Software Rescue Costs – What Does Your Emergency Project Cost?

Typical Rescue Scenarios

We help in various emergency situations:

• Developer gone: Your developer has left and nobody knows the code
• System failure: Critical software is no longer functioning
• Agency bankruptcy: Your agency is insolvent, the project is stalled
• Security incident: Hack, data leak, urgent patches
• Quality issues: Software is unstable, slow, buggy

Our Approach

For software rescue, we proceed systematically:

1. 1
   Analysis: We review code, infrastructure, and documentation (if available)
2. 2
   Immediate measures: For outages, we prioritize restoration
3. 3
   Assessment: Honest evaluation – is rescue viable or is redevelopment better?
4. 4
   Stabilization: Fix critical problems, set up monitoring
5. 5
   Handover: Documentation, knowledge transfer, ongoing maintenance

When Is Rescue Not Worth It?

We are honest: sometimes redevelopment is the better choice. This applies when:

• Completely outdated technology with no future
• Code so chaotic that rescue is more expensive than starting over
• Fundamental architecture problems that cannot be solved

The code analysis (from €2,000 excl. VAT) gives you clarity and a solid basis for decision-making.