Ketch already shipped fast in a high-stakes data protection environment. With Checksum’s fully managed Testing-as-a-Service, they scaled to nearly 200 full user-journey E2E tests and turned QA into a proactive signal for release readiness—without building a large automation team.
Key Highlights
~200 full user-journey E2E tests managed by Checksum
Daily automated test execution & morning quality reports
Fully managed Playwright-based Testing-as-a-Service
Built for a security- and privacy-first platform
About Ketch
Ketch is a fast-growing data protection and privacy management company. They ship new workflows and user journeys at high velocity and need reliability to match.
• Modern SaaS architecture
• High bar for data protection and compliance
• QA team based in India
• Strong focus on resilient end-to-end user journeys
Ketch wanted quality practices that could keep pace with product and protect critical flows as the platform scaled.
The Challenge: Quality at Product Speed
Ketch’s quality foundation was solid, but scale was the pressure point:
• Rapidly expanding application surface
• QA spending heavy cycles validating critical flows release after release
• Engineering needing a stronger automated signal on end-to-end stability
• Any partner required tight alignment with security and data protection standards
Objectives
• Deepen E2E coverage on high-value user journeys
• Free QA from repetitive regression work
• Give engineering a consistent, trustworthy release signal
• Do it without building a large in-house automation team
The Solution: Managed E2E Testing-as-a-Service
Checksum partnered with Ketch as a fully managed E2E testing function—owning the automation so Ketch could stay focused on roadmap and customers.
1. Managed Playwright-Based E2E Suite
Checksum took full responsibility for designing and implementing Playwright-based tests, maintaining and updating them as the product evolves, continuously running them on key workflows, and delivering actionable results. The suite behaves like a living model of Ketch’s product, not a pile of brittle scripts.
2. Daily Execution & Morning Quality Reports
Checksum runs the full E2E suite daily and delivers concise morning reports showing overall pass/fail status, newly detected issues, and clear visibility into risk concentration. Teams start the day with a consistent, automated read on stability instead of ad hoc manual sweeps.
3. Transparent Test-to-Bug Mapping
Each failure is logged, traceable, and linked to internal ticket IDs—providing a clean chain from test → failure → ticket → fix. Ketch gains historical insight into fragile areas, drives better prioritization, and strengthens regression tracking.
4. Scaling to Nearly 200 User Journeys
Within the first year, Ketch and Checksum built a nearly 200-test E2E suite that protects the workflows most critical to customers and revenue, acts as a regression safety net, and increases release confidence across product, QA, and engineering—all without Ketch needing to build automation infrastructure.
5. Built for a Data Protection Environment
Checksum aligned with Ketch’s data protection, compliance, and secure testing environment requirements. Testing operations respect privacy boundaries and reinforce trust and compliance posture while strengthening quality controls.
Low-Friction Coverage Expansion
Checksum uses existing documentation and workflows to design new tests, typically integrating them within 1–2 days. AI-assisted analysis surfaces additional edge cases, ensuring coverage tracks real product usage with minimal time impact.
Results After One Year
Expanded, Strategic E2E Coverage: Nearly 200 full user-journey tests actively protect the platform, concentrated on business-critical flows.
QA as a Strategic Signal: QA now informs readiness, risk, and regression—not just manual verification.
Offloaded Automation Overhead: Authoring, maintenance, and execution handled by Checksum, enabling Ketch teams to stay focused on roadmap and innovation.
Higher Release Confidence: Daily runs and reports provide a consistent health signal, reducing regression risk and enabling faster, more confident releases—within security-first standards.
Who This Model Is For
Ketch is a strong example of a modern SaaS company that:
• Ships features quickly and continuously
• Operates in a trust- and compliance-heavy domain
• Wants serious E2E coverage without a large in-house automation team
• Requires partners to meet high security and data protection standards
Checksum’s Testing-as-a-Service model is built for teams like this—mature product organizations that want QA to operate as an automated, strategic quality signal while they stay focused on growth and innovation.
Abigail Aragon is a founding member of the sales team at Checksum, an AI-powered QA platform that helps engineering teams scale end-to-end testing with Playwright automation. With a background in high-velocity B2B sales, she leads strategic growth efforts focused on moving enterprise deals efficiently from discovery to close. Her mission: eliminate friction in the sales cycle and help dev teams ship faster, with confidence.
