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How we vet every listicle
Every agency featured on Web Tonic passes our 84-point editorial review before a single listicle goes live. This is how we vet each pick:
Verified client outcomes: We require real case studies with measurable KPIs — revenue, ROAS, CPA, retention — tied to the exact category being ranked. No cherry-picked wins, no unverifiable numbers.
Independent reputation: We cross-check Clutch, Google, G2, and Trustpilot ratings, and screen for review-bombing or suspicious patterns. Only operators with a consistent, verifiable track record make the cut.
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A website accessibility (ADA) agency makes websites usable for people with disabilities: it audits pages against WCAG with automated tools, screen readers and keyboard-only testing, fixes the code, forms, PDFs and media it finds, and documents the result in reports or VPATs. Portland public agencies, nonprofits, wineries and consumer brands often fold accessibility into a redesign, so the audit and the rebuild tend to be bought together.
To make this list, each of the eight external firms had to show a web accessibility or ADA compliance service on its own website. Not all of them have an office in Portland, so each card states the base the firm publishes, and clients and prices appear only where published.
Where can a Portland organization hire a website accessibility (ADA) agency?
Web Tonic plus eight external firms with a web accessibility service on their own sites. Two are headquartered in the Portland metro; the others serve Portland remotely. Four name a client publicly and none publishes a price.
1. Web Tonic
About: Web Tonic designs and builds Webflow, Shopify and WordPress sites from our Portland office, so accessibility fixes, SEO and performance work can sit with one team. The site, code and accounts stay in the client's own name.
Key Services: Growth Marketing, Paid Social, PPC, Meta Ads, SEO, Google Ads, Snapchat Ads, Amazon Ads, Reddit Ads, TikTok Ads, TikTok Shop, GEO-AEO, Webflow Design, Shopify Design, WordPress Design, UGC, Social Media Management, Pay Per Click Management, Marketing Analytics, Analytics Implementation & CDPs, Performance Branding, Performance 360° Audit, Programmatic Ads, OOH Ads, HR Marketing
Industries Served: eCommerce, SaaS, B2B, Construction Professionals, Home Services, SMEs, Health Spa & Wellness, Retail, Legal & Judicial Services, Food & Beverages, Pets, Fitness, Family & Children, Finance & Insurance, Travel, Non-Profits & Organizations, Furniture & Decoration
Notable Clients: WorldRemit, Jack & Jones, Ardene, L’Oréal, Sendwave, Nestlé, Airbnb. Serve Fortune 500 companies and smaller fast-paced startups.
Locations: Local Portland office, with the main HQ in San Francisco and notable offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Montreal, Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and more. Offices on five continents.
Pricing: Custom scope. Flexible and scalable plans according to your needs. Book a call to learn more.
Great For: Mid-market to enterprise-level businesses requiring ongoing, on-tap growth and performance marketing services.
Website: Web Tonic
2. Fab Brands
About: Fab Brands is a Portland branding and marketing agency, founded in 2020, that builds custom websites. Its website accessibility service covers WCAG audits, remediation and accessibility statements, and it publishes a client story from Seattle Diamonds about fixing a site after a lawsuit scare.
Key Services: WCAG Accessibility Audits, Website Remediation, Accessibility Statements, Branding, Custom Websites, Packaging Design
Industries Served: Consumer Packaged Goods, Food and Beverage, Retail, Nonprofits, Public Sector
Notable Clients: City of Lake Oswego, Hazelnut Growers of Oregon, Seattle Diamonds
Locations: Portland, Oregon
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Nonprofits and mission-driven organizations, Teams rebuilding a site to WCAG 2.2, Organizations that want accessibility training
Website: Fab Brands
3. WCAG Pros
About: WCAG Pros is a website accessibility firm with a mailing address in Norco, California, in the Inland Empire. It sells in-depth WCAG 2.2 audits and remediation projects, and its site says each project is overseen personally by its founder.
Key Services: WCAG Accessibility Audits, Accessibility Remediation, WCAG 2.2 Audits, Compliance Reports, Ongoing Monitoring, Consulting
Industries Served: Small and Mid-size Businesses, Law Firms, Healthcare, Retail, Professional Services
Notable Clients: Not named on the pages we checked
Locations: Norco, California
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Small and mid-size businesses, Companies that received an ADA demand letter, Owners who want fixes, not an overlay
Website: WCAG Pros
4. Cascade Web Development
About: Cascade Web Development is a Portland digital agency founded in 2001 that designs and builds custom websites on its own Evergreen CMS. It builds ADA and WCAG-compliant interfaces and runs accessibility audits and remediation for small and mid-sized organizations in the Pacific Northwest.
Key Services: WCAG Accessibility Audits, Accessibility Remediation, Custom Web Design, UX/UI Design, CMS Development, Ecommerce
Industries Served: Transportation, Travel and Tourism, Ecommerce, Wineries, Legal Services
Notable Clients: Portland Streetcar, Travel Astoria, Sokol Blosser, Helmet House
Locations: Portland, Oregon
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Enterprises and regulated companies, Brands with large or complex websites, Teams that need audits plus remediation
Website: Cascade Web Development
5. Harmonic Northwest
About: Harmonic Northwest is a fully remote web development agency whose team is based mainly in Port Townsend, Washington and Portland, Oregon. It offers accessibility auditing and remediation to WCAG 2.2 and 2.1 A and AA, plus custom WordPress, ecommerce and performance work billed hourly.
Key Services: WCAG Accessibility Audits, Accessibility Remediation, WordPress Development, Ecommerce, Site Performance, SEO
Industries Served: Nonprofits, Legal, Power and Utilities, Aviation, Food and Beverage
Notable Clients: Fort George Brewery, Northern Pacific Power, NYC Bar Legal Referral Service
Locations: Port Townsend, Washington, Portland, Oregon (remote team)
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Nonprofits and mission-driven organizations, Teams rebuilding a site to WCAG 2.2, Organizations that want accessibility training
Website: Harmonic Northwest
6. Planet Argon
About: Planet Argon specializes in Ruby on Rails development, product design, and software maintenance. The team also helps organizations upgrade legacy codebases, improve application performance, and scale their engineering capacity.
Key Services: Ruby on Rails Development, Software Maintenance, Code Audits, UX/UI Design, Application Upgrades
Locations: Portland, Oregon
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Growing businesses and established companies looking for specialized Ruby on Rails development, code audits, or ongoing software maintenance.
Website: Planet Argon
7. Bay Laurel Solutions
About: Bay Laurel Solutions is a women-led, LGBTQ+ web design agency based in San Francisco. It builds values-driven websites for small businesses and nonprofits, and its accessibility service covers website accessibility audits and fixes.
Key Services: WCAG Accessibility Audits, Accessible Web Design, Accessibility Remediation, Web Development, Branding, SEO
Industries Served: Small Businesses, Nonprofits, Professional Services, Wellness, Retail
Notable Clients: Not named on the pages we checked
Locations: San Francisco, California
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Nonprofits and mission-driven organizations, Teams rebuilding a site to WCAG 2.2, Organizations that want accessibility training
Website: Bay Laurel Solutions
8. SDG
About: SDG is a Shopify Platinum Partner that has built on Shopify since 2006 and won Shopify's inaugural Build Award for its engineering work on Glossier. Its Shopify accessibility practice audits, remediates and verifies stores to WCAG 2.2 AA as engineering work rather than an overlay.
Key Services: WCAG Accessibility Audits, Shopify Accessibility Remediation, Shopify Plus Development, Shopify Migrations, Custom Storefronts, Ecommerce Strategy
Industries Served: Ecommerce, Retail, Consumer Brands, Food and Beverage, Beauty
Notable Clients: Glossier, Peet's Coffee, Framebridge
Locations: Office address not published on the pages we checked
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Enterprises and regulated companies, Brands with large or complex websites, Teams that need audits plus remediation
Website: SDG
9. A11y Advocate
About: A11y Advocate is the accessibility service of EKG IT, a managed IT company on Camino Capistrano in Laguna Niguel, Orange County. It offers human-led accessibility testing and compliance support for businesses that already rely on EKG IT for technology services.
Key Services: WCAG Accessibility Audits, Manual Accessibility Testing, Remediation Guidance, Compliance Documentation, Managed IT, Ongoing Monitoring
Industries Served: Small and Mid-size Businesses, Law Firms, Healthcare, Retail, Professional Services
Notable Clients: Not named on the pages we checked
Locations: Laguna Niguel, California (Orange County)
Pricing: Quote-based
Great For: Small and mid-size businesses, Companies that received an ADA demand letter, Owners who want fixes, not an overlay
Website: A11y Advocate
Quick Comparison Table
| Agency | Key Specialty | Starting Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Web Tonic | Full-Service Performance Marketing | USD $3,000/mo | Mid-market to Enterprise (local Portland office) |
| 2. Fab Brands | Consumer brands that need branding and an accessible site | Quote-based | Nonprofits and mission-driven organizations |
| 3. WCAG Pros | Small businesses wanting a hands-on audit | Quote-based | Small and mid-size businesses |
| 4. Cascade Web Development | Pacific Northwest organizations wanting an accessible rebuild | Quote-based | Enterprises and regulated companies |
| 5. Harmonic Northwest | Agencies and nonprofits that want hourly developer support | Quote-based | Nonprofits and mission-driven organizations |
| 6. Planet Argon | Ruby on Rails Development | Quote-based | Growing businesses and established companies |
| 7. Bay Laurel Solutions | Small businesses and nonprofits in the Bay Area | Quote-based | Nonprofits and mission-driven organizations |
| 8. SDG | Enterprise Shopify brands | Quote-based | Enterprises and regulated companies |
| 9. A11y Advocate | Orange County businesses wanting IT and accessibility together | Quote-based | Small and mid-size businesses |
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I choose a website accessibility agency in Portland?
Start with scope: one website, several sites, an app, or a large library of PDFs. Then check method. Ask whether testers use screen readers and keyboard-only passes, not just a scanner, whether findings map to WCAG 2.2 AA criteria, and whether the firm fixes issues or only reports them. Four of these eight firms name a client on their own site (City of Lake Oswego and Portland Streetcar among them).
How much does website accessibility work cost in Portland?
None of the external firms here publishes a price for accessibility work, so every figure will come from a proposal. Cost depends on how many page templates and user flows are tested, how many PDFs need remediation and whether the firm fixes issues or only reports them. Ask whether a re-test after fixes and a written conformance report are part of the fee.
What is the difference between an accessibility audit, remediation and an overlay?
An audit finds barriers and maps each one to a WCAG success criterion. Remediation fixes them in the code, content and documents. Ongoing monitoring catches new problems as pages change. Automated overlays and widgets are different: they add a toolbar to the page but do not fix the underlying code, and sites that use them are still sued under the ADA. The firms here sell human testing and fixes.
How long does it take to make a website ADA compliant?
A first audit of a typical business site usually takes two to six weeks, depending on how many templates and flows are in scope. Fixes can start on the most serious issues right away; a full remediation often takes one to three months, then a re-test. For an organization in Portland, plan accessibility as a routine check on every release, because new pages and plugins can break it again.
Should a Portland organization hire a local accessibility agency or a remote one?
Two of the eight external firms are headquartered in the Portland metro; the others work remotely from bases such as Laguna Niguel and Norco. Harmonic Northwest's team works mainly from Port Townsend and Portland. A local firm helps with on-site training or meetings with legal counsel, but audits, fixes and re-tests all run online. Testing method and experience with your platform matter more than the address.
Choosing a Website Accessibility Agency in Portland
Start with your own scope. List the sites, apps, forms and documents people rely on, and note any demand letter, procurement request or deadline. A firm can only price an audit around templates and flows it has seen.
Check experience you can verify. Four of the eight external firms name a client on their own site and none publishes a price. Ask the rest for a sample report, and see how our web development team builds accessible sites.
Agree how you will work together. Settle who fixes what, how issues are tracked, when the re-test happens and who signs the conformance report. Our technical SEO specialists can fix accessibility and search issues in the same release.
Never skip the consultation. Book calls with two or three firms from this list, share the same pages with each and compare the questions they ask about your users. If you want a team in the city, meet our Portland office.
