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Magento Audit

A paid, fixed-scope Magento store and code review by a senior developer. You get a scored report, a prioritized backlog, and a call. From $1,500, in one to two weeks.

from $1,500 ⏱ 1 to 2 weeks πŸ›‘ Audit fee credited toward fixes

What's included

Base scope of work β€” applies to all tiers. See the tier comparison below for hours and SLA specifics.

Scored findings report

Every issue rated by severity with a plain-English explanation and an effort estimate. No filler.

Prioritized backlog

Findings sorted so high-impact, low-effort fixes sit at the top, ready to hand to any developer.

Core Web Vitals baseline

Real measurements for LCP, TTFB, and cache hit rate so you can see the before and after.

Security and patch status

Which patches are missing and which known vulnerabilities apply to your version and extensions.

Walkthrough call

A call to go through the report so you understand the why, not just the what.

How we work

Transparent process β€” you always know what stage we're at and what comes next.

1

Access and kickoff

You give us admin, SSH, and read access. We agree what to prioritize and any sensitive areas to leave alone.

Day 1
2

The audit

A senior developer works through the checklist: performance, indexers, database, extensions, security, code, SEO, and checkout.

Days 2-7
3

Report and call

You get the scored report and prioritized backlog, then we walk through it together and agree next steps.

Week 2

Pricing tiers

Pick the level that fits your size and required response time. You can switch tiers between months.

Performance and health audit
$1,500

The speed-and-stability review. Core Web Vitals, caching, indexers, cron, database health, and server setup, with a scored report and a walkthrough call.

  • Core Web Vitals and page-speed analysis
  • Indexer, cron, and queue checks
  • Database and cache health
  • Scored report with effort estimates
  • Walkthrough call
  • Full custom-code review
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Audit and fix sprint
$6,000

The full audit, then we implement the top-priority fixes in a fixed sprint instead of handing you a backlog. Priced from, scoped after the audit.

  • Full technical audit
  • We implement the high-priority fixes
  • Re-test and before/after metrics
  • Audit fee credited toward the work
  • Long-term retainer (separate)
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What's NOT included

Scope transparency β€” no surprises in the monthly report.

  • βˆ’ Implementing the fixes β€” The audit tiers are review only. We implement on the fix sprint or as a separate project, with the audit fee credited.
  • βˆ’ Server and hosting migration β€” We flag hosting problems, but moving servers is a separate job we scope after the audit.

What we'll need from you

Access we require β€” passed via secure channel (1Password / Bitwarden).

  • β†’ Magento Admin account
  • β†’ SSH or SFTP access to the server
  • β†’ Read access to the codebase or repository
  • β†’ Google Search Console and analytics (for the SEO and checkout review)

FAQ

Why should I pay for a Magento audit when others are free?

A free audit is a sales call with a report attached, and its incentive is to find problems big enough to justify a retainer. A paid audit’s incentive is to be accurate, which is what you are buying. A real review takes a senior developer most of a week, and we credit the fee against the fixes if you go ahead.

How much does a Magento audit cost?

The performance and health audit starts at $1,500. The full technical audit, which adds a custom-code review, security, extensions, SEO, and checkout, is $3,500. If you want us to implement the fixes too, the audit and fix sprint starts at $6,000 and the audit fee comes off the total.

How long does it take?

One to two weeks. The review itself runs over several days, then we write up the scored report and book a call to walk through it. Rush timelines are possible if you have a migration or peak-season deadline.

Do you audit Adobe Commerce as well as Magento Open Source?

Yes. The checklist is the same for both, with extra attention to the commerce-only features on Adobe Commerce, such as B2B, staging, and the page builder. We also tell you honestly whether you are using what you are paying for.

What do I get at the end?

A scored findings report with a severity and effort estimate on every item, a prioritized backlog you can hand to any developer, a Core Web Vitals baseline, the security and patch status, and a call to go through it all. Not a 60-page PDF nobody reads.

Can you fix what you find?

Yes, either as a fixed fix sprint or as an ongoing project, with the audit fee credited toward the work. You are not obligated to use us for the fixes. Plenty of clients take the backlog to their own team, which is fine.

A Magento audit should answer three questions: what is slow or broken, why, and what it costs to fix in priority order. Most of the “free Magento audit” offers you will find are a sales call with a PDF attached. We charge for ours, because a proper store and code review takes a senior developer the better part of a week. If you go ahead with the fixes, we credit the audit fee against the work.

Run a Magento store long enough and you collect mystery slowdowns, a stack of extensions nobody remembers installing, and a checkout that loses more carts than it should. The audit is how you find out which of those actually matters before you spend money fixing the wrong thing.

Why we charge for a Magento audit

A free audit has a built-in incentive to find scary problems and sell you the fix. A paid audit has an incentive to be right, because that is the thing you paid for. We would rather tell you your store is mostly healthy and the real issue is one bad extension than pad a report to justify a retainer. The fee covers senior developer time, and it comes off the bill if you hire us to do the fixes.

What we check, with the numbers that matter

The audit runs through a fixed checklist so nothing gets skipped on a busy week:

  • Performance and Core Web Vitals. Largest Contentful Paint against the 2.5-second threshold, time to first byte, full-page cache hit rate, JavaScript bundle weight, and whether you are on Hyva or still paying the Luma tax.
  • Indexers and cron. Whether indexers run on schedule or the slower update-on-save mode, whether cron is actually firing, and whether any message queues are stuck.
  • Database health. EAV bloat, oversized log and url_rewrite tables, and abandoned quote rows that quietly slow every query.
  • Extensions. A count of third-party modules, the plugin and preference conflicts between them, and any that override core in ways that will break on the next upgrade.
  • Security. Whether the latest security patches are applied, admin hardening, and any known vulnerabilities in the installed version and extensions.
  • Code quality. A review of custom modules against Magento coding standards, looking for plugin abuse, hard-coded values, and the shortcuts that turn into next year’s emergency.
  • SEO and checkout. Canonical tags, the duplicate URLs layered navigation tends to spawn, and where the checkout funnel leaks.

What you actually get

A scored report you will read, not a 60-page export nobody opens. Each finding comes with a severity, a plain-English explanation, and an effort estimate, sorted so the high-impact, low-effort items sit at the top. Then a call to walk through it together. Fixed price from $1,500, delivered in one to two weeks. If the fixes are something you would rather hand off, our Magento optimization service picks up where the audit leaves off.

When a Magento audit is worth it

Before a replatform or a migration, so you are not carrying old problems onto a new build. Before peak season, while there is still time to fix what you find. When the store is slow and nobody can say why. And when you inherit a store, whether from another agency or as part of buying the business, an audit is the cheapest due diligence you can run. If you are weighing a bigger rebuild, our Magento development services start from the same scoping conversation.

Request a free audit

If we miss something in scope that later causes a problem, we revisit it free. The audit fee is credited toward implementation if you hire us for the fixes.

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