Pricing

Fixed prices.
No hourly billing. No "let's scope it on a call."

Every engagement has an upfront price. Most have an upfront scope. Start with a $299 First PR Sprint to test the workflow, then graduate into a monthly Backlog lane from $500/mo if it fits.

Backlog Execution

First PR Sprint
One-time · test drive the workflow
$299
48-72 hours
One small, scoped issue from an existing product. Reviewed PR delivered in 48-72 hours. Test drive the workflow before committing monthly.
Starter
3 PRs/mo
$500/mo
Monthly
3 small fixes per month. Bugs, UI polish, copy changes, simple integrations. No fixed SLA, async only. 7-day money-back guarantee.
Plus
12 items/mo
$1,500/mo
Monthly
12 items per month. Small fixes, mid-sized features, refactors. 5-day pickup. Weekly written check-in. 7-day money-back guarantee.
Pro
Unlimited items
$3,500/mo
Monthly
Unlimited items. One active feature at a time. Multi-PR features supported. 48-hour pickup. Weekly live call + Slack. 7-day money-back guarantee.

Vibe Audit

Vibe Audit
One-time codebase review
$349
12 hours
Written report on your AI-generated codebase. Security, architecture, and production-readiness flags. Delivered within 12 hours.

Fractional CTO

Technical Sounding Board
Light-touch judgment, ~4-8 hrs/mo
$2,500/mo
3-month minimum
Weekly 1:1, async Slack, decision-grade input on hires, vendors, and architecture. Not a hands-on engineer, a senior brain on retainer.
Embedded Partner
Hands-on, ~10-15 hrs/mo
$5,000/mo
3-month minimum
Two 1:1s a week, faster async, hiring participation, code review on critical PRs, attendance at strategic meetings. Sit-in CTO for owner-led teams without a senior engineer in the room.
Embedded CTO
Market-rate FCTO, ~20 hrs/wk
$12,000/mo
6-month minimum
Full fractional CTO scope: architecture ownership, hiring and vendor selection, board updates, on-call for critical decisions. Closest to a salaried CTO without the equity ask. Limited slots.

Project Rescue

Production Readiness Review
Always start here
$2,500
7 days
Full code, infra, and security review against production-readiness criteria. Ranked report with severity, blast radius, fix estimates. Yours regardless of whether you proceed.
Rescue Sprint
Only after a Review
$6K – $9K
2–4 weeks
Fix the top-priority items from the Review. Fixed-scope, fixed-price. Daily async, weekly call. Written handoff at the end.

MVP Build

Complex MVP Build
Production-grade from day one
$15K floor
6-12 weeks
Full production-grade build, end to end. Discovery, architecture, build, verify, ship, hand off. Real auth, real CI, real tests, real monitoring before the first customer.

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