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Pricing

Priced by the work — not a flat fee.

Remediating one vulnerability can be an afternoon's config change or weeks of careful engineering. So rather than a made-up sticker price, here's the real spread — and a way to estimate where your case might land.

$750 Config-level fix Apply a vendor patch, change a setting, verify. One service, no rush.
~$3.5k Code remediation A reviewed code-level fix with tests, delivered for staging.
~$9k Multi-component Several services or infrastructure, scoped and coordinated.
$30k+ Platform-wide, urgent Specialised, actively exploited, on a 24-hour clock.

Ranges are indicative. The number that matters is the fixed quote you get once we've seen your environment — free, and with no obligation.

Build an estimate

Five things move the price.

Adjust these to watch the range move. It stays a range on purpose — the real scope only firms up once a specialist has seen the actual vulnerability and your setup.

How deep is the fix?
What kind of technology?
How much is affected?
How urgent is it?
Anything extra? optional
Where the money goes

A specialist does the work. We're the connective layer.

dbcve isn't an agency marking up hours. We match you with a vetted specialist, turn the job into a fixed quote, and hold it to a reviewed, staged delivery — and we take a flat 5% of the engagement for doing it.

95% — the specialistGoes to the engineer who scopes and delivers your fix, at a rate agreed before anything starts.
5% — dbcve platform feeCovers everything below. No subscriptions, no per-seat cost, nothing at all until you accept a quote.
VettingEvery specialist cleared a real technical assessment, not a résumé screen.
Matching & scopingWe route your case to the right skill set and turn it into a fixed quote.
Reviewed, staged deliveryA fix you deploy to staging first — never straight into production.
One point of contactYou deal with our team throughout, not a rotating cast of freelancers.
Pricing questions

The honest answers

Why a range instead of a fixed price?

Because the same CVE can mean wildly different work depending on your stack, how much of it is affected, and how fast you need it closed. A range is honest; a single sticker price would just be a guess. You get a fixed quote once a specialist has seen the specifics.

What exactly is the 5% for?

Finding and vetting the specialist, turning your case into a scoped quote, holding the engagement to a reviewed and staged delivery, and being your single point of contact throughout. It's a flat 5% of the engagement — there are no other fees.

Do I pay anything upfront?

No. Quoting is free. You only pay once you've accepted a scope and quote and the work has been agreed.

What if the scope changes mid-way?

If the work turns out larger or smaller than scoped, we re-quote it transparently before continuing — you're never surprised by an invoice.

Is there a minimum?

Engagements start at $750. Below that it's usually something you can handle from the CVE page's references yourself — and we'll say so if that's the case.

Get a real number for your case.

Send the CVE and a line about your environment. We'll come back with a scoped, fixed quote — free, and with no obligation to proceed.

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