QE 360

What QE 360 does

QE 360 is a Philippines-based Quality Engineering services firm founded by Michelle Chua-Lagare, who is credited with coining the category term "Quality Engineer" in 2013. The company provides outsourced testing services, test automation, agile testing, software testing training, and quality engineering consulting to enterprise clients, primarily in the United States and Australia. Its core offering is a hybrid "Quality Engineer" model in which each QE combines manual testing and automation capabilities, marketed as "one resource for the skills of two," and delivered under a fully-managed engagement model with QEs embedded in client teams from project Day 1. Headquartered in Muntinlupa (Metro Manila), the firm operates with 11-50 employees and is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding or M&A history.

The technical stack spans web, mobile, API, database, performance, security, and usability testing, executed through established test automation frameworks including Robot Framework (Python), Selenium, Cypress, and Appium. QE 360 applies agile testing and shift-left testing methodologies, and its consulting practice covers QA-to-QE transformation, testing process optimization, and Testing Center of Excellence establishment. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the company positions itself against the fully-loaded cost of in-house US and Australian QA teams and cites case-study outcomes such as a 94% reduction in regression testing costs and a 93% reduction in regression testing time. GTM is consultative and content-driven, using website content, SEO, free consultation/trial offers, and pre-qualification forms to convert prospects, with strategic positioning anchored on founder-led thought leadership at international software quality conferences.

The business is a professional services firm generating revenue through resource-based managed testing engagements, project work, and training/consulting fees, with named clients across healthcare (a leading HMO provider), government (a US Government agency that required quality assurance on a national social amelioration program during the pandemic), banking (a leading private universal bank in the Philippines, the first successful digital bank in the Philippines), credit risk (a global leader in credit risk management), and technology (Mav3rik, Sitecapture). The firm has no disclosed awards, patents, partnerships, regulatory actions, or funding rounds in the available data, and growth signals come primarily from expansion of the service portfolio and from cross-border client acquisition rather than capital-driven scaling.

Name

QE 360

Legal name

QE 360

Website

https://qe-360.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

QE 360 is a Philippines-based quality engineering services firm offering outsourced testing, test automation, agile testing, training, and consulting to enterprise clients in the US and Australia, delivered via a hybrid manual-and-automation Quality Engineer model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Quality Engineering Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Quality Engineering & Test Automation (QE/QA) (BPAEAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Application Testing & QA Services (BPAEAGAI), Testing, QA & Release/Deployment Enablement (BPAEAAAN), QA, Test Automation & Software Quality (Manual/Automated Testing, Performance) (EDABAFAL)

Keywords

• Outsourced testing services
• Quality engineering
• Test automation services
• Agile testing
• Software testing consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Manila

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Outsourced Testing Services: Fully-managed testing services where QE 360 provides Quality Engineers who work embedded with client teams from project Day 1, performing requirement analysis, test case design, execution, automation framework development, defect management, and reporting. Revenue is generated through resource-based billing, typically on a monthly retainer or project basis.
2. Testing Training: Specialized training programs covering manual testing techniques to advanced automation frameworks, including customized training programs, hands-on learning, and upskilling/reskilling non-QAs to become Quality Engineers.
3. Quality Engineering Consulting: Consulting services providing access to Quality Engineering Advisors who help enhance software development processes, identify improvement areas, implement best practices, and optimize development lifecycle.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

QE 360 provides outsourced Quality Engineering services delivered by hybrid Quality Engineers who perform both manual and automated testing for enterprise clients, primarily in the US and Australia. The company supplies fully-managed testing engagements where its QEs are embedded with client teams from Day 1, covering requirement analysis, test design, execution, automation framework development, defect management, and reporting. It also delivers Testing Training and Quality Engineering Consulting to support QA-to-QE transformation and establish Testing Centers of Excellence.

Product overview

QE 360 is a Quality Engineering services company operating as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core product is Outsourced Testing Services, which is supplemented by Test Automation Services and Agile Testing Services as specialized sub-service offerings. The company also provides Testing Training and Quality Engineering Consulting services. Quality Engineers (QEs) are hybrid professionals combining manual and automation testing skills, trained in web test automation, API test automation, mobile test automation, and Agile testing methodologies, with additional capabilities in performance testing, security testing, and usability testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Outsourced Testing Services Comprehensive outsourced software testing services providing end-to-end, fully-managed testing including manual and automated testing, with Quality Engineers trained in web, mobile, API, database, performance, security, and usability testing across multiple platforms. Targets enterprise clients primarily in the US and Australia lacking in-house QA resources.
• Test Automation Services Test automation services using frameworks such as Robot Framework (Python), Selenium, Cypress, Appium, and others for web, mobile, API, regression, and visual validation testing across different platforms. Designed for enterprises seeking to automate regression cycles and accelerate releases.
• Agile Testing Services Exploratory testing and continuous testing services integrated within Agile sprints, supporting shift-left testing approaches for faster releases and improved software quality. Targets Agile development teams needing testing integrated into sprint cycles.
• Testing Training Customized training programs for upskilling development teams, QA professionals, and Scrum Masters in test automation, Agile testing methodologies, and Quality Engineering practices. Designed for organizations needing to reskill existing staff into Quality Engineers.
• Quality Engineering Consulting Consulting services for QA-to-QE transformation, testing process optimization, building Testing Centers of Excellence, and implementing Agile testing practices and shift-left testing approaches. Serves enterprises seeking strategic improvements to their software quality function.

Quantifiable outcome

• 94% reduction in regression testing costs ($855,272 to $49,091 per year)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Testlio: Specialized QA and software testing services company combining managed testing teams with a network of freelance testers. Comparable as a managed testing services provider focused on continuous testing and cross-platform coverage for enterprise clients.
• Applause (now UTest): Digital quality and crowdsourced testing platform offering managed QA services across web, mobile, and IoT. Directly comparable as a managed testing services provider serving enterprise buyers with embedded testing talent.
• Cigniti Technologies: India-headquartered pure-play independent software testing and quality engineering services firm. Closely comparable as a QE-focused services provider with offshore delivery and IP-led testing frameworks targeting enterprise and digital-native clients.
• Qualitest Group: One of the world's largest pure-play quality engineering and software testing services companies. Directly comparable as a managed testing services firm offering manual and automated QA across web, mobile, API, and enterprise platforms — competing for the same offshore/nearshore testing engagements.

Broad incumbents

• Wipro (Testing services): Global IT services firm with a long-standing independent testing practice covering enterprise QA, automation, and digital assurance. Competes for similar enterprise testing engagements but offers QA as one capability across a much wider services portfolio.
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS): Largest Indian IT services firm with a dedicated Quality Engineering and Testing practice. Comparable on enterprise QA services, shift-left testing, and test automation, but offers QE as part of a broader digital transformation portfolio.
• Infosys (Validation/Testing services): Global IT services giant with a sizable independent validation and testing practice. Overlaps with QE 360 on enterprise QA and test automation but operates at vastly larger scale and as one offering within a much broader portfolio.
• Hexaware (Testing practice): IT and digital services firm with a focused Quality Engineering and Testing practice. Comparable on offshore QA delivery and test automation for enterprise clients, though smaller and less specialized than pure-play QA firms.

Emerging players

• Sauce Labs: Cloud-based test automation platform for web and mobile with adjacent managed testing services. Comparable on the test automation technology stack and enterprise QA buyer overlap, though delivered as a platform-plus-services model rather than pure managed services.
• Katalon (now Katalon, Inc.): AI-augmented test automation platform serving enterprise QA teams with tools for web, API, and mobile testing. Comparable through shared enterprise QA buyer overlap and test automation focus, but delivers software tooling rather than managed QE services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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