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$2,000
Stack review
Multi-service stack: app + database + infra. 3-page report covering current architecture, top 5 risks, prioritized remediation, hour estimates.
Architecture Assessment · From $2,000
A senior engineer's read on your architecture — before you commit a seven-figure build.
A short-form senior engineer review of an existing platform or a planned project. Written report covering current architecture, the top 3–5 risks, and a prioritised remediation list with hour estimates you can shop with any vendor.
Pricing tiers
Pick the tier that matches your stack complexity. We'll recommend the right one if you're unsure.
$5,000
Full programme
Complex multi-team estate or regulated environment. Architecture diagrams, risk register, 30/60/90-day remediation plan, exec briefing.
$15,000+
Enterprise programme
Multi-business-unit or regulated estate (finance, health, gov). Architecture diagrams, threat model, compliance gap analysis, exec-ready board pack, 30/60/90 plan, named-engineer ownership.
What you get
- Senior engineer reads code, infra, and architecture diagrams end-to-end
- 3-page written report covering current architecture (scales with tier)
- Top 3–5 prioritised risks with severity, blast radius, and exploitability
- Prioritised remediation list with hour estimates you can shop with any vendor
- Honest call on rebuild vs refactor
- Async Q&A for 7 days after delivery
Sample report excerpt
Anonymised excerpt from a recent $2,000 stack review.
Stack review · 14 pages · 3 critical · 7 medium · 4 informational
Risk 1 — High · Auth tokens stored in localStorage
Single XSS vulnerability exfiltrates every active session. Industry standard since 2018 is httpOnly + SameSite cookies with refresh rotation. ~6–10 hours to remediate.
Risk 2 — High · No DB indexes on hot query paths
Two endpoints triggering full table scans on a 1.2M row table. P95 latency 4.1s, will degrade as data grows. ~3–4 hours to remediate.
Risk 3 — Medium · AWS over-provisioning
RDS db.r5.large running at 4% CPU. db.t4g.medium would handle 20× current load at 18% of the cost. ~2 hours to plan + 1 hour cutover.
FAQ
Architecture Assessment is a higher-altitude, faster, cheaper read — perfect when you want a senior pair of eyes on a planned project or existing platform but aren't ready to commit $3K+. Code Audit goes deeper into the actual codebase line-by-line.
$2K: 7–10 business days. $5K: 2–3 weeks. $15K+: 3–5 weeks. We start within a week of contract sign-off.
Yes. Mutual NDA before you share any code or architecture detail. Standard 2-page template, signed within an hour.
We tell you. The report is yours. You decide whether to engage us, your team, or another vendor for the work. No pressure, no upsell.
Yes — if you engage us for remediation within 60 days, 100% of the assessment fee is credited against the first invoice.
Get the report in days, not weeks.
Senior engineer, written report, no slide deck theatre.
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