Fractional CTO Cost Calculator
What senior technical leadership costs at the days per week you actually need, next to the year-1 all-in cost of a full-time hire. UK 2026 market rates.
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The same 3 questions open most first calls: what does a CTO cost, do we actually need one, and how far behind are we on AI. These tools give you the honest first-pass answer in under 3 minutes. Free, no email gate, nothing stored.
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8 questions about your team, stage, board, and budget. The recommendation is one of four honest answers, and one of them is "not yet".
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10 statements about how AI actually runs in your business. A 0–100 score, your current stage, and the one thing to fix next.
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Same reason the pricing on this site is published: it saves both of us a call that shouldn't happen. If the calculator tells you a fractional CTO doesn't fit your budget, or the scorecard says you don't need one yet, that's a good outcome. You got the answer, I didn't pitch you.
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