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Q: How much does it cost to hire a QA engineer through Astaqc?

Hiring a dedicated QA engineer through Astaqc typically saves up to $6,000 compared to in-house recruiting and onboarding. You pay a predictable monthly rate with no recruiting fees, benefits overhead, or long-term commitment. Pricing depends on seniority and engagement length.

Q: How quickly can a QA engineer start?

Most engagements start within one to two weeks. Engineers are pre-vetted and experienced across manual testing, test automation, API testing, and performance testing, so onboarding focuses on learning your product rather than learning the craft.

Q: Do your QA engineers work in my time zone and tools?

Yes. Engineers overlap with US and European working hours and work inside your existing stack, including Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Slack, and CI/CD pipelines. You manage them like your own team members, with Astaqc handling employment and quality oversight.

// Packages

See how we test before you pay.

Start with a free 4-hour pod test, or go straight to a package. Your pick is pre-filled on the brief and a QA lead replies within 24 hours.

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4-hour pod test

Free

Our QA pod spends four hours on the part of your product you trust least. You keep every bug we find.
- You pick the flow: signup, checkout, payments or any other
- Bug report with steps, screenshots and severity
- No card and no contract
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Project
Fixed-scope testing

$349from, per project

Testing for one release, feature or app. You see the full price before any work starts.
- Fixed quote within 24 hours
- Manual, automation, API and performance testing
- Add services as your scope grows
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AI-native tool
TestInspector

$149/month

Our AI-native testing tool. Describe a test in plain English and TestInspector builds it and runs it. See TestInspector ↗
- Browser and API tests from plain-English steps
- Self-healing tests that keep up with UI changes
- Run them on every release
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Team
Dedicated QA team

Monthlyby team size

QA engineers from our 15+ person team join your sprints, priced by seniority and team size.
- Testers onboarded within 48 hours
- Scale the team up or down each month
- Monthly or hourly billing
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ISO 9001:2015 certified
1M+ QA hours delivered
98% success rate
NDA on request

Not sure which fits? Describe your product and our AI scoper drafts a QA plan in a minute.Or message us on WhatsApp.

Related work: Alt Agency, a UK website design and marketing agency. How we developed a whole QA process and set up a wide range of test coverage.

Our impact in numbers

Great work produces great results.

Team Members

Our 15+ person team brings hands-on experience across manual testing, test automation, API, performance and development.

M+

QA hours delivered

We have delivered over 1M QA hours for clients since 2018.

Clients using our services

35+ have trusted us as a strong software testing services & developer partner for their products

Success Rate

Our success rate across delivered testing engagements.

Our Story

We started in 2018 to bring a change to the software testing industry.

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We founded ASTAQC as a tight-knit group of professional Software Testers working on building testing strategy. In short, desperate to bring a change in the industry. With a passion for all aspects of technology. Above all, we boast an exceptionally well-rounded team ready to reinforce the integrity of your system.

Making sure, we truly understand the need for robust software. As a result, when companies scale their practice, they have already mitigated sustainability issues. Consequently, offering a testing strategy tailored to the client needs.

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Testimonials

Don’t take our word for it. See what our past clients say.

“Very helpful and the best software testing company”

They were a very helpful resource during our multiple regression test cycles for our add-on product build using machine learning. Paid good attention to the critical test cases

Jim Carter III

Co Founder - Giving Assistant

"Very professional and ethical company"

I have worked with Astaqc Consulting for over a year, and have found the team to be very professional and ethical. They do a fabulous job of all takes to get the work done. Astaqc is very customer-focused

Vinny Sharma

CEO of Sare Food

“Goes beyond and above for quality”

I had a wonderful experience. Astaqc goes above and beyond to ensure quality. They have been nothing but the best when it comes to customer satisfaction and assurety of the quality of work and application

Hari Haran Arulmozhi

Co Founder - Spony App

"Highly recommended team"

Astaqc is great team to work with. Highly recommended! They've helped us with testing of our marketing application when we were in a crunch situation.

Ewa Wang

PM - Chatdaddy

“Great consultancy to work with”

ASTAQC is a great consultancy to work with. They can work independently and deliver the results requested.

Jeff Jarrell

CEO - OldProgrammer.io

"Super responsive and knowledgeable"

They're fab. Super responsive, knowledgeable, hard working, know their stuff. Great to work with them.

Luke Kitchen

Director - Robinsons FS

“Pleasure to work with them”

It is a pleasure to work with them. They have been delivering good quality of work time and again for almost 2 and a half years, which is very important for a product like ours. I look forward to continuing our collaboration.

Frouke Karel

PM - Castor SMS

"Communicative and responsive team"

I would highly recommend them, they were very communicative and responsive and did a great job testing my app. Thank you for your hard work!

Rachel Dexter

Founder of Health App

Frequently asked questions about hiring QA engineers

How much does it cost to hire a QA engineer through Astaqc?

Fixed-scope testing projects start from $349. A dedicated monthly QA engineer or team is priced by seniority and team size, and we send a fixed quote within 24 hours of a short scoping call. There are no recruiting fees, no benefits overhead and no long-term commitment.

How quickly can a QA engineer start?

Testing starts within 48 hours. After a scoping call you get a named QA lead within 24 hours, and testing begins within 48 hours. Our engineers are pre-vetted across manual testing, test automation, API testing and performance testing, so onboarding is limited to learning your product.

Should I hire one QA engineer or a full QA team?

A single engineer suits products with one or two active development streams. A team makes sense when you need mixed skills, such as manual exploratory testing plus automation plus performance, or coverage across several products. We help you size the engagement and can scale up or down month to month.

Do your QA engineers work in my time zone and tools?

Yes. Our engineers overlap with US and European working hours and work inside your existing stack, including Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Slack, and your CI/CD pipelines. You manage them like your own team members, with Astaqc handling employment and quality oversight.

What is the difference between hiring a QA engineer and outsourcing testing?

A dedicated hire integrates into your team and follows your process day to day. Outsourced testing hands a defined scope to us, and we deliver results against it. Both models are available, and many clients combine a dedicated engineer with project-based testing for releases.

Helpful resources

Read our guides on how to outsource software testing, software testing costs and pricing, and QA best practices. See all software testing services or contact us to discuss your needs.

Hire QA engineers by the project, the month or the pod

See how we test before you pay.

4-hour pod test

Fixed-scope testing

TestInspector

Dedicated QA team