--- title: "Pricing | Fractional CTO, Development and QA Rates" canonical: https://wavect.io/pricing/ language: en description: "Wavect pricing at full disclosure. Fractional CTO from EUR 2,500 per month, Co-Founder EUR 400 per week, development and QA rates. No call required." image: "https://wavect.io/img/general/bak/open_graph_preview.jpg" --- PRICING · FULL DISCLOSURE # Every price we charge, on one page. We don't force you onto a call to learn what we cost. Fractional CTO and CPO tiers, the co-founder program, full-stack development, and QA. No hours tracked, no surprise invoices. The price you sign is the price you pay. // AGENT CHECKOUT ## The same offers for you and your AI agent People and authorized AI agents can buy the same services at the same prices and conditions. Agents use machine-readable offers, deterministic VAT quotes and MPP or x402. After successful payment, delivery can start as early as the next day; an intro or kick-off call is recommended, but optional. [See agent checkout details →](/buy-with-ai-agent/) `discovery-v1` ### Discovery Phase **€3,500** one time The Discovery fee is deducted from the final build invoice if you continue with Wavect. `qa-weekly-v1` ### Software QA **€187.50 first week** then €750 per week Not satisfied? Request a refund for the latest paid week. Wavect reviews the request before refunding and ending the subscription. `fractional-cofounder-weekly-v1` ### Fractional Co-Founder **€400** per week Not satisfied? Request a refund for the latest paid week. Wavect reviews the request before refunding and ending the subscription. `developer-hours-v1` ### Prepaid Developer Hours **€130** per prepaid hour Valid for 12 months. Non-refundable after activation unless Wavect cannot deliver the work. // 01 ## Fractional CTO engagement tiers Four ways to start. Each one has a clear scope and a clear cancellation policy. No hours tracked, no surprise invoices. CTO-on-Call Async architecture review, hiring panels, tech decisions on demand. 4 to 8 hours per month FROM €2,500 / month - Slack-first response, video when needed. - Architecture reviews, vendor calls, code reads. - Cancel any week, no notice. Embedded Fractional CTO Lead the engineering org. Roadmap, hiring, vendor management, production accountability. 1 to 2 days per week FROM €12,000 / month - Two founders on every engagement, one as your CTO interface. - Bench of 15+ specialists plug in under the same SoW. - Cancel any week. Refund the last week if we missed the mark. Tech Due Diligence Fixed-price diligence for fundraising or M&A. Architecture, code, team assessment, investor-ready report. 1 to 3 weeks, fixed FROM €8,000 fixed - Written report VCs and acquirers actually read. - Werkvertrag. Signed scope, legally bound to deliver. - Optional 30-day follow-up call included. Discovery + Roadmap Two to three week deep-dive into a single product or transformation. Architecture, milestone plan, fixed-price build offer. 2 to 3 weeks, fixed FROM €3,500 fixed - Deducted from the build invoice if you continue with us. - Werkvertrag. Signed scope, legally bound to deliver. - Ends with a fixed-price offer, not a sales pitch. [Full details, audiences, and coverage on the Fractional CTO page →](/services/fractional-cto/) // 02 ## Fractional CPO engagement tiers Four ways to start. Each one has a clear scope and a clear cancellation policy. No hours tracked, no surprise invoices. CPO-on-Call Async roadmap triage, prioritization calls, discovery sanity-checks on demand. 4 to 8 hours per month FROM €2,500 / month - Slack-first response, video when needed. - Roadmap triage, prioritization calls, discovery reviews. - freier Dienstvertrag retainer, cancel any week, no notice. Embedded Fractional CPO Own the roadmap and the discovery cadence. Prioritization framework, stakeholder alignment, sequenced backlog. 1 to 2 days per week FROM €12,000 / month - Two founders on every engagement, one as your CPO interface. - Bench of 15+ specialists plug in under the same SoW. - freier Dienstvertrag. Cancel any week. Refund the last week if we missed the mark. Product Due Diligence Fixed-price product, roadmap, and market-fit assessment for fundraising or M&A. Investor-ready report. 1 to 3 weeks, fixed FROM €8,000 fixed - Written report VCs and acquirers actually read. - Werkvertrag. Signed scope, legally bound to deliver. - Optional 30-day follow-up call included. Discovery + Roadmap Two to three week deep-dive into the product. Prioritization framework and a sequenced roadmap. 2 to 3 weeks, fixed FROM €3,500 fixed - Deducted from the build invoice if you continue with us. - Werkvertrag. Signed scope, legally bound to deliver. - Ends with a prioritized roadmap, not a sales pitch. [Full details, audiences, and coverage on the Fractional CPO page →](/services/fractional-cpo/) // 03 ## Co-founder, development, and QA The rest of the catalog. Same transparency, same cancellation honesty. Fractional Co-Founder Embedded product and engineering thinking for the pre-PMF gap. The judgment of a technical co-founder, none of your cap table. Weekly retainer FROM €400 / week - Cancel any week, no notice, no equity. - If we do not blow you away, the last week is refunded. - Product strategy, architecture, and customer calls in one head. Custom Software Development Senior full-stack delivery for validated products. Web, mobile, AI, Web3, IoT. Monthly retainer or fixed scope FROM €10,000 / month - €10-30k per month retainer, cancel any week. - Or fixed scope: Discovery (€3,500, deducted from the build invoice) ends with a fixed-price offer. - Fixed price runs as Werkvertrag: signed scope, legally bound to deliver. Software Quality Assurance Outside eyes on quality. Manual and automated testing, bug tracking, compatibility, performance. Weekly, minimum one week FROM €750 / week - Compatibility, performance, and regression coverage. - Also tests AI-generated software. - Below one week of scope, a freelance tester is the honest call. We will say so. Fixed-price engagements are signed SoW (Werkvertrag). Wavect is legally bound on scope and deliverables. Retainers cancel weekly with no notice. ## Pricing FAQs What founders ask before they sign. Front-loaded answers. ### Why don't you bill hourly? Because hourly billing pays us to be slow and punishes us for being good. Retainers and fixed prices align our incentive with shipping. The one place hours still matter is scope honesty: we say no to fixed price when the scope is genuinely uncertain, and run a Discovery (EUR 3,500 fixed, 2 to 3 weeks) instead. ### Werkvertrag oder Dienstvertrag. What contract do you sign? Werkvertrag for fixed-price work (Tech Due Diligence, Discovery, fixed-price builds): we are legally bound on scope and deliverables, not hours. Dienstvertrag-style retainer for CTO-on-Call, Embedded Fractional CTO, Co-Founder, and QA: a rolling weekly commitment you cancel without notice. Both issued by Wavect GmbH (FN 575337i, Ampass, Tirol). ### What is the cancellation and refund policy in plain language? Retainers cancel weekly. No notice period. You owe the current week, never future weeks. If we missed the mark in the last week before you cancelled, email us and we refund that last week. Fixed-price engagements are Werkvertrag: we are legally bound to deliver the scope, and the contract carries the remedies if we fail. We have never had to use that clause. ### Do you bill in EUR? What about VAT for non-Austrian clients? EUR by default, USD or CHF on request. Austrian clients pay 20 percent VAT. EU B2B clients with a valid VAT-ID pay zero (reverse charge). Non-EU clients pay zero VAT. Payment terms are 14 days net by default, 30 for enterprise. Bank transfer, SEPA, Wise, and Stripe. ### Do you take equity instead of or alongside cash? No. Cash only. Trading consulting hours for equity creates a misaligned incentive, an awkward cap-table line, and a difficult conversation when the engagement ends. If you want skin-in-the-game ownership, hire a full-time CTO. If you want an operator who is unambiguously on your side because you pay the invoice, that is us. ### Is the Discovery fee really deducted from the build invoice? Yes. The EUR 3,500 Discovery fee is credited in full against the build invoice if you continue with us. If you take the roadmap and build elsewhere, you keep everything we produced and owe nothing further. The Discovery ends with a fixed-price offer, not a sales pitch. ### What does a fractional CTO cost compared to a full-time hire? Our CTO-on-Call tier starts at EUR 2,500 per month, the Embedded tier at EUR 12,000 per month for 1 to 2 days a week. A full-time senior CTO in Austria costs roughly 12 to 18k per month in salary alone before equity, recruiting, and onboarding time. 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