Question 1

What is Accessibility Monitoring and why do I need it?

Accepted Answer

Accessibility Monitoring is the continuous, automated monitoring of your website for accessibility issues. Unlike a one-off audit, monitoring regularly checks your pages against WCAG rules and detects new barriers right when they appear. This matters because websites are constantly changing: new content, updates, or deployments can introduce accessibility issues at any time. With monitoring, you make sure your website stays accessible for the long term.

Question 2

Which WCAG criteria are checked by automated monitoring?

Accepted Answer

sitebrunch Monitoring automatically checks against more than 80 WCAG rules based on Axe-core, the most widely used accessibility testing engine worldwide. This includes criteria such as missing alt text on images, insufficient color contrast, missing form labels, incorrect ARIA attributes, missing document language, and many other common accessibility issues. The check covers WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA criteria as far as they can be tested automatically.

Question 3

How is accessibility scored?

Accepted Answer

Every checked page receives a score from 0 to 100 percent. The score is calculated from the ratio of passed to failed WCAG checks, weighted by severity. Critical violations (e.g. missing keyboard accessibility) affect the score more than minor issues (e.g. a missing landmark). For the entire website, you see the average score, the median, and the distribution of page scores across categories like excellent (90-100), good (70-89), sufficient (50-69), and critical (under 50).

Question 4

How often is my website checked automatically?

Accepted Answer

sitebrunch Accessibility checks each discovered page against all configured WCAG rules. The results are updated weekly in the trend analysis, so you can follow how your accessibility score develops over time. That way, you immediately see whether your index improved or declined after a deployment or content update.

Question 5

What are Quick Wins and how do they help with prioritization?

Accepted Answer

Quick Wins are accessibility issues that can be fixed with little effort but have a big impact on accessibility. sitebrunch automatically analyzes all identified violations and calculates the estimated improvement per fix. That way, you know exactly which measures bring the biggest effect and can direct your resources where they have the most impact. A typical Quick Win, for example, is adding missing alt text, which improves the score on many pages at once.

Question 6

Can I share monitoring results with my team or clients?

Accepted Answer

Yes. With one click, you create a public report that is accessible via a unique link. Clients, stakeholders, or your development team can see the overall score, page distribution, and most common violations. No login is required. This is especially helpful for agencies that want to show clients their accessibility progress, or for companies that need to document compliance to authorities or business partners.

Question 7

How does automated monitoring differ from a manual accessibility audit?

Accepted Answer

A manual accessibility audit is a one-off, in-depth review of your website that also covers criteria that cannot be automated, such as the comprehensibility of texts or the logical order of content for screen readers. Automated monitoring, on the other hand, continuously checks the WCAG criteria that can be tested automatically. Both approaches complement each other: an audit covers the complete current state, monitoring makes sure the level does not drop again afterwards. sitebrunch Accessibility offers both: manual audits and automated monitoring.

Question 8

Does Accessibility Monitoring help with BFSG compliance?

Accepted Answer

The German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG) requires companies that offer digital products and services to consumers to make them accessible. Automated monitoring is an important building block for demonstrating and maintaining compliance. sitebrunch's public reports continuously document your website's accessibility status and can serve as evidence to authorities, clients, and stakeholders. Monitoring alone does not replace a complete audit, but it makes sure that automatically detectable barriers stay resolved over time.

Question 9

Does monitoring also work for large websites with many pages?

Accepted Answer

Yes. sitebrunch automatically detects all pages of your website via the sitemap and starts monitoring without any manual configuration. This works just as reliably for small websites with 10 pages as for enterprise platforms with thousands of subpages. You do not need to maintain URLs manually. New pages are picked up automatically on the next crawl, and removed pages are marked as such.

Question 10

What data is collected during monitoring, and is the service GDPR compliant?

Accepted Answer

sitebrunch Monitoring only analyzes the HTML source code and structure of your publicly available pages. No personal data from your website visitors is collected, no cookies are set, and no tracking is performed. The servers are located in the EU and the entire service is GDPR compliant. Monitoring results only contain technical information like CSS selectors, WCAG rule violations, and page scores.

Monitoring for digital accessibility

Continuously check the accessibility of your website

Everything you need for monitoring

Continuous WCAG checks

Measure the level of accessibility

Spot Quick Wins

Issue management

Public reports

How monitoring works

Simple & fast setup

Find and prioritize WCAG violations

Detect and scan new pages

Track trends & find Quick Wins

Share results & collaborate as a team

Monitoring vs. manual testing

Continuous instead of one-off

Scalable for large websites

Proactive instead of reactive

Ready for continuous monitoring?

FAQ