AccessLumens

AccessLumens charges only when the WCAG 2.2 score improves, so agencies can quote remediation work without absorbing the risk of a failed repair. The $5 single scan and $29 ten-pack let a delivery team test the tool on one client backlog before committing to a retainer. That shifts PDF accessibility from a one-off project into a measurable monthly line item.

AccessLumens prices the diagnostic separately from the repair: a single web or PDF report costs $5, a 10-pack costs $29 with credits valid 6 months, and the Free tier gives unlimited scans with no card. Repairs only bill when the WCAG 2.2 score improves, so the agency's cost on a failed document is zero. The ladder works like this: run the free scan to size the client's backlog, buy the $29 pack to produce ten paid reports across a prospect list, then quote remediation inside a retainer. An agency auditing a 40-document procurement archive spends $29 on credits, identifies which files actually improve, and bills the repair work at its own rate. The margin sits in the gap between $2.90 per report and whatever the client pays per remediated document. Never quote a flat per-PDF fee before the free scan tells you how many files the tool can actually fix.

Framework Portability Ratio measures how much of the evidence an agency collects for one certification (SOC 2, say) can be reused when a client asks for ISO 27001, HIPAA, or a security questionnaire. A high ratio means one control set serves many buyer demands; a low ratio means every new framework restarts the audit clock. The ratio matters because agencies sell on trust signals, and a client procurement team rarely asks for the same framework twice. Platforms differ in how they map controls across frameworks: Sprinto advertises coverage across 200+ frameworks from 300+ integrations, while Secureframe emphasizes real-time control mapping across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and CMMC. The strategic risk is lock-in: when one vendor owns the mapping layer, portability is a vendor decision, not yours. Forrester's warning that application vendors control the meter, the gate, and the referee applies directly to compliance tooling, where the vendor also arbitrates what counts as evidence.

Evidence Debt Compounding treats every control proven by hand as a small loan against future delivery capacity. A screenshot pasted into a spreadsheet, a policy PDF emailed to an auditor, an access review completed in a shared doc: each one clears today's requirement while accruing interest in the form of re-collection next cycle, drift between what the document says and what the systems actually do, and a scramble when a client's procurement team asks for proof mid-quarter. Agencies feel this hardest because evidence work is unbillable until it blocks a deal. The framework asks a simple question of every control: does this proof regenerate itself, or does a person rebuild it each time? Vanta and Drata both answer by pulling continuous signal from AWS, GitHub, Okta, and Slack rather than waiting for a human to assemble artifacts, while Sprinto extends the same logic to 200+ frameworks. The compounding effect is asymmetric: ten manual controls cost ten times at renewal, not twice.

Adopt AccessLumens when you can batch client PDFs into 10-Pack credits at $29 and pass the pay-only-if-improved model through to clients, but only if you staff manual review for reading order and table structure.

Before signing a compliance platform, export one full control set and one evidence package to a neutral format and confirm an outside auditor accepts it.

IF your agency already sells accessibility audits and needs a repair tool to close the loop, THEN start on the $5 Single Scan (Web + PDF) to validate AccessLumens output on one real client document before committing to the $29 10-Pack, which holds 10 report credits valid 6 months and can be spent on websites, PDFs, or both. IF the client's backlog is mostly scanned or complex-table PDFs, THEN defer, because AccessLumens flags reading order and table structure for manual review rather than automating them, so your delivery hours stay high.

A productized retainer where agencies scan client websites and PDFs with AccessLumens, repair documents that score improvements, and bill monthly for ongoing WCAG 2.2 compliance monitoring. The pay-only-if-improved model removes the client's upfront cost objection.