Hawzu by Snoowl
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Quality intelligence for QA teams

Know if you're ready to ship — before anyone asks.

Hawzu connects requirements, execution, and defects into one execution-first platform — with release-readiness scoring, sign-off reports, and analytics that turn test data into decisions.

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Hawzu releases overview — progress and defects per release

Every release and its executions at a glance — progress, defects, and ownership in one view.

The problem Hawzu solves

Traditional test case management creates activity, but very little clarity. Hawzu takes a different approach.

The Problem

Teams run thousands of tests and still can't tell if they're ready to ship

  • Executions scattered across releases, runs, and tools
  • Test cases authored carefully, but rarely traceable
  • Defects synced everywhere, but owned nowhere
  • Reports that look complete, yet explain very little

The Hawzu Approach

Execution-first.
Structured by design.

  • Executions are always anchored to releases
  • Test runs exist without corrupting reports
  • Requirements, tests, executions, and defects stay connected
  • Audit trails are preserved — not reconstructed
Quality intelligence

Ship on evidence, not gut feel

Hawzu scores every release and project on the signals that decide go/no-go — then writes the sign-off for you.

Is this release ready?

A single 0–100 Release Readiness score with a Ready / At-risk / Not-ready verdict — weighted across pass rate, execution, requirement coverage, and open criticals.

How healthy is this project?

A live Project Health Scorecard across five dimensions — Automation, Coverage, Execution, Quality, and Defect Health — with a status word you can read at a glance.

Sign off with confidence AI

AI writes an executive readiness summary and risk list, grounded strictly in the release's own metrics, and exports a Release or Execution sign-off PDF.

What can't be trusted?

Flaky-test detection classifies tests Stable / Unstable / Flaky and flags probable breakages — so you know which failures are real.

Hawzu release readiness report — a weighted 0–100 readiness score with a Not Ready verdict, defect severity breakdown, automation mix, and failing-tests list

Every release scored the way a release manager would — the numbers, and why.

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The Hawzu principle

Know what you're shipping — not just what you tested.

From requirement to release, everything lives in one connected workflow — so every release is a decision, not a guess.

Plan
Requirements Repository
Validate
Suites Releases Executions Defects
Understand
Observatory Reports
Govern Roles, audit trails & integrations — across every stage.
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See Hawzu in action. The whole testing lifecycle — in one workspace.

Author at scale. Folder-tree repository with shared steps, parameters, and custom fields — built for thousands of cases.

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Trace everything. Manage requirements and trace coverage from requirement → test case → execution → defect.

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Release-first planning. Plan release-gated executions and track progress, velocity, and health per release.

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Execute with discipline. Run executions tied to releases — results, notes, and a full activity trail at every step.

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Track defects natively. Full lifecycle, linked to executions and requirements, with AI surfacing similar defects as you file — no Jira required.

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Know where you stand. Release readiness, coverage, flaky tests, and defect aging — exportable to PDF or XLSX.

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Why teams choose Hawzu

The same category as the tools you already know — a more connected way to run it.

Feature
Hawzu
Most traditional test tools
Scope
Requirements → releases → defects
Test cases only
Test suites
Dynamic (filter-based) & hybrid
Static, hand-picked
Execution model
Release-anchored
Disconnected test runs
Release readiness
Scored go/no-go + sign-off PDF
Not offered
Analytics
Curated analytics + flaky detection
Static exports
Automation
Any framework via API
Bolt-on / limited
Governance
Unified roles, audit & workspace
Separate tooling
Compare Hawzu with TestRail Zephyr Qase Xray qTest PractiTest
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Observatory

See the quality behind every release

Observatory turns your test data into answers — dozens of ready-made Smart Insights across coverage, automation, execution, and defects, recommended per project and dropped straight onto dashboards.

Is automation coverage improving?

Automation over time, by priority and severity

How is this release trending?

Execution pass / fail / blocked and release pass-rate trend

Where are defects piling up?

Defect aging and open load by assignee

Are we on pace to finish?

Execution velocity and burndown across the release window

Is every requirement covered?

Test and defect coverage per requirement

Need a different view?

Build any chart with the custom chart builder — export to PDF or XLSX.

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AI that understands your whole quality system

Not a bolt-on chatbot. Hawzu's AI reasons over your release — writing the readiness summary, catching duplicate defects, and polishing test cases — always grounded in your own data, never inventing numbers.

  • Release readiness summary — AI drafts an executive verdict and risk list from the release's own metrics
  • Similar-defect detection — surface duplicate and related defects semantically, as you file them
  • AI rewrite — make test-case and requirement text concise, expanded, or proofread
  • Docs assistant — ask questions, get answers grounded in Hawzu's documentation
  • Grounded in your data — no hallucinated features, no made-up metrics
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Release executions & defects
↓
AI reads the metrics
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Readiness summary & risks
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Sign-off PDF

Serious platform, honest numbers

No inflated user counts — just what Hawzu is built to handle and the depth that ships in every workspace today.

100,000+ test cases in a single repository
Millions of execution records
6 exportable report types — readiness, traceability, flaky & more
5 health dimensions scored on every project

Works with your stack. Bring your framework, keep your trackers — no rip-and-replace, no engine lock-in.

SeleniumPlaywrightCypressJUnit/xUnitREST API JiraGitHubGitLabAzure DevOpsLinearSlack
  • Encrypted in transit & at rest
  • Role-based access
  • Full audit trails
  • Workspace & project isolation
  • Execution immutability
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Free while we're in early access

Every feature, unlocked — no credit card, no limits. We'll announce pricing later with plenty of notice, and early adopters won't be left behind.

Early access
$0 / everything, for now

All of Hawzu, completely free:

  • Test cases, suites & manual test runs
  • Releases & execution control
  • Requirements & traceability
  • Native defect tracking
  • Observatory analytics & reports
  • AI assist + semantic defect search
  • Roles, access & audit logs
  • Integrations & CI/CD result API
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No credit card required.

Questions about where pricing is headed? Talk to us.

Frequently asked questions

What is Hawzu?

Hawzu is a modern test case management platform. Plan and organize test cases, run them, and track requirements, defects, and releases — with built-in analytics and AI across the whole testing lifecycle, in one place.

Who is it for?

QA and engineering teams who want a clean system of record for testing — whether you test manually, run your own automation, or both.

Do I have to use a specific automation tool?

No. Hawzu is automation-agnostic — keep Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or any framework and report results into Hawzu via the REST API. We help you manage and analyze testing; we don't lock you into one engine.

Do I need Jira to use Hawzu?

No. Hawzu has native requirements and defect tracking, so it works standalone. If you do use Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or Linear, you can connect them.

Is it really free?

Yes — every feature is free while we're in early access, no credit card required. We'll announce paid plans later, and early teams help shape them.

Switching from another tool — can I migrate my test cases?

Yes — import test cases from a spreadsheet (Excel) today, and we'll help you move from TestRail, Zephyr, Qase, Xray, and qTest hands-on — free while we're in early access, with no big-bang migration and no lost history. Talk to us about migrating or compare Hawzu.

Is my data secure?

Role-based access control, audit logs, and scoped access tokens are built in, and your test data stays yours. See our Security page for details.

Early access · bootstrapped

Why we built Hawzu

We built Hawzu because every test management platform we tried felt like a bug tracker with test cases bolted on. We wanted a modern system where requirements, repositories, executions, defects, analytics, and AI work together — not across disconnected tools.

Hawzu is bootstrapped and in early access. We're working closely with our first teams to shape the product, and every feature is currently available at no cost.

— The team at Snoowl

Stop guessing whether you're ready to ship

Create a free workspace in minutes — no credit card required. Score your first release, trace every requirement, and see the quality behind it. Or explore the docs to see how Hawzu connects it all.

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