Software Code Audit Service

Get Clarity and Confidence in the Source Code You’ve Built or Inherited

What is a Source Code Audit?

A source code audit is a detailed review of your application’s codebase to evaluate quality, performance, security, and scalability. Whether your code was developed in-house, offshore, or by freelancers, Konverge helps you identify risks, technical debt, and opportunities for improvement.

How you know if you Need a Source Code Audit?

You hired offshore developers and now need to evaluate software quality

You received a final product but encountered bugs, crashes, or security warnings

You’re inheriting legacy code that’s difficult to maintain or scale

Customers or investors are asking for a technical due diligence review

You’re planning to scale or exit and want a custom software audit to eliminate surprises

What our Software Code Audit Services Include

Code Quality & Architecture

  • Cleanliness, clarity, and maintainability
  • Detection of bloated logic, anti-patterns, and legacy issues
  • Alignment with best practices in modern software architecture

Security & Vulnerability Audit

  • Application security audit for OWASP Top 10 threats
  • Authentication and authorization logic review
  • Exposure to known vulnerabilities in libraries or services

Testing & Maintainability

  • Code coverage by unit and integration tests
  • Readability and ease of future maintenance
  • Risk of regression or developer hand-off friction

Performance & Scalability Assessment

  • How efficiently your app runs in production
  • Bottlenecks that affect scalability across environments
  • Recommendations for improvement before you scale or refactor
  • Cleanliness, clarity, and maintainability
  • Detection of bloated logic, anti-patterns, and legacy issues
  • Alignment with best practices in modern software architecture
  • Application security audit for OWASP Top 10 threats
  • Authentication and authorization logic review
  • Exposure to known vulnerabilities in libraries or services
  • Code coverage by unit and integration tests
  • Readability and ease of future maintenance
  • Risk of regression or developer hand-off friction
  • How efficiently your app runs in production
  • Bottlenecks that affect scalability across environments
  • Recommendations for improvement before you scale or refactor

Our Code Review & Audit Process

  • 1
    Initial Consultation
    We start with a detailed consultation to understand your specific needs and goals.

    Whether it’s a full code review or targeted assessments, we tailor our services to fit your requirements.
  • 2
    Thorough Code Analysis
    Our team dives into your codebase to examine it line-by-line for quality, security vulnerabilities, performance issues, and adherence to coding standards.

    Our analysis includes both manual review and automated tools for a thorough assessment.
  • 3
    Detailed Reporting
    Receive a comprehensive report highlighting issues, recommendations, and a roadmap to improve your codebase.

    We break down each area of concern, providing actionable insights to help your team achieve optimal performance and security.
  • 4
    Follow-Up Support
    We offer follow-up sessions to help you or your team implement our recommendations, ensuring lasting improvements in code quality and performance.
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What you get with a Konverge Code Audit

A detailed audit report with categorized issues and recommendations
An optional executive summary for stakeholders and non-technical leadership
A consultation call with our team to explain findings and next steps
Optional support to fix or refactor issues through our development team

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Who Can Benefit from Konverge's Code Audit

Businesses Partnering with Third-Party Developers

Development teams needing an external code quality assessment

Companies who hired an offshore team to develop an application

Organizations aiming for codebase optimization

Companies seeking security audits

The Risks of Poor Quality Code Over Time

Neglecting the quality of your source code can lead to serious consequences that impact your business long term. Here are some of the common issues organizations face without a thorough code review:
Increased Security Vulnerabilities
Poor-quality code often contains hidden security weaknesses that attackers can exploit.

Over time, this exposes your organization to data breaches, loss of user trust, and potential legal issues due to non-compliance with industry security standards.
Higher Maintenance Costs
As low-quality code accumulates, the cost of maintaining and updating the application increases. Small fixes become complicated due to a lack of organization and structure, resulting in a codebase that’s difficult and time-consuming to manage.

Over time, this can lead to spiralling maintenance costs and excessive downtime.
Performance Degradation
Inefficient code can cause an application’s performance to degrade as it scales. Poor optimization practices lead to slower load times, lag, and overall inefficiency, which can result in a negative user experience.

Left unchecked, these issues can damage customer retention and the reputation of your brand.
Increased Technical Debt
Technical debt refers to the cost of rework required due to suboptimal coding practices. As your codebase grows, technical debt builds up, causing development bottlenecks and hindering innovation.

Teams must spend more time addressing legacy issues instead of focusing on new features, slowing down the pace of growth.
Difficulty in Scaling the Application
Poor-quality code is often rigid and difficult to scale, making it challenging to adapt to growing business needs.

As you try to expand, the lack of flexibility in your code can restrict your ability to add new features or integrate with other systems, potentially stalling business progress.
Lower Team Productivity and Morale
Working with a poorly maintained codebase affects developer morale and productivity.

Teams spend valuable time deciphering unstructured code, troubleshooting issues, and fixing preventable bugs. This can lead to burnout, turnover, and ultimately increased hiring and training costs.
Increased Security Vulnerabilities
Poor-quality code often contains hidden security weaknesses that attackers can exploit.

Over time, this exposes your organization to data breaches, loss of user trust, and potential legal issues due to non-compliance with industry security standards.
The risks of poor quality code

Software Code Audit FAQs

A software code audit is a comprehensive, formal evaluation of your application’s source code that examines security vulnerabilities, code quality, performance issues, and compliance standards.

Unlike regular code reviews that focus on basic functionality and maintainability, a professional code audit provides a structured assessment of your entire codebase.

At Konverge, we conduct thorough manual code audits that identify critical risks, security flaws, scalability issues, and technical debt that could impact your business. Our audits include detailed reports with actionable recommendations and priority-based fixes.

You need a software code audit if your application is experiencing frequent bugs, performance issues, or scaling problems.

Common scenarios include inheriting code from offshore developers, preparing for investment or acquisition, experiencing security concerns, or planning major feature additions.

If your development team is struggling with maintenance, your app crashes frequently, or you’re concerned about code quality from previous developers, a professional audit can reveal hidden issues and provide a clear roadmap for improvement. Konverge specializes in auditing applications that have become difficult to maintain or scale.

Konverge can audit all types of software applications thanks to our 30+ years of development experience.

We review web applications, mobile apps (iOS and Android), native Windows applications, enterprise software, ecommerce platforms, SaaS products, and custom business applications. Our team has expertise across multiple programming languages, frameworks, and platforms.

Whether you have a legacy system, modern web application, or mobile app, we can provide comprehensive code quality assessment and security analysis.

Yes, absolutely. Beyond identifying problems, Konverge offers comprehensive post-audit development support to fix the issues we discover.

We can repair buggy code, rebuild problematic modules, implement security fixes, optimize performance bottlenecks, and refactor code for better maintainability.

Our team doesn’t just point out problems – we provide solutions and can serve as your development partner to implement the necessary improvements. This ensures your application becomes more secure, scalable, and maintainable.

Absolutely. Konverge’s technical due diligence services are specifically designed for investors, board members, and M&A situations. Our comprehensive code audits include executive-friendly summaries that clearly communicate technical risks, development costs, and scalability concerns in business terms.

We assess code quality, security vulnerabilities, technical debt, and future development requirements. This helps investors make informed decisions about software assets and understand the true technical condition of applications they’re considering acquiring or investing in.

While internal teams are valuable, they often have blind spots and may miss critical issues in code they’ve been working with daily. External code audits provide fresh perspective and objective analysis from experienced developers who aren’t emotionally invested in the existing codebase.

Konverge’s senior developers bring 30+ years of experience across multiple industries and can identify patterns, security vulnerabilities, and architectural problems that internal teams might overlook. An external audit acts as insurance, ensuring no critical issues are hiding in your codebase.

Not necessarily. Many code audits reveal that applications are well-built and secure. Konverge’s goal is to provide honest assessment. If your code is excellent, we’ll confirm that. If issues exist, we prioritize them by severity and business impact, allowing you to address the most critical problems first.

Think of our code audit as insurance that gives you confidence in your application’s quality. We provide actionable recommendations that you can implement gradually based on your budget and timeline.

Code security and intellectual property protection are our top priorities. Konverge is willing to sign comprehensive Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) before beginning any audit work.

We have strict security protocols for handling client code, including secure file transfer, limited access controls, and confidentiality agreements with all team members.

With 30+ years in business, we understand the sensitivity of proprietary code and have established processes to protect your intellectual property throughout the audit process.

Our code audit process begins with understanding your application’s purpose, architecture, and specific concerns.

We then conduct a comprehensive review examining code structure, security vulnerabilities, performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and adherence to best practices. The audit includes automated scanning tools combined with manual expert review.

We provide detailed reports with prioritized findings, security recommendations, and actionable improvement plans. The entire process typically takes 2-4 weeks depending on application size and complexity.

Software code audit costs vary based on application size, complexity, and scope of review required. Factors include lines of code, number of modules, technology stack, and specific audit requirements.

Konverge provides free initial consultations to understand your needs and provide accurate pricing. We offer transparent, fixed-price quotes so you know exactly what to expect.

Contact us today for a free consultation and custom quote based on your specific application and requirements.

Most software code audits take 2-4 weeks to complete, depending on the size and complexity of your application.

Simple applications or specific module reviews may take 1-2 weeks, while comprehensive audits of large enterprise systems can take 4-6 weeks.

We provide detailed timelines during our initial consultation based on your specific requirements. Konverge prioritizes thorough analysis over speed, ensuring we identify all critical issues that could impact your business.

Konverge can audit applications built with virtually any programming language or technology stack.

Our team has expertise in Java, .NET, Python, PHP, JavaScript, React, Angular, Node.js, mobile development frameworks, database systems, and cloud platforms.

We’ve audited legacy systems, modern web applications, mobile apps, and enterprise software across healthcare, manufacturing, ecommerce, and other industries. If you have a custom technology stack, our experienced team can adapt to review your specific implementation.

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