THE AUDIT DILEMMA
Know enough to price the work—without spending days reviewing it for free.
For agency owners, team leads and freelance developers, code reviews are often time-consuming, repetitive and difficult.
A prospective client expects an informed view of quality, languages, complexity and likely remediation costs. You need enough evidence to scope the opportunity responsibly—but there is no guarantee you will win the work.
Charging for discovery can place you against competitors offering it free. The better answer is a repeatable way to perform the initial review quickly and efficiently.
THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
Due diligence must protect both the client and the agency.
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Too little review
Estimate without understanding the repository and inherit unseen languages, complexity or security problems.
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Too much unpaid review
Spend hours or days producing valuable technical discovery before the commercial relationship exists.
A FASTER REVIEW PROCESS
From repository to evidence in minutes.
Sync a repository, run a complete analysis and explore the areas that matter most to the opportunity. Ada can help answer detailed questions about security, dependencies and other facets of the code.
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Sync
Connect the prospective client repository to the dashboard
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Analyse
Run a broad code-intelligence review covering the core audit areas.
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Investigate
Drill into areas requiring more evidence with dashboard detail and Ada.
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Report
Download a prepared PDF, with custom branding available on the business tier.
START WITH THE STACK
See what is really inside the repository.
A client may describe a project as PHP, only for the review to reveal an additional framework or language. Confirming the complete technology mix early helps you judge team fit and avoid surprises later.
AUDIT COVERAGE
Five questions answered before onboarding.
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Languages used
Identify every language and framework in the repository before deciding whether the work fits your team’s expertise.
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Code contributors
See how many people have contributed and reveal the delivery history clients may never have received from their incumbent partner.
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Open-source components
Surface third-party packages, their status and the maintenance or security exposure they may introduce.
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Code complexity
Use quantitative complexity measures to communicate how difficult the code may be to understand, change and maintain.
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Security vulnerabilities
Rank issues by severity so stabilisation work and urgent risks can be scoped before enhancements begin.
DEPENDENCIES AND RISK
Turn hidden components into visible decisions.
Third-party dependencies are normal, but outdated or excessive components create maintenance complexity and potential security exposure. Clear findings let you explain the impact rather than merely flagging it.
PRIORITISE THE RESPONSE
Know what needs attention first.
Detected vulnerabilities are ranked by severity, helping you separate urgent stabilisation work from lower-priority issues and present a more credible roadmap to the client.
BEYOND A ONE-OFF AUDIT
Use transparency to build the longer relationship.
Keep client projects together, schedule new analyses, compare versions and monitor fresh vulnerabilities. The same evidence used to win the engagement can help demonstrate ongoing value, strengthen trust and improve client communication.
FROM COMPLEXITY TO CLARITY
Move from uncertainty to complete code confidence.
Get the independent intelligence you need to understand, verify and protect your software.
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