Cost guide

Secure Code Review Cost

Secure code review starts at $4,800 for a focused codebase, fixed in writing before work begins. AI-assisted static analysis triages the code and senior reviewers verify every finding by hand, tracing injection, authentication, and logic flaws to the exact line, with a free re-review once the fixes merge.

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Secure Code ReviewFixed price

Small

A single service or module, roughly up to twenty thousand lines in one language, or a focused review of one high-risk feature or pull request.

$4,800

Medium

A full application of moderate size across one or two languages, with authentication, data access, and integrations to trace from source to sink.

$8,900

Large

A large or multi-repository codebase across several languages and services, with extensive business logic and a wide dependency tree to review.

$12,000

Free retest includedFrom $4,800

What moves the number

What drives the cost of secure code review

Lines of code and repository size

The volume of code is the main lever. A focused module of a few thousand lines is quick; a large multi-service codebase of hundreds of thousands of lines takes proportionally longer to trace properly.

Number of languages and frameworks

One language and framework is efficient; a stack spanning JavaScript, Python, Go, and C# means several review contexts. Each language carries its own dangerous patterns and idioms to check.

Business logic and sensitive flows

Authentication, payments, and access-control code are where the serious findings hide, and they take time to follow from source to sink. The more custom and sensitive logic the code carries, the deeper the review.

Whole codebase or a change

A full application review is larger than a focused look at one new feature or a high-risk pull request. Scoping to the change you care about is a legitimate way to keep the number down.

Dependencies and configuration

Third-party libraries, infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD definitions add supply-chain and configuration risk to review. A codebase with a large dependency tree and heavy IaC has more surface than application code alone.

In the price

What every secure code review price includes

✓AI-assisted static analysis with every flagged finding verified by a human reviewer
✓Findings traced to the exact file and line, from source to sink, mapped to CWE and OWASP ASVS
✓A developer walkthrough call after delivery
✓A fixed price agreed in writing before work begins, with no hourly billing
✓An executive summary for leadership and a full technical report with reproduction steps
✓A free re-review of remediated code once the fixes merge, with findings updated to show them closed
✓An attestation letter and findings platform access at no extra cost
✓Senior in-house testers, OSCP and OSCE3 certified

Keep it tight

How to keep the price down

01Scope to the services or modules that carry real risk, such as authentication and payments, rather than the whole monorepo. Focused review of what matters costs less than boiling the ocean.
02Give read-only access to a specific branch or tag. It is faster than assembling a snapshot and lets us trace history and configuration, so effort goes into review, not setup.
03Share your threat model and architecture notes up front. Knowing what the code is meant to do lets us aim manual review at the risky paths instead of learning the system cold.
04Review a high-risk feature or pull request rather than the full codebase when that is the real question. Change-sized reviews are priced by the change, not the repository.

Timeline

Onboarding begins within 24 hours of a signed proposal, and the review usually starts within a week of scoping, once repository access is set up. A focused module runs about a week; a large multi-repository codebase takes longer. A developer walkthrough follows delivery, and the free re-review runs once the fixes merge.

Priced the same forPCI DSS SOC 2 ISO 27001

FAQ

Questions about secure code review cost

01How much does a secure code review cost?

It starts at $4,800 for a focused codebase, fixed before work begins, with a free re-review once the fixes merge. Medium codebases start at $8,900 and large or multi-repository ones at $12,000. Share your repository structure during scoping for a fixed price. See the pricing page.

02What drives the price of a code review?

The volume of code, the number of languages and frameworks, and how much sensitive business logic the code carries. A focused module in one language is quick; a large multi-service codebase across several languages with a wide dependency tree takes proportionally longer to trace properly.

03Does the AI assistance mean a cheaper, shallower review?

No. AI-assisted static analysis triages the code and traces data flow quickly, but it never decides the outcome. A senior reviewer confirms or discards every candidate and hunts the logic flaws no tool reasons about, so what reaches your report is verified by a person.

04Can we review just one feature or a pull request to save money?

Yes. Focused reviews of a new payment flow, an authentication rewrite, or a high-risk pull request are common and priced by the size of the change rather than the whole repository. It is a legitimate way to aim the budget at the code that carries real risk.

05Is the re-review included, like the retest on other services?

Yes. Once your fixes merge we re-review the affected code at no extra cost and update the findings to show them closed. A developer walkthrough after delivery is included too, which is where most teams learn the most about their own code.

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