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Software testing services for startups

Scalable QA for growing products and frequent release cycles.

Backed by 16 years in QA and 500+ completed projects, DeviQA provides scalable manual and automated testing for growing startups. We integrate QA into your release process, prioritize business-critical workflows, and expand coverage as product complexity and release volume increase.

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Tipalti - DeviQA client
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Mimecast - DeviQA client

How DeviQA supports growing startups

DeviQA sets up new QA processes or improves existing ones as your product, team, and release workload grow.

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Building a QA process from the ground up

  • Analyze product architecture, critical workflows, integrations, and quality risks.
  • Validate the selected testing tools and automation approach through a proof of concept.
  • Create a test strategy, test plans, test cases, checklists, and reporting templates.
  • Define consistent QA standards, workflows, roles, and responsibilities.
  • Define test coverage, environments, devices, and test data requirements.
  • Establish defect reporting, quality metrics, and release-status reporting.
  • Integrate automated tests and quality gates into the CI/CD pipeline.
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Improving an existing QA process

  • Audit test coverage, workflows, tools, automation, documentation, and quality metrics.
  • Create a prioritized QA improvement roadmap and select tools that fit your product stack.
  • Implement process changes based on product risks and release goals.
  • Standardize test documentation for critical and complex user workflows.
  • Train your internal QA team and transfer process, tooling, and automation knowledge.
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Scope of DeviQA’s software testing services for startups

DeviQA provides end-to-end QA support, with testing coverage and team capacity scaled to your product complexity, development pace, and release workload.

Case studies

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Abbott - DeviQA client

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare giant

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Web app testing
Test automation
API testing
Dedicated QA team
  • 90%

    Test coverage

  • 1.6k+

    Test cases created

  • X18

    Faster regression testing run

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Compass - DeviQA client

Compass is the first modern real estate platform

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Web app testing
Test automation
E2E testing
Load testing
Mobile testing
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  • 85%

    Test coverage

  • 2k+

    Test cases created

  • 2.5x

    Faster regression testing run

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Arklign - DeviQA client

Arklign is a dental practice platform

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Web app testing
API testing
Dedicated QA team
Mobile testing
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  • 95%

    Test coverage

  • 5k+

    Test cases created

  • 3k+

    Number of critical bugs logged

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Tipalti - DeviQA client

Tipalti is a payment automation platform

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Web app testing
Dedicated QA team
DB testing
API testing
Performance testing
  • 12

    Years of cooperation

  • 100%

    Covered performance

  • 2x

    Faster regression testing time

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Xola - DeviQA client

Xola is a booking system for tours and attractions

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Web app testing
Test automation
Mobile testing
DB testing
Dedicated QA team
  • 90%

    Test coverage

  • 3.2k+

    Automation test scripts created

  • 1-2h

    Time of regression

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Scale QA as your startup grows

Book a call to define your testing priorities, required QA expertise, and the right team capacity for your release workload.

DeviQA’s AI advantage

At DeviQA, we use AI to make testing smarter and simpler. Our ecosystem is built to deliver faster, smarter, and more cost-efficient results — so your team can do more in less time.

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AI-powered IDE assistant

Reduces test script writing time

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QA companion

Provides suggestions for test optimization and addresses gaps

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Automated code review

Flags unused variables, improper loops, and other common errors

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AI for API testing in Postman

Streamlines API test case creation and response validation

Features

Test case creation

Code review

Exploratory planning

Log analysis

without AI

6 hrs

3 hrs

2 hrs

2 hrs

with DeviQA AI

4 hrs (33% saved)

2 hrs (33% saved)

45 min (60% saved)

1 hr (50% saved)

QA engagement models for startups

Backed by 16 years in QA, DeviQA offers three engagement models that match your required expertise, delivery ownership, release workload, and budget.

QA staff augmentation

DeviQA engineers join your existing team and work within your tools, processes, and priorities.

Advantages:

  • Fast access to pre-vetted middle and senior QA engineers

  • QA capacity that scales with your testing workload

  • Direct control over priorities, tools, workflows, and technical decisions

Best for:

Teams that need additional QA capacity or specific testing expertise.

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Dedicated QA team

A stable team assigned to your product for ongoing manual and automated testing.

Advantages:

  • Retained product, domain, and technical knowledge

  • Continuous testing capacity without building an internal QA team

  • Direct communication, defined ownership, and transparent reporting

Best for:

Growing products that require consistent, long-term QA support.

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Project-based QA outsourcing

DeviQA manages testing for a defined feature set, release, migration, or QA initiative.

Advantages:

  • Defined scope, timeline, deliverables, and acceptance criteria

  • End-to-end QA ownership with minimal internal management

  • A dedicated delivery team and structured progress reporting

Best for:

Defined releases or time-sensitive projects with limited internal QA capacity.

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Why startups choose DeviQA for software testing services

Over 600,000 project man-days successfully delivered.

We take full accountability for our work.

A range of value-added services at no extra cost.

Free test trial. Try us before making any payment.

Our engineers are senior QA professionals with strong autonomy and self-starting ability.

With a 96% retention rate, we offer stable teams, compared to the industry average of 80%.

Extensive testing lab with a wide range of environments, platforms, and devices.

Access to a technology community of over 4000 QA engineers and experts.

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Give your development team the QA support it needs

Our approach to software testing
for startups

DeviQA aligns testing priorities, coverage, and QA capacity with your product roadmap, business risks, and release schedule.

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Product & roadmap alignment

We review your product, architecture, business goals, user workflows, and release plans to define the QA scope.

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Risk-based prioritization

We prioritize business-critical workflows, integrations, and components based on failure impact and release risk.

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Lightweight test planning

We create focused test plans, checklists, and exploratory charters aligned with current release priorities.

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Agile-friendly execution

We integrate manual, exploratory, and automated testing into your sprints and release workflows.

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Continuous feedback & issue triage

We report defects with severity, reproduction steps, evidence, and business impact, then support prioritization with your developers.

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Release validation & retrospective

We validate release-critical workflows, report readiness risks, and update coverage based on defects and product changes.

Here’s what people are saying
about DeviQA

G2

34 reviews

Clutch

34 reviews

Goodfirms

9 reviews

Video testimonial by Janosch Greber

It was so easy to integrate your people with us and we didn't have any problems.

Janosch Greber

Janosch Greber

VP of engineering at RealTyme

DeviQA helped develop a cybersecurity software platform. Complex automated scenarios test REST APIs through a Faraday library. An SDK application works with Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, and LXC containers.

Yuval Or

Yuval Or

QA manager at Mimecast

Video testimonial by Danny He

DeviQA has always brought us really high quality candidates for us to be able to seamlessly mesh into our team.

Danny He

Danny He

CEO and founder at Soapbox

DeviQA provides software QA automation engineering support to a QC and QA company. Their work includes sandbox testing, QA, testing automation, DevOps support, and TechOps support.

Alex Ohoussou

Alex Ohoussou

Head of QA & techOPs at QIMA

Video testimonial by Ryan Austin

You guys have always been genuine, flexible and personable.

Ryan Austin

Ryan Austin

CEO and founder at Cognota

DeviQA has provided application testing services for an HR tech company. The team has managed feature, smoke, and regression automation tests and offered test reports.

Mia Bunjac

Mia Bunjac

QA chapter lead at Renhead Technology

Video testimonial by Raanan Tauber

In fact, they have been a part of our success story, helping us grow from six workers 11 years ago to about 1200 workers now.

Raanan Tauber

Raanan Tauber

QA manager at Tipalti

DeviQA provides automatic testing with continuous integration for native and hybrid mobile apps.

Giurea Renato Gabriel P.F.A.

Giurea Renato Gabriel P.F.A.

CTO at Impaktsoft Projekt S.R.L.

Video testimonial by Ray Alde

They can take my lack of knowledge and I can trust that they will be able to produce something of value.

Ray Alde

Ray Alde

Co-founder & cto at Arklign

DeviQA provides QA and testing resources on an ongoing basis. They evaluate architectures and offer both manual and automated testing. The client has also utilized their on-demand developers.

Video testimonial by Mark Levine

To me, that's above and beyond, I did not expect that to be so smooth and so easy.

Mark Levine

Mark Levine

Chief product officer at CYDEF

DeviQA is a dedicated vendor that assists with manual and automated testing on an ongoing basis. They're also overseeing other development projects and supervising the testing portion of those.

Video testimonial by Charles Chase

They know what they're doing because the people that they send to us are quality people.

Charles Chase

Charles Chase

Chief technology officer at Returnmates

DeviQA provided application testing services for an audio editing platform. The team was responsible for continuously testing the UI and functionality of the platform via an automated testing framework.

Video testimonial by Olivier Mayot

There is also very good follow up on the engineers and the job they're doing.

Olivier Mayot

Olivier Mayot

Chief technology officer at SimpliField

DeviQA serves as the process improvement partner to a diabetes care and solutions company. They helped scale the client's automated testing and are now working on improving their manual testing framework.

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Collaboration process overview

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    Initial contact. We start by understanding your testing needs and aligning them with your goals.

  • 02

    Assessment. Our experts analyze your current process and propose a tailored improvement plan.

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    PoC. Try a free proof of concept to see our capabilities in action.

  • 04

    Trial & evaluation. We conduct a trial phase and review the results together.

  • 05

    Contract & QA implementation. Once satisfied, we sign the contract and begin full-scale QA.

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    Flexible partnership. DeviQA offers scalable solutions to adapt to your business needs.

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Questions & answers

Startups need QA to catch bugs early, ensure performance, and release fast without sacrificing quality—especially with lean teams and high product velocity.
We offer functional, UI/UX, test automation, regression, performance, and API testing—adaptable to your tech stack and growth stage.
Yes. We provide dedicated QA engineers or full QA teams to act as your external QA department, reducing costs and accelerating delivery.
Absolutely. We work with many early-stage startups that need complete QA support—from strategy to test execution to automation setup.
Startup QA focuses on speed, scalability, and lean processes. We adapt to fast sprints, rapid changes, and early product-market fit testing.
DeviQA has helped 300+ startups and scaleups launch stable, high-quality apps with fast onboarding, flexible models, and deep QA expertise.
DeviQA provides software testing for startups worldwide. We have worked in software testing since 2010 and delivered 600,000+ man days for 300+ clients, with 300+ QA engineers on staff and a 96% engineer retention rate against an industry average of 80%. DeviQA is certified to ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1, all engineers hold ISTQB Foundation Level certification, and clients rate DeviQA 5.0 out of 5 across 77 verified reviews on G2, Clutch and GoodFirms.