SOFTWARE AUDIT
Built fast with AI? Don't wait to find out what breaks.
A senior-CTO-led audit of your software, with a plain-English report and prompt-by-prompt fixes you can hand to your developer or paste straight into you AI development tool. From £495.
- Built by 20+ year CTOs
- Used by founders raising £100K-£5M
- UK-hosted · GDPR compliant
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THE PROBLEM
What we're seeing in fast-built software
You’ve built or commissioned software fast — vibe-coded, agency-built, or developer-led — and you don’t fully know what’s under the bonnet. You’re about to take it to investors, customers, or a real production load.
The wrong answer at the wrong moment costs more than the audit ever will.
Common issues:
- Permissions that don't fully protect data
- Logic that breaks under real usage
- Low test coverage across core flows
- Performance issues that only show at scale
These aren’t edge cases — we’re seeing patterns like this repeatedly in AI-built and fast-built products.
HOW IT WORKS
The Novidian Software Audit, in 4 stages
Five working days from intake to report. No fluff, no surprises.
Intake
1
You give us read access to your codebase, vendor contracts, and product. We sign a mutual NDA. About an hour of your time.
Audit
2
Our CTOs review architecture, security, scalability and contractual risk. We work in parallel so the deep work happens fast — typically two to three working days.
Report
3
A 10-15 page plain-English report with the issues we found, ranked by severity. Plus a separate prompt-list you can paste straight into Lovable, Cursor, or whatever AI tool your team uses.
Walkthrough
4
A 60-minute call to talk through the findings, answer questions, and decide what’s worth fixing now versus later. You keep us on email for two weeks afterwards in case anything else comes up.
WHAT YOU'LL GET
What you get for £495
Concrete deliverables, not a vague “consultation”. Everything below is included in the price.
- Codebase review by a senior CTO with 20+ years of experience
- Architecture, security, scalability and vendor-lock-in assessment
- Risk-ranked, plain-English report (10-15 pages)
- Prompt-list output ready to paste into Lovable, Cursor, Claude Code or your AI tool of choice
- 60-minute walkthrough call
- 14 days of follow-up email questions included
- Mutual NDA, UK-hosted data, deletion on request
WHO IS THIS FOR?
You'll probably recognise one of these
You’re a founder pre-raise
You’ve built something that works but you can’t fully defend it under technical due diligence. You don’t need a CTO yet — you need to know what an investor’s tech advisor will say.
You’re inheriting code you didn’t write
Promoted into a CTO role, hired into a startup that already has a stack, or taking over from a previous developer. Before you commit to a roadmap, you need an unbiased read on what you’ve inherited.
You’re an investor doing technical DD
You’ve found a deal you like but you’re not technical and the founder can’t quite answer your questions. A 5-day audit gives you a defensible answer before you commit capital.
TESTIMONIALS
What founders say afterwards
"Moved forward confidently with a prototype after one audit"
$1M/mo · saved on infrastructure for an iGaming customer
£4M · raise supported for a digital health platform
24 months · delivery time cut on a regulated product build
As a non-technical founder building a tech innovation, I found myself in unfamiliar territory. Connecting with Novidian was a turning point.
They were incredibly approachable and helped me navigate crucial decisions — most notably whether I needed to hire a developer. Thanks to their guidance, I’ve been able to move forward confidently with a prototype while continuing to evaluate next steps.
Dr Gauri Seth
Founder, Brain Based Connection
Strategic insights strengthened our structure and helped us reach our goals with confidence.
Rania Maklad
CEO, Ocuwell
Improved our decision making and kept our projects aligned with our business objectives
Dr Karl Bamford & Steve Kelly, Co-Founders, EntireAI
We saved time and costs by focusing on the right priorities. The guidance gave us clarity and kept us on track.
Warren Jacobs, CEO, Grace Media
PRICING
Software Audit
Equivalent CTO-led audits via traditional consultancies typically cost £3,000-£5,000.
Need more than an audit? Explore CTO On Demand from £295/hr or our full Tech Audit from £5,000. Already a CTO in Your Pocket Plus subscriber? The Software Audit is included in your plan.
Software Audit
£495
Standalone, one-off. No subscription required
- Senior CTO codebase review
- Architecture, security, scalability assessment
- Plain-English report (10-15 pages)
- Prompt-list output for AI tools
- 60-minute walkthrough call
- 14 days of follow-up email questions
- UK GDPR compliant, mutual NDA included
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What if my code was vibe-coded by a non-technical founder using Lovable, Cursor etc
That’s exactly who this is built for. We assess what the AI built, identify the parts that won’t scale or aren’t secure, and hand you back a list of prompts you can feed straight back into the same tool. You don’t need to learn to code or hire a developer to act on it.
How is this different from a code review by a freelance developer?
A freelance developer will tell you whether the code works. A CTO tells you whether the architecture, the security choices, the vendor commitments, and the trajectory are right for the business you’re trying to build. Different lens, different output, different decisions.
Will I get the actual code fixes, or just the issues?
You get the issues identified, the explanation of why they matter, and prompts you can paste into your AI tool to generate fixes. We don’t write the code — we make sure the right code gets written.
How long does it take?
Five working days from intake to report, plus a follow-up walkthrough call. Most clients have their answers within a fortnight.
What happens to my code? Is my IP safe?
You sign a mutual NDA before we start. Your code stays in your repository — we work via read-only access, not by copying it locally. Data is UK-hosted, not used to train any model, and deleted on request.
What if I need ongoing support after the audit?
The audit is designed to stand alone — you don’t have to commit to anything else. If you do want to continue, you can move into CTO On Demand, the full Tech Audit, or fractional CTO support, with the audit fee credited towards the next engagement if you upgrade within 30 days.
What if you don’t find anything serious?
That’s a great outcome — your platform is more defensible than you thought, and you have a CTO-signed report that says so. Useful evidence for investors. The audit isn’t priced on findings.
SOFTWARE AUDIT
Ready to know what you’ve built?
Five working days. Plain-English report. Prompts you can use immediately. £495, all in.