What QA Wolf actually charges, sourced.
QA Wolf publishes a self-serve rate card; its flagship Coverage as a Service has no published price. Here's what's public, sourced, divided against QA Reef's hosted plans at the same workload: one tenth of the published per-minute price, with the division shown, and next to what it costs to run QA Reef on your own hardware.
Researched 2026-08-28; rates re-verified 2026-08-30. QA Wolf's pricing can change: verify current numbers at qawolf.com/pricing before relying on this page.
QA Wolf's published self-serve rate card
QA Wolf's self-serve tier: 1¢ per "AI credit" (Mapping/Automation AI work) plus 15¢ per runner-minute, no per-seat fee, unlimited parallel runs. Source: qawolf.com/pricing, as published 2026-08-30.
One tenth of the per-minute price, divided
QA Reef's hosted plans meter the same unit QA Wolf meters: one minute of a hosted browser running a test (their "runner-minute", our "browser-minute"). That makes an honest division possible. QA Reef prices are from our pricing page; QA Wolf's rate is from qawolf.com/pricing, as published 2026-08-30.
| Monthly workload | QA Wolf, published rate | QA Reef, hosted | The division |
|---|---|---|---|
| Each browser-minute | $0.15 | $0.015 | $0.15 / $0.015 = 10×, one tenth of the per-minute price |
| 1,333 browser-minutes what Solo includes |
1,333 × $0.15 = $199.95, before AI credits | Solo, $20 flat | $199.95 / $20 = 10.0×, a tenth |
| 10,000 browser-minutes what Team includes |
10,000 × $0.15 = $1,500, before AI credits | Team, $99 flat | $1,500 / $99 = 15.2×, about a fifteenth |
| 60,000 browser-minutes what Scale includes |
60,000 × $0.15 = $9,000, before AI credits | Scale, $499 flat | $9,000 / $499 = 18.0×, about an eighteenth |
Assumptions, stated plainly. The matched unit is a hosted browser minute; what each vendor does during that minute differs, and QA Wolf's minute buys its pre-warmed parallel grid. QA Wolf's 1¢-per-AI-credit charges are excluded because credit consumption per test isn't published; they land only on QA Wolf's side of the ledger, so every multiple above is a floor, not a ceiling. QA Reef never meters AI on any plan. QA Wolf's flagship Coverage as a Service has no published price, so it can't be divided at all.
The claim, stated as division rather than adjective: QA Reef's metered rate is one tenth of QA Wolf's published per-minute price, $0.015 against $0.15, on every plan. The flat plans land at a tenth or below at their included allowances: exactly a tenth at Solo's 1,333 minutes, about a fifteenth at Team's 10,000, about an eighteenth at Scale's 60,000. QA Wolf's per-AI-credit charges sit on its side of the ledger only, so each multiple is a floor, not a ceiling. Per test under management, third-party contract estimates (unverified, below) are a separate question; the tenth here rests only on the two published per-minute rates.
Coverage as a Service · not publicly priced
QA Wolf's flagship product pairs the platform with dedicated human QA engineers who reproduce and maintain tests: a human-verified "zero flakes" guarantee, not an automated one. Billed by tests under management; price not published. Source: qawolf.com/service, accessed 2026-08-28.
Third-party contract estimates (not QA Wolf's own numbers)
Analyst firm Sacra (not QA Wolf's own figures) estimates contracts $40–$70/test/month, a median annual contract near $90,000, ~$8,000/month starting price for 200 tests, ~$15–20M ARR, ~130 customers, unverified, directional only. Source: sacra.com/c/qa-wolf, accessed 2026-08-28.
What running QA Reef yourself costs
Hosted plans are published on the pricing page: a free tier with 500 browser-minutes a month and $20 of signup credit, Solo at $20/mo with 1,333 minutes ($20 of browser time), Team at $99/mo with 10,000, Scale at $499/mo with 60,000, and $0.015 per browser-minute past any allowance. For the self-hosted core:
| Cost | What it is |
|---|---|
| Hardware | A Mac for free on-device Apple Vision OCR, or any machine plus a self-hosted vision model (we run one via Ollama). You supply the compute, no hosted-runner fee. |
| Model calls (optional, usage-based) | The click-deciding text model and the assertion-writing model go through an OpenRouter (or local Ollama) key. Every call is cost-logged to artifacts/llm-calls.jsonl: live spend, not an opaque credit balance. |
| Seats | No per-seat fee for the self-hosted core: it's your infrastructure. |
| QA Reef itself, hosted | Early access. Free tier 500 browser-minutes/mo with $20 of signup credit; Solo $20/mo with 1,333 minutes; Team $99/mo with 10,000; Scale $499/mo with 60,000; $0.015 per browser-minute past the allowance on any plan. Billing opens in waves. |
Pricing questions
How much does QA Wolf cost?
1¢/AI credit + 15¢/runner-minute, no seat fee (self-serve). Coverage as a Service is unpriced, billed by tests under management. Source: qawolf.com/pricing, accessed 2026-08-28.
Are there real-world QA Wolf contract prices?
Not published by QA Wolf. Third-party (Sacra) estimates: $40–$70/test/month, ~$90k median annual contract, ~$8k/month for 200 tests, unverified, directional. Source: sacra.com/c/qa-wolf.
Is QA Reef a tenth of the price of QA Wolf?
Yes, on published per-minute rates: QA Wolf's $0.15 per runner-minute against QA Reef's $0.015 per browser-minute is exactly 10×. At matched workloads the flat plans land at a tenth or lower: about $200 vs $20 at Solo's 1,333 minutes (a tenth), $1,500 vs $99 at Team's 10,000 (about a fifteenth), $9,000 vs $499 at Scale's 60,000 (about an eighteenth). That's before QA Wolf's per-AI-credit charges, which QA Reef doesn't have, so each multiple is a floor. The arithmetic, rates as published 2026-08-30.
What does it cost to self-host QA Reef instead?
Your own hardware (a Mac for free on-device OCR, or a self-hosted vision model) plus optional per-call model costs: every call is cost-logged. Hosted plans are published: free tier 500 minutes/mo, Solo $20/mo, Team $99/mo, Scale $499/mo, overage $0.015/min everywhere.
Does QA Reef charge per seat or per AI credit?
No, the self-hosted core has no seat fee or credit system, only logged per-call model cost.
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