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Calculate your QA automation ROI

See how much time and money you'll save by automating your QA process with our CQ Operating Model™ approach.

Your current situation
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Your current engineering team size

Total Team Cost
$960,000/year
$80,000/month

Total compensation including benefits

Time spent manually testing each release

How often you deploy to production

Bugs that escape to production per release

Includes investigation, fix, deploy, and verify

Industry Benchmarks

Typical manual test time:20-60 hours/release
Average production bugs:3-8 per release
Bug fix time (avg):4-12 hours
Teams with automation:60-80% cost reduction

💡 Pro tip: Teams releasing 2+ times/week see the highest ROI from automation due to compounding time savings.

Your Potential Savings
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Comparison:

Faster break-even, lower flake rates, and quicker coverage growth via our CQ Operating Model™.

Outcome Scenario:

Most teams see positive ROI by month 3-4 with 65% savings.

Annual ROIPre-investment
Pre break-even

Early-stage automation can show negative ROI initially. Gains compound after coverage stabilizes and flake rates drop.

Projected break-even: Month 3–4.

Net Monthly SavingsRamp-up
$-2,000
$-24,000/year
Time saved per release
30.0h
75% faster
Faster releases
75%
Typical reduction
Cost Breakdown
Current monthly QA cost$9,231
Manual testing cost$4,615
Production bug fix cost$4,615
Foundational automation phaseTemporary • Months 1–3$8,000
Net monthly savings$-2,000

See your break-even plan

Get your QA ROI roadmap. We'll show when automation pays off for your stack, and how our CQ Operating Model™ accelerates break-even.

Includes a QA teardown and 20-flow proof of concept.

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Calculator assumptions

  • • Automation reduces manual testing time by ~75%
  • • Bug escape reduction varies by scenario and approach
  • • Foundational automation is a temporary ramp-up phase (Months 1–3)
  • • Investment varies by scope: $5k–$15k/month or internal engineering time (~5–10%)
  • • ROI assumes first comprehensive coverage in 6–8 weeks
  • • Production bug fix cost includes investigation, hotfix deployment, and verification
  • • Actual savings depend on test maturity, app complexity, and release cadence