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2025's QA reality check: Why your engineering budget is $600K higher than you think
Most startup founders think they understand their QA costs. They budget for a QA engineer's salary ($80K-120K), maybe some testing tools ($2-5K annually), and call it a day. However, most founders overlook significant hidden costs that can make their actual QA expenses **2-3x higher than budgeted**.
Syed Fazle Rahman
Co-founder & CEO, Bug0
