For teams selling into the UK and Europe
Trusted European Accessibility Act Compliance
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) applies to digital products serving EU consumers, and regulators demand proof of compliance. Achieve actual compliance faster with DevAlly.
Reasons why DevAlly is a proven compliance platform
74%
of professionals say their company requires accessibility proof before buying digital products.
101 M
adults in the EU live with a disability; around 1 in 4 of the population.
Accessibility used to be the thing we had to do. Now it’s how we build. DevAlly is the first compliance tool our team actually wants to open. It’s beautifully designed, it’s intuitive, and it fits the way we work. We’re not going back.
Harry O'NeillSenior Director of Engineering, Canto
What the EAA means for your product
Since 28 June 2025, consumer-facing digital products and services in the sectors below are now expected to be accessible in the EU. Serving EU consumers? The EAA can apply wherever you're based, UK included.
Sectors in scope under EAA
Audiovisual media
Access to TV and streaming services.
Banking
Consumer banking, payments, credit and investment services.
Communications
Phone, messaging and video calling services.
Devices
Computers, smartphones, e-readers, ATMs and ticket or check-in machines.
E-books
Plus the software used to read them.
E-commerce
Online shops, marketplaces, bookings and checkout.
The standard
The EAA points to EN 301 549, which builds on WCAG. We audit to WCAG 2.2 AA, which covers the 2.1 AA in the current version of EN 301 549.
The evidence
You're expected to explain how your service meets the requirements, publish that information in an accessible format, and keep it up to date.
The UK
Selling into EU as a UK company? The EAA still applies. At home, the Equality Act 2010 applies to service providers, and public bodies must meet WCAG 2.2 AA and publish an accessibility statement. We cover both.
Evidence that keeps the deal on track
The answer procurement needs
When a buyer asks whether you meet WCAG, send an expert-audited report, not an rough estimate.
Know exactly where you stand
DevAlly audits the user journeys your customers take, so you can see when a journey breaks and how to fix it.
Keep your evidence current
Monitor your product between audits, so your reports and accessibility statement stay relevant and accurate as your product changes.
A clear roadmap to achieve accessibility
Book a demoAudit
See where your product stands today, across the journeys your customers use.
Prioritise
Issues mapped to accessibility standards and ranked, so your team fixes what matters first.
Remediate
Engineering teams get clear fixes, in the tools they already use, including Claude & ChatGPT through our MCP server.
Prove
Accessibility experts test with assistive technology and produce your report. Monitoring keeps it current.
Expert validated reports, not another generative draft
Every DevAlly report comes from an expert-led audit. Testers use your product the way your users do, with screen readers, keyboards and magnification, then record the results in a format your buyers recognise.
Your buyer asks for this? DevAlly provides
Proof you meet the EAA (EN 301 549)
An expert-audited accessibility conformance report (ACR) on the international VPAT
WCAG 2.2 AA conformance (UK public sector, banks, insurers)
The same report: the international VPAT covers EN 301 549, WCAG and Section 508 in one
Progress between audits
Audit-ready reports from monitoring
Your accessibility statement
DevAlly works with your team to build one, and keep it updated.
- Expert human audit
- Report built on EN 301 549
- Dedicated delivery partners available
Questions UK/EU buyers and vendors ask
If your product is a consumer-facing service sold in the EU, such as e-commerce, banking, e-books or transport, yes, wherever you're based. If you sell to businesses in those sectors, they'll ask you to show your part meets it.
Not inside the UK. It does apply to UK companies serving consumers in the EU in the sectors it covers, and their software suppliers get asked to show their part meets it too.
For the public sector, yes. Public bodies have to meet WCAG 2.2 AA under the public sector accessibility regulations. For private companies, the Equality Act 2010 asks you to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people but doesn't name a standard, so WCAG 2.2 AA is the benchmark buyers and auditors look for.
The EAA points to EN 301 549, which currently builds on WCAG 2.1 AA. UK public sector guidance asks for WCAG 2.2 AA. WCAG 2.2 AA includes everything in 2.1 AA, so auditing to 2.2 AA covers both.
The closest is the Equality Act 2010 in Great Britain, with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 still applying in Northern Ireland. Like the ADA, it protects disabled people's access to goods and services, including online. Public bodies also have their own accessibility regulations.
The VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) is the template The accessibility conformance report (ACR) is the completed report about your product. Most buyers use the two words for the same thing. We use the international VPAT, which covers EN 301 549, WCAG and Section 508, so one report works for buyers in the UK, EU and US.
No. A credible report needs people to test the product. DevAlly's automation finds issues and tracks progress; accessibility experts do the audit.
Microenterprises providing services, with fewer than 10 staff and annual turnover or balance sheet of €2 million or less, are exempt from its service requirements.
No. Overlays can't fix the underlying code, and they don't give you evidence. Real testing and real fixes do.
Usually 1 to 3 weeks from kickoff, depending on how much of your product is being tested.
Whenever your product changes meaningfully, and at least once a year. Monitoring shows you when it's time.
Win the deals that ask for accessibility proof
Meet one-on-one with a DevAlly expert to discuss what your business needs explore the relevant capabilities of the DevAlly platform.