Vibe code rescue: what to fix first and whether to rebuild
This page is about the fix, after an audit has told you what is wrong. The rescue firms in the top results agree on more than they admit, and they differ mostly on price and on how quickly they say rebuild. If you still need the list of things to check, start with our audit guide.
Vibe code rescue
- Checked
- 10 November 2026
- Fix order
- Exposure, secrets, integrity, speed
- Rebuild signal
- The data model is wrong
- Audit length
- 3 days to about a week
- Firms compared
- Seven with published detail
The short answer
Vibe code rescue is the paid repair of an app that an AI tool built and real users now depend on. Fix in this order: data exposure and access control, then secrets, then data integrity, then performance and cost. Most rescue firms say harden in place and rebuild only when the data model is wrong. Their audits take three days to a week.
Where a rescue starts
A rescue starts once you know what is wrong. Our vibe coded app audit guide lists seven checks, and Lovable app to production covers the ten that are specific to that tool. This page picks up after the findings: the order to fix them in, whether to repair or replace, and what firms that sell rescue say it costs.
Relux and Seedinov describe the same shape. An audit comes first, then stabilisation in severity order, then structure and tests. Relux credits the audit fee towards follow-up work, and Seedinov credits it in full against a rescue.
Failure patterns rescue firms report
Six faults appear across the pages, each described by at least two firms.
- Users reach other users' data. Access is checked in the interface but not on the server, or protected on one table and missing on others (Seedinov, Softonix).
- Secrets sit in the repository or the browser bundle (Relux, Seedinov, Softonix).
- Payments and records disagree. Webhooks fail without an alert and empty catch blocks hide errors (Softonix, Seedinov).
- Every fix breaks something else. There are no tests, and the same rule is copied across screens (Relux, Bitnoise, QuantumCraft).
- The schema grew one prompt at a time, with duplicated tables, missing indexes and no foreign keys (Seedinov).
- Cost and speed drift. Queries load whole tables and model calls have no limit (Seedinov, Softonix).
QuantumCraft adds a scale check on the first item. It reports a researcher scanning 1,645 Lovable-featured apps in March 2025 and finding 170 with missing or wrong access rules, and it notes that Lovable disputes the finding.
The order to fix things in
Fix what cannot be undone first. A leaked row stays leaked. A slow page does not.
- Data exposure and access control. Close every path where one user can read another's data, and enforce the rule in the database or on the server. For Supabase, start with Supabase RLS. Softonix fixes what hurts customers first, and Relux closes security holes before it adds tests.
- Secrets. Rotate every key that reached the repository or the browser, move them to a secret manager and clean the git history, as Seedinov does. If you know a key is public, rotate it before anything else.
- Data integrity. Make payment webhooks retry and alert, add constraints to the schema and restore one backup into a copy. Devntech puts tests on the paths that carry money, identity and data first.
- Performance and cost. Add indexes and caching, cap model calls per user, then load test a staging copy.
Add monitoring on day one, as Softonix does, so each step shows what it changed.
Harden in place or rebuild
Every firm leans towards repair. They differ on what forces a rebuild, and the data model comes up in all of them.
| Firm | Points to harden or refactor | Points to rebuild |
|---|---|---|
| Seedinov | The schema is broadly right and the faults sit in authorization, secrets, error handling and tests | The schema is wrong: wrong entities, no relationships or data duplicated across tables |
| Softonix | Core workflows work for most users and the faults sit in a few areas such as access, payments or deployment | One fix touches most of the system, the data model no longer fits the product, or the code relies on abandoned libraries |
| QuantumCraft | Harden in 1 to 3 weeks when the data model is sound. Refactor in 4 to 10 weeks when logic is copied between screens | No data model worth keeping, accounts that cannot be separated or a stack nobody can hire for. 6 to 12 weeks |
| Bitnoise | Almost always refactor in place | Only when one load-bearing choice, such as the wrong database, does the damage, and then it replaces that piece in place |
Everything above a sound schema can be repaired in place. A wrong schema drags every layer above it along, so an audit should answer the data model question first.
What the ranking firms publish on price and duration
Audit prices cluster tightly. Fix prices start low and run into five figures.
| Firm | Audit | Fix | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relux Works | $3,000, credited to follow-up work | Stabilisation from $10,000. Full migration typically $15,000 to 40,000 | Audit 1 week, stabilisation 2 to 3 weeks |
| CodeLeap | £3,000 fixed | Rescue build from £8,000. Hosting and support from £400 a month | Audit one week |
| Seedinov | $1,500, credited in full | Sprint from $6,000. Rebuild from $18,000 | Audit 3 days, sprint 2 weeks, rebuild 4 to 8 weeks |
| QuantumCraft | £3,500 fixed | Fixed price per route, set in writing | Audit about a week |
| Bitnoise | Fixed price, not published | Not published | Audit 3 to 7 business days, sprint 2 to 4 weeks |
| Softonix | Written report with a fixed price in days 3 to 7 | Not published | Recovery in up to 3 weeks |
| Devntech | Initial audit, then a quote | Not published | Sprint of 4 to 6 weeks |
Vibecoderescue.com says price, access and scope are agreed before review starts. SilentWave publishes no figures.
Questions to ask before you hire a rescue firm
Put these to every firm, in writing.
- Do you read the code before quoting? Devntech says it sets the price after the audit has read the code.
- Will you give a written harden, refactor or rebuild verdict with the arithmetic, so I can stop after the audit?
- Is the audit fee credited against the fix? Relux and Seedinov say yes.
- Do you work in my accounts and leave the code mine? Relux says you own all of it.
- Do you put tests around today's behaviour before you refactor?
- Can I keep shipping while you work? Bitnoise runs rescue and feature work on parallel tracks.
- Is a penetration test included? Vibecoderescue.com and QuantumCraft both say theirs is not.
Where Digiton fits
Digiton fixes AI-built apps as a forward deployed engineer for teams that already use Claude. We start from a production review, where we read the real repository and give you a scorecard across ten layers with evidence for each, then fix in the order above in a fixed-scope build that ends when the acceptance tests pass.
- A rebuilt or new agent runs through AI agent development.
- A larger rebuild runs through custom AI development.
- A review of what you have runs through production engineering.
Frequently asked questions
How long does a vibe code rescue take?
The audit takes 3 days to about a week at the firms that publish it. Stabilisation runs 2 to 4 weeks, and a rebuild 4 to 12 weeks, per Seedinov, Bitnoise and QuantumCraft.
Do I have to rebuild an app made with Lovable, Bolt or Replit?
Usually not. Every firm compared here leans towards hardening in place and rebuilds only when the data model is wrong or the stack cannot be supported.
What should I fix first?
Anything that lets one user see another's data, then exposed keys, then payment and data integrity, then speed and cost.
Sources, checked 2026-11-10
7 sources
- Relux Works prices a rescue audit at $3,000 over one week, a stabilisation sprint from $10,000 over 2 to 3 weeks and a full migration typically at $15,000 to 40,000, with the audit credited toward follow-up work.Source: relux.works, checked 2026-11-10.
- CodeLeap prices its rescue audit at a fixed £3,000, a rescue build from £8,000 and hosting and support from £400 a month.Source: codeleap.co.uk, checked 2026-11-10.
- Seedinov prices a code audit at $1,500 over three business days, a rescue sprint from $6,000 over two weeks and a rebuild from $18,000 over 4 to 8 weeks, and credits the audit in full against a rescue.Source: seedinov.com, checked 2026-11-10.
- Seedinov uses the data model as the deciding line: a broadly right schema favours a rescue, and a wrong schema usually favours a rebuild of the layers above it.Source: seedinov.com, checked 2026-11-10.
- Softonix recommends a rebuild only when one fix touches most of the system, the data model no longer fits the product or the code depends on abandoned libraries, and says it stabilises customer-facing faults first.Source: softonix.org, checked 2026-11-10.
- QuantumCraft prices its audit at a fixed £3,500 and gives typical durations of 1 to 3 weeks to harden, 4 to 10 weeks to refactor and 6 to 12 weeks to rebuild.Source: quantumcraft.uk, checked 2026-11-10.
- Bitnoise gives an audit of 3 to 7 business days, a stabilisation sprint of 2 to 4 weeks and says it almost always refactors in place.Source: bitnoise.pl, checked 2026-11-10.
Digiton Dynamics OÜ is registered in Tallinn, Estonia, and delivers from Lisbon.
Update log
- Published. Prices, durations and rescue criteria read on 10 November 2026 from the Relux, CodeLeap, Seedinov, Softonix, QuantumCraft, Bitnoise and Devntech pages.
Each source above was opened on the date beside it. How facts get chosen and checked is written down in the editorial policy.
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