Brocoders has built products from scratch for 15 years, so the architects reading your code already know what a scalable, secure and maintainable system looks like. We investigate the codebase and present the findings, what can be kept and what has to be rebuilt with the cost of each, and you make the call.
projects that began on code we did not write
properties migrated on one platform, carrying 30+ years of data
longest live engagement still running, since June 2018
mid to senior engineers
What you will get
Architecture map
Services, data stores, background jobs, and the boundaries the code enforces. Diagram plus written notes.
Dependency graph
Every third-party API, SDK and vendor the product cannot run without, each marked with the abstraction in front of it or without one.
Security and data review
Where authentication and permissions are enforced, how secrets are handled, how tenants are isolated, where personal data is stored and copied.
Test-coverage assessment
Coverage by module, which tests assert behavior and which assert the implementation, the minimum safety net per module.
Risk register
Every finding with its severity, what breaks if it stays, an effort estimate, and a fix sequence.
Refactor-versus-rebuild call
A keep, refactor or rebuild decision per module, with the reasoning and the rejected options written out.
Deploy and environment assessment
How the system is built, deployed and run, and what each environment needs to stand it up.
End-to-end test report
The critical paths run end to end against the running system, with every defect recorded with the steps to reproduce it.
- Essential $5,000
- PDF and Word, diagrams as editable source files
- Delivered to your own storage. No portal, no license, no expiry, and no copy we hold back.
What clients say
Who benefits from a software audit
4 buyers, 4 different decisions. The audit settles one of them in 5 or 10 business days.
CTO or VP Engineering, SaaS product 4 to 10 years old
Maintenance takes the roadmap, and onboarding the next enterprise customer is now a risk to every other tenant. The audit settles whether the platform carries that customer, which module caps growth, and what raising the ceiling costs.
Owner or newly appointed technology leader at a live operation
The business changed what it sells, and the platform and the specification still describe the old version. The audit settles which parts of your own specification do not match how you operate now, and what each gap costs to close.
CTO, Head of Integration or deal sponsor after an acquisition
Code arrived with the deal, the team that wrote it left, and nobody has deployed it. The audit settles whether the asset is operable, what standing it up takes, and what the integration date should be.
Founder or CTO on a product 40 to 70% built
The previous vendor stopped, the original authors are gone, and a launch date is already committed. The audit settles how much of the existing code survives, what finishing it costs, and whether the launch date holds.
How it works
A free call with a Solution Architect, then 5 or 10 business days of work. About 5 hours from your side in total. The days below are the 10-day Standard audit.
Before you pay
You describe the system, the deadline and the decision you need. We say whether the audit answers it and quote the fixed price.
Your time: 45 minutes · You get: a written scope and price, no charge
Day 1
We agree the scope in writing, take repository and environment access, and record your own list of known problems.
Your time: 90 minutes · You get: a signed scope and a start date
Days 2 to 4
The team builds and runs your system. AI tooling indexes the repository and traces dependencies at volume, and an architect verifies every flag against the running code.
Your time: none · You get: architecture map, dependency graph, deploy and environment assessment
Days 5 and 6
Workshops with the people who run your critical workflows. The business cases the system implements are recovered and written down, with the data model and the points where permissions are enforced.
Your time: 2 or 3 staff for 1 hour each · You get: business cases written down, security and data review
Days 7 and 8
The critical paths are run end to end against the running system. Coverage is measured per module, and every defect found is recorded with the steps to reproduce it.
Your time: 1 engineer for 2 hours · You get: test-coverage assessment and the end-to-end test report
Days 9 and 10
Every finding priced, the recommendation written per module, presented live.
Your time: 2 hours · You get: prioritized risk register, the refactor-versus-rebuild call, and a 60-minute walkthrough with the engineers who read the code
Why the audit comes first
Capacity engineers in legacy codebases lose to maintenance
Share of IT spending going to technical debt, Deloitte 2026
Enterprise AI pilots with no measurable payoff, usually because the data is not reachable
One audit, in three lines
| HeyPractice asked | We found | We said |
|---|---|---|
| Fix the backend MVP, or start over | No tests, no run documentation, all logic in controllers | Rewrite, and keep the database schema |
Case studies
The stack we audit
An audit is only worth buying from people who have shipped the stack. Every column below sits behind delivered builds.
+ MySQL
+ Flutter
+ GitHub Actions
Pick a date that works for you and we will send the access list the same day.
Start with a software audit
Start with a software auditWhere the audit leads next
What the audit costs
One delivery engine, 2 scopes. Which one you are is decided on the discovery call, before you pay.
- Duration
- 5 business days
- For
- One application, up to 2 repositories, under 3 years old, or a stalled build
- Who reads it
- 1 architect, part-time delivery manager, QA end-to-end testing
- Effort
- About 80 hours
- Duration
- 10 business days
- For
- A production platform, multiple services or repositories, 3 to 10 years old
- Who reads it
- The same, plus a DevOps pass and a security pass
- Effort
- About 140 hours
Both tiers deliver
- Architecture map and dependency graph
- Code-quality read covering test coverage and documentation state
- Security and data review
- Deploy and environment assessment
- End-to-end test report
- Prioritized risk register
- A written refactor-versus-rebuild recommendation
- Effort and cost range for the recommended path
- A 60-minute walkthrough with the engineers who did the work
Against a free assessment
| A free assessment | The software audit | |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | 45 to 90 minutes | 5 or 10 business days |
| Access to the code | Not required for it | Repository, environments, data model |
| Who presents the findings | Whoever the vendor assigns | The architect who read the code, named at kickoff |
| Output | A proposal | 8 documents and a written call per module |
| Fixed price published | No | $5,000 or $9,900 |
| What you keep if you stop there | The proposal | All 8 documents, and the right to take them anywhere |
3 of the 4 modernization firms we read in August 2026 offer their assessment at no charge: a free discovery session, a consultation, and a free system assessment. None of the 4 publishes a price for it.
Schedule a call or send us a message
We are thrilled about the opportunity to provide software development services for your business
Rodion Salnik
CTO and Co-founder at Brocoders
Pick a date that works for you to see available times to meet with me and discuss your project needs. Looking forward to meeting you!