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What this costs, before you have to ask.

Every engagement begins with a fixed-fee assessment. After that it is one monthly retainer covering the executive seat and the bench behind it, with no separate delivery contract and no conversion fee if you later hire the person full time.

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Our numbers

Two figures, published.

Technical assessment
Your fixed fee here — one week, written findings
Paid, deliberately. It is the only way to give a real number for the work that follows, and you keep the document whether or not you continue.
Monthly retainer
Your range here — one seat, bench included
Set by how much of the seat you need and how much building the work involves. Additional seats are priced as an increment, not as a second engagement.
Publishing both numbers is the point of this page. Dedicated fractional CTO firms commonly quote $5,000 to $25,000 per month and almost none of them say so on their site.
The market, for context

Four ways to buy senior technology leadership.

Referral platform
One-time fee, then direct
Roughly $3,000 to $5,000 to be introduced, then you negotiate and manage the relationship yourself.
Premium marketplace
Hourly, with a markup
Reported rates around $200 to $300 an hour, commission taken on top, and a conversion fee if you hire the person.
Dedicated firm
$5k to $25k a month
An executive on retainer. Implementation is usually a separate conversation with separate people.
SEM Remedy
One retainer, bench included
The seat and the thirty specialists who implement it. No delivery contract, no conversion fee.
Third-party figures as published by the platforms and by independent roundups, 2026. Verify before quoting.
What is included

And what is not.

Included: the bench
Engineering, infrastructure, data and technical project management drawn on as the work requires.
Included: no exit penalty
Hire the executive full time if that becomes the right answer. There is no buyout.
Not included: third-party costs
Hosting, licences and vendor fees are yours, paid directly, at your own rates.
Not included: unlimited scope
The retainer covers a defined level of build capacity. Larger programmes are quoted, in writing, before they start.

Still deciding? Start with the assessment.

One week, fixed fee, written findings, and a straight answer about which model you actually need. Including the answer that it is not us.

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