The variable is not the price, it is whether the deliverable is evidence or opinion. An audit worth paying for names what was read, quantifies each finding in hours and money, and is willing to conclude that nothing should be built.
A useful sanity check before you buy: ask what happens if the answer is “do not build this.” If that outcome is not available, you are buying a proposal, not an audit.
The fix, in four steps
- Ask what they will read Sites, inboxes, repos, dashboards, named in advance, not “we'll dig in”.
- Ask for the ranking method By hours recovered per hour of build. If there is no method, the list is taste.
- Ask for the do-not-build clause Whether a negative recommendation is available, in writing, at the same price.
- Check the terms Half on acceptance and half on delivery is normal. Full payment up front for an unscoped audit is not.
The audit is priced against the hours it finds, not against a day rate.
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