Web test automation
We automate browser testing for your web app with Playwright, Cypress or Selenium, across Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge. Our web test automation page covers each framework in detail.
QA automation services for web and mobile apps
BugsQA provides QA automation services for US and Canadian product teams: we automate regression and smoke testing for your web, iOS and Android apps with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium and Appium, running in your CI/CD pipeline on every build.
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- ✓Manual test cases first
- ✓Smoke suite · Playwright
- ✓Mobile flows · Appium
- ✓API contracts checked
- ✓Runs in your CI/CD
- ✓Flaky tests fixed, not retried
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We test onChromeSafariFirefoxEdgeiOSAndroidREST APIs
Get a QA automation plan
Tell us what you need tested. A QA lead replies within 1 business day.
When do QA automation services make sense?
QA automation services make sense when the same regression tests repeat every release and your core flows have stopped changing every week.
It’s for you if
- Your team reruns the same login, checkout or sign-up testing by hand before every release
- You ship every sprint and regression now takes a day or more
- You have a CI/CD pipeline but no automated tests guarding the main branch
- Your current test suite fails at random and nobody trusts the results
It’s not the right fit if
- Your product changes its main screens every week and nothing is stable yet
- You have never had manual QA on the product; we start there first
- You want test automation to replace exploratory testing of new features
What our test automation services include
Our test automation services cover web, mobile and API testing, from the first smoke test to a regression suite that runs on every build.
See Web Test Automation
Mobile test automation
We automate iOS and Android app testing with Appium, XCUITest or Espresso, on real devices and emulators. Our mobile test automation page covers the setup for native and cross-platform apps.
API test automation
We automate checks that your APIs return the right data, reject bad requests and keep their contracts after each change, using Postman collections or code-based tests that run with your other suites. Our API testing page explains what we check.
Performance and load test scripts
We script load testing with JMeter or k6 for your key flows, so you can rerun them before launches and see when response times start to climb.
Why product teams choose BugsQA
A strong QA partner should improve release visibility without creating more management work.
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Web and mobile QA specialization
We focus on quality assurance for websites, web applications, iOS apps, Android apps, and cross-platform products.
Hands-on testing first
We start with manual, exploratory and regression testing, the work that finds unexpected problems. Automation comes in for stable, repeatable workflows when it saves you time.
Same hours as your team
Nearshore QA from Colombia supports direct collaboration with US and Canadian product and engineering teams during overlapping working hours.
Actionable reporting
We focus on defects developers can reproduce and test results product teams can use to make release decisions.
Flexible QA capacity
Start with one release or build BugsQA into every sprint as your product grows.
Which tests should you automate first?
The tests to automate first in QA automation testing are the stable, high-traffic flows your team checks by hand before every release: login, sign-up, checkout, payments and the main dashboard.
We pick them from the manual test cases we already run, ranked by how often they repeat and how much a failure would cost you.
| Automate first | Keep manual |
|---|---|
| Login, sign-up and password reset | New features still changing every sprint |
| Checkout, payments and subscriptions | Exploratory testing of edge cases |
| Smoke tests after every deploy | Usability and visual judgment calls |
| API contracts between your services | One-off checks before a single launch |
| Regression on flows that rarely change | Accessibility review with a screen reader |
A good first automated testing suite is small: 20 to 40 tests on your critical flows that run in minutes and fail only when something is really broken.
Automated regression testing in your CI/CD pipeline
Automated regression testing in your CI/CD pipeline runs your suite on every pull request or deploy, so a broken checkout blocks the merge instead of reaching users.
For CI/CD test automation, we connect the suite to GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins or the pipeline you already use, and set it to post results where your team works, in Slack or on the pull request.
Fast smoke testing runs on every commit, and full regression testing runs before each release or every night, so developers get feedback in minutes without waiting for the slow tests.
Need to automate a growing regression suite?
If your developers spend a day of every sprint on repeat regression testing, we can automate it and keep your manual testing for new features.
See pricingHow do we keep automated tests reliable?
We keep automated tests reliable by writing them against stable selectors, giving each test its own data and fixing or removing a flaky test as soon as it fails without a real bug.
- Stable selectors: we use test IDs and roles instead of CSS paths, so a design change doesn’t break the suite.
- Independent test data: each test creates the user or order it needs, so tests don’t fail because another test ran first.
- No blind retries: a test that fails at random gets investigated, then fixed or quarantined, so a red build always means a real problem.
- Updated with your product: when a flow changes, we update its tests in the same sprint, so the suite never falls behind your app.
How our QA automation engagement works
A BugsQA automation engagement goes from a free call to a running smoke suite in your pipeline, then grows into full regression coverage.
- 01
Free call and automation review
We look at your product, your release cadence and any automated testing you already have, and tell you which flows are worth automating.
- 02
Manual test cases first
We write or review manual test cases for the critical flows, so all automated testing checks something we know matters.
- 03
Framework and first smoke suite
We set up Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or Appium in your repository and automate the smoke tests first, so you get value in the first weeks.
- 04
CI/CD and regression suite
We connect the suite to your pipeline and add regression tests flow by flow, starting with the ones that cost the most to check by hand.
- 05
Maintenance and reports
We keep the tests up to date as your product changes and report results, failures and coverage after every run.
What you receive from QA automation
QA automation deliverables give your team a test suite it can run, read and trust.
- An automation plan listing which flows we automate, in what order and why
- A test framework in your repository, set up with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium or Appium, owned by you from the first commit
- Smoke and regression suites for your critical flows, running in your CI/CD
- Test results posted to slack or your pull requests on every run
- Bug reports with steps, logs and video for every real failure the suite finds
- Regular summaries of coverage, failures and flaky tests, so you see the suite grow
Place order button stays disabled after applying a discount code in Safari
- Severity
- High
- Priority
- P1
- Environment
- MacBook Air, macOS 14, Safari 17
- Build
- web-3.8.0-rc2
- Found by
- Cross-browser testing
- Reproducible
- 4 of 4 attempts
Steps to reproduce
- 1.Add any item to the cart and open checkout.
- 2.Apply a valid discount code.
- 3.Fill in payment details and try to place the order.
Expected
The discount applies and the order can be placed.
Actual
The discount applies, but the Place order button stays disabled. Chrome and Firefox work.
- Screen recording, 0:31
- Console log
- ReportedBuild web-3.8.0-rc2
- FixedBuild web-3.8.1
- RetestedPassed
Nearshore QA automation for US and Canadian teams
BugsQA is a nearshore QA team in Colombia, so your automation engineer works during your team’s day and answers questions about a failing build the same day.
Our automation testing services are one part of our nearshore QA services: the same team can run manual, exploratory and regression testing next to your automated suite.
What clients say about our testing
Reviews from our QA engineer’s Upwork profile, quoted as written.
5 out of 5 stars
“Great to work with. He knows testing very well and works efficiently.”
5 out of 5 stars
“Juan did a great job on this project. He always replied quickly and met every deadline, going above and beyond. He paid close attention to details improving the quality of the product and made sure customers were helped in the right way. His work was clear and well organized. I would be happy to work with him again in the future.”
Pricing
QA testing as a service that scales with your product
BugsQA provides QA testing as a service for product teams that need flexible testing capacity without building an entire internal QA department.
Choose the level of support that fits your product and release cycle, or estimate your price in a minute.
Release QA
Best for launches, major updates and pre-release validation
A fixed-price test of one release, feature set, MVP, redesign or migration, scoped by platforms and user flows.
Ideal for teams that need an independent quality pass before shipping.
From
$1,500
fixed price / release
- Test plan + test cases
- Manual functional & cross-browser/device testing
- Bug reports with video + severity
- Fix verification (1 retest round)
- Final QA sign-off report
Most popular
Ongoing QA
Best for teams shipping every sprint
Monthly QA hours from the same QA engineer every month, inside your sprints: manual, exploratory, regression, web and mobile testing. Start part-time at about 10 hours a week.
Ideal when developers are handling too much of their own QA or an internal tester needs more capacity.
From
$1,700
per month, part-time (40 hours, about 10 h a week)
- First two weeks risk-free
- The same QA engineer every month
- Most sprint teams pick 80 hours ($3,200)
- Works in your sprints, tools and time zone
- Regression testing every release
- Weekly QA reports
- Change your hours month to month
QA automation
Best once your core flows are stable
Automate the stable, repeatable checks your team runs every release, starting with the flows that matter most.
Ideal after manual coverage is in place and the same regression keeps repeating.
From
$6,500
setup for your first suite
- Smoke and regression checks for your critical flows
- Built on top of our manual test cases
- Runs in your CI/CD when you are ready
- Kept up to date as your product changes
- Ongoing maintenance quoted with the setup
Not sure which plan fits? Pick your platforms, flows and release pace and see your price.
Estimate your priceLaunch check: $450 fixed price
A QA engineer tests sign-up, login, password reset, payments and one main flow of your app on 2 real devices, in 2 to 3 days, with a bug list, videos and one retest.
All plans include: NDA on request, bug tracking in your Jira, US and Canada time-zone overlap and no long-term contract. Hourly testing also available: manual QA $45/hr, test automation $55/hr.
Free QA consultation
Get a QA automation plan
Tell us what you are building, which flows you check by hand today and what tools you use. We will recommend what to automate first and what it costs.
What happens next:
- 1
We reply within 1 business day
A QA lead reviews your request and asks about scope and platforms.
- 2
Free 30-minute QA consult
We map your app, risks and release schedule.
- 3
Proposal and test plan
You get a recommended mix of manual testing and automation, with a quote.
Email: contact@bugsqa.com
What are QA automation services?
QA automation services are done-for-you automated testing: a QA team writes, runs and maintains automated tests for your software. BugsQA builds smoke and regression suites for web, iOS, Android and APIs with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium and Appium, and runs them in your CI/CD pipeline.
How much do test automation services cost?
BugsQA's test automation services cost $6,500 to set up a smoke and regression suite for your critical flows, with ongoing maintenance quoted alongside it. Smaller jobs, such as fixing flaky tests, cost $55 per hour, and larger projects get a custom quote.
Which test automation framework should we use?
The right test automation framework depends on your app: Playwright suits most new web apps, Cypress suits front-end teams already using it, Selenium suits teams with existing Java or Python suites, and Appium covers iOS and Android with one codebase. We recommend one after looking at your stack.
Can automation replace manual testing?
Automation can’t replace manual testing, because automated tests only check what someone told them to check. Manual and exploratory testing finds new bugs in new features; automation makes sure old features keep working. BugsQA runs both, and our automated tests start from our manual test cases.
How long does it take to automate our regression tests?
Automating regression tests usually starts with a smoke suite in the first weeks, then grows flow by flow. How long full coverage takes depends on how many flows you have and how stable they are, and we give you a timeline after the free review.
Who owns the automated tests and test code?
You own the automated tests and test code from the first commit. Every test lives in your repository, built on open-source frameworks like Playwright, Cypress, Selenium and Appium, and the test cases and reports are yours too, so if you stop working with us your team can keep running the suite.
What should you look for in a test automation service provider?
A good test automation service provider builds tests on real manual test cases, writes them in a framework your team can read, connects them to your CI/CD and fixes flaky tests instead of retrying them. Ask to see a sample test, a sample report and how they handle a failing build.
Do you work with our existing test suite?
BugsQA works with existing test suites. We review your current tests, fix or remove the flaky ones, and add new tests in the same framework, so you don’t have to start over.
Automate the tests you repeat every release
Every hour your developers spend rerunning old tests is an hour not spent on new features.
BugsQA provides QA automation services for web and mobile apps, with Playwright, Cypress, Selenium and Appium suites built on manual QA and running in your CI/CD.
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