CppDepend for M&A / Due Diligence

In an acquisition, the codebase is often the asset — but its real condition is hidden behind demos and revenue slides. CppDepend gives you an objective health assessment in days: maintainability, complexity, test coverage, architecture quality and documentation level, benchmarked and trended.

You learn whether you're buying a well-kept asset or an expensive rewrite — before the price is final.

• Objective maintainability and complexity assessment
• Architecture quality verified against actual code
• Coverage and engineering-practice maturity measured
• Fast turnaround: days, not weeks

Acquiring software means acquiring its vulnerabilities. CppDepend maps the target's security exposure: CWE-classified weaknesses, unsafe memory patterns, dangerous dependencies and compliance gaps — quantified and located.

The findings feed directly into the deal: remediation cost estimates, post-acquisition security roadmap, or leverage in negotiation.

• CWE-classified vulnerability assessment
• Unsafe memory and dangerous API usage detection
• Compliance gaps against CERT and MISRA
• Remediation cost estimation for deal modeling

Technical debt is a liability that never appears on the balance sheet — until you own it. CppDepend quantifies it precisely: total remediation effort in man-days, broken down by component, rule and severity, with the interest it's charging in slowed delivery.

That number transforms due diligence: debt-adjusted valuation, escrow negotiations, and a concrete post-acquisition remediation plan from day one.

• Total debt quantified in man-days, convertible to cost
• Breakdown per component, rule and severity
• Delivery-impact assessment of the debt load
• Ready-made post-acquisition remediation roadmap