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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.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Full details, audiences, and coverage on the Fractional CTO page →

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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.
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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.
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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.
Start here →

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.
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Full details, audiences, and coverage on the Fractional CPO page →

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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.
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Full-Stack 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.
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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.
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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.

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 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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Fractional is not a discount full-timer: it is the right shape when you need the authority but not the presence.

Saw a number that fits?

Tell us what you are building. The first call is 30 minutes, free, and ends with a recommendation, not a pitch. If another setup serves you better, we say so.

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