How would a buyer score your software?
Technical due diligence checks whether the software a business runs on is owned, documented, safe, and ready to hand over. This eight-question scorecard gives an owner, a seller, or an acquirer a fast read on how a buyer's engineer would score the same system, and names the gaps worth closing first. In lower-middle-market deals, findings like these routinely move valuations by 3 to 12% of enterprise value. Nothing you answer leaves your browser.
01 / Run the scorecard
02 / How this works
This is a fast read, not a diligence review. It checks the eight areas that most often change a number or a term in a lower-middle-market software deal.
Each answer scores points: Yes is two, Not sure is one, No is zero. Sixteen points is a clean run. We turn your total into a share of the maximum and read it as diligence risk, so the more gaps you have, the higher the meter. The result names the exact items you answered No or Not sure to, because those are the ones a buyer's engineer would open first.
What each band means
- Diligence-ready. Ownership, documentation, and safety are in place. Keep them current, and a sale or a customer review stays calm.
- Some gaps to close. The most common result. A few areas are missing or unsure. None are hard to close, and closing them protects both the price and the transition.
- High diligence risk. Several core areas are missing or unknown. This is where valuations get adjusted, and where a short audit pays for itself fastest.
A scorecard tells you where you stand. It does not fix anything. When you want the gaps closed, tech due diligence and exit readiness or a software audit gives you a written plan with a fixed price. If the person who built the system is already gone, that is software rescue. For the full picture, read what tech due diligence finds, or browse the rest of our free tools.
03 / Common questions
What does this scorecard measure?
It measures how ready your software is for a technical due-diligence review, the kind a buyer runs before an acquisition or a large customer runs before a big contract. It scores eight areas: code ownership, documentation, key-person risk, security and compliance evidence, AI-generated code, licensing and IP, tests and monitoring, and handover readiness. The result names the gaps a buyer's engineer would flag first.
Who is this scorecard for?
Three readers. An owner who wants to know where they stand. A seller getting ready to exit who would rather find the gaps before a buyer does. And an acquirer running diligence on a business they are buying. The same signals decide the read for all three, which is why one short audit serves as buy-side due diligence and sell-side exit-readiness at once.
Do you store my answers?
No. The scorecard runs entirely in your browser and nothing you answer is sent anywhere. There is no signup and no email required to see your read.
Can you fix the gaps?
Yes. Tech due diligence and a software audit turn this read into a written plan with a fixed price to close the gaps, whether you are getting ready to sell, buying a business, or just want to reduce key-person risk. We make software audit-ready, not breach-proof.
Last updated July 2026 · Talk with Felipe
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