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Vibe Coding Security Audit
Built your app with AI coding tools? Find the security holes, exposed secrets and architectural drift before real users and data find them. Fixed price, from $1,500 USD.
- Price
- From $1,500 USD
- Typically up to
- $6,000 USD
- Time
- 3 days to 1 week
- Fee credit
- 100% toward your project
Quick answer
What is a vibe coding security audit?
A vibe coding security audit is a senior engineer’s review of an app built mostly with AI coding tools such as Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, Replit or Claude Code. It finds security holes, exposed secrets and architectural drift before the app handles real users and data.
MatrixTribe’s application security audit takes 3 days to 1 week, for a fixed price from $1,500 USD. We review the code through our GRACE AI code governance framework and give you a ranked fix list and a fixed-price quote to fix it.
Who it’s for
Is this right for you?
You built a working app with AI coding tools
Real users or customer data are coming soon
Investors or customers are asking about security
Every new prompt seems to break something else
What we review
What’s included
- Exposed API keys, passwords and secrets
- Missing logins, permissions and access checks
- Unsafe handling of user input and data
- Outdated or vulnerable packages
- Hosting and database security settings
- Architectural drift that creates security risk
- Risky AI-generated patterns, flagged under GRACE
- Payment and personal data handling
Not included: code quality, performance, scalability and long-term structure. Those are covered in the Code and Architecture Audit, which also includes this security review. Compare all four assessments →
What you get
Deliverables
Ranked security findings
Every risk, ordered by severity.
Drift flags
Where drift in the code creates security risk.
Fix plan
The safest order to fix things.
Fixed-price fix quote
If you want us to fix it.
How it works
Four steps, fixed price
Access
Read-only access under NDA.
Scan and read
Automated scans plus a senior engineer reading the code.
MatrixTribe’s GRACE review
Ownership, review, access, consistency and traceability.
Readout
Findings and fix quote, walked through on a call.
Pricing
Focused or Full
The price is fixed before work starts. Anything outside the agreed scope is quoted separately, never added silently.
| Details | Focused | Full |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From $1,500 USD | Up to about $6,000 USD |
| Scope | One app built with AI coding tools | Larger apps, several services or a payment and data review |
| Time | About 3 days | About 1 week |
| Fee credit | Credited in full toward a project signed within 60 days | Credited in full toward a project signed within 60 days |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much does a vibe coding security audit cost?
At MatrixTribe, it starts at $1,500 USD for one app built with AI coding tools and typically goes up to about $6,000 USD for larger apps. The price is fixed before work starts and credited toward fixing the issues if you continue within 60 days.
What is architectural drift in vibe-coded apps?
When each prompt adds code in its own style, an app slowly loses a consistent structure: the same thing is done three different ways, logic is duplicated, and no one fully understands how it fits together. Drift makes every change riskier and slower.
Which AI coding tools do you review?
Code from any of them, including Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, Replit, GitHub Copilot and Claude Code. We review the code itself, not the tool. That means the same checks apply whichever assistant wrote the code, and the report names the issues we find in your code.
Will you tell us to rewrite everything?
Rarely. Most vibe-coded apps can be fixed in place. The report separates must-fix security issues from things that can wait, so you only spend what’s needed. Rewrites are recommended only where the design cannot support the product, and the report explains why.
Can you fix what you find?
Yes. We can quote the fixes. If you go ahead within 60 days, the audit fee is credited in full. The quote is for the fixes in the report, so you can compare them with the cost of a rebuild.
Is our code safe with you?
Yes. We sign an NDA first, use read-only access, and all work runs under our SOC 2 Type II certified security controls. Only the people on your audit need access to the code, and they work under the same controls. Read-only access means we cannot change your code.