Compliance Assessment
Know what it takes before you commit to it
Most hardware teams discover their compliance problems in the most expensive place possible: at the test lab, after samples have been built and booked in. A missing risk assessment, a declaration citing a superseded standard, a technical file with no link between the tested sample and the shipping product. None of these is hard to fix in week one, and all of them hurt in week twelve.
The free platform tells you what applies to a product type. It can't tell you what your particular design is missing, which route fits your circumstances, or what the whole thing will realistically cost.
The assessment answers exactly that, in writing, in five business days. If you then want us to do the work, the fee comes off the engagement. If you'd rather run it yourselves, the report stands on its own.
What you receive
- Your product's requirements in up to two markets, checked against the real design
- Every gap in your documentation and test evidence, ranked by what would block sale
- The conformity route, and whether a notified or approved body is needed
- A realistic cost and timeline, plus a fixed quote for the full engagement
Who this is for
- You want to know the size of the job before committing to a full engagement
- You're budgeting a launch and need a defensible compliance number
- You inherited a technical file from a predecessor, a supplier or an acquisition
- You're entering a new market with an existing product and don't know what carries over
How it runs
- 1
Send us what you have
Product details, and whatever exists: technical file, declaration, test reports, datasheets. If barely anything does, that's a useful finding in itself.
- 2
We map the requirement
Your product and markets are routed through the regulatory graph to the directives, standards and documents that apply.
- 3
We review against it
Every gap is recorded with the specific legal or standard reference behind it.
- 4
Report and quote
Ranked findings, the route, a cost and timeline estimate, and a fixed quote for the engagement if you want one.
Worth knowing
Checkable facts, with the source. Useful whether or not you buy anything from us.
Incomplete technical files and misaligned test plans are among the most common reasons hardware fails EMC and radio testing on the first attempt.
Source: 2026 industry guidance on FCC and CE pre-compliance
Pre-compliance review work is widely reported to cut first-pass lab failure rates from roughly 50% to under 10%.
Source: Published 2026 FCC certification cost analyses
CE and FCC are separate, non-overlapping requirements — hardware sold in both the EU and US needs both in full, and neither recognises the other.
Source: 2026 electronics export compliance guidance
Common questions
Is the fee really credited?
Yes. If you start a Market Launch, Multi-Market Launch, India Market Launch or CRA Programme within 60 days of the report, the full $450 comes off it.
Do I have to go ahead with an engagement?
No. The report is yours and is written so your own team can act on it.
How is this different from the free platform?
CertifiOS maps what applies to a product type, instantly and for free. The assessment adds a human read of your specific design and evidence: what's missing, which route fits, and what it will cost.
What do I need to send you?
Whatever exists: a technical file, a declaration, test reports, schematics, datasheets, labelling artwork. There's no minimum. If you have almost nothing, the report tells you what to build and in what order.