What is a technical audit and what does it cover?

Last updated: February 25, 2026

A technical audit ensures your Strapi project follows best practices, optimizes performance, and maintains a secure and scalable setup. Our Solution Engineers work with you to review your environment, identify risks, and provide tailored recommendations.

Please note, Strapi no longer offers this service to new customers, previous customers who have purchased this may claim it but we will no longer offer this to new customers.

If you are a new customer or a prospect looking at having a service like this done, we recommend reaching out to one of the Strapi Partners to see if this is something they offer.

What's included in the technical audit?

1. Technical kick-off call

Our Solution Engineers meet with your team to:

  • Gather information about your infrastructure and technology stack

  • Review your system architecture including:

    • DNS configuration

    • Load balancing setup

    • Backend/frontend hosting methods

    • File storage solutions

    • Authentication implementation

  • Provide recommendations for:

    • Hosting optimization

    • Traffic management

    • Fault tolerance strategies

    • Backup and restore procedures

    • Integration best practices

  • Address technical questions and blockers

  • Offer content modeling guidance for relations, components, and role-based authentication

  • Define a clear path to production

For a more tailored experience, let us know your specific concerns before the call.

2. Project code audit

We conduct an in-depth review of your Strapi codebase, focusing on:

  • Configuration and environment setup

    • Environment-based configurations

    • Database pooling optimization

    • Performance settings

  • Application structure

    • Code modularity and scalability

    • Best practice implementation

  • CI/CD and automation

    • Deployment pipelines

    • Docker configurations

    • Workflow automation

  • Security assessment

    • Dependency review

    • Third-party plugin evaluation

    • Custom security configurations

  • Content modeling

    • Performance bottleneck identification

    • Relationship structure review

  • Custom code validation

    • Code quality assessment

    • Maintainability review

  • Plugin and integration review

    • Security verification

    • Reliability assessment

3. Secure and confidential review process

  • We can sign an NDA before reviewing your code

  • We support secure code access via:

    • GitHub

    • GitLab

    • Bitbucket

    • Direct file transfers (.zip or .tar.gz)

  • We never request database access unless properly sanitized of sensitive information

Audit timeline and deliverables

  • Most audits take a few days, depending on project scope

  • You'll receive a detailed report with:

    • Findings

    • Recommendations

    • Optimization next steps

For a focused audit, let us know your priority areas in advance. Our goal is to help you build a secure, high-performance, and future-proof Strapi project.