FinTechAvailability
Payment gateway, four release cycles
Embedded QA across four production releases of a high-throughput payments platform. Zero downtime, zero post-release P1.
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Why QAble
Quality teams don't need another vendor. They need a reliable partner.
Reliability is the only QA metric that matters in production. We define it as three things working together: Availability, Expertise, and Consistency. The rest of this page is how we prove each one.
Engineering teams that rely on QAble
The Reliability Framework
A reliable QA partner is not one thing — it is three things in balance.
Most QA engagements fail at least one of these three. A team that is available but inexperienced misses the deep failures. A team that is expert but inconsistent ships well once and then drifts. We are built so all three hold under pressure.
Pillar 01 — Availability
Show up when the build is breaking, not next sprint.
Availability is not a sales promise — it is a working pattern. It is what your team feels at 6pm on a Friday before a release.
01
Same-day response SLA
Critical-path issues acknowledged within 24 hours, with a named QA lead on the thread, not a ticket queue.
02
Embedded sprint cadence
We run inside your sprint rhythm — daily standups, sprint reviews, and release readiness reviews, not handoff documents.
03
IST + EU + US overlap
Working hours that overlap with US and European product teams, with planned coverage windows for release weekends.
04
Dedicated channel per engagement
A shared Slack or Teams channel from day one. No portals, no ticket lag, no vendor-style escalation tree.
Pillar 02 — Expertise
Cover the full testing surface with senior engineers.
Expertise is the difference between finding a defect and finding the failure mode behind it. Our team covers the full QA surface and goes deep where it matters.
01
19 testing specialisations
From functional and accessibility to performance, security, AI/ML, blockchain, IoT — one team covers the full surface.
02
Senior-led teams
Engagements are led by senior QA engineers who own test strategy. We do not offload work to underprepared juniors.
03
Methodology, not improvisation
Risk-based test design, traceability matrices, and coverage models — every engagement follows a defined playbook.
04
Tooling depth
Selenium, Playwright, Appium, k6, JMeter, Burp Suite, Postman, Cypress, and our in-house TesboX framework.
05
AI/ML and next-gen coverage
Model behaviour testing, prompt regression, ledger validation, IoT device matrices — areas where standard QA falls short.
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Engineering-mindset reporting
Every defect ships with reproduction steps, severity, impact, and a fix hint. Reports written for engineers, not slide decks.
Pillar 03 — Consistency
The same process, every engagement.
Same six steps for a 2-week audit or a 12-month embedded engagement. Consistency is what makes the work repeatable across releases, teams, and time zones.
01
Discovery
We map your product, user journeys, and risk surface before writing the first test case. Coverage is planned, not guessed.
02
Test design
Risk-based test design with explicit coverage targets. Manual paths, automation candidates, and integration points all scoped up front.
03
Execution
Manual exploratory passes alongside automation runs. Findings logged in real time with clear reproduction context.
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Reporting
Reproduction steps, severity, business impact, and a fix hint on every defect. Same format, every engagement.
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Regression validation
Every fix is verified against the original failure path and the surrounding regression suite. Nothing ships on assumption.
06
Continuous review
After every release we revisit coverage, automation health, and process gaps. The methodology compounds, engagement after engagement.
The proof
Reliability is measurable. Here is what 200+ engagements show.
< 24h
Average response on critical paths
200+
Projects delivered to milestone
19
Testing specialisations in-house
< 2%
Post-release defect escape rate
Numbers are aggregated across active engagements. Specifics are shared in advisor calls.
The difference
Vendor delivers reports. A partner delivers reliability.
Most QA buyers have lived through the vendor pattern. The partner pattern looks different on day one.
Typical Vendor
What buyers usually see
- Test count reports without coverage context
- Junior staffing with rotating leads
- Slow ticket-based handoffs
- No view of product risk or architecture
- Generic test scripts without product understanding
QAble as Partner
What changes from day one
- Actionable defects, prioritised by riskReporting
- Senior leads owning test strategyPeople
- Embedded in your sprint cadenceCadence
- Risk-driven coverage, not script countMethodology
- Same playbook on day 1 and day 365Consistency
Same posture on day 1 and day 365
Reliability, applied
Three engagements where each pillar earned its place.
Healthcare SaaSExpertise
HIPAA + WCAG closed in one engagement
Combined accessibility audit and security review for a clinical workflow platform. Compliance gaps identified, prioritised, and closed inside the engagement window.
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AI/ML platformConsistency
Model regression caught pre-production
Behaviour testing pipeline for an LLM-driven product. Drift detected during staging, blocked a release that would have shipped degraded responses.
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Three ways to start working with us.
Pick the engagement that matches the question you are trying to answer.
2 to 4 weeks
Audit Sprint
A focused, time-boxed review of a specific risk surface — release readiness, accessibility, performance, or security.
Deliverables
Risk surface map for the chosen scope
Defect list with severity and reproduction steps
Prioritised remediation plan
Methodology handover document
Best for
Pre-launch validation
Compliance checkpoints
Vendor takeover
Ongoing
Embedded QA
A senior-led QA pod embedded in your sprint cadence — manual, automation, and release readiness in one team.
Deliverables
Dedicated QA lead inside your engineering org
Sprint testing, regression, and release sign-off
Automation suite ownership
Quarterly methodology review
Best for
Product teams shipping continuously
Teams scaling QA capacity
Multi-region rollouts
Fixed scope
TesboX-led automation
A scoped automation build using QAble's TesboX framework — fast to stand up, durable across releases.
Deliverables
Automation framework configured for your stack
Coverage map for critical paths
CI/CD integration with reporting
Maintenance runbook
Best for
Teams with no automation today
Brittle existing suites
Release pipelines needing stability
FAQ
Questions buyers actually ask.
Direct answers to the questions we get on the first advisor call.
How is QAble different from a staffing or contracting firm?
Staffing firms place individuals against a job description. QAble engages as a QA team with shared methodology, senior leads, and a defined process. The team is accountable for quality outcomes, not just hours billed.
Can you embed inside our sprint cadence?
Yes. Embedded QA is one of our core engagement models. We join your standups, sprint reviews, and release readiness sessions, and we ship in your tooling — Jira, Linear, GitHub, Slack, or whatever you already use.
Do you cover both manual and automation in one team?
Yes. Most engagements need both, and we do not split them across separate teams. Senior QA engineers move between exploratory testing, automation authoring, and release validation as the sprint demands.
What is the smallest engagement you take?
A two-week Audit Sprint is the smallest engagement we run. It covers a single risk surface — release readiness, accessibility, performance, or security — with a fixed scope and concrete deliverables.
How do you protect IP, source code, and customer data?
Every engagement signs a mutual NDA. We work inside your repos, your environments, and your access controls. We do not move data off your systems, and we follow whatever data classification rules your org operates under.
Do you work across time zones?
Our default working window overlaps with both European and US business hours. For releases or critical incidents we plan dedicated coverage windows in advance, including weekends where the release plan needs it.
Ready to work with a QA team you can actually rely on?
Senior QA leads embedded in your sprint. 19 testing specialisations, same process on day one and day 365.
Talk to a QA Advisor — same week, same person on the call.
No sales reps. The advisor on the call is a senior QA engineer who will own your engagement if you decide to move forward.
No sales pitch
Technical walkthrough
No lock-in commitment
Talk to QA Advisor
Direct line to QAble's senior QA leads. No sales gatekeeping.
Response within 24 hours