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Startup QA · Fast and Lean

Ship your MVP with confidence,
not crossed fingers

No budget for a full-time QA hire. Shipping fast with no safety net. Production bugs killing your early traction. Sound familiar?

We give you senior ISTQB-certified QA expertise, a working test suite in 5 days, and the flexibility to scale up or stop anytime.

5 days
To first test suite
No hire
Needed to start
48h
Strategy delivered
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YOUR APPDay 1Smoke testsDay 2API coverageDay 3Regression suiteDay 4Edge casesDay 5CI/CD live5 layers of protection · shipping with confidence

Zero to covered in 5 days

DAY 01
Discovery
30-min call
DAY 02
Strategy
Plan delivered
DAY 03
Setup
Framework ready
DAY 04
Tests Live
Suite running
DAY 05
CI/CD Ready
Coverage growing
The Problem We Solve

What Slows Startups Down

These are the exact problems we hear from early-stage founders every week.

01
Bugs caught by your users, not your team
When there is no test coverage, users become your QA. That means bad reviews, churn, and a reputation hit before you even hit your stride.
02
Every release is a gamble
No automated tests means every deployment is a gut-check moment. Your team is shipping blind and crossing fingers every time.
03
A full-time QA hire is not affordable yet
Senior QA engineers cost $80K to $120K a year before benefits and tooling. That budget does not exist at seed or pre-Series A.
04
Manual testing does not scale
Manually clicking through the app before every release takes hours, misses edge cases, and falls apart the moment the team grows.
Our Startup QA Approach

How We Get You Test-Ready in 5 Days

No black box. Here is exactly what happens from the first call to a fully running test suite.

01

Discovery and Risk Assessment

Day 1 to 2

We spend a day learning your product, stack, and highest-risk user journeys. You get a prioritised test coverage plan and strategy document before we write a single line of test code.

30-min call with your team
Full stack and risk review
Prioritised coverage plan
Strategy document delivered in 48h
02

Framework Setup and CI/CD Integration

Day 3 to 4

We pick the right automation framework for your stack and wire it into your CI/CD pipeline. By day 4, smoke tests are already running on every push.

Playwright, Cypress, or Appium depending on your stack
GitHub Actions or GitLab CI integration
Test environment configured
Smoke tests running by day 4
03

First Full Test Run and Baseline

Day 5

Your first automated test suite runs against the full product. You see exactly what passes, what fails, and what the real risk areas are. No guessing.

Automated regression baseline
Critical path coverage first
Manual exploratory session
Full defect report with severity ratings
04

Ongoing Sprint Coverage

Week 2 onward

From week 2, tests run on every pull request. Coverage grows each sprint. Weekly reports keep you and your team across quality without lifting a finger.

Tests triggered on every PR automatically
Weekly coverage review call
Defect severity dashboard
Coverage expands each sprint
Why Startups Choose Us

Senior QA Without the Overhead

All the expertise of a full-time senior hire at a fraction of the cost.

01

Fast to start

Strategy in 48 hours, tests running by day 5. No procurement cycles, no lengthy onboarding, no delays.

02

Senior expertise

ISTQB-certified QA lead with 5+ years of startup experience. The expertise that normally costs $100K or more to hire.

03

Works with your stack

We use what fits your product. Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Python. Not what is easiest for us.

04

Fraction of the cost

You get senior QA coverage at a fraction of a full-time hire. Pay for what you need and scale when you are ready.

05

Fits your workflow

We work inside your Jira, Slack, GitHub, and sprint cycles. No new tools to learn, no extra process to manage.

06

Grows with you

Start with core coverage. Add more automation, test types, and reporting depth as your product and team scale.

Cost Comparison
$80-120K/yr
Full-time QA hire
+ recruitment + onboarding
$15-25K
Recruiting + onboarding
one-off, before they start
Pay per sprint
SprintSynergy
no salary, no benefits, no overhead

Trusted by 24+ startups across SaaS, Fintech, HealthTech, and eCommerce

Tools We Use

The Right Tool for Your Stack

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Playwright
Web automation
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Cypress
E2E testing
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Appium
Mobile testing
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Postman
API testing
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GitHub Actions
CI/CD pipeline
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Python
Custom scripts
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TestRail
Test management
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Jira
Bug tracking
FAQ

Startup QA Questions

The most common questions from early-stage founders before starting.

Ready to ship with confidence?

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Strategy in 48h
No commitment
01We are pre-launch. Is it too early for QA?

Pre-launch is the best time to start. You build quality in from the beginning rather than retrofitting tests around a codebase that was never designed for them.

02We have no QA process at all. Is that a problem?
03Can we start with just manual testing?
04How much does Startup QA cost?
05Do you sign NDAs?
06Can we pause or stop if needed?

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