Technical Due Diligence Estimate

What do you need?

Choose the type of engagement. The options below adjust to match.

Technical Due Diligence You're investing in or acquiring a company and need an independent read on its technology, team, and risk. Sell-Side Diligence You're preparing a company for sale or a capital raise and want to know what buyers or investors will find first.

Looking for something else — interim technology leadership, technology consulting, an AI & ML assessment, or delivery coaching? Tell us what you're working on →

About the company

Size and complexity drive most of the effort. Pick the closest match — an estimate is fine.

Engineering team size

Employees and contractors who build and run the product.

1–20 21–50 51–100 101–150 151+

Age of the main codebase

Older codebases usually carry more history to assess.

Under 3 years 3–5 years 5–10 years 10+ years

Products or platforms in scope

Separately built products, not features of one product.

1 2–3 4 or more

Hosting footprint

Single cloud Multi-cloud or hybrid Own data centers / on-prem

Sensitive or regulated data

Affects the depth of the security and compliance review.

None significant Customer PII Regulated (HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2, FedRAMP…)

Where the team works

One location or fully remote Distributed, incl. offshore or vendors

What should we assess?

All areas are selected — that's our recommended scope. Deselect any you don't need.

Architecture & Scalability What we assess

High-level system architecture and design patterns
Scalability across traffic, data, and customer growth
Key dependencies and integration patterns
Structural bottlenecks

What you learn

Architecture risks and scaling constraints
Near-term vs. long-term limitations
Required evolution for growth

AI / ML & Data Platform What we assess

Whether the AI is real and differentiated
Data pipelines, model lifecycle, and dependencies
Data quality, ownership, and defensibility
Feasibility and cost of scaling AI capabilities

What you learn

Real vs. perceived AI differentiation
Risks to model performance and scaling
Data and infrastructure gaps

Product, PDLC & Engineering Practices What we assess

Product maturity and roadmap alignment
Development lifecycle from planning through delivery
Code quality indicators and testing approach
Release management and velocity

What you learn

Ability to deliver the roadmap at scale
Risk of missed timelines or quality issues
Gaps in development discipline

Operations, Reliability & DevOps What we assess

Hosting model and infrastructure design
CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices
Monitoring, alerting, and incident response
Backup, disaster recovery, and resilience

What you learn

Operational maturity and failure risk
Ability to support production scale
Gaps in reliability and recovery readiness

Organization & Team What we assess

Team structure and roles across engineering, product, and operations
Key-person dependencies
Hiring needs and scaling model
Leadership effectiveness and alignment

What you learn

Team scalability and execution risk
Key-person and founder dependency exposure
Required hires and org changes

Security & Compliance What we assess

Security controls and architecture
Identity and access management
Data protection and privacy practices
Compliance readiness (SOC 2, HIPAA, and others)

What you learn

Exposure to breach or regulatory risk
Security maturity vs. industry expectations
Remediation priorities

Speed and sessions

Choose the turnaround and how much live time you want with the target's team.

Standard Typically under two weeks. The report follows within a week of the final session. Expedited — 48 hours Report within 48 hours (business days) of receiving the documents — and read-only code access, if you add the code scan. No sessions with the team.

Expedited diligence is based on the documents provided, so claims aren't validated with the team in conversation. Add the Code scan below to include read-only analysis of the code. How rapid diligence works

Live sessions with the target's team

Document review only We work from the documents and code provided, with written follow-up questions. No live sessions. Focused sessions (up to 2 hours) Targeted sessions to validate the documents and close open questions with the CTO or architect. Full management sessions Architecture walkthrough, product demo, and sessions with engineering, operations, and security leads to validate claims.

Sell-side options

Choose what you need to prepare for buyer or investor diligence. Full management sessions with your leadership team are always included.

Technical assessment to augment your CIM A buyer-facing technical assessment prepared for prospective buyers alongside your Confidential Information Memorandum, for an agreed audience and use. Prioritized remediation roadmap Recommended actions with owners, dependencies, and estimates of effort, cost, and timing — what to fix before launch and what to plan. Management preparation for buyer questions A practice diligence session with your team on the questions buyers are likely to ask, with feedback. Evidence index and data room preparation An index of the evidence buyers will request, gaps to close, and claims that need support.

Add-ons

Optional extras for either engagement.

Code scan Read-only analysis of the code repositories: commit activity and contributor trends, key-person concentration, test and CI/CD signals, hardcoded secrets, security tooling, and open-source license risk — compared with what is expected at the company's stage. Requires read-only repository access. Verbal debrief with your team A live walkthrough of the findings with your deal or leadership team. Competitive benchmarking How the technology compares with key competitors. Report review with the target team A session with the target’s team to walk through the report findings and confirm the facts before the report is final.

Your estimate

An estimated range based on your selections. We confirm the final fee after a short scoping call.

Estimated fee range

Estimates assume a remote engagement and exclude travel. Final scope and fees depend on the evidence available, the transaction schedule, and what we learn in the scoping call.

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What do you need?

About the company

What should we assess?

Speed and sessions

Sell-side options

Add-ons

Your estimate

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