Why Choose Guardian?
Cost. Quality. Speed.
We replaced the "Hourly Billing" and "Per-Test" models with something that actually makes sense for engineering teams: Flow-Based Automation.
Comparing the Options
Why engineering leaders are switching to the Guardian model.
In-House Team
The traditional approach.
- High Cost: Salaries, benefits, and equity ($120k+/yr per engineer).
- Distraction: Requires management overhead and tooling maintenance.
- Scaling Issues: Hiring takes months when you need tests today.
Traditional Vendors
Per-Test & Hourly Contractors.
- Test Bloat: "Per-Test" pricing incentivizes creating insignificant tests.
- Slow Fixes: Hourly billing means they profit when tests break.
- Variable Costs: You never know what the bill will be next month.
QA Guardian
The cloud-native approach.
- Predictable: Flat monthly rate based on Flows (User Journeys).
- Fast: Tests run in parallel on our cloud infrastructure.
- Quality First: We fix flakes for free, so we build stable tests.
The "Test Count" Trap
Why paying "Per Test" punishes you for complex features.
Per Test Billing
Incentivizes Noise & Bloat
The Result: 5 Separate Tests. You pay 5x. High maintenance, slow execution.
Flow Billing
Incentivizes Value
The Result: 1 Robust Flow. You pay 1x. Fast, meaningful signal.
What is a "Flow"?
We define scope by User Journeys, not arbitrary hours or tests. A flow is a complete action your user takes, from start to finish.
Transparent Limits
20 interactions. 10 assertions. 3 minutes execution.
Reliable
Scoped flows stay maintainable—no bloated, brittle tests.
Subscription & Upgrade Flow
Complexity: High (Max Value)
Our generous limits let us bundle multiple roles into a single "Authentication Flow" so you get full coverage without burning extra credits.
- One flow credit covers multiple role verifications
- Isolated contexts keep tests reliable and independent—no session bleed
- Same approach works for checkout variants or permission tiers
- The Fail-Safe: If the Admin check fails, the Flow continues to verify the Supervisor and User roles.
Multi-Role Authentication Flow
Complexity: Medium
AI Speed + Human Intelligence
Pure AI tools hallucinate. Pure manual testing is too slow. We combine them.
AI Writes the Draft
Our LLMs generate the Playwright boilerplate, selectors, and logic 10x faster than a human, keeping setup costs low.
Humans Verify Logic
A Senior QA Engineer reviews every line of code to ensure logic gates, wait times, and assertions are robust.
You Own the Code
Zero lock-in. We write standard TypeScript/Playwright. If you leave, you take the code with you.
Infrastructure Built for Speed
In-house teams often struggle to maintain parallel execution infrastructure. We solved it.
Unlimited Parallelism
Whether you have 10 flows or 100, we run them simultaneously. A 100-test flow runs in the same time as a single test.
Zero-Maintenance Infra
No more debugging Jenkins or upgrading Selenium grids. We manage the Kubernetes clusters; you just see the green checkmarks.
Common Questions
Everything you need to know about our service model.