HUMAN QA TESTING SERVICES
Manual testing services that find what breaks before your users do.
Odesa Human QA is a manual testing service: two professional QA testers and a QA lead work through your critical journeys by hand on real devices and browsers, then deliver bug reports with reproduction steps, evidence and severity. First findings within 48 hours of kickoff; full report in 5 business days. Add usability testing with five real users from your target audience.
$1,500 fixed price · If we don't find 5 issues worth fixing, you don't pay
The same vetted people who staff our client engineering teams run your release check.
Engineering partner to growth-stage companies
THE GAP BETWEEN BUILT AND READY
It works for you. Will it work for a stranger?
AI helps you ship fast, but it has never used your product. In manual testing, a person does. Every release check covers the three moments where launches go wrong.
The first five minutes
Can someone sign up, understand what the product is for and reach the first useful result without you standing next to them?
Exploratory testing · Onboarding · NavigationYour most important action
Can they book, subscribe, check out or finish the one action your business depends on, on the first try?
Functional testing · Checkout · FormsThe unexpected turn
What happens on a phone, with a typo in the email, a missing field, a refresh mid-flow or a second attempt?
Cross-browser and device testing · Errors · RecoveryMANUAL TESTING VS AUTOMATED TESTING
Manual testing vs automated testing
Automated testing runs scripted checks fast and the same way every time, so it suits stable features, regression suites and CI pipelines. It only checks what someone wrote a test for. Manual testing puts a person in the product: exploratory testing, usability judgment, new features and the paths nobody scripted. Most teams need both. When a journey is stable and retested every release, automation is usually the better long-term buy, and Odesa also staffs QA automation engineers. Below are defects that automated checks and AI assistants let through, as founders describe finding them after launch.
Drawn from public founder accounts of AI-assisted launches, collected September 2026.
Buttons that look like they work and don't. The UI renders, the handler was never wired.
A signup path nobody can find. It exists. It is behind the wrong menu on the wrong screen size.
Auth that lets everyone in. Mocked for the demo, never replaced.
One bad field wipes the whole form. The person types it all again, or leaves.
The phone layout hides the one thing that matters. It looked perfect on your laptop.
The second attempt breaks it. Retry, refresh, browser back, double click: duplicates, blank screens, lost work.
THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE RIGHT QUESTION
Manual QA testing and usability testing with real users
Two different questions. Professional testers find what breaks; real users show what confuses.
Manual QA testing by professional testers
Two experienced remote testers and a QA lead, in the US or abroad as your audience requires, work through your agreed journeys by hand, challenge assumptions and reproduce every issue across the devices and browsers in scope.
✓ Functional, exploratory and regression testing
✓ Bug reports with reproduction steps, evidence and severity
✓ Cross-browser and device testing, plus usability observations
Best for: finding what breaks or gets in the way.
Usability testing with real users
Watch five people who match your audience attempt real tasks in recorded usability sessions. See what they understand, where they hesitate and what they expected to happen.
✓ Five screened participants
✓ Recorded, task-based 20 to 30 minute sessions
✓ Researcher-led synthesis of the recurring friction
Best for: knowing whether people understand what your product is for.
AN ANSWER YOUR TEAM CAN ACT ON
Know what broke. See how to fix it.
One organized handoff, reviewed by a QA lead. Enough context for your engineers, or ours, to move every finding straight into the next sprint.
Explore the sample report ↗
A prioritized bug report
What happened, the steps to reproduce it and why it matters. Functional defects and usability observations are clearly separated and ranked by severity.
Evidence you can see
Annotated screenshots and short screen recordings for every finding that needs one. Real-user session recordings with the upgrade.
A readout with your QA lead
Walk through the findings together. Agree what deserves attention first and what can wait.
A retest within 30 days
Ship the fixes on your own schedule. We recheck the agreed priority issues and confirm what is closed.
A CLEAR PLACE TO START
Manual testing pricing. One fixed price.
Start with a focused release check. Add real users when you need to know what people understand. Every package is scoped before work begins.
Human Release Check
$1,500
one time / USDFor a web product with a release coming up and journeys that have to work.
✓ Up to five agreed journeys, three device and browser setups
✓ Two professional QA testers plus a QA lead
✓ First findings within 48 hours of kickoff
✓ Prioritized report, visual evidence and a readout in 5 business days
✓ One retest of the agreed fixes within 30 days
✓ 4 release checks per week. Scope confirmed before we start
Our guarantee. If we don't find at least five issues you agree are worth fixing, you don't pay.
Your credit. $1,500 counts toward any Odesa engineering engagement started within 90 days of the readout, whichever one-time QA package you choose.
Target delivery: 5 business days after scope, access and start date are confirmed.
Release Check + Real Users
From $2,500
total / USDEverything in the Release Check, plus five people matched to your audience.
✓ Five recorded, 20 to 30 minute task sessions
✓ Participant screening and coordination
✓ Researcher synthesis of the recurring friction
✓ Full-package guarantee, $1,500 engineering credit
Discuss my audience →For readily recruitable audiences. Specialist B2B audiences start at $3,500 total.
Ongoing Human QA
From $3,500
per month / USDA defined monthly testing scope for teams that release continuously.
✓ Agreed journeys retested every release
✓ A QA lead who knows your product
✓ Monthly readout and priorities
Discuss ongoing QA →Native mobile apps, complex permissions and specialist workflows are scoped separately.
Testing is time-boxed to the agreed scope. Engineering fixes, penetration testing, load testing and compliance certification are separate services.
HOW THE ENGAGEMENT WORKS
You bring the build. We organize the check.
Scope in one short call
Pick the journeys, audience and devices. Confirm access and a start date. Credentials go through a secure channel, never the form.
Testing starts. Findings within 48 hours
Two testers work the scope. Anything that blocks a journey reaches you the moment it is reproduced.
Readout in 5 business days
Your QA lead walks you through the prioritized report and the evidence behind each finding.
Fix. Retest. Ship.
Your team or ours makes the changes. We recheck the agreed fixes within 30 days.
VERIFIED CLIENT REVIEWS
What clients say when they're not on our website.
“Odesa.co requires little hand-holding.”
“Project management is responsive, offers solutions, and sets expectations.”
David Steffes
Head of Talent, HeyGen
“We were impressed with their cost, speed, and having a US-based interface.”
“The onboarded developers were able to help us develop and launch a specific feature quickly and under budget. Clear communication, very responsive, and a solid team.”
Erik Rivera
Founder & CEO, CertaPet
“Odesa.co's communication and delivery speed are very good.”
“They embedded a software developer in one of our teams, who has performed quite well from very first day.”
Ferran Caellas
CTO, MAD Collective
MANUAL TESTING FAQ
Manual testing services: common questions.
Not sure where your product fits? Send the form and we will work through the scope together.
Is this only for products built with AI?
No. The check works for AI-assisted builds, traditionally developed software and existing products with a new release. The starting package covers web products; native apps and more complex workflows get a separate scope.
How does the guarantee work?
At the readout, you decide which findings are worth fixing. If fewer than five make that list, you pay nothing for your one-time package, including the real-user upgrade when selected. A finding must describe a distinct, actionable issue in the agreed journeys; duplicate reports count once. We agree scope, access and kickoff before testing. The guarantee does not apply to an ongoing QA subscription. Separately, $1,500 is credited toward an Odesa engineering engagement started within 90 days of the readout.
Does the $1,500 package include real users?
The starting package includes two professional QA testers and a QA lead. They test functionality and record expert usability observations. The Real Users upgrade adds five screened participants and a researcher's synthesis. We agree the audience criteria and recruitment feasibility before confirming that upgrade.
What do you need from us to start?
A short product brief, the journeys that matter, the intended audience and a build we can reach. We agree browsers, devices, test accounts and safe test data before testing begins. Share credentials through a secure channel we set up, never through this form.
Will this catch every bug or certify our release?
No test can promise that. This is a focused review of the agreed journeys within the testing allowance, and the report states what was tested and what stayed out of scope. Penetration testing, load testing, formal accessibility audits and compliance certification are separate services.
How does the retest work?
Request one retest within 30 days of the report. We agree which fixes to check, recheck them, record the result and flag anything that still needs work or a separate check. Two of the twelve testing hours are reserved for it.
Do we have to hire Odesa to make the fixes?
No. You get a standalone report your own team can act on. If you want help, Odesa can add an engineer, such as a forward-deployed engineer, or scope the work separately, and your $1,500 counts toward it. Buying QA never creates an engineering commitment.
How is this different from hiring a QA engineer?
This is a managed engagement with defined coverage, deliverables and a fixed price. If you need a dedicated tester inside your team every day, Odesa's QA and test automation staffing starts at $45 per hour and is the better fit.
What are manual testing services?
Manual testing services put trained testers in front of your product to check it by hand, the way a customer would use it. Odesa Human QA covers functional, exploratory and regression testing of your agreed journeys, cross-browser and device testing, and usability observations. Every finding comes as a bug report with reproduction steps, evidence and severity.
How much do manual QA testing services cost?
A one-time Human Release Check is $1,500 for up to five journeys on three device and browser setups. Adding usability testing with five real users starts at $2,500 in total. Ongoing Human QA for teams that release continuously starts at $3,500 per month. Every package is scoped and priced before work begins.
Do we still need manual testing if we have automated tests?
For most products, yes. Automated tests confirm that scripted checks still pass. They do not notice a confusing screen, a phone layout that hides the main button or a path nobody wrote a test for. Manual testing covers new features, exploratory testing and usability. For stable journeys you retest every release, test automation is usually the better long-term buy, and Odesa can staff a QA automation engineer for that. Our manual QA testing guide explains the trade-offs.
Which devices and browsers do you test on?
The Human Release Check covers three device and browser setups, agreed at scoping to match your audience, for example iPhone Safari, Android Chrome and desktop Chrome or Edge. Cross-browser and device testing beyond that, and native mobile apps, are scoped separately.
LET'S SCOPE YOUR RELEASE CHECK
Tell us what you're shipping.
Share the product, who it is for and what has to work. You get a scope and a start date within one business day.
Val Narodetsky
Founder, Odesa.co
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