# Rapid Diligence

Quality of earnings with published pricing.

A tech-enabled quality-of-earnings firm built for SMB buyers, with published pricing: full QoE from $16.5k, a lighter QoE from $11.2k, a $750 pre-LOI vetting report, a $1,097-per-month search advisory tier, and post-close bookkeeping and fractional-CFO services; the firm cites 250-plus deals reviewed across five years. It now also sells a lender-facing quality of earnings for SBA 7(a) files, and publishes 250 or more deals over five years across 50-plus sectors.

- Category: Diligence & Earnings Review
- Pricing model: One-Time
- Where it fits: Diligence & Close the Deal
- Website: https://rapiddiligence.com

## At a Glance

Get its quote alongside Guardian's on any standard deal; the published pricing keeps everyone honest, and the $750 pre-[LOI](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/loi) screen is worth it on marginal targets regardless of who does your full [QoE](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/qoe).

## What It Costs

Published pricing (rapiddiligence.com, July 2026): QoE from $16.5k; QoE Lite from $11.2k; preliminary vetting report $750; search advisory $1,097 per month; bookkeeping from $549 per month; fractional CFO from $1,840 per month. Standard QoE turnaround 3 to 4 weeks with paid expediting.

## Best For

Buyers in the $1M to $20M range who want QoE pricing they can see before a sales call, plus a cheap pre-LOI screen ($750) that can kill a bad deal before diligence money burns

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Genuinely published pricing across the whole service ladder, rare in QoE
- Pro: The $750 pre-LOI vetting report is a useful screening product most firms do not offer
- Pro: SMB-native: the firm reports a majority of its deals involve [SBA 7(a)](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/sba-7a) financing
- Pro: Stated turnaround times with an expedited option
- Con: Volume claims and deal statistics are the firm's own
- Con: A lighter, tech-enabled process is a fit question for messy books that need forensic depth
- Con: Post-close services create an incentive to stay in the relationship; evaluate each service on its own

## What Searchers Say

A visible newer entrant in [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher)-sized QoE with generally positive community mentions, usually praised for responsiveness and price transparency. As with any QoE choice, fit depends on the deal's complexity; established firms with deeper forensic benches remain the comparison.

## Compared With

- Which searcher-focused QoE shop gets your deal? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/guardian-vs-rapid-diligence.md)
- Before the LOI, do you pay a firm to read the deal or software? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/rapid-diligence-vs-devaland.md)
- Systems or numbers: which diligence does this deal need? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/inzo-technologies-vs-rapid-diligence.md)

## Sources

- https://rapiddiligence.com/

Also on this site: https://searchspheresource.com/resources/category/diligence.md
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Last checked: 2026-09-07

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