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The Technical Audit

Find the cracks in your codebase. Before they break you.

A scoped, written technical audit of your SaaS product. We map every problem in your codebase (architecture, security, scalability, code quality) and hand you a prioritized roadmap you can act on with anyone.

Built for code from Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Replit, v0, and Claude Code.

From a real audit · anonymizedCritical
routes/bookings.ts:21

Anyone could read every host's home address

ts
// address revealed once the booking is 'approved' — that's the whole check
if (booking.status === 'approved') {
return res.json({ address: listing.fullAddress }); // no ownership check
}
13 Critical findings like this in one recent audit
Inside every report
Every finding ranked by severity.
Critical
fix this week
High
fix this month
Medium
plan next quarter
Low
safe to ignore

The report. Plus three things to use it with.

Tightly scoped on purpose. Hand the report to any developer, brief your next hire, or take it to your board.

The main thing

A plain-language audit report

Findings across architecture, security, scalability, code quality, and infrastructure — written so a non-technical founder can understand and act on them. Delivered as a PDF before your walkthrough call.

Plain-language PDF · delivered before the call
Severity-ranked findings
Every issue tagged Critical / High / Medium / Low so you know what to fix this week vs. next quarter.
Prioritized roadmap
Sequenced action plan with effort estimates. Fix it with us or hand it to anyone.

Walkthrough call

A live walkthrough of every finding — 30 to 90 minutes depending on your package. Recorded, so you can share it with co-founders or future hires.

Plain-language explanations

No jargon walls. Every technical finding translated to a business decision you can actually make.

Yours to share

Hand the report to any developer for competitive quotes, or use it to brief your next hire.

An extremely thorough and professional technical audit. He identified critical security and architectural issues, explained them clearly, and provided actionable recommendations with multiple paths forward.
Founder, SpareSpotTechnical audit client · marketplace MVP

What we look for.

Dozens of specific concerns across security, architecture, scale, and operations — manual review by a senior engineer, backed by OWASP ZAP, Semgrep, OSV-Scanner, and Trivy. A representative sample below.

A representative sample50+ items

Security & data

5 of many
  • Auth & ownership checks on every mutation
  • Authorization gates & data-disclosure rules
  • Secrets & tokens at rest (plaintext exposure)
  • Input validation & injection (OWASP ZAP)
  • Rate limiting, abuse & runaway-cost protection

Architecture & scale

5 of many
  • Data durability, backups & tested restores
  • Race conditions & concurrency safety
  • N+1 queries, indexing & query patterns
  • Caching, pagination & scaling chokepoints
  • Service boundaries & background-job health

Code health

5 of many
  • Domain-logic correctness (pricing, state machines)
  • Type safety & runtime error surface
  • Test coverage of critical paths & CI
  • Error handling & graceful degradation
  • Dead code, duplication & maintainability

Operations

5 of many
  • Deploy & rollback safety
  • Observability, logging & alerting
  • Dependency CVEs (OSV-Scanner / Trivy)
  • Config hardening (helmet, CORS, CSP, headers)
  • Infrastructure cost & scaling chokepoints

Is this for you?

We say no to most audit requests. Here's how to know in 5 seconds.

When yes
  • Non-technical founder with a live SaaS or late-stage MVP
  • Considering hiring engineers and want to know what's wrong first
  • Product built with Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, v0, or a freelancer, and showing strain
  • Told to start over and want an honest second opinion

Even one of these is enough.

When no
  • Pre-build with no codebase yet
  • Have an internal engineering team already
  • Shopping purely on price
  • Want a rubber stamp, not a real assessment

We'll save you the money.

Somewhere in between? Email Oussama directly

What does the week look like?

A focused, structured process, designed so you get clarity fast, not left hanging while we investigate.

0day
Step 01

Book & onboard

You book the audit and complete a short questionnaire covering stack, repo access, and current pain points. We confirm scope within 24 hours and schedule the walkthrough call.

1–4days
Step 02

Deep-dive review

We review the entire codebase, infrastructure, database, and dependencies. Architecture flaws, security holes, scalability risks, and code-quality issues, all mapped and severity-ranked.

4–6days
Step 03

Report & roadmap

We write the report: plain language, severity-ranked findings, prioritized roadmap with effort estimates. Delivered as a PDF before our call.

7day
Step 04

Walkthrough call

We walk you through every finding on a live call, answer every question, and help you decide what to do next. Recorded and yours to keep.

What the report actually contains

Real findings. Real file paths. Plain language.

These are redacted examples from past audits, exactly the format and depth you'll get. No vague "your code could be cleaner" advice. Specific file, specific line, specific fix.

criticalroutes/bookings.ts:21

Anyone could read every host's home address

ImpactThe address-disclosure gate was a single status string with no identity check. Combined with an unauthenticated status endpoint, any anonymous caller could approve their own booking and exfiltrate every host's home address — the product's headline privacy promise, broken.

ts
// address revealed once the booking is 'approved' — that's the whole check
if (booking.status === 'approved') {
return res.json({ address: listing.fullAddress }); // no ownership check
}
criticalapp/api/ask/route.ts:50

Public AI endpoint with no spend ceiling

ImpactThe chatbot route was rate-limited only on a session id minted in the browser — trivially rotated. No IP limit, no global throttle, no daily cap. A five-minute scripted attack is a four-figure AI bill before anyone notices the invoice.

ts
// limit keyed on a client-generated id — rotate it to bypass
const id = body.sessionId; // crypto.randomUUID() on the client
await limit(`chat:${id}`, 20, '1h'); // no IP cap, no spend ceiling
const reply = await anthropic.messages.create(req);
criticalpages/listing-detail.tsx:83

Pricing bait-and-switch: shown one rate, charged another

ImpactThe UI displayed the hourly rate as price ÷ 8 while both client and server charged price ÷ 12. The number a customer agreed to never matched the number on their card — a chargeback and consumer-protection problem on day one of launch.

ts
// listing card — what the customer sees
const hourly = pricePerDay / 8;
// checkout — what the customer is charged
const total = (pricePerDay / 12) * hours;
criticallib/db.ts:6

All data wiped on every container restart

ImpactA SQLite file on an autoscale container — no persistent volume, no replication, no backup. A cold start or a second replica means every listing, booking, and user record silently disappears.

ts
// autoscale container — the filesystem is ephemeral
const db = new DatabaseSync('./data.db'); // no volume, no backup
highroutes/bookings.ts:71

Double-booking race in the conflict check

ImpactThe conflict check and the insert ran as separate statements, so two concurrent approvals both passed and both wrote. With dates stored date-only, overlapping hourly bookings weren't caught at all.

ts
// check and insert are not atomic — both approvals can win
const clash = await findConflict(listingId, dates);
if (!clash) await insertBooking(listingId, dates);
One recent audit13-page founder PDF
146
findings across the codebase
Critical
13
High
35
Medium
48
Low
50

Real counts from one recent audit of an AI-built MVP. Every codebase is different — the report shows you exactly where yours stands.

Pricing

Three packages. Pick your depth.

Every package is fixed-price and fully credited toward a rescue if you continue with us — but the report stands on its own. Hand it to any developer for competing quotes; we've talked more founders out of rebuilds than into them. Most founders choose Standard.

Focused

$1,500
5–7 business days

For founders who suspect issues but want a fast, low-cost check before committing to deeper work.

Book Focused
What we do
  • Manual review of critical code paths (auth, payments, data access)
  • Automated security scan (OWASP Top 10)
What you receive
  • Top 5–7 critical findings, each with what it is, why it matters, and severity
  • 5–7 page founder PDF in plain English
  • 30-minute walkthrough call
  • Three paths forward (defer / DIY / hire help)

Credit-back: 100% credited toward a Standard upgrade within 30 days · 50% toward a rescue within 60 days.

Most popular

Standard

$3,500
7–10 business days

For founders with traction (paying users, design partners, LOIs) who need a complete picture before scaling or launching.

Book Standard
What we do
  • Full manual code review (every API endpoint, every page)
  • OWASP ZAP scanning (250+ attack rules)
  • OSV-Scanner across all dependencies
  • Semgrep static analysis (6 rule sets)
What you receive
  • 13-page founder PDF in plain language
  • Full technical companion with file paths and line numbers
  • Severity classification for every finding (Critical/High/Medium/Low)
  • Verification probes — executable commands to confirm fixes
  • What you can safely fix with AI vs. what needs an engineer
  • 60-minute walkthrough call + 30-day follow-up check-in

Credit-back: 100% credited toward a rescue engagement within 60 days.

Comprehensive

$7,500
14–21 business days

For founders preparing for institutional funding, enterprise security reviews, or specific compliance requirements.

Book Comprehensive

Everything in Standard, plus:

What we do
  • Penetration testing of auth & authorization flows
  • Database schema & data model deep review
  • Infrastructure & deployment configuration audit
  • Compliance gap analysis (HIPAA / SOC 2 / GDPR as relevant)
What you receive
  • Executive summary suitable for investor due diligence
  • Compliance readiness report
  • Detailed remediation roadmap with phase boundaries
  • 90-minute walkthrough call + 60-day support window

Credit-back: 100% credited toward a rescue engagement within 90 days.

Not sure which package fits? Email Oussama — he'll recommend one

The Offer

The audit pays for itself the moment you book what's next.

Book a Build or Rescue engagement with us after your audit and we credit the full audit fee against it — Focused within 30 days, Standard within 60, Comprehensive within 90. Zero net cost if you keep working with us. A small, well-spent fee if you don't.

Compare packages

Effectively, the audit is free if you decide we're the right team to fix what we find.

Standard audit fee$3,500
Credit if you continue$3,500
Net cost$0

Why trust us with this?

We've audited and rescued AI-generated MVPs, freelancer-built SaaS, and broken systems other developers refused to touch.

Most developers said it was impossible. Oussama launched it in two weeks. Six months later, 600 paying members.
Annabel F.
Annabel F.
Founder, Bake Genie
Read the full Bake Genie case study
10+
engagements shipped
across SaaS, AI, and rescue work
100%
client satisfaction
every founder, on the record
0
refunds issued
across every engagement
OussamaOussama
Personally audits every codebase
Founder · no handoffs
Most developers said it was impossible and I needed to start from the beginning. By chance I found Oussama, who was confident he could fix it and launched it in two weeks. Six months later we have 600 paying members who absolutely rave about it. I'm a non-technical founder. I built my MVP with vibe coding to hit a market window — it looked good, but behind the scenes it was a mess. Most developers said start over. I didn't have time. Oussama was confident he could fix it and launch in two weeks — and he did. We had 600 users in the first week. Six months later we have 600 paying members who absolutely rave about it. His team has continued to develop our software, and as a non-technical founder that reliability and peace of mind is worth its weight in gold.

Things you're probably wondering.

Straight answers to the questions every founder asks before paying.

About the audit

Three fixed-price packages. Focused ($1,500): a fast review of your critical code paths and the top 5–7 findings in a short founder PDF with a 30-minute call. Standard ($3,500, most popular): a full manual review plus automated scanning, a 13-page founder report with a technical companion, and a 60-minute call. Comprehensive ($7,500): everything in Standard plus penetration testing, a database and infrastructure review, compliance gap analysis, and an investor-ready executive summary.

That has never happened on a real audit; every codebase has something. But if we genuinely find nothing significant, we'll tell you that on the call and refund the audit fee in full. We'd rather lose the revenue than pretend a healthy product is broken.

Logistics & access

Yes. Read access to the repository (GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket invite) and access to your hosting/infrastructure dashboards (Vercel, AWS, Supabase, Firebase, etc.). We sign an NDA before kickoff. No code is copied or stored beyond the audit window.

JavaScript/TypeScript (Node, Next.js, React, Express), Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask), and most databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, Firebase). We regularly audit code generated by Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Replit, v0, and Claude Code. If you're on a stack we don't audit, we'll tell you upfront — before taking your money.

If we deliver the audit and you genuinely feel it wasn't worth the fee, email us within 7 days of the walkthrough call and we'll refund in full. We've never had to issue this refund, but we'd rather offer it than have you hesitate to book.

After delivery

If you book a Build or Rescue engagement with us after your audit, we apply the full audit fee as a credit against the first invoice. The window depends on the package: 30 days for Focused, 60 for Standard, 90 for Comprehensive. No coupon codes, no fine print; we just deduct it from your engagement total.

Only if it's true, and in our experience that's about 1 in 10 audits. Most products can be rescued and refactored faster than they can be rebuilt. The audit will give you an honest answer either way, with the reasoning behind it. We've talked founders out of full rebuilds more often than into them.
Ready when you are

Stop guessing.Get the answer in days, not months.

One scoped deliverable. A clear path forward, with us or anyone else. No commitment beyond the audit itself.

Choose your package

Three fixed-price packages, credited back if you continue. Most founders choose Standard.

Oussama
Oussama
Founder · I'll personally read every message