A fractional CTO is a senior technical leader who works for your company part-time instead of full-time. At Clouditive that is a senior architect, chosen to fit your company and led by Mat Caniglia, for 30 hours a week at USD 6,000 a month, with a 6-month minimum. The work is the technical roadmap, architecture decisions, hiring and team review, and a weekly meeting with your leadership.
You do not need an executive on payroll to get technical direction. You need one person who owns it and sits down with your leadership every week.
If you are not sure which of the three you need, start with Discovery: USD 7,000, 1 to 4 weeks, and it ends with a full roadmap. We invoice in US dollars from DX Clouditive LLC, monthly, net 15, by international wire.
- Full-time CTO: an employee. You run the search, carry salary and benefits, and the role takes all of the person's week.
- Fractional CTO, ours: 30 hours a week, USD 6,000 a month, billed monthly. 6-month minimum, then 30 days' notice. There is no search to run.
- CTO as a service: the same role bought from a firm instead of hired as a person. You get a named technical lead and, when you need more hands, engineers from the same firm at the published hourly rates.