Why Equator Relies on Testlio to Deliver Software Quality Their Clients Can Trust

Equator is a digital transformation consultancy. We work across a wide range of sectors, including finance, wealth management, healthcare, and energy. And we strategically combine data, engineering, marketing, and creative to deliver innovative solutions for our clients.

What attracted us to Testlio was really a growth challenge. So as Equator grew, we had clients who needed more strategic and different QA capabilities and also a need to scale. So Testlio allowed Equator to match our QA demand to our client needs. So in quieter periods, we can lean into Testlio's wide pool of QA resources, and in quieter periods, we can scale that back, and that helps Equator realize real efficiencies and delivery.

What makes Testlio the right testing partner?

Testlio is a globally recognized QA partner who specializes in delivering to international standards such as ISTQB. They are working across a wide range of clients, along with Equator's normal client sets and sectors, which allows them to bring capabilities and expertise to the table that we don't have natively in-house. They operate their own reporting platform, which allows them to document and evidence all the tests that they execute for our clients on their projects, which gives us the clients confidence that our solution is being robustly tested. They've also pre-onboarded a number of engineers already onto our solution, so that allows us to deploy quickly onto projects. There's no ramp up time and meet the aggressive deadlines.

What are the benefits of working with Testlio?

They are fully integrated into our team. They've provided us with our own dedicated test lead, Oleksandr, who's taken the time to understand our processes, our clients, and our communication mechanisms. That has allowed him to fully integrate with the project team. He's in our workshops. He engages with clients and is involved in every aspect of the project lifecycle.

The second benefit is really about speed of delivery. So for example, in a recent project, the Testlio team completed over 150 hours of testing during the weekend. This is not a capability we have in-house, so it allowed us to deliver the QA three times faster.

How is Testlio helping Equator grow?

Testlio engages with us at the very start of every QA project. Oleksandr, our test lead, attends the workshops. He helps us understand the risks and priorities in the project. He provides screen by screen estimates, helping us understand and manage the budget, and he also develops a test strategy providing us and the client with confidence in the QA execution. All this is a really important sales tool. We lead with the fact that we're using an independent accredited QA partner, and this transparency gives us and our clients confidence that we are not marking our own homework and it helps build credibility with our clients.

Where is the partnership heading?

Testlio is very much a fundamental part of Equator’s QA process. Beyond just QA execution, we're excited to be talking to Testlio about the future and what that looks like for us and our clients with AI and automation, providing lots of opportunity for efficiency gains. This isn't just a partnership, this is something that's been earned and we're working together for today and for the future.