FreeWCAG 2.2 AAEN 301 549European Accessibility Act

Accessibility audits for the European Accessibility Act.

Honest about what a machine can check. Paste a web address: we load up to 10 pages in a real browser and test them against WCAG 2.2 AA, the criteria behind EN 301 549. You get a report to save as PDF or share for 7 days.

For example example.com or https://example.com/shop

  • No account
  • Up to 10 pages
  • Usually under a minute
  • Deleted after 7 days
Example One square per WCAG 2.2 A and AA criterion, for a made-up shop.

How it works

Three answers. Never a fake pass.

Every result says how sure the machine is, so you know where to spend a person’s time.

  • Fails

    Problems the machine is certain about. Each breaks a WCAG success criterion as written.

    Fix these first

  • Needs review

    Things the machine noticed that a person has to confirm.

    A person decides

  • Manual checks

    Criteria no machine can settle, with instructions for testing them yourself.

    A checklist for your testers

Automated testing covers only part of WCAG 2.2.

Every report says exactly which part. The score only covers what a machine can test. It is not a compliance verdict, and we will never hand you a badge that says otherwise.

What we do to your site

We look. We never touch.

10 pages at most
The address you give, plus same-site links from it. We skip login, basket and admin pages.
2 screen widths
Pages are rendered in Chromium at 1280 px, and at 320 px for the WCAG reflow check.
7 days, then deleted
The report and its screenshots are removed. Save a PDF to keep a copy.
0 IP addresses stored
We keep a salted hash for rate limiting, never the address itself. The limit is 10 audits per hour per connection.

Background

Why EN 301 549?

Since 28 June 2025 the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882) applies to many products and services sold in the EU, including e-commerce, banking, passenger transport, e-books and electronic communications. EN 301 549 is the harmonised standard used to show conformity; its web requirements follow WCAG AA.

EN 301 549 V3.2.1 references WCAG 2.1. We test WCAG 2.2 AA, which the next revision adopts, and mark the clauses that come from it. Micro-enterprises providing services are exempt; public sector sites fall under the Web Accessibility Directive instead. This is information, not legal advice.