Isn't that enough? + No, and this is a real legal exposure, not just a technical preference. Overlay widgets patch your site live with JavaScript but never touch your actual source code - they don't produce a real audit, a VPAT, or defensible documentation. Courts and plaintiffs' attorneys increasingly treat an overlay as a signal that no real remediation happened, and the FTC took formal action against an overlay vendor in April 2025 for false compliance claims. Does this work the same way for an in-house team and an agency serving multiple clients? + Yes - the underlying audit and VPAT generation is identical. The only real difference is volume and branding: an agency runs the same workflow across many client portfolios and white-labels every report with their own company details, while an in-house team runs it across their own properties. Both get the same jurisdiction-correct documentation. {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":\[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is automated scanning sufficient for legal compliance?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No - and Governance Studio does not pretend it is. Automated tools catch roughly 30-40% of WCAG violations. The remaining criteria require human judgment: captions, cognitive load, keyboard-only navigation. 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