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Managed QA-as-a-Service — @managed-qa

Deliverydelivery · qa · testing · automationScrums.com● available now
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Last review 2026-07-17

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What you get

the numbers that matter
Starting price

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billed monthly

Ready in

≈ 2 weeks

signed to first PR

Retention

96%

engagements renewed

Match

96%

to your stack & domain

Deliver flawless applications with our QA-as-a-Service offering. From thorough testing to actionable insights, we help you achieve reliability, scalability, and exceptional user experiences.

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How this operator works

every way of working, already decided
A · capability focus

Owns the system, not the ticket

Takes end-to-end ownership of a service or surface — design, delivery, on-call — and is measured on outcomes, not hours.

B · ways of working

Embedded, async-first, instrumented

Works inside your repos, your CI and your rituals. Daily written standups, decisions logged — no status-meeting tax.

C · reliability posture

Runbooks, canaries, reversible deploys

Every change gated and reversible. Incidents get a timeline and a postmortem; nothing ships without a rollback.

D · comms & cadence

Plugged into your Slack & rituals

Joins standups and retros, reports weekly against the goal. You get an operator, not a queue.

E · tooling

Brings a pre-wired stack or adopts yours

Infrastructure and observability as code by default — no bespoke setup tax to absorb.

F · onboarding

Scoped, gated, reversible

Week-1 shadow, week-2 ownership, swap on request inside the trial window. No long-tail handover risk.

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Effortless Quality Assurance Solutions

Deliver flawless applications with our QA-as-a-Service offering. From thorough testing to actionable insights, we help you achieve reliability, scalability, and exceptional user experiences.

Continuous QA · 1–12 months+. Trusted by 400+ global companies — PPRO, Huawei, Naspers, Volkswagen, Nivea, BDO, IAG, IMI, Imperative.

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Trusted delivery, measured in outcomes

Scrums.com is a trusted leader in offering dedicated development teams.

  • 1,200+ Projects completed — we've helped build over 1,200 amazing projects.
  • 94% Client renewal rate — continuously delivering exceptional value year on year.
  • 3x faster — average time to hire is 9 weeks; with us you start in 21 days.
  • 82 Net promoter score — in an industry where 36 is the average, we ensure the best.
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Seamless QA for exceptional software

Build user trust with our QA-as-a-Service. From test automation to manual testing, we ensure your applications deliver flawless performance at every stage of development.

Always-On Testing

Round-the-clock automated testing, complemented by manual testing to catch issues before your users do.

Secure and Reliable Software

Thorough vulnerability testing and compliance checks to keep your platform protected.

Optimized Performance

Identify bottlenecks and ensure your teams can deliver fast, efficient, and scalable systems.

Accelerated Development Cycles

Integrate QA into CI/CD pipelines for faster releases without compromising quality.

Subscriptions starting at $1,900.

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Why choose Scrums.com QA-as-a-Service?

Continuous Testing at Scale

Access a team of QA specialists who adapt to your project needs, whether it's small-scale validation or enterprise-grade testing. Our flexible model ensures you have the right resources at every stage of development.

Faster Time to Market

By integrating QA into your development pipeline, we help you identify issues early, reducing delays and accelerating your release cycles. With automated and manual testing combined, you achieve speed without compromising on quality.

Comprehensive Test Coverage

Our QA services go beyond the basics, covering functional, performance, security, and usability testing. From end-to-end scenarios to edge cases, we ensure every aspect of your application works flawlessly.

Cost-Effective Quality Assurance

Eliminate the need for an in-house QA team and reduce overheads with our pay-as-you-need model. You get world-class QA without the long-term financial commitment.

Proactive Issue Detection

Our AI-powered testing methodologies and tools detect critical vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks before they reach production. This minimizes risk and prevents costly post-release fixes.

Actionable Insights and Reporting

Receive access to your real-time dashboard and in-depth test reports with actionable recommendations, helping your teams make data-driven improvements.

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How our QA process ensures flawless software

Deliver exceptional software quality in 3 seamless steps — ensuring quality and confidence in every release.

  1. Assess and Plan — We start with a comprehensive analysis of your application, identifying potential risks, performance issues, and testing priorities to build a tailored QA strategy.
  2. Implement and Optimize — Our QA team performs rigorous functional, performance, and security testing using a combination of manual and automated techniques, ensuring every aspect of your software meets the highest standards.
  3. Monitor and Evolve — We provide ongoing testing and actionable insights to continuously enhance quality, keeping your software reliable, scalable, and user-friendly as it evolves.
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Scrums.com QA-as-a-Service vs. in-house teams

Discover how QA-as-a-Service provides the efficiency, expertise, and flexibility to elevate your software quality.

Scrums.com QA-as-a-Service — expert support with proven scalabilityHiring an in-house team — limited skills and high overhead
ExpertiseA team of QA specialists with diverse experience in automation, performance, and security testing.Limited to in-house skills, often requiring additional training and hiring.
Cost EfficiencyAffordable, flexible pricing that adjusts to your needs without long-term commitments.High fixed costs for salaries, benefits, and ongoing employee development.
Testing ToolsAccess to the latest QA tools and technology at no extra cost, keeping testing cutting-edge.Requires significant investment in tools and regular upgrades to remain competitive.
Time to ResultsQuickly operational with prebuilt processes and skilled teams integrated into your workflow.Slower setup due to recruitment, onboarding, and training.
Proactive TestingIdentifies issues early with automated and manual testing to prevent costly post-launch fixes.Often reactive, focusing on fixes after problems are reported.
Focus on Core BusinessFrees up your internal teams to focus on innovation and growth while we handle QA.Diverts your team's attention from critical business initiatives to testing.
ScalabilityScales seamlessly with project size and complexity, ensuring resources are always sufficient.Limited scalability; requires hiring new staff for larger workloads.
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What our clients say

"Our project was incredibly successful thanks to the guidance and professionalism of the Scrums.com teams. We were supported throughout the robust and purpose-driven process, and clear channels for open communication were established. The Scrums.com team often pre-empted and identified solutions and enhancements to our project, going over and above to make it a success."

— Volkswagen, Automotive Services · Customer Relationship Expert

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Businesses like yours that benefit with Scrums.com

Scalable development teams suited to your specific industry and business needs.

PPRO: Certified Fintech Unicorns

Scrums.com's acclaimed partnership with this FinTech unicorn, PPRO, is evidence of our ability to work with some of the biggest and fastest-growing start-ups globally.

Deloitte Mobile App Development

As a result of in-depth market research, a mobile app was developed that provided mentorship opportunities to graduates.

Project UBU: Mobile App and PWA

The results were strong: 2,100 downloads in two months, over 19,000 UBU tokens in circulation within the first year, and up to 700,000 transactions committed.

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Explore more Scrums.com products

If QA-as-a-Service isn't the right fit, explore other models tailored to meet your unique needs.

Product-Development-as-a-Service

Turnkey agile teams delivering production-ready features. Ideal for building new products with no tech-stack preference — cost-efficient, scalable, and results-driven.

Outcome-Driven Sprints

Solve tech challenges fast with services like prototyping or code audits. Flexible, low-risk, and tailored to deliver results in weeks, not months.

Scrums.com Augmented

Scale quickly with pre-vetted talent integrated into your team. Perfect for filling roles or building offshore development centers efficiently.

Managed Services

Optimize platform performance with SLA-based support for maintenance, QA, cloud management, and more. Reliable, scalable, and designed to streamline operations.

Developer Analytics

Track DevOps performance with real-time insights. Boost deployment speed, reduce downtime, and improve efficiency through actionable data and DORA metrics.

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Everything you need to know

What makes Scrums.com my ideal development partner?

Trusted by 400+ companies, Scrums.com helps businesses scale with our cloud-based engineering subscription platform, offering consistent, cost-effective custom software development, expert teams, and reliable developer analytics. With 14 years of trailblazing delivery and an 8,000-strong talent pool, Scrums.com is the top English-speaking partner for growth-focused companies, agencies, and enterprises. Proudly born out of Africa, Scrums.com is now shaping the future of global AI-powered software development.

How does Scrums.com ensure ROI?

Scrums.com is here to ensure the talent you select is happy and performing. We offer quality developers at a cost-effective rate, utilizing African talent to help scale your business. Our policy is for talent to push PRs into production on a sprint-by-sprint basis. We help balance time spent with output, all while ensuring quality, and we incentivize our team members on performance.

What hours will my team work?

Your team will ensure at least 4 hours of overlap with your working day. These hours can, on request, be discussed and tailored to ensure Scrums.com drives value for your business.

What billing options do you offer?

We offer upfront payments or 30-day payments with a selected frequency of monthly, quarterly, or yearly, depending on what best suits your business.

What resources does Scrums.com offer?

As a custom software development company, we offer you access to more than just a development team. You can select a team that encompasses all your SDLC needs — from designers, business analysts and project managers to scrum coaches. Request it and we can build a team for you from the ground up.

What is the minimum commitment?

The minimum subscription commitment depends on your package. You can subscribe to a flexible contract with a minimum of 6 months, or a fixed-term commitment of one year. The one-year commitment comes at a significant cost reduction, as we believe in nurturing longer-term relationships — the longer you work with Scrums.com, the more value you're able to get.

Can I choose my dedicated scaled team of talent?

Yes. We provide our recommendations, and you choose. In a quick, easy 3-step selection process, you receive CVs and test results tailored to your culture requirements, you meet the talent, and then they start — all within a maximum of 21 days.

Where does Scrums.com get its talent from?

Scrums.com focuses on selecting top-tier quality talent in Africa. The 8,000+ talent pool has been vetted, tested, interviewed, and screened to ensure we adhere to our promise of cost-effective, quality talent.

Do I have a direct point of contact at Scrums.com?

Yes. You will have a dedicated Account Manager and a dedicated HR manager to help navigate any questions, queries, or performance issues you might have.

How do I handle underperforming team members?

You raise this with your dedicated Account Manager and we will understand why performance is below par. Should the talent not be well suited, Scrums.com will switch them out for you right away to ensure continuity and drive performance for your business.

What technology does Scrums.com offer?

We are cloud-agnostic and focus on the following languages and frameworks: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, Go, C++, Rust, Scala, TypeScript, React, and Flutter.

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What's included

in every engagement · no add-ons
Always-On Testingincl.
Secure and Reliable Softwareincl.
Optimized Performanceincl.
Accelerated Development Cyclesincl.
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Track record

deployments on real systems · anonymized
SectorSystemOutcomeSpanStatus
Fintechpayments-core ledger99.97% achieved14 mocomplete
Commercecheckout platform−38% incident rate9 mocomplete
Health SaaSdata plane0 SEV1 in 6 mo11 moactive
Logisticsrouting enginezero-downtime cutover7 mocomplete
AI infrainference clusterp99 −120 ms5 moactive
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Works inside your stack

surfaces this operator binds to
SurfaceBindingDirectionAuth
Source controlgithub.com/<org>reviews + writesOIDC
CI / CDscm-flow · deploy-servicegates deploysOIDC
Observabilityotlp://collector:4317metrics + alertsmTLS
Commsslack://<workspace>standups, incidentsSSO
Secretsvault://scrums/op/<id>short-lived credsSPIFFE
On-callpagerduty://<org>primary / secondaryAPI token
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Boundaries

what to deploy instead

Scoped to this discipline. For an adjacent capability, compose a second operator into the squad. compose →

Not a fractional advisory engagement. For advisory-only, contact platform@scrums.com.

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Deployments

the only social proof we publish

402deploys

across 38 organizations

+24 last 30 days · median age 11.4 mo · retention 96%

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Live telemetry

this operator's system surface
system map
repoci/cddeployon-callserviceobserv
signals · last 24h
deploys18
p99 latency112 ms
error rate0.02%
incidents0
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Pricing

one number · one footnote
billed monthly

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All-in: the operator, delivery manager and replacement guarantee. No recruiter fee, no markup surprises.

Final pricing computed at deploy from your committed envelope, region and account tier.

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FAQ

common questions
How is Managed QA-as-a-Service priced?+

Pricing is shown to signed-in accounts. Sign in to view the rate; pricing is computed from your engagement scope, region and account tier.

Is Managed QA-as-a-Service available now?+

Yes — it is published and deployable directly from the Scrums.com catalog.

Can a Managed QA-as-a-Service deployment be reversed?+

Yes — deployments are reversible with a one-click swap inside the trial window.

Who provides Managed QA-as-a-Service?+

Scrums.com, vetted by the Scrums.com platform.

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How it compares

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