Compare website compliance review options
Choose the work you need before comparing the price. A scan, a consent platform, a practical review, and a lawyer engagement deliver different results.
Reviewed October 24, 2026. BCT publishes this comparison and sells website compliance reviews. No affiliation or independent product trial is claimed.
Compare price and scope
Different services, different scopes. Public information retrieved October 24, 2026.
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| Option | Public price | Scope | Timing | Excluded work | Legal opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCT manual website review | Core $1,999 once. Complete $2,999 once. Single areas $149.99 to $799.99. | Five core areas or all eleven website review areas, within published page, journey, and evidence limits. | Typical Core 5 to 7 business days; Complete 7 to 10. Confirmed after scope and access. | Legal advice, certification, implementation, and penetration testing. | No. |
| axe DevTools Extension Free | Free extension. Paid tiers are separate. | Automated checks of one page at a time in the free extension. | Interactive tool use. No manual review delivery period. | The free automated result does not complete manual testing or give a legal opinion. | No. |
| WAVE browser extension | Free browser extension. API and other services are separate. | In-page accessibility evaluation with detected errors, alerts, and features. | Interactive browser use. | Automated findings require human evaluation. No full conformance or legal opinion. | No. |
| Lighthouse | Free, open-source tool. | Automated page audits including performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO. | Interactive or scripted audit run. | Automated checks do not complete a manual accessibility review or legal assessment. | No. |
| accessiBe accessWidget Micro | $490/year or $59/month for up to 5,000 website visits/month. | An automated accessibility widget and related product features under the selected plan. | A software subscription. A manual review turnaround is not published for this plan. | This widget plan is distinct from accessiBe expert audit services. Do not assume a widget establishes conformance. | No legal opinion is included in the cited widget plan. |
| WebAIM evaluation services | Published typical initial evaluation range $2,000 to $8,000. Scope-specific quote required. | An expert accessibility evaluation of an agreed representative sample. | Published FAQ says usually 30 to 60 business days, with timing committed in the agreement. | The evaluation concerns accessibility. Broader website privacy, pricing, and marketing work is outside the cited scope. | No legal opinion is promised on the reviewed service page. |
| Cookiebot CMP | Free limited plan available. Vendor publishes Premium Lite from $8/month for one domain and up to 50 subpages. | Cookie scanning and a consent management platform, depending on plan and configuration. | A software platform. A manual legal review turnaround is not published. | A scan does not independently determine your legal coverage, every processing purpose, or notice accuracy. | No legal opinion is promised by the cited CMP plan. |
| Law-firm legal advice | Not published on the reviewed Cooley legal-services page. Request an engagement-specific quote. | Legal advice on data and privacy requirements within an agreed lawyer engagement. The reviewed page does not define a fixed website review package. | Not published on the reviewed page. | Technical testing and implementation depend on the actual engagement. Do not assume they are included. | Obtain legal advice and confirm the exact opinion scope with the lawyer. |
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Best fit for each option
- BCT manual website review. A business that needs a fixed-scope practical fix list across several website topics.
- axe DevTools Extension Free. A developer checking common detectable accessibility issues during changes.
- WAVE browser extension. A page owner investigating visible accessibility issues with contextual annotations.
- Lighthouse. A developer measuring detectable page issues and tracking changes during development.
- accessiBe accessWidget Micro. A buyer evaluating an automated widget as one part of an accessibility program, after checking its limits.
- WebAIM evaluation services. A team that needs a specialist accessibility engagement and a scope-specific proposal.
- Cookiebot CMP. A website team that needs to deploy and operate consent controls and recurring cookie scans.
- Law-firm legal advice. A business that needs a legal interpretation, drafting, dispute response, or advice on its obligations.
Which option fits the task?
Use an automated scanner to find detectable issues during development. Use a consent platform when you need to run consent controls and recurring scans.
Choose a specialist accessibility engagement when the central question is accessibility across an agreed sample. Choose legal counsel when you need an interpretation, legal drafting, or dispute advice.
BCT suits a bounded manual review across website topics and a practical fix list. The scope and exclusions matter more than the bundle name.
Where BCT loses
BCT does not offer legal opinions, certification, continuous monitoring, implementation, or a full-site accessibility conformance assessment.
A free scanner costs less for an immediate automated development check. A consent platform operates controls that a report cannot operate. A specialist audit or lawyer engagement can cover work outside BCT scope.
Official product and enforcement sources
- BCT manual website review. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- axe DevTools Extension Free. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- WAVE browser extension. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- Lighthouse. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- accessiBe accessWidget Micro. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- WebAIM evaluation services. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- Cookiebot CMP. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- Law-firm legal advice. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
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