Pricing

Growing but not ready to hire a full-time CTO for $200k+ per year?
Fractional CTO is the perfect solution for your budget and stage.

Contract Length:

Advisor CTO

$3,600per month

6 hours per week, 24 hours per month

For early-stage startups with an MVP or an idea that need oversight and support without full-time involvement.

  • 2 strategic sessions per month (90 minutes each)
  • Technical stack and architecture audit
  • Slack support (48-hour response time)
  • Hiring support: candidate reviews and recommendations

What's included:

  • 6-month technical roadmap
  • Architecture guidelines document

Outcome:A clear plan and recommendations for technology and team development without the overhead of a full-time CTO.

Contract term:1 month

Growth CTO

Most popular

$6,000per month

10 hours per week, 40 hours per month

Post-Seed to Series A startups actively building product and team (3 to 10 engineers).

  • Weekly call with founders (1 hour)
  • Bi-weekly sprint reviews with the team
  • Active hiring involvement: sourcing, interviews, offers, onboarding
  • Product architecture and technical roadmap ownership
  • Emergency availability for critical situations
  • Slack support (24-hour response time)

What's included:

  • Quarterly OKRs for the technical team
  • Hiring playbook for first 5-10 engineers
  • Architecture Decision Records (ADR)

Outcome:A solid technical foundation and team ready for rapid growth and product scaling without chaos.

Contract term:from 3 months

Scale CTO

$12,000per month

≈3 days per week, 80 hours per month

Series A+ startups with 15-20+ engineers preparing for the next funding round.

  • Everything from Growth CTO package
  • Participation in executive meetings and investor discussions
  • Building engineering management team (leads, engineering managers)
  • Due diligence support for fundraising
  • Organizational design: team structure, processes, rituals
  • Technical debt strategy and refactoring roadmap
  • Vendor and partner negotiations (AWS, third-party services, contractors)

What's included:

  • Engineering handbook and team culture code
  • Leveling and compensation framework
  • Engineering metrics dashboards (DORA, velocity, code quality, etc.)
  • Incident management and on-call rotation

Outcome:A mature engineering organization with clear processes, metrics, and a culture of product ownership.

Contract term:from 6 months

Executive CTO

Custom pricing

Full engagement, 25-40 hours per week

Companies seeking a full-scale CTO on an outsourced basis.

Scope defined individually. Typical scenarios:

  • Acting CTO role during permanent CTO search
  • Technical integration for M&A and due diligence
  • Application architecture transformation (monolith → microservices, cloud migration, etc.)
  • Multi-region compliance (GDPR, SOC2, HIPAA)
  • Scaling engineering team from 20 to 100+ people
  • Crisis management (failed projects, team conflicts, critical technical debt)

Not sure which package is right?

Start with a free 30-minute consultation. We'll discuss your goals, challenges, and determine the optimal collaboration format.

All packages can be customized for your business needs. Hourly rate for custom projects is $150/hour.

Frequently asked questions

Pricing - Anton Golosnichenko - Fractional CTO