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title: "Code Audit and Keep-or-Rebuild Verdict, $2,500 | Heartwood"
description: "A contractor left, or an AI tool built it and you can’t tell why it breaks. In 2–3 weeks, for a fixed $2,500: a code-health read and a keep-or-rebuild verdict."
url: "https://heartwood.agency/services/code-audit"
---
Starter · After it’s built

# Code Audit: a keep-or-rebuild verdict on your code

It works, mostly. It’s slow, or it breaks, or you don’t trust where it came from.

We tell you whether you’re building on a foundation or a pile, and what it takes to make it right. Two to three weeks.

Price:$2,500Length:Two to three weeks

What you walk away with

A code-health read and a keep-or-rebuild verdict.

[Start my Code Audit →](https://heartwood.agency/services/code-audit#contact)

## Is this the right Starter for you?

Check any that fit. If two are true, you’re in the right place, and your answers come with you to the form below.

* A contractor built it and left.
* A friend, a volunteer, or a co-founder built it, and they’ve moved on.
* An AI tool built it, and you can’t tell why it breaks.
* A junior engineer built it years ago, and nobody’s looked since.
* Every change breaks two other things.

Not you? [See all six Starters, or tell us what’s going on →](https://heartwood.agency/services)

## What’s true now

You’ve got software you didn’t write, or don’t trust anymore. It’s slow, or it breaks, or data goes missing, and you can’t tell whether you’re building on a foundation or a pile.

## What’s true after

You stop bracing for the next thing to break, and you can plan a year out without guessing.

Setting a corner right starts with an honest look at the corner.

## Where we start from

We lean toward keeping what works. We’ve watched engineers condemn good code just because they didn’t write it. We’ll tell you straight when yours is worth keeping, and straight when it isn’t.

## Your timeline, start to finish

1. 01We read the code and the architecture.
2. 02We profile performance where it hurts.
3. 03We rank what’s wrong by cost to fix.
4. 04We give the verdict.

What you walk away with

## A code-health read and a keep-or-rebuild verdict.

A performance profile, a prioritized issue list with cost-to-fix, and the reasoning behind the verdict, so you can hand it to anyone.

* You know whether what you own is worth keeping.
* Every issue comes with what it costs to fix, so you can budget it.
* You can hand the whole thing to any engineer and they will understand it.

Length

Two to three weeks

Price

$2,500

## Questions you’re probably asking

How much does a code audit cost?+

A Code Audit is a fixed $2,500, whether it is one repository or a system of services. You get a code-health read and a keep-or-rebuild verdict, with the cost of every fix, in two to three weeks.

How long does it take?+

Two to three weeks.

Will you just tell me to rebuild it?+

We lean toward keeping what works. We have watched engineers condemn good code just because they didn’t write it. You get a keep-or-rebuild verdict with the reasoning behind it: straight when yours is worth keeping, and straight when it isn’t.

What do I actually walk away with?+

A code-health read, a performance profile, a prioritized issue list with cost-to-fix, and the reasoning behind the verdict, written so you can hand it to anyone.

[Start my Code Audit →](https://heartwood.agency/services/code-audit#contact)

## You finished a Starter. What now?

When you’re ready, it grows into a **Partnership**. It takes one of two shapes.

* Most Code Audits lead here  
Custom Build  
We build it with you.  
From $20,000  
Rebuild: the read becomes the scope, so a Custom Build starts from what we already found rather than a second discovery. Nothing you learned is wasted.  
[Learn about Custom Build →](https://heartwood.agency/services/custom-build)
* Embedded Team  
We join your team.  
From $6,500/month  
Keep: the engineers who read the code stay on and fix it in the order we ranked, worst first.  
[Learn about Embedded Team →](https://heartwood.agency/services/embedded-team)

Start here

## Start your Code Audit.

$2,500 · two to three weeks · fixed price, agreed before we start

You’ll walk away with

* A keep-or-rebuild verdict you can trust.
* Every issue with its cost to fix.
* A report any engineer can pick up.

[Not the right fit? See all six Starters →](https://heartwood.agency/services)

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