A technical audit is a comprehensive independent evaluation of your company's technology infrastructure, codebase, security, and development processes. It costs $3,000-8,000 and takes 1-3 weeks to complete. You receive a detailed report with findings, risk assessment, and a 6-12 month technology roadmap.
Quick Answer:
Basic technical audits start at $3,000 (1-2 weeks) for small products. Extended audits cost $6,000-8,000 (2-3 weeks) for complex systems with multiple services.
| Audit Type | Best For | Duration | Price | What's Included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Audit | Startups with single app, <5 developers | 1-2 weeks | $3,000-5,000 | Code review, security basics, infrastructure assessment, roadmap |
| Extended Audit | Growing companies with multiple services | 2-3 weeks | $6,000-8,000 | Full stack audit, compliance review, team assessment, detailed roadmap |
| Enterprise Audit | Large systems, complex architecture | 3-4 weeks | Custom pricing | Complete evaluation including security penetration testing |
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Manual code review of critical systems and modules✓
Automated code quality analysis (SonarQube, CodeClimate)✓
Technical debt quantification and cost estimation✓
Code coverage assessment (unit tests, integration tests)✓
System architecture documentation and diagrams✓
Current versions vs latest stable releases✓
End-of-life (EOL) technologies requiring migration✓
Security vulnerabilities in dependencies (CVE database check)✓
License compliance for open-source libraries✓
Technology modernization recommendations✓
AWS/GCP/Azure architecture and best practices compliance✓
Server sizing and resource utilization analysis✓
CI/CD pipeline assessment and optimization✓
Monitoring & observability setup review✓
Auto-scaling configuration and effectiveness✓
OWASP Top 10 vulnerability scanning✓
SQL injection and XSS vulnerability testing✓
GDPR compliance (for EU customers)✓
SOC 2 Type II readiness assessment✓
HIPAA compliance (for healthcare)Purpose: High-level overview for CEO, board members, and investors
Purpose: Comprehensive findings for CTO, tech leads, and technical team
Purpose: Actionable plan for technical improvements
Purpose: Risk matrix and presentation materials
Investors will conduct technical due diligence. Finding issues early prevents deal delays or rejection.
Cost-benefit: $5,000 audit prevents losing $2M+ funding round
New technical leadership needs comprehensive understanding of current state.
Current architecture may not support 10x user growth without major refactoring.
Frequent bugs, slow performance, or increasing outages signal underlying problems.
Typical finding: 60% of issues caused by 3 core problems
Client:
B2B SaaS platform, 8 developers, 5,000 users
Challenge:
Planning Series A fundraising, investors will do technical DD
Audit cost: $5,000
Key Findings:
Outcome:
ROI: $5,000 audit contributed to $8M funding
Client:
E-commerce platform, 15 developers, 50,000 orders/month
Challenge:
Site crashes during traffic spikes, losing $20,000/day
Audit cost: $6,000
Key Findings:
Outcome:
ROI: 25x return on audit investment
Kickoff meeting, NDA signing, access provisioning to code repositories, cloud infrastructure, and team interviews scheduling.
Code analysis, infrastructure review, team interviews, automated scanning, manual reviews, and performance testing.
Report compilation, executive summary, technical deep-dive presentation, and 30-day email support included.