How Much Does a UX Audit Cost?
— QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
How Much
Does a UX Audit Cost?
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The Skins Factory's fixed-price Enterprise UX Audit costs $5,995. That price covers an in-depth diagnostic evaluation of up to two core product workflows, documented findings, prioritization, and practical recommendations. It does not include redesign execution, wireframes, prototypes, production UI assets, design-system work, development, or implementation. Those services are scoped separately only if the findings show they are needed.
The more useful question is not whether one audit is cheaper than another. It is whether the scope is large enough to diagnose the problem your team is trying to solve. A low-cost review that ends with a generic checklist can be expensive if the product team still does not know what to fix first.
Scope Is the Biggest Cost Driver
A UX audit of one onboarding flow is not the same assignment as evaluating a multi-role enterprise platform with hundreds of screens. The more workflows, roles, states, permissions, and product areas included, the more evidence has to be reviewed and the more relationships between problems have to be understood.
That is why serious audit pricing should be tied to a defined scope. A focused engagement can be intentionally narrow and useful. A broader enterprise-wide evaluation can also be valuable, but it is a different project.
Expert Evaluation and User Research Are Different Cost Layers
An expert-led audit evaluates the existing product, its workflows, navigation, usability, accessibility, interface consistency, technical UX, and available evidence. That work can uncover structural problems quickly without recruiting users for moderated sessions.
User interviews and usability testing add another layer because they require recruiting, scheduling, research planning, facilitation, analysis, and synthesis. They may be exactly what the product needs, but they should not be quietly bundled into the word audit as though every engagement includes the same research depth.
The Deliverable Matters More Than the Page Count
A useful audit does not end with a long list of observations. Findings should be tied to the specific screens and workflows where friction occurs, explain why the issue matters, distinguish symptoms from root causes, and prioritize what the team should address first.
The value is decision-making clarity. Product leaders need priorities. Designers need constraints and opportunities. Engineers need a realistic understanding of what may change. Stakeholders need confidence that redesign dollars are being directed toward real problems.
Know What Is and Is Not Included
The Skins Factory's $5,995 audit is deliberately a diagnostic service. It is designed to tell your team what is wrong and what should happen next before anyone starts charging you to redesign the solution.
If the audit shows that targeted workflow changes, a broader redesign, a design-system initiative, or implementation work is needed, that work can be scoped separately after the findings are reviewed.
What a UX Audit Includes
The $5,995 UX audit is a diagnostic evaluation, not a redesign package. It identifies the interface and workflow problems creating friction, explains why they matter, and gives your team a prioritized direction for what should change. It does not include the design or development work required to make those changes.
Analysis, findings, and a prioritized direction.
- An in-depth evaluation of up to two core product workflows.
- Review of usability, navigation, accessibility, contrast, typography, interface consistency, and relevant technical UX issues.
- Documented findings tied to the specific screens, patterns, and workflow decisions creating friction.
- A prioritized report separating critical roadblocks from lower-priority improvements.
- Practical recommendations explaining what should change and what your team should address first.
Design execution, production assets, or implementation.
- Screen redesigns or new interface concepts.
- Wireframes, prototypes, or completed UI design files.
- New UI assets, components, or production-ready design-system work.
- Design-system creation, expansion, or documentation.
- Development, coding, engineering, or implementation.
Any design or development work recommended in the audit is scoped separately after the findings have been reviewed.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Why can UX audit prices vary so much?
Because the word audit can describe very different levels of work. A quick heuristic review, a focused workflow audit, a multi-role enterprise evaluation, and an audit that includes original user research are not equivalent engagements. Scope, product complexity, user roles, evidence, and research depth all affect cost.
Are UX audits priced per screen?
They should not be priced only by screen count. Two screens can contain a complicated multi-role workflow, while twenty screens may repeat the same interaction pattern. Workflow complexity, user roles, product states, evidence, accessibility, navigation, and technical constraints often matter more than the raw number of screens.
What happens after a UX audit?
A UX audit should leave your team with a prioritized understanding of what is creating friction, what should change first, and which issues may require deeper redesign work. Some findings may lead to small targeted improvements, while others may point to larger workflow, navigation, interface, or design-system changes. The audit itself is the diagnostic step; any redesign or implementation work is scoped separately afterward.
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The Skins Factory offers a fixed-price Enterprise UX Audit for $5,995. We evaluate up to two core product workflows, document the problems creating friction, prioritize the findings, and recommend what your team should address first. The audit is diagnostic only. Redesign, design-system work, development, and implementation are scoped separately if they are needed.
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