We don't force you onto a call to learn what we cost. Four fractional CTO 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.
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.