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What does Continuum cost?

One senior engineer, priced on one page. Two free starting points: the Leak Check for an app you built, and the AI visibility check if you want to know whether ChatGPT names your business. One-off work is fixed: Ship Check $299, Ship Fix $4,000 to $15,000, MVP Build from $15,000, AI Answer Check $99 (intro price through Saturday, October 10; regular $299), Deadline Sprint $3,500. Ongoing work is a flat monthly plan: keep it running $500/mo, AI Visibility Watch $149/mo ($299/mo B2B) to hear when AI stops naming you, Get Users from $500/mo on the Proving rate with the work done for you, or a full Partner retainer at $500 to $10,000/mo across five levels.

Leak CheckA written read of what is leaking in what you already have.FreeShip CheckI read your codebase and tell you honestly what it needs.$299Ship FixBuilt fast, now breaking. I make it stable and shippable.$4,000 to $15,000MVP BuildA real idea and nothing built yet. I build the first version.from $15,000AI Answer CheckDoes ChatGPT recommend your business? Who AI names instead of you, and the three fixes worth the most.Intro price $99 through Saturday, October 10 (regular $299)$299$99Get Named SprintTwo weeks of work to get AI naming your business. Your 10 questions are asked again on day 14, before and after side by side. All of it comes off Get Users if you keep going within 30 days.$1,500AI Visibility WatchEvery week we ask AI tools your 10 customer questions again and email you when something changes: you drop out of an answer, a competitor takes your place, or an answer gets a fact about you wrong. $149/mo for owners, $299/mo for B2B. Cancel any time.$149 or $299/moDeadline SprintA date on the calendar. Two weeks of focused work on what AI says about you, measured before and after.$3,500Get Users3 of 5 Founding Client spots leftAI recommends the businesses other sites talk about. We get you into the places it reads, then show you each week whether it names you. We do the work and you approve each week’s batch. Prefer to keep the keys? Same price, you make the changes from our weekly list. Proving rate $500/mo while we prove the method works for you, then the Founding Client rate $999/mo, locked for life once your written goal is hit. Standard $1,999/mo.$500/moKeep it runningMonitoring, patching, incident cover. The quiet years.$500/moPartnerFive levelsYour whole product team, on retainer. Five levels, $500 to $10,000.$500 to $10,000/mo

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Get Users pricing

$500/mo while we prove it works, then $999/mo locked for life

You start on the Proving rate, $500/mo, month to month, paid while we prove the method works for your business. On day 1 we write down a success goal on a fixed set of the questions your customers ask AI. When it is hit on 2 weekly checks in a row, you move to the Founding Client rate, $999/mo, and it stays there for life. If it is not hit by day 90, you choose to stay at $500/mo or cancel. The standard rate for new clients is $1,999/mo. Bought the AI Answer Check? What you paid for it comes off your first month if you join within 14 days.

We do the work, you approve it. Each week you get a batch to approve: the listings to get onto, the outreach and follow-up to get you placed, and the page changes for your site. Once you approve, we submit, send and publish them with the access you give us, and nothing goes out under your name before that. Reddit replies are drafted in your voice for you to post from your own account. Prefer to keep the keys? Same price: you make the changes yourself from our weekly list.

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Questions about pricing

How much does a fractional CTO cost?
At Continuum, ongoing engineering starts at $500 a month to keep an app running, $500 a month on the Proving rate to actively grow users (then the Founding Client rate, $999 locked once the written goal is hit; $1,999 standard), and a full Partner retainer runs $500 to $10,000 a month across five levels. One-off work is priced up front: Ship Check is $299, Ship Fix is $4,000 to $15,000, an MVP Build starts at $15,000, and a two-week Deadline Sprint timed to a specific date is $3,500 one-time.
Do you charge by the hour?
No. Every engagement is a fixed price or a flat monthly retainer agreed before work starts. There is no hourly meter and no scope creep, so the number you approve is the number you pay.
What is the cheapest way to start?
The free Leak Check. Send a live URL and I write back with the three things costing you the most. If you want a full read of the code after that, a Ship Check is $299 flat: in your inbox within 48 hours of repo access or it’s free, with a full refund within 7 days if it was not worth it.
Can I move between tiers?
Yes, that is the point of the ladder. Most clients start with a one-off Ship Check or MVP Build, then move onto a monthly plan once the product is live. Monthly plans are month to month, so you can step up or cancel whenever it stops being worth it.