Software audit company
We open your codebase. We report every risk we find. In writing.
Security vulnerabilities, architecture bottlenecks, technical debt, performance issues. Every finding rated by severity. Every one with a remediation path. Report delivered in 5 to 7 business days. No verbal summaries.
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average findings per audit
7 days
report delivery
Fixed
price, scoped upfront
The cost of not auditing
Two teams. Same Tuesday. Completely different outcome.
This is not hypothetical. Security incidents, performance collapses, and architectural dead ends all follow the same timeline. The only difference is whether the team saw it coming.
Without an audit
MONTH 1
Unknown SQL injection vector in the auth layer
No one has reviewed the authentication module in 14
months. The team rewrote it under deadline. It shipped.
Nobody looked.
MONTH 4
Performance starts degrading. No one knows why.
The N+1 query pattern in the product catalog has run
800,000 queries this month. CDN cache is misconfigured.
Load time up 3 seconds.
MONTH 7
The breach. Customer data exposed.
The exact vector that would have been a "Critical" finding
in week 1 of an audit. Recovery: $80k to $400k depending
on scope and regulatory exposure.
MONTH 9
Architectural refactor forced by accumulated debt
The coupling in the monolith cannot be worked around
anymore. A $180k refactor was always coming. Now it
happens in crisis mode.
With a Redefine audit (week 1)
WEEK 1
SQL injection in auth module flagged as Critical
Finding 04 in the security section of the audit report.
Severity: Critical. Estimated fix time: 4 hours.
Remediation code included.
WEEK 2
N+1 query pattern and cache misconfiguration flagged
Performance section, findings 12 and 13. Your team fixes
both in a single sprint. 3-second latency improvement
documented before the next feature ships.
MONTH 2
Architecture decoupling plan scoped and sequenced
The architecture section of the audit maps the monolith
coupling. A 3-sprint refactor plan is prioritized before
it becomes a crisis.
MONTH 9 (SAME MONTH)
No incident. No crisis refactor. No breach.
The $80k incident cost became a $7k audit. The $180k
emergency refactor became a planned sprint sequence. The
team ships features instead of fighting fires.
The accumulating cost
Every day you delay an audit, three clocks are running.
Enter your annual revenue below. The three meters calculate the accumulating exposure from security risk, technical debt interest, and performance revenue loss in real time. These are not scare numbers: they are industry median estimates.
Your annual revenue:
$/ year
Security incident exposure
Accumulating unaudited breach risk value
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since you loaded this page
How this is calculated
Median breach cost for companies your size (IBM/Ponemon 2023)
times probability of breach in unaudited application per year.
Shown as per-second accumulation.
Technical debt interest
Engineering time consumed by debt every day
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since you loaded this page
How this is calculated
McKinsey 2022: tech companies spend 10 to 20% of engineering
capacity servicing technical debt. Applied to your estimated
team cost per second based on revenue band.
Performance revenue loss
Revenue lost to unoptimized load time
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since you loaded this page
How this is calculated
Google/Deloitte: every 1s of avoidable load time reduces
conversions by 7%. Average unaudited app has 1.4s of
addressable latency. Applied to your revenue per second.
What the audit covers
Four audit domains. Every check documented. Every finding written up.
Click each domain to see what specific checks are performed and what the report section covers.
01
Domain
Security Review
23 checks
02
Domain
Architecture Assessment
18 checks
03
Domain
Performance Profiling
21 checks
04
Domain
Code Quality Analysis
16 checks
Authentication and authorization logic, SQL injection vectors,
cross-site scripting exposure, insecure direct object
references, API key and secret exposure in code, dependency
vulnerability scan, session management review, cross-site
request forgery protection, and data encryption in transit and
at rest.
Report section covers:
▸ Finding, severity rating (Critical/High/Medium/Low)
▸ Description of the risk this creates
▸ Remediation steps with example fix code
Service coupling and dependency cycles, single points of
failure, scalability ceilings (what breaks first under 10x
load), database schema design, API contract stability,
configuration management, infrastructure architecture,
disaster recovery posture, and deployment pipeline risk.
Report section covers:
▸ Architecture diagram with risk annotations
▸ Scale ceiling: what breaks first at 10x
▸ Recommended refactoring sequence
N+1 query patterns, missing database indexes, memory leak
vectors, inefficient caching configuration, synchronous
blocking operations, frontend bundle size, critical render
path, CDN configuration, third-party script load weight, and
server response time under realistic load.
Report section covers:
▸ Query count and timing on critical paths
▸ Estimated latency improvement per fix
▸ Priority order for maximum impact
Test coverage on critical paths, duplication hotspots,
cyclomatic complexity, dead code volume, dependency version
health, documentation gaps on critical modules, error handling
patterns, logging sufficiency, and onboarding risk (how long
would it take a new engineer to understand this codebase).
Report section covers:
▸ Test coverage map by module
▸ Dependency vulnerability report
▸ Onboarding risk score
Cycling through domains automatically · click any domain to explore manually
Client result.
Platform audit prior to Shopify V2 migration: security hardening, performance gains, and no disruptions.
Security findings remediated
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before migration began
All flagged during audit. Fixed before the V2 migration
launched. Zero security incidents post-launch.
Performance improvement
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faster load time
N+1 queries and cache misconfiguration fixed before launch.
Measurable improvement from day one.
Migration disruptions
0
downtime events
Audit mapped every compatibility risk and data migration
dependency before the cutover date was set.
Ecommerce platformPre-migration audit
An ecommerce retailer required migration from Shopify V1 to V2. Before migration began, a full software audit was conducted across the custom codebase, third-party app integrations, and data handling processes. The audit identified security vulnerabilities in the custom checkout flow, N+1 query patterns in product collection rendering, cache misconfiguration on high-traffic pages, and cross-device compatibility gaps in custom JavaScript components.
All security findings were remediated before the migration cutover. Performance fixes were scoped as a sprint, completed two weeks before go-live. The migration was executed without disruption to operations, and the post-launch platform delivered improved speed, stability, and security compared to the V1 baseline. Post-migration monitoring confirmed zero regressions on all audited touchpoints.
Shopify V2Security auditPerformance auditPre-migration review
What makes a Redefine audit different
Audits that give you a written report, not a verbal opinion you have to remember.
Written report, not a call
Every finding is in writing. Every severity rating is documented. Every remediation step has a description and where applicable, example fix code. A verbal summary fades. A written report is a roadmap your team uses for months.
Audit then fix, or just audit
After the audit report, you choose what happens next. Your team takes the report. Or you scope a remediation sprint with us. Both are valid. The audit is never a sales funnel for mandatory follow-on work. You are never required to use us for remediation.
All development services →Severity ratings with context, not just labels
Every finding says why it is Critical, High, Medium, or Low, not just what it is. A finding rated Critical includes what a malicious actor or an architectural failure could do with it, so your engineering lead and your chief technology officer are reading the same risk picture.
5 to 7 business days. Fixed price. No surprises.
The audit is scoped before it starts. The price is fixed before we look at a single file. The report is delivered in 5 to 7 business days for standard codebases. If the scope changes, we tell you before the price changes, not after.
Code audit services →Common questions
What engineering leads and chief technology officers ask before booking a software audit.
A Redefine software audit covers four domains: security review (23 checks including authentication, injection, and dependency exposure), architecture assessment (18 checks including coupling and scalability ceilings), performance profiling (21 checks including query patterns and cache configuration), and code quality analysis (16 checks including test coverage and dependency health). Every finding is written up with severity, risk description, and remediation steps.
The audit report is delivered in 5 to 7 business days for a standard codebase up to 150,000 lines. Larger codebases or those with complex compliance requirements (HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2) may take 10 to 14 business days. We scope the timeline during the 48-hour discovery call before starting.
Software audit pricing is scoped per engagement based on codebase size, number of services, compliance requirements, and audit depth. Most audits for a single application fall between $4,000 and $12,000. You receive a fixed-price quote before any work starts. No hourly billing. No scope ambiguity. See the code audit services page for a detailed pricing breakdown.
You receive a written audit report with every finding categorized by severity, a description of the risk each finding creates, and a specific remediation recommendation. For critical findings the report includes example fix code. The report is structured for both technical leads and non-technical stakeholders. You own the report in full.
Yes, but only if you want us to. After the audit report you can take it to your own team, or scope a remediation sprint with us. Both are valid. The audit is never a sales funnel for mandatory follow-on work. If you do choose remediation with us, it is scoped as a separate engagement based on the specific findings in your report.
Book a software audit
Tell us about your codebase.
We respond within 48 hours with a scoping call invite. No commitment until you see the price. No pitch.
Pricing
Most audits for a single application: $4,000 to $12,000
Fixed-price quote before any work starts • scoped before we look at a single file • no hourly billing
Your team's time investment is 2 to 3 hours: one scoping call and async codebase access. We do the rest.
Scoping call: 48
hours
Report delivered: 7
days
Fixed price before
work
Written, not
verbal
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Submit brief → scoping call within 48 hours → fixed-price quote → audit report in 5 to 7 days
