What does testing a vibe coded app cost?
Testing a small vibe coded app costs $2,000 to $12,000 CAD in Canada: roughly $2,000 to $6,000 for a security review and QA, and $5,000 to $12,000 with a penetration test of the running app. Larger multi-tenant apps with AI features run $10,000 to $35,000. Quotes are tester days at about $1,500 to $2,800 CAD each.
By app size
| App | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Small, one or two roles, no payments | $2,000 to $6,000 |
| Small with payments and a pentest | $5,000 to $12,000 |
| Multi-tenant with an AI feature | $10,000 to $25,000 |
| Agents with tools, several integrations | $20,000 to $35,000 |
More detail
Full breakdown on testing costs in Canada; price your own with the cost estimator.
An example scope and price
An example, not a quote: a booking app built with an app builder on Supabase, with two roles (client and practitioner), Stripe payments, email notifications and no AI features. A reasonable scope is a security review with code access, a penetration test of the running app, and QA of the booking and payment flows on desktop and two phones. That is roughly three to five tester days, so $5,000 to $12,000 CAD depending on the firm's rate, including one retest.
Add a chatbot that answers questions from the practitioner's notes and the scope grows by two to four days for the AI assessment, because retrieval over private notes raises the data leakage question. Remove payments and code access stays shared, and it might drop to two to three days. The estimator does this arithmetic for your app.
Getting it checked
TrazTech offers vibe-coding QA and security review, listed from $2,000 CAD. Get at least one other quote on the same scope; the questions to ask a testing firm help compare them.
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Why so much for an app that cost little to build?
The test is priced by the work to check it, which depends on roles and data, not on build cost. It is still a fraction of a conventional build.
Is there a fixed-price option?
Many firms fix the price after scoping. Ask what days it assumes.