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Software testing and QA services: manual, automated, API, performance and security testing.

Testing that happens before your customers do it. Every QalbIT build ships with QA inside the sprint: written test plans, a regression suite that gates every merge, and a release checklist somebody signs. The same QA engineers are available on their own, for a product another team built, at a monthly rate you can read on this page.

A bug found in the sprint costs an hour. The same bug found in production costs a day and a phone call.

  • 0

    Known criticals shipped

  • $2.6k

    Per QA engineer, per month

  • 48h

    Median critical fix time

  • 100%

    Releases with a rollback path

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What we test

Software testing services we provide: six kinds of testing, one release checklist.

Which of these a product needs depends on what it carries. A booking platform needs load testing; an internal tool needs accessibility; anything with a checkout needs all six. We say which in the written scope, and why.

  • Manual & exploratory testing

    Structured test plans plus the unscripted poking that finds what a script never would. Written up with steps to reproduce, severity and environment, not screenshots in a chat.

    Every sprint

  • Test automation

    Regression suites in Playwright or Cypress covering the paths that carry money and data, run on every pull request rather than on request, and owned by your repository.

    CI on every build

  • API & integration testing

    Contract tests against your own endpoints and every third party you depend on, including the timeouts, rate limits and failure modes nobody plans for.

    REST · GraphQL

  • Performance & load testing

    Find the breaking point before your customers do. A baseline, a target load, and the specific query or endpoint that gives way first, with the fix.

    k6 · JMeter

  • Mobile & cross-browser testing

    Real devices and real browsers, not just a resized window. iOS, Android, Safari, Chrome, Firefox and the Edge version your enterprise client still uses.

    Device lab

  • Security & accessibility testing

    OWASP Top 10 passes and WCAG 2.2 AA audits as part of the release checklist, not a separate project six months later.

    OWASP · WCAG AA

A QA engineer at a desk in the QalbIT office with a rack of test phones and tablets, one phone in hand showing the app under test.
Real devices, not a resized window

How QA runs

Our QA process: five stages, none of them at the end.

QA that starts after development finishes is not quality assurance, it is damage assessment. Ours starts while the feature is still being written down, on the same cadence as how a build runs week by week.

  1. Test plan before code

    We write what "working" means while the feature is still being scoped: acceptance criteria you sign off, not interpreted later.

    Sprint start

  2. Testing inside the sprint

    QA sits in the same sprint as development. Bugs are found days after the code is written, not weeks.

    Continuous

  3. Automated regression gate

    Every pull request runs the suite. A red build does not merge, regardless of who is waiting for it.

    Every PR

  4. Release checklist & sign-off

    A written pre-release pass covering performance, security, accessibility and rollback, signed before anything ships.

    Before launch

  5. Post-release monitoring

    Error tracking and alerting on the paths that matter, so you hear it from us before you hear it from a customer.

    After launch

The first sprint

The first sprint with QA inside it.

Two weeks, and you can already read what was tested.

On a standalone engagement the first sprint is the same whether the product is ours or someone else’s. We read the code and the last three months of bugs, write a ranked risk list, and put the first regression tests on the paths that would cost you most if they broke. By the end of the sprint the suite runs in your CI and the first written test summary is in your inbox.

What you see

A risk list ranked by what it would cost you, a regression suite running on every pull request in your own repository, a bug tracker with steps to reproduce on every ticket, and a test summary you can forward to your board.

  • Day 1

    Access, the codebase read, the bug history pulled

  • Day 3

    Risk list ranked by cost, the first three tests agreed

  • Week 1

    Regression suite running in your CI

  • Week 2

    First written test summary and release checklist

See how we buy it →Get a free QA audit →
A laptop open to a CI dashboard with every check green, beside a printed sprint test summary and a cup of chai on a dark desk.
  • Playwright
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jira
  • BrowserStack
  • k6

What you receive

QA reporting: evidence, not reassurance.

You should never have to take our word for it that something was tested. Every sprint ends with something you can read, file and challenge, and teams on the dedicated team model get the same reports on the same day of the week.

  • What we send

    What we send

    • A written test summary at the end of every sprint
    • Bugs with steps to reproduce, severity and environment
    • Coverage on the business-critical paths, stated as a number
    • A release sign-off document you can file

  • What we never send

    What we never send

    • "Tested, looks fine" with no evidence behind it
    • Bug counts presented as a productivity metric
    • A coverage percentage that counts trivial code to look better
    • Surprise regressions discovered by your customers first

Tools we test with

Test automation tools and frameworks we work in.

Open, standard and yours to keep. Every suite we write runs in your CI and lives in your repository, bugs land in your Jira or Linear, and there is no QalbIT test platform to licence.

  • Web & mobile automation

    Web & mobile automation

    • Playwright
    • Cypress
    • Appium and Flutter integration tests
    • BrowserStack and a real device lab

  • API & contract

    API & contract

    • Postman
    • Pact
    • Supertest
    • GraphQL schema checks

  • Performance

    Performance

    • k6
    • JMeter
    • Lighthouse CI
    • Query profiling

  • Security & accessibility

    Security & accessibility

    • OWASP ZAP
    • Dependency scanning
    • axe-core
    • Pa11y

How to buy it

QA outsourcing cost: inside a build, as a dedicated QA engineer, or as an automation suite.

Three ways to get the same engineers. Most clients never see the first as a line item, because it is not one; the second and third are for products we did not build.

  • Inside every QalbIT build

    Included

    You are already getting this.

    • Test plan written before the code
    • Regression suite gating every pull request
    • Release checklist and sign-off document

  • Most chosen · Dedicated QA engineer

    $2,600 / month

    For a product another team built.

    • Full-time, working your hours, in your tools
    • Manual and automation, 3–6 years experience
    • Scale up or down on 30 days notice

  • Test automation suite

    Quoted per suite

    A fixed-scope regression suite, handed over.

    • Playwright or Cypress, on the paths that carry money
    • Runs in your CI, owned by your repository
    • Documented so your team can extend it

In-house or outsourced

In-house QA vs outsourced software testing: what changes, honestly.

The same product can be tested by a hire, an outsourced team or us. What changes is the cost, how fast it starts, and who owns the suite when it ends. In-house and outsourced figures are public 2026 benchmarks and vary by market; ours is the rate above.

In-house QA vs outsourced software testing: what changes, honestly.
The questionIn-house QA hire, US or UKTypical outsourced QA teamQalbIT QA
Cost per engineer, per month$8,000 – $15,000 fully loaded$3,000 – $6,000$2,600, or included in a build
Time to first test runTwo to three months to hire and rampTwo to four weeksThe first sprint, inside your tools
Manual and automationUsually one or the other per hireOften separate teams billed separatelyBoth, from the same engineer
Who owns the suiteYouSometimes the vendor’s platformYou: it lives in your repository and CI
When it is the right choiceA large product with a permanent QA functionVolume testing with a fixed scriptA product that needs judgement as well as coverage, at a third of the cost

Industries where testing carries the risk

Tailored software solutions built for your industry's success.

We bring patterns from multiple domains, but always adapt them to your specific context, constraints and users, never a template dropped on your business.

Our clients · reviews

Teams who trusted QalbIT

Short feedback from clients and products we work on across web, mobile, SaaS and internal tools.

  • Testimonials from long-term custom software development and SaaS product clients.
  • Covers ERP systems, B2B marketplaces, booking platforms, and web & mobile app development projects.
  • Real text and video reviews from founders, CTOs, and product teams who partnered with QalbIT for delivery.

  • Video review

    Rated 5 out of 5.
    “I would recommend QalbIT to everybody. QalbIT has been developing all my front-end & backend systems complete to my requirements. They have excellent technical knowledge and listen very well to the needs of their customers. And above all, they are great people.”
    Wouter SantensExecutive Search Consultant · Bloomford

  • Written review

    Rated 5 out of 5.
    “Excellent work! QalbIT team delivered the project on time, with great quality. Their ability to quickly adapt to new requirements and deliver promptly was impressive. Highly recommend them for Flutter projects.”
    Ahmed GFounder at Local Buzz · Consumer app / local discovery

  • Video review

    Rated 5 out of 5.
    “QalbIT quickly integrated four payment platforms: Square, Stripe, PayPal and Coinbase. Active communication, timely deadlines despite research-heavy work, plus post-launch support.”
    Roshan SethiaCTO · Contractor Plus, Inc.

  • Written review

    Rated 5 out of 5.
    “They took a half-finished marketplace, stabilised it, and shipped the modules we actually needed first. The weekly demos meant nothing came as a surprise.”
    Abhishek P.Product Lead · B2B marketplace

  • Written review

    Rated 5 out of 5.
    “QalbIT is a fantastic dev partner. They provide quality work, good communication and go above and beyond. Fantastic work delivered by QalbIT and his team. Can’t give enough credits with regards to how they work and at which speed they do it. Top team.”
    Joost HesselberthFounder · Ad Lunam
A printed release checklist with every line ticked and signed at the foot, a closed laptop beside it in evening light.
The release checklist, signed

The services QA is built into

Software development services at a glance.

From MVPs to long-term platforms, combine our core and specialised services to design, build and grow products that match how your business really works.

Start here

Find out what your product is not testing.

Send us the product and where it hurts. A QA lead reviews it and comes back with a written risk list and the three tests worth writing first, within 48 hours.

  • Start here

    Find out what your product is not testing.

    Send us the product and where it hurts. A QA lead reviews it and comes back with a written risk list and the three tests worth writing first, within 48 hours.

    • A written risk list, ranked by what it would cost you
    • The three highest-value automated tests to write first
    • An honest read on whether you need QA or just discipline
    • Free, and yours to keep either way

FAQs · software testing & QA

Software testing and QA services: frequently asked questions

What the service includes, manual versus automation, what outsourced QA costs, how fast it starts, and what you get at the end of every sprint.

Ask us directly →
Six kinds of testing under one release checklist: manual and exploratory testing, test automation in Playwright or Cypress, API and integration testing, performance and load testing, mobile and cross-browser testing on real devices, and security and accessibility checks against the OWASP Top 10 and WCAG 2.2 AA. Which ones a product needs is written into the scope, with the reason.
Yes. Every QalbIT build ships with QA inside the sprint: the test plan, the regression suite gating every merge and the signed release checklist are in the number, not a line item that arrives in month three. The pricing page lists what is included in every engagement.
Yes. A dedicated QA engineer costs $2,600 a month, full-time, working your hours in your tools, for a product another team built. A fixed-scope test automation suite is quoted per suite and handed over to your repository. Both usually start with the free QA audit at the foot of this page.
Published 2026 benchmarks put an offshore QA engineer at $15 to $50 an hour and a US or UK hire at $50 to $150, or $8,000 to $15,000 a month once loaded. Ours is $2,600 a month per engineer, manual and automation from the same person, with no separate automation team to pay for. The comparison table above sets the three side by side.
Both, in that order. Manual and exploratory testing finds what a script never will and is where every engagement starts; automation pays back on the paths that carry money and data, once they are stable enough to script. A typical product has a regression suite covering those paths within the first month, and manual testing continues on everything new.
The first regression tests run in your CI inside the first sprint, on the three paths that would cost you most if they broke. A suite covering the business-critical journeys of a typical SaaS or mobile product takes four to eight weeks alongside normal development, and it grows with every feature after that.
Yes, and that is most standalone QA work. We read the code and the last three months of bugs, write a ranked risk list, and put the first tests where the risk is. There is no requirement to move development to us; the QA engineer works in your repository, your CI and your tracker.
Playwright and Cypress for web, Appium and Flutter integration tests for mobile, Postman, Pact and Supertest for APIs, k6 and JMeter for load, OWASP ZAP and dependency scanning for security, axe-core and Pa11y for accessibility, and BrowserStack plus a real device lab for coverage. All open or standard, all running in your CI, none of it a QalbIT platform you would have to licence.
Yes, as part of the release checklist rather than a separate project. Every authenticated surface gets an OWASP Top 10 pass and every customer-facing screen a WCAG 2.2 AA audit before launch. An external penetration test is quoted separately when your compliance needs one, and we fix what it finds.
Critical bugs are fixed with a median of 48 hours, inside the thirty days of post-launch support every build includes, and a regression test is added so the same bug cannot come back. Anything found later is covered by the support retainer or the dedicated engineer, depending on how you work with us.
A written test summary, every bug logged with steps to reproduce, severity and environment, the coverage on business-critical paths stated as a number, and before each release a signed checklist you can file. What you never receive is "tested, looks fine" with nothing behind it.
For the parts that are the same every time: generating test skeletons, drafting cases from acceptance criteria and spotting gaps in coverage. Every generated test is read and run by a QA engineer before it counts, and the exploratory testing that finds the strange bugs is still a person with the product in their hands.

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