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CTO advice and leadership for your business

Keep ownership in your team with a recurring advisory subscription, or bring in a Fractional CTO to lead a defined mission. The difference is responsibility, not just time on a calendar.

Need implementation? Discuss a tailored delivery mission

CTO Advisor

€1,500/month

excluding applicable taxes

Recurring senior CTO judgment for founders and executives who need decisions, direction, and a sounding board, without operational overhead.

  • Architecture and technical decision support
  • Technical roadmap and product trade-off guidance
  • Engineering organisation and hiring advice
  • Vendor and technology evaluation
  • Substantive async advice between sessions
  • Typically 2 strategic sessions per month
  • Up to 4 hours/month of advisory capacity
  • Monthly subscription, billed in advance
  • Cancel anytime, effective at the end of the current paid period
  • No refunds or prorated credits · no capacity rollover
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CTO Advisor+

€2,500/month

excluding applicable taxes

Deeper recurring CTO governance: closer cadence, priority access, and structured oversight of architecture, roadmap and engineering delivery.

  • Weekly or biweekly strategic sessions
  • Priority async advisory
  • Deeper architecture and roadmap review
  • Technical risk and debt prioritisation
  • Engineering organisation and delivery review
  • Quarterly Technology Review within included capacity
  • Executive and board preparation where appropriate
  • Up to 8 hours/month of advisory capacity
  • Monthly subscription, billed in advance
  • Cancel anytime, effective at the end of the current paid period
  • No refunds or prorated credits · no capacity rollover

Fractional CTO

From €6,000/month

excluding applicable taxes

Embedded CTO leadership for organisations that need transformation, execution governance, or board-facing technical leadership.

  • Technical strategy and architecture ownership
  • Engineering governance and delivery oversight
  • Team and leadership structure, senior interviews
  • CEO, board and investor-facing technical leadership
  • Technical due diligence, M&A and high-stakes support
  • Crisis and turnaround support
  • Hands-on execution when explicitly scoped
  • Tailored scope, cadence and reserved capacity
  • Enterprise-style engagement, scoped individually after consultation
  • Tailored agreement: terms per scoped engagement

Prerequisite: please schedule your free CTO consultation before subscribing.

Compare the three engagements

CTO Advisor

Price
€1,500/month
Capacity
up to 4h/month
Strategic sessions
typically 2/month
Async advisory
Architecture / roadmap
review
Quarterly Technology Review
Engineering organisation
advice
Board / investor
occasional prep
DD / high-stakes
Operational ownership
Hands-on execution
Subscription
monthly
Cancel anytime
Rollover

CTO Advisor+

Price
€2,500/month
Capacity
up to 8h/month
Strategic sessions
weekly or biweekly
Async advisory
✓ priority
Architecture / roadmap
deeper review
Quarterly Technology Review
✓ within capacity
Engineering organisation
deeper involvement
Board / investor
DD / high-stakes
limited preparation
Operational ownership
Hands-on execution
Subscription
monthly
Cancel anytime
Rollover

Fractional CTO

Price
from €6,000/month
Capacity
tailored / reserved days
Strategic sessions
embedded cadence
Async advisory
Architecture / roadmap
ownership / governance
Quarterly Technology Review
✓ as required
Engineering organisation
ownership / execution
Board / investor
DD / high-stakes
Operational ownership
✓ when scoped
Hands-on execution
✓ when scoped
Subscription
tailored agreement
Cancel anytime
per scoped engagement
Rollover
per agreement