Cardan Auditor

Cardan Auditor is the tool for organizations that want to conduct independent WCAG audits and improve the digital accessibility of websites, apps, and documents.

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What is Cardan Auditor?

Cardan Auditor is a WCAG reporting tool that helps organizations and researchers to implement and document digital accessibility. The tool is based on the WCAG-EM method and combines user-friendliness with professional functionality.

Report with results per success criterion created in Cardan Auditor

Cardan Auditor subscriptions

Cardan Auditor works with a fixed annual fee. Business and Pro come with unlimited audits, so accessibility becomes part of how you work instead of a cost per audit.

Starter

Entry-level subscription for organizations that run a few audits per year.

€5,000per year3 audits per year

  • Audits via the WCAG-EM method (Yes)
  • Templates for quick findings (Yes)
  • Interactive reporting in HTML (Yes)

BusinessRecommended

Unlimited audits. Best suited for companies, government, and suppliers.

€8,000per yearUnlimited audits

  • Everything in Starter (Yes)
  • Automatic screenshots (Yes)
  • Web crawler (Yes)
  • Remote expert (Yes)
  • Support via telephone (Yes)

Pro

For large organizations and research agencies that want to integrate and review together.

€10,950per yearUnlimited audits

  • Everything in Business (Yes)
  • Access to the API (Yes)
  • Private audits (Yes)
  • Dedicated Customer Success Manager (Yes)

Outsource or do it yourself?

Have Cardan carry out your audits, or run them yourself with Cardan Auditor? Below you can see what that difference means, in how you work and in what it costs.

Outsourcing to Cardan compared with running audits yourself using Cardan Auditor
AspectOutsourcing to CardanDoing it yourself with Cardan Auditor
Cost structurePer audit: €1,790 for content, €2,795 for a full auditFixed annual fee, regardless of the number of audits
Audits per yearLimited by budgetUnlimited, as often as needed
Who carries it outCardan expertsYour own team, supported by Cardan
Planning and lead timeDepends on Cardan's schedulePlan it yourself, no waiting time
Internal knowledgeLimited, knowledge stays with CardanGrows with every audit you run yourself
Following up on findingsSeparate, yearly projectA continuous part of your own workflow
ExtrasNot included10% discount on other Cardan services, access to the Auditor community and Cardan as your standing helpline

From 5 content audits per year, Auditor Business is already cheaper than outsourcing. At 10 audits you save up to €19,950 per year with Business compared to fully outsourcing.

These are the direct costs per audit. Running audits yourself also takes your own team's time.

All features per subscription

The tables below give an overview of all features per subscription. The trial environment lets you try out every feature for 7 days, including those of Business and Pro.

All features per subscription
DescriptionTrialStarterBusinessPro
7 days1 year1 year1 year
AuditsUnlimited3 per yearUnlimitedUnlimited
YesYesYesYes
NoYesYesYes
YesYesYesYes
YesYesYesYes
YesYesYesYes
YesYesYesYes
Maximum upload size for attachments2 MB5 MB10 MB20 MB
NoNoYesYes
NoNoYesYes
NoNoNoYes

Automation

Automation
DescriptionTrialStarterBusinessPro
YesNoYesYes
YesNoYesYes
YesNoNoYes
YesYesYesYes

Reporting

Reporting
DescriptionTrialStarterBusinessPro
YesYesYesYes
YesNoYesYes
YesNoYesYes
YesNoYesYes

Management

Management
DescriptionTrialStarterBusinessPro
YesYesYesYes
Add your own projectsNoYesYesYes
Add your own audit typesNoYesYesYes
Add your own clientsNoNoYesYes

Support

Support
DescriptionTrialStarterBusinessPro
YesYesYesYes
NoNoYesYes
NoNoYesYes
NoNoNoYes

Extras

Extras
DescriptionTrialStarterBusinessPro
NoYesYesYes
NoYesYesYes

The benefits of Cardan Auditor

With Cardan Auditor, you have complete control over digital accessibility. You can conduct WCAG audits whenever it suits you, without having to rely on external agencies or their schedules. This saves time and money, while increasing the quality and speed of your audits.

  • Unlimited auditing, so you find and fix problems earlier and more often, before they pile up

  • Cardan as your standing helpline: a remote expert available for questions during the audit

  • 10% discount on all other Cardan services (consultancy, training, project management)

  • Access to the Auditor community, where findings and reports are easy to share with other users

  • Accessibility auditing becomes part of your own workflow and definition of done, instead of a separate yearly project

  • Plan audits whenever it suits you, with no waiting on an external agency’s schedule

  • Knowledge of and ownership over digital accessibility stays and grows inside your own organisation

With Cardan Auditor, you not only work more efficiently, but also future-proof. You set the pace and the tool supports you every step of the way.

Explore the future of WCAG audits

Digital accessibility should be a given for every organization, large or small. With Cardan Auditor, we make independent WCAG audits accessible and scalable. This allows you to contribute directly to an inclusive digital world.

Who is Cardan Auditor for?

Cardan Auditor is developed for anyone who wants to take responsibility for digital accessibility. Whether you work for a government organization that must comply with legal obligations, a healthcare institution where inclusion is central, or an IT or marketing team that wants to structurally guarantee accessibility, this tool seamlessly meets your needs.

Cardan Auditor also offers solutions for education and business. Developers, UX designers, content teams, and policymakers use the tool to make accessibility research an integral part of their processes.

You'r supported every step of the way

Kristel van der Weerden, webmaster at the municipality of Tilburg

Features of Cardan Auditor

WCAG audit

  • Check out your channels using the WCAG-EM method.

  • Audit all success criteria from WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 at levels A, AA, and AAA.

Efficiency & reusability

  • Use predefined findings.

  • Add your own templates for common errors.

Collaborating with colleagues

  • Provide internal feedback.

  • Add comments and notes to findings.

Privacy options

  • Hide URLs in the report for anonymous research.

  • Results are only visible to you in a private audit.

Automation

  • Use the web crawler to scan your public website and automatically add pages to your sample.

  • Generate screenshots automatically in the sample.

Integrations

  • Synchronize all research data with your own system via the REST API (only available in PRO).

Ready to get started with Cardan Auditor?

Ready to start conducting WCAG audits yourself? Get started today with a trial account so you can try out Auditor yourself.

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