Case Study: Prodigy EMS achieves 4X faster releases with Cypress Cloud

Prodigy EMS’ journey to accelerating release velocity by 4X

Prodigy EMS, an online continuing-education platform for EMS recertification led by CTO Ethan Setnik, faced rapid codebase growth and recurring production bugs that disrupted releases. The small, scrappy team was initially reluctant to invest in testing but needed a fast, user-friendly solution to catch issues before they reached users—so they turned to Cypress Cloud (starting on the Team plan) for front-end test automation.

Using Cypress and upgrading to an annual Business plan, Prodigy implemented features like Auto Cancellation, Spec Prioritization, and Test Replay to streamline runs, uncover fragile test dependencies, and speed debugging. The Cypress-powered workflow enabled 4X more releases, a 78% reduction in test run time via parallelization, ~60,000 tests every 30 days, and 100% adoption by QA and front-end teams—transforming release velocity and developer confidence.

Prodigy

Ethan Setnik

Chief Technology Officer