A 25-question diagnostic for CTOs and VPs. Get a weighted risk score across five dimensions — Infrastructure, Architecture, Security, Data, and Culture — with a board-ready PDF report.
CTOs and VPs of Engineering know instinctively that legacy systems are a problem — but without a structured, scored diagnostic, it is impossible to communicate the urgency to boards, justify modernisation investment, or prioritise what to fix first.
Legac-o-Meter gives you a rigorous, objective score in under 10 minutes. No consultants, no lengthy engagements. Just a clear number and a board-ready report.
Get your score now — it's freeFive diagnostic categories. 25 targeted questions. Each calibrated to the risk indicators that experienced technology consultants actually use to scope modernisation engagements.
Hosting environment, provisioning maturity, OS patch status, high-availability architecture, and production observability.
Language and framework currency, architectural patterns, upgrade cadence, test coverage, and deployment automation.
External security audit history, dependency management, secrets handling, regulatory compliance, and identity controls.
Database age and support status, backup and restore practices, data governance, disaster recovery, and schema change management.
Code review maturity, runbook documentation, post-incident processes, technical debt governance, and onboarding quality.
Company name, industry, and team size — takes 30 seconds. This personalises your report and enables sector benchmarking.
One question at a time. No jargon. Each answer auto-advances to the next. Context hints explain why each question matters.
A 0–100 score with five category breakdowns, grade A–F, and your most critical findings highlighted immediately.
A 6-page board-ready report. Share with your leadership team. Book a consultation with Bithost to discuss next steps.
Not a generic printout. A structured document your board, CFO, and investors can understand and act on.
Company name, date, large risk score circle with grade, and 5-category bar chart breakdown — designed to communicate risk at a glance.
One-paragraph plain-English assessment of your risk posture, written for a non-technical board audience. Plus visualised category bar charts.
Every high-risk answer mapped to a specific plain-English finding, ordered by severity. No generic boilerplate — your actual risks, precisely described.
Grade-appropriate, prioritised recommendations your engineering team can act on immediately. Specific, not generic.
Complete record of all 25 answers, grouped by category — for accountability, auditing, and future benchmarking against a repeat assessment.
Grade-specific action statement and a direct path to Bithost's Legacy Modernisation consulting team for organisations ready to act.
The questions, findings, and recommendations are calibrated to the risk patterns most common in your industry.
Best-in-class engineering practices. Cloud-native, fully tested, continuously deployed. Risk is minimal and managed proactively.
Mostly modern practices with a few manageable gaps. Technical debt exists but is not causing significant disruption yet.
Meaningful technical debt accumulating. Development velocity is visibly impacted. Incidents are increasingly likely without intervention.
Significant legacy exposure across multiple dimensions. A major incident — outage, breach, or compliance violation — is likely within 1–2 years without a structured programme.
Critical risk across core systems. EOL software, unprotected data, or no external security review. The business is operating on borrowed time. Immediate action is essential.
Use the risk score and PDF to quantify and communicate technology risk to non-technical stakeholders. Turn a vague concern into a specific, actionable number.
Back your investment case with evidence. A Grade D or F report is a compelling artefact when requesting budget for infrastructure or architectural transformation.
Run the assessment on a target company's technology stack before signing. Understand the hidden modernisation cost buried in the deal before it's too late.
Run the diagnostic annually and compare scores over time. Track whether your modernisation investments are moving the needle on risk reduction.
New to a CTO or VP Engineering role? Use the diagnostic to rapidly assess the organisation's technology posture and build your initial roadmap with evidence.
The security and data categories surface the gaps most likely to cause compliance failures or data breaches, before an auditor or attacker does.
Your competitors are modernising. Find out exactly where you stand — and what to do about it — before they pull ahead.