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UX Consulting and Audit with findings that guide your next product changes.

We provide UX consulting services for product teams assessing a live user experience. We review the agreed journeys and evidence, then deliver prioritized findings and recommendations to guide the changes you choose.

  • 120+Projects delivered across 12 countries since 2012
  • 100+Senior in-house engineers, six countries
  • 5.0Unified rating across 61 client reviews on Clutch
  • ISO 9001Certified quality management, audited by Quay Audit UK
  • ISO 27001Certified security practice, audited by Quay Audit UK

01Overview

When you need a UX audit

We assess live user journeys when you want an outside view of what to improve. The UX audit separates observed issues from interpretation and recommends priorities so your product owner can decide what to implement.

  • A decision owner for the findingsWe agree who accepts the assessment and decides which recommendations to implement. That owner joins the scope discussion and stakeholder readout.
  • Testing selected for the questionIndependent usability testing is included where the review needs user evidence. We agree participant profiles and tasks around your intended audience.
  • Accessibility inside the reviewWe agree the relevant WCAG 2.1/2.2 criteria and the screens and interactions included in the review. Findings identify the accessibility work to consider.
  • Choose the work around the decisionUI/UX design produces agreed interface changes, a design sprint tests a pre-build concept, and a design system covers shared components and their upkeep.

02Proof

UX audit findings and the work they inform

Audit reports demonstrate the reasoning behind proposed changes. Read the recorded results in their implementation context, and the certifications as credentials for organizational handling practices.

  • The Learning Hub: conversion after implemented changesThe Learning Hub's recommendations addressed chat timing, dedicated offer pages and purchase information, including payment options and contact details. Within the first month of implementing the changes, conversion rates increased by 25%. As the team continued optimizing other parts of the website, the customer base grew by 40% over the following year.
    25%higher conversion in the first month after the first fixes shipped
  • A recommendation next to every issueThe school-meal catering app assessment combined user testing and interviews with a Nielsen heuristics review. It delivered detailed usability reports with a recommendation for each identified issue. Presentation decks gave stakeholders the insights, proposed solutions and expected impact for their implementation decisions.
    3methods behind one analysis: independent user testing, user interviews and the Nielsen heuristics method
  • Certified security and quality practicesOur certified information-security and quality management practices support diagnostic work with your technical contact. An NDA precedes access; we agree read-only, least-privilege permissions for the selected assessment. Access to recordings or production data requires an explicit agreement.
    ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015, renewed through a multi-stage audit with Quay Audit UK

03Compare

Who should run your UX audit?

Choose the reviewer by the decision you need to support and whether existing evidence answers it. A live journey and a pre-build concept tested in a design sprint call for different evidence.

An engineering-led auditunicrew Your own teamIn-house A UX research boutiqueResearch
Best forAssessment of live journeys, with prioritized recommendations and technical input for the next changes. Best forA scoped review based on your team's product knowledge and available evidence. Best forUnderstanding user needs and behavior when the decision requires new user evidence.
Works best withAgreed evidence and access, product goals and an owner for implementation decisions. Works best withTime for review, relevant analytics and feedback, and defined assessment questions. Works best withA defined research question, relevant participants and a plan for using the findings.
You end up owningA UX audit report with evidence and prioritized recommendations; implementation is agreed separately. You end up owningInternal findings and recommendations, supported by your team's domain knowledge. You end up owningResearch findings and conclusions, with recommendation and implementation scope agreed in the brief.

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Choose the scope around the open question

For an agreed interface change, UI/UX design produces the screens. A design sprint tests a pre-build concept. For a live journey that needs assessment, we define the audit question and evidence with you.

Talk it through

Define the review question

Identify the journey and the decision you want to support. We scope a focused review or wider assessment around the evidence that decision needs.

Talk it through

Agree the evidence and scope

We review the analytics and user feedback already available, then decide which expert review or research methods belong in the assessment.

Book a discovery call

Plan the assessment

Confirm the flows, evaluation criteria and permissions, including whether recruited participants are needed. Name who will review the findings and decide on changes.

Book a discovery call

Name the decision owner and next step

We assess the selected live journeys and present recommended priorities. Your decision owner reviews the findings and chooses the implementation work that follows.

Scope it with us

In a UX audit, we map how visitors move through the customer journey. Our recommendations cover what they see and when it appears, from chat content to payment options. That gives visitors the support they need to decide to buy.

Olena ZhukUI/UX Designer, unicrew

04Capabilities

What goes into a UX audit?

A UX audit combines the review methods needed for your decision. We select the dimensions and evidence with you before the assessment starts.

  • Usability audit

    Heuristic evaluation is an expert review against Nielsen's ten usability heuristics. We assess the selected flows for issues such as navigation, consistency and error prevention, then document findings and recommendations.

  • Conversion audit

    We examine the available conversion funnel evidence: which steps people complete or leave, and what the interface asks them to do. Journey mapping connects those observations to questions for investigation and recommended changes.

  • Accessibility audit

    We assess agreed screens and interactions against the selected WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA criteria, including screen-reader behavior, color contrast and keyboard navigation. Findings describe the issues and recommended accessibility work.

  • Usability testing

    Independent usability testing uses participants selected for the intended audience and tasks. We agree recruitment profiles and a session plan, then record observations and expectations to inform recommendations.

  • Information architecture audit

    We assess content grouping and navigation for the selected tasks. Card sorting asks users to group material; tree testing checks whether they can find it in the navigation structure. The scope selects the methods and recommendation outputs.

  • UX competitive analysis

    Competitive benchmarking compares selected journeys with relevant alternatives. We agree the products and evaluation criteria, then identify differences that can inform the priorities for a redesign.

  • Mobile and form UX audit

    We assess performance, mobile layouts and forms within the selected journeys, using agreed measurements and behavioral evidence. Our audit guidance covers those review dimensions.

  • Design system audit

    We assess selected components against your interface rules and document inconsistencies. Our warehouse-application work implemented a client's supplied style guide and UX concepts; the audit defines which existing library and screens need review.

05Stack

How we support UX audit findings

We explain the evidence and reasoning behind a recommendation, distinguishing what we observed from what we infer. Applicable criteria and the journey context make the proposed action reviewable.

06Engagement

Three shapes, and who implements the findings in each

Choose by how often your roadmap needs UX assessment and who will take the selected findings into design and build.

  • A fixed-scope audit

    Start here

    A defined assessment with agreed journeys, evidence and report outputs. Your decision owner reviews the recommendations for your team to implement. There is no minimum engagement period.

    Best when
    You have engineers and want an outside read on where users are getting stuck
    You pay
    Outcome based, quoted per project
    Typical start
    Two to four weeks
  • Commission the assessment first, then choose which recommendations we carry into design and build. The implementation scope records responsibilities, deliverables and acceptance criteria.

    Best when
    You want the agreed recommendations taken through design and implementation
    You pay
    Billed hourly, quoted per project
    Typical start
    Two to four weeks
  • An embedded designer on your team

    Long-run

    Continuing UX assessment and recommendations within your product roadmap. We agree the review schedule and how design work connects to implementation decisions.

    Best when
    The roadmap keeps going and you want the UX judgment permanently inside the team
    You pay
    Billed monthly, per team member
    Typical start
    Two to four weeks
You already ran an audit

Review the findings you already have

We assess your existing report against the current journeys and available evidence. A written triage identifies which findings remain relevant and which need further assessment. You then choose the design or implementation work.

07Industries

Where we audit, and the work behind it

A UX assessment needs to distinguish interface friction from the rules of the workflow it supports. Our software delivery experience informs that distinction.

Deepest expertise

Logistics and transportation

Order and fleet interfaces, assessed around the selected tasks, navigation and error recovery. The audit agrees which operational roles and journeys to review.

Deepest expertise

Hospitality and leisure

Booking, membership and venue platforms, including a rebuilt entertainment platform that adapts to almost any new venue type.

EdTech and learning

Search and discovery work on a German teaching-materials platform, and UX improvements shipped alongside the payment work on an online test-prep platform.

E-commerce and retail

Catalogue, search and checkout journeys, including the implementation context of a European manufacturer's re-platform across seven markets. The assessment selects the markets and purchase paths to review.

Warehouse management

A Business App Store carrying more than 15 apps, with frontends implemented from the client's style guide and UX concepts and shared Storybook components. That implementation experience provides context for reviewing a component estate.

Financial services

Technical implementation of four corporate sites for a financial-services group from its internal UX concepts. The scope included accessibility, responsive layouts and technical QA; in November 2025 the client reported all four sites through internal review and online.

Bring us the journey you want to improve

Bring the live product, your goal for the journey and the evidence you already have. We identify the assessment question and scope. For a pre-build concept, a design sprint tests the direction first.

Let's talk

What happens after you contact us

  1. We reply within one business dayWe identify the review your enquiry calls for and the information needed to scope it.
  2. A call about the journey and decisionYour product goals, the journey to assess and the decision the findings should support.
  3. A written audit scopeThe selected reviews, evidence permissions and report outputs, with the people who accept the findings and decide on implementation.
  4. You choose the scope and next stepAccept or revise the proposed assessment before work starts. Most engagements start within two to four weeks.

08Delivery

How does UX Consulting and Audit work?

A UX consulting engagement moves from agreed goals and evidence through evaluation and selected user research to findings, priorities and a stakeholder readout.

  1. Stakeholder Discovery and AlignmentWe agree the goals and constraints for the selected journeys and the decision the audit should support. You provide product context and name the person who accepts the findings and decides on changes.You getA written audit brief with goals, selected journeys, evaluation criteria and a named decision owner.
  2. Analytics and Funnel ReviewWe review the analytics and funnel evidence authorized for the assessment. An NDA precedes access; we agree read-only, least-privilege permissions with your technical contact. You provide approved analytics or exports, with access to recordings or production data agreed explicitly.You getFunnel observations for the agreed journeys, with supporting evidence and questions for further evaluation.
  3. Comprehensive UX Heuristic AuditWe review the selected interface against Nielsen's ten usability heuristics and the agreed WCAG 2.1/2.2 criteria. You provide approved test accounts for the roles in scope and the constraints needed to assess the findings.You getA findings list with relevant usability or accessibility references and recommendations.
  4. Independent User Testing and InterviewsWhere testing is included, participants complete the agreed tasks and interviews capture their expectations. You provide the intended audience, key tasks and the permissions needed for the research.You getFor commissioned sessions, usability reports linking identified issues to recommendations.
  5. Behavioral and Journey MappingWe map the selected journeys from the available observations, showing friction and the reasoning behind proposed changes. We use the earlier findings and ask your decision owner to review the interpretation.You getJourney maps showing observed friction and the evidence behind recommendations.
  6. Strategic Roadmap and Executive ReportWe prioritize recommendations by estimated impact, implementation effort and technical fit. Your decision owner reviews the findings with the people who would implement them and agrees the next steps.You getThe UX audit report and stakeholder deck, with findings, recommended priorities and proposed implementation steps.

09Client voices

Our clients, in their own words

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11Questions

More about UX consulting and audit with unicrew

You can commission a UX assessment before choosing which changes to implement.

We deliver a UX audit report and stakeholder presentation, with recommended priorities for the selected journeys. The scope names the evidence and evaluation criteria used.

Your decision owner accepts the assessment and chooses the next changes. Implementation can be undertaken by your team or commissioned from us under a separately agreed scope.

Heuristic evaluation is an expert review against usability principles, such as Nielsen's ten usability heuristics. A UX audit is the assessment engagement, which can combine that review with other selected evidence and methods.

A focused heuristic evaluation can assess a defined flow. A wider audit can include analytics, independent user testing, accessibility and competitive benchmarking. We choose the combination around the decision you need to make; each method supports a different kind of finding.

A UX consultant assesses the experience and recommends what to change and why. A UX designer develops the interface flows, screens and specifications for the agreed direction.

Our consulting output is a findings report with recommended priorities. UI/UX design services produce the interface itself. You can commission assessment before choosing the changes, or commission design when the direction is already settled.

UX research gathers evidence about users' needs, behavior and expectations. UX consulting applies user evidence and evaluation criteria to recommendations for the product decision you are making.

Research can be part of the consulting scope when existing evidence does not answer the review question. We agree the interviews or usability testing required and explain how their findings inform the recommendations. Both purchases need a clear question and a plan for using the findings.

We quote a UX audit against the agreed journeys, methods and report outputs. There is no minimum engagement period.

Cost depends on:

  • The flows, screens and user roles to assess.
  • The available evidence and any participant recruitment or research required.
  • Accessibility criteria and competitive benchmarking included.
  • The reporting and stakeholder review work.

Fixed price is outcome based and quoted per project. Time and materials is billed hourly and quoted per project; team extension is billed monthly per team member. Implementation has its own agreed scope.

Audit completion depends on the journeys, evidence and research included. We estimate the schedule for the agreed assessment, including participant recruitment and stakeholder reviews where required. Our UX audit checklist explains the review dimensions that inform that scope.

Most engagements start within two to four weeks. That is a typical start window, separate from the audit's completion schedule. Any implementation is planned after its scope is chosen.

We consider your existing framework, design system and integration constraints when preparing recommendations. Your technical contact helps assess implementation effort and identifies changes that need further engineering review.

Our warehouse-application implementation followed a client's supplied style guide and UX concepts, including Angular components and REST backend integration. That is implementation experience, separate from a UX audit result. The assessment records how your current components affect the recommended changes.

We select UX audit methods around the assessment questions and available evidence.

  • Heuristic evaluation against Nielsen's usability heuristics.
  • Analytics and conversion funnel review.
  • Independent usability testing and user interviews.
  • Scoped accessibility review against WCAG 2.1/2.2 criteria.
  • Information architecture, journey mapping and competitive benchmarking.

An NDA precedes diagnostic access. We agree read-only, least-privilege permissions with your technical contact; recordings and production data are used only within the authorized assessment scope.

The UX audit report is the written record of the agreed assessment and its recommended priorities. It separates the evidence from our interpretation so stakeholders can review the reasoning.

The report covers:

  • The journeys, methods and criteria assessed.
  • Findings with their supporting evidence and relevant usability or accessibility references.
  • Recommended actions and the basis for prioritizing them.

A stakeholder deck presents the proposed solutions and expected impact. Your decision owner reviews those expectations and chooses the implementation steps.

Compare the evidence selected, the report outputs and responsibility for acting on the findings. Before you commission us, we define:

  • Which journeys and criteria the review covers.
  • How user evidence is gathered, including participant profiles where testing is included.
  • How recommendations are prioritized and reviewed with your technical team.
  • Who accepts the report and chooses implementation.

Our school-meal catering app assessment delivered usability reports with recommendations for identified issues and a stakeholder deck. We define those outputs and responsibilities in your assessment scope.

A UX audit fits a live app or site when you want an outside assessment to decide what to improve. We agree the journeys, evidence and evaluation criteria with the person who will review the findings and decide on changes.

For a pre-build concept, a design sprint tests the direction. When the interface change is already agreed, UI/UX design produces the screens and specifications. Implementation follows its own scope and acceptance decision.

Run a UX audit when a product decision or change warrants a fresh assessment. The review frequency follows the questions you need to answer and the evidence available.

Useful triggers include new user journeys, a substantial redesign, changed user feedback or a need to reassess accessibility. A focused review can examine the affected flows. Our UX audit checklist helps define the review dimensions; the scope sets the work for your decision.

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