B1
Test Automation Strategy & Framework Design
Know what to automate, which tools to use, and what coverage to target — before your team writes a single test.

Most QA automation initiatives fail not because of execution, but because of strategy. Teams pick the wrong framework, automate the wrong tests first, or build a suite that is too brittle to maintain. The Testyr.ai Test Strategy engagement prevents all three. We assess your current QA maturity, your engineering team's skill profile, your release cadence, and your defect history — then design a test automation framework and phased roadmap that your engineers will actually maintain and trust over time.

You receive a written framework recommendation with rationale, a phased automation roadmap with coverage targets and projected defect reduction by phase, a tool evaluation matrix comparing 3-5 options for your specific stack, and an implementation guide your internal team can act on independently or with our support.

Typical ROI: Teams that begin with a strategy engagement typically avoid 2–3 costly framework migrations and achieve sustainable coverage 40% faster than teams who start building without a plan.
Tools Evaluated & Recommended
Playwright Cypress Postman Mabl Testim TestRail Xray Linear
What's Delivered
  • QA maturity assessment across 6 dimensions with scored baseline
  • Framework recommendation with detailed rationale for your specific stack
  • Tool evaluation matrix: 3-5 options compared across 10 criteria
  • Phased automation roadmap with coverage targets per phase
  • Projected defect reduction by coverage tier
  • Implementation guide with CI/CD integration specifications
Engagement Pricing
Entry
Single product or service. Up to 3 tool options evaluated. E2E and API scope. 1 review session with engineering team.
$4,000–$8,000
Mid
Multiple products or microservices. Full toolchain evaluation. Phased roadmap with 3 coverage milestones. CI/CD integration spec.
$10,000–$20,000
Premium
Enterprise-scale QA strategy. Multi-team coordination. Test management platform selection. Governance framework and rollout plan.
$22,000–$40,000
Not sure where to start with test automation? A strategy engagement gives you a clear, costed plan before you write a single test.
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B2
Functional & Regression Test Automation
Turn your multi-day manual regression cycle into a 45-minute CI run — and ship on the same day you merge.

Manual regression testing is the most expensive and least reliable form of QA. It is slow, it is inconsistent, and it does not scale with your release cadence. Testyr.ai builds automated E2E regression suites using Playwright or Cypress that cover your critical user journeys, integrate directly into your CI/CD pipeline, and run on every pull request — catching regressions before they reach production, not after.

Every regression suite we build includes test case documentation, a CI/CD integration configuration, a test maintenance guide, and 30 days of post-launch support. We do not hand off brittle tests that break on every minor UI change — we design suites that are resilient by architecture, with robust selectors, intelligent wait strategies, and a clear pattern for your engineers to follow when extending coverage.

Typical ROI: Clients reduce regression cycle time by 85-95% after a full regression suite implementation. For a team spending 4 days on manual regression, this recovers 3+ engineering days per release cycle — typically worth $40,000–$80,000 annually in engineering capacity.
Tools & Platforms
Playwright Cypress Appium Applitools GitHub Actions GitLab CI CircleCI Allure
What's Included
  • User journey mapping and critical path identification
  • Full E2E test suite built to your agreed coverage scope
  • CI/CD integration with parallel test execution configuration
  • Test reporting setup with failure screenshots and traces
  • Test maintenance guide and pattern documentation
  • Engineer training session (2 hours minimum)
  • 30-day post-launch support period
Engagement Pricing
Entry
Up to 50 test cases. Single user flow category. Playwright or Cypress. GitHub Actions integration. Ideal for first automation deployment.
$8,000–$18,000
Mid
50–200 test cases. Multi-flow coverage. Parallel execution. Advanced reporting. Visual regression option. Most common engagement tier.
$22,000–$55,000
Premium
200+ test cases. Full product coverage. Mobile and web. Cross-browser matrix. Flake detection and maintenance framework.
$60,000–$130,000
Currently running days-long manual regression? We can scope a replacement suite and price it in a single call.
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B3
API & Integration Testing Automation
Catch breaking API changes and integration failures in CI — before they reach your customers or your downstream systems.

APIs are the connective tissue of modern software. When they break — through undocumented schema changes, authentication failures, rate limit mismanagement, or incorrect response handling — the failure often cascades silently through downstream systems before anyone notices. Testyr.ai builds comprehensive automated API test suites that cover your endpoints for correctness, contract compliance, authentication, error handling, and schema validation — and integrate them directly into your CI pipeline so breaking changes surface on the pull request, not in production.

For teams with third-party integrations, we implement consumer-driven contract tests using Pact that give both provider and consumer teams confidence that integrations will not break on deployment. For teams with internal APIs, we provide OpenAPI specification validation and automated schema regression coverage.

Typical ROI: Teams with automated API coverage catch 3–5x more breaking changes before production deployment. For a team shipping weekly, this typically eliminates 2–4 production incidents per quarter — each of which costs an average of 4–8 engineering hours to diagnose and remediate.
Tools & Frameworks
Postman Newman Pact REST-assured OWASP ZAP Spectral Prism Supertest
What's Covered
  • Endpoint functional testing: happy path and error scenarios
  • Schema validation against OpenAPI specification
  • Authentication and authorization testing
  • Consumer-driven contract testing with Pact (where applicable)
  • Rate limiting and error handling behavior coverage
  • Security header and OWASP coverage for public APIs
Engagement Pricing
Entry
Up to 30 endpoints. Happy path and key error scenarios. Postman/Newman CI integration. OpenAPI schema validation.
$6,000–$14,000
Mid
30–100 endpoints. Contract testing with Pact. Auth/authz coverage. Security header testing. Reporting dashboard.
$16,000–$35,000
Premium
100+ endpoints. Full contract testing across multiple providers. OWASP ZAP security automation. GraphQL coverage included.
$40,000–$80,000
APIs that break without warning? We will build the coverage that catches them before your customers do.
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B4
Performance & Load Testing
Know how your system behaves at 10x normal load — before your campaign launches, your season peaks, or your investor demo goes live.

Most growth-stage engineering teams only discover their performance limits when traffic spikes unexpectedly. By then, it is too late — the incident is happening, customers are experiencing degradation, and engineering is scrambling to identify the bottleneck under pressure. Testyr.ai designs and executes performance test scenarios that simulate your real-world traffic patterns at scale — identifying the breaking point of your system, the bottleneck components, and the remediation path before you are in production crisis mode.

We design load profiles based on your actual traffic data or realistic projections, run tests across your target infrastructure configuration, and deliver a performance report that identifies the specific components, queries, or services that degrade first — with remediation recommendations and a baseline for future performance regression testing.

Typical ROI: Performance testing before a major traffic event costs 5–20% of the remediation cost of an unplanned outage. For a team with $5M ARR, a single 4-hour production performance incident typically costs $20,000–$60,000 in engineering time, customer churn, and revenue impact.
Tools & Platforms
k6 Gatling Locust Datadog APM Grafana New Relic Artillery AWS Load Testing
Test Scenarios Covered
  • Baseline load test: normal traffic volume with response time SLA validation
  • Stress test: ramp-up to 5-20x normal load to find breaking point
  • Spike test: sudden traffic surge simulation (marketing campaigns, PR events)
  • Soak test: sustained load over 2-4 hours to detect memory leaks and degradation
  • Bottleneck analysis: database query performance, cache hit rates, API response times
  • Post-test remediation recommendations with priority ranking
Engagement Pricing
Entry
Baseline and stress test. Up to 5 critical user flows. k6 or Locust. Single environment. Performance report with findings.
$5,000–$10,000
Mid
Full test suite: baseline, stress, spike, soak. APM integration. Grafana dashboard. Bottleneck analysis. Remediation roadmap.
$12,000–$28,000
Premium
Multi-region testing. Microservices performance profiling. CI-integrated performance regression suite. Ongoing benchmarks.
$32,000–$70,000
Launching a campaign or planning for peak season? Know your limits before traffic makes the decision for you.
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B5
QA Managed Services
Senior QA engineering embedded in your product organization — without the overhead of hiring, onboarding, and retaining full-time QA headcount.

Test suites degrade. Products change. New features require new coverage. Without active QA engineering investment, even a well-built test suite becomes outdated, flaky, and eventually abandoned. Testyr.ai's QA Managed Services embeds a senior QA engineering team in your product organization on a monthly retainer — maintaining your existing test coverage, validating each release, writing new tests for new features, and reporting quality metrics every week with a clear picture of your defect escape rate and coverage trend.

Most clients on a QA Managed Services retainer operate with the effective QA depth of a 2-3 person internal QA team at roughly 40-60% of the cost — because they are not paying for benefits, onboarding, management overhead, or the risk of turnover. They pay for QA outcomes, and that is what they receive.

Typical ROI: Managed QA clients maintain 90%+ test suite health and see a 50-70% reduction in production defect rate within the first 90 days. The average managed QA retainer replaces the equivalent of 1.5–2 full-time QA engineers at 40% of the fully-loaded cost.
Management Stack
Playwright TestRail Jira Linear Allure GitHub Actions Slack Custom Dashboards
What's Included Each Month
  • Continuous test suite maintenance as your product changes
  • Release validation before each deployment with sign-off report
  • Monthly capacity hours for new test coverage as new features ship
  • Weekly quality metrics report: coverage, flake rate, defect escape rate, suite health
  • Defect reporting and triage support with reproduction steps
  • Quarterly QA roadmap review with coverage expansion plan
Monthly Retainer Pricing
Entry
Up to 100 tests under management. 10 hrs/month new coverage. Release validation. Weekly quality report. Defect triage support.
$3,000–$5,500/mo
Mid
Up to 300 tests. 24 hrs/month new coverage. All test types. Weekly sync call. Bi-weekly stakeholder report. Quarterly roadmap.
$6,500–$10,000/mo
Premium
Unlimited tests. 40+ hrs/month. Dedicated senior QA engineer. Daily stand-up participation. Custom quality dashboard. SLA-backed response.
$12,000–$22,000/mo
Already have some test coverage? We can take over management and systematically expand it from day one.
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Services at a glance.

Use this table to quickly identify which service fits your current situation — then explore the detail blocks above or book a free assessment to get a recommendation.

Service Best For Timeline Starting Price Primary Outcome
B1 — Test Strategy Teams starting from scratch or rebuilding their QA approach 2–4 weeks $4,000 Written framework recommendation, phased roadmap, tool evaluation matrix
B2 — Regression Automation Teams running multi-day manual regression cycles 30 days (first suite) $8,000 E2E regression suite in CI — 85–95% cycle time reduction
B3 — API Testing Teams with undocumented APIs or integration failures in prod 2–6 weeks $6,000 Automated API coverage in CI — catch breaking changes pre-deploy
B4 — Performance Testing Teams ahead of campaigns, launches, or peak traffic events 2–4 weeks $5,000 Performance baseline, breaking point analysis, remediation roadmap
B5 — QA Managed Services Teams who need ongoing QA depth without headcount overhead Monthly retainer $3,000/mo 90%+ suite health, 50–70% defect escape rate reduction in 90 days

Not sure which service is right for your team?

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