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title: Sources
date: 2026-03-04
author: Equalify Tech Team
description: Cost figures and industry context for manual PDF remediation pricing.
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# Sources
Cost figures cited in the Economics section are drawn from publicly available pricing pages and institutional documentation. Prices reflect manual, human-performed PDF remediation to WCAG 2.1 AA / PDF/UA standards.
## Manual Remediation Pricing
| Vendor | Price per Page | Source |
|--------|---------------|--------|
| [Accessible.org](https://accessible.org/pricing/) | $7.50–$11.50 | Three tiers based on complexity. 90% of quotes fall in this range. |
| [Allyant](https://itsaccessibility.syr.edu/accessible-documents/allyant-remediation-services/) (via Syracuse University) | $5–$8 | Rush turnaround incurs a 50% surcharge. |
| [Skynet Technologies](https://www.skynettechnologies.com/pdf-accessibility-remediation) | $5 | Base rate, varies with complexity and volume. |
| [Accessiblu](https://www.accessiblu.com/pdf-remediation/) | $5 | Standard per-page rate. |
| [EqualWeb](https://www.equalweb.com/11767/11528/pdf_accessibility_pricing) | $1–$4 | Lower end of the market. |
These vendors represent a cross-section of the remediation market. The range of **$1–$11.50 per page** is consistent across sources, with most vendors clustering around **$5–$8 per page** for typical documents.
## Industry Context
- [Equidox](https://equidox.co/blog/pdf-remediation-pricing-am-i-getting-a-good-deal/) notes that automated accessibility checkers can only catch **20–30% of PDF accessibility issues**. Human validators are needed for context-dependent issues like reading order and alt text relevance.
- [Innovation Islands](https://www.innovation-islands.com/point/pdf-accessibility/) summarizes the industry range as **$3–$15 per page** for readily available remediation solutions.
- The [AWS Public Sector Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/from-inaccessible-to-inclusive-how-the-new-pdf-accessibility-remediation-solution-helps-institutions-compliantly-address-accessibility-requirements/) documents Ohio State University's estimate of **$3–$4 per page** for manual remediation of their library collections, and describes the DOJ's revised Title II ADA rule requiring WCAG 2.1 AA compliance by 2026–2027.
- [Ohio State University Libraries](https://library.osu.edu/news/university-libraries-improves-access-to-digital-materials) confirms the scale of the problem: hundreds of thousands of PDFs across millions of pages requiring remediation.
## Our Estimate
We use **$5–$10 per page** as a conservative midpoint for the Economics section. At UIC's scale of 200,000+ PDFs uploaded annually, even the cheapest rates produce costs exceeding $1M per year — and that cost resets with every document update.