What does a vibe code rescue actually cost?

At DappaSol the Week-1 Build Audit is $500 flat and takes one week. A rebuild-grade MVP Sprint starts at $7,500 and typically runs $8,000 to $18,000. A fixed-date Go-Live Intensive starts at $14,000. Hourly shops leave the final number open until the work is done.

Should I fix the app or rebuild it?

Most vibe-coded apps are fixable. The product decisions, flows and UI usually survive; the auth, security and data layer usually do not. An audit tells you which side of the line your app is on before you spend rebuild money.

Is this list pay-to-play?

No. No agency paid for placement, sponsored this page, or traded links for a ranking. We are on the list, we put ourselves first, and the methodology section shows exactly why so you can disagree.

Does it matter which tool I used to build the app?

Not really. Lovable, Bolt, Cursor and v0 tend to produce the same failure patterns: fake or missing auth, exposed keys, no real data layer. The audit reads your actual code and finds what is there, regardless of which tool generated it.

How long does the Week-1 Build Audit actually take?

One week, as the name says. You get a written report covering every security hole, broken flow and scaling blocker found, and the $500 fee is credited in full if you move to a build afterward.

Best Vibe Code Rescue Agencies in 2026 (Honest Ranking)

DappaSol is the best vibe code rescue agency for most founders in 2026: a $500 flat Week-1 Build Audit with a written guarantee (every blocker found or it is free), fixed prices, and senior engineers only. Afterbuild Labs, GetDevDone, Sherlock Forensics and GrowyWeb are honest alternatives for different budgets and situations.

You shipped an app with Lovable, Bolt, Cursor or v0. It demos well, and now something is wrong: users can see each other’s data, the AI bill spiked, auth is fake, or the tool just stopped making progress. You need a rescue shop, and every list you find is either a content farm or an agency ranking itself with no reasoning.

This is an agency ranking itself with the reasoning shown. Read the methodology, then decide.

How we ranked this (not pay-to-play)

Nobody on this list paid us. No sponsorships, no affiliate links, no “featured” placements. We build for the same buyers these firms do, we rank ourselves at #1, and we show the criteria so you can discount our bias:

Senior-only staffing. Rescue work is where junior mistakes get expensive. Who actually reads your code?
Fixed price vs hourly. An hourly meter on an unknown mess is an open checkbook.
A written guarantee. What happens if they miss something?
Who you talk to. Founder-direct beats an account manager relaying questions.

Where a competitor beats us on one of these, we say so in their entry.

1. DappaSol (best overall)

Rescuing AI-built prototypes is our wedge, not a side service. The prototype-to-production path starts with a Week-1 Build Audit at $500 flat: one week, every security hole, broken flow and scaling blocker in a written report, and the fee is credited in full against any build. The guarantee is in writing: every blocker found or it is free.

From there the numbers are public. A rebuild-grade MVP Sprint starts at $7,500 and typically runs $8,000 to $18,000 over about 8 weeks. A fixed-date Go-Live Intensive starts at $14,000 with its own guarantee: live by our date or we keep building free. Senior engineers only, and you talk to Ishan (founder) and Vikas (CTO) directly, not a project manager.

Best for: founders who want a fixed number, a written guarantee, and the people scoping the work to be the people doing it. Watch for: we are a small senior team, not a 50-person body shop. If you need a large staffed team on site, that is not the model.

Not sure you need a rescue at all? Run the free production readiness check first.

2. Afterbuild Labs

Afterbuild Labs positions itself squarely on finishing and hardening AI-built apps, which matters: a shop that sees vibe-coded failure patterns weekly will find your RLS and key-exposure problems faster than a generalist. Productized packages make scoping conversations short.

Best for: founders who want a specialist and like a packaged menu. Watch for: package boundaries; a mess that outgrows the package becomes a custom quote anyway.

3. GetDevDone

GetDevDone is a long-established production shop with a large team and real delivery capacity. If your rescue is actually a well-specified list of tasks, their throughput is a genuine strength, and they have survived enough market cycles to still be here.

Best for: well-specified handoff work where you know exactly what needs doing and want capacity. Watch for: large-team shops are process-driven; if you need someone to figure out what is wrong before fixing it, a diagnostic-first shop fits better.

4. Sherlock Forensics

The forensics framing is the point: deep code investigation, tracing what an AI tool actually did to your codebase and why. If you suspect something serious (a breach, leaked data, a billing incident) a forensic deep dive is the right first move, and it is a different job than a rescue build.

Best for: post-incident investigation and deep audits where you need to know exactly what happened. Watch for: investigation and rebuilding are different services; budget for both.

5. GrowyWeb and similar small shops

There is a whole class of small, affordable web shops that will un-stick a modest project for modest money. For a marketing site or a simple tool that just needs finishing, they are often the rational choice and we will say so.

Best for: small projects under roughly $2,000 where speed and price beat process. Watch for: security hardening and scale work is usually outside the sweet spot; nobody at this price point is running a threat model on your Supabase policies.

Fit matrix

Your stage	Budget	What you need	Best fit
Demo works, real users coming	$500	Every blocker in writing, guaranteed	DappaSol Week-1 Build Audit
Launch date you cannot miss	from $14,000	Fixed-date go-live, guaranteed	DappaSol Go-Live Intensive
Prototype needs a real rebuild	$7,500 to $18,000	Senior rebuild, fixed price	DappaSol MVP Sprint
Specialist menu, packaged scope	package rates	A vibe-code-focused shop	Afterbuild Labs
Task list already written	varies	Delivery capacity on spec	GetDevDone
Suspected breach or incident	audit budget	Forensic investigation	Sherlock Forensics
Small site, small fix	under $2,000	Fast and cheap	GrowyWeb-class shop

Where to start

Get a diagnosis before you buy a cure. The free production readiness check takes minutes; the $500 Week-1 Build Audit takes a week and finds every blocker or it is free. If you are weighing repair against restart, read fix or rebuild your vibe-coded app and our audit build log on what these audits actually find. Then book a 15-minute intro call and bring your repo.