A fractional CTO from Rocketech costs $390-2,200 a month. You pick 10, 20 or 40 hours a month and pay our public rate of $39-55 an hour. You get a senior person for technical decisions without paying a full-time salary or giving away equity. When it's time to build, our team can build the product too.
All three packages use the same public rate of $39-55 an hour, so the price is the hours times the rate.
| Package | Price a month | How we count it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 hours a month | $390-550 | 10 hours at $39-55 |
| 20 hours a month | $780-1,100 | 20 hours at $39-55 |
| 40 hours a month | $1,560-2,200 | 40 hours at $39-55 |
This is the work the role usually covers. Tell us which parts you need, and we'll suggest a package.
Chooses the tech stack, the architecture, the hosting and the outside services with you.
Helps you decide what goes into the first release, what can wait and what it will cost.
Checks estimates, code and progress from other teams or freelancers.
Writes job posts, runs technical interviews and sets the bar for new developers.
Answers the technical questions investors ask and gets you ready for technical due diligence.
Makes sure you own the code and have access to every account, with backups and security in place.
A startup can get technical leadership in four common ways. This is how they compare.
| Option | What it costs | What you commit to | Makes sense when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fractional CTO from Rocketech | $390-2,200 a month for 10-40 hours | A monthly package of hours | You need senior technical decisions but not a full-time person |
| Full-time CTO | $250k-$400k+ a year, by JetRockets' estimate | A full-time salary. JetRockets puts the time to hire at 3-6 months. | You have an engineering team that needs a leader every day |
| Technical co-founder | Usually a share of the company instead of a full salary | Equity and years of working together | You have found the right person and want them in the company for the long run |
| Agency only | The price of the build | A project or team contract | You already know what to build and how |
Full-time CTO figures come from the JetRockets fractional CTO page, observed in September 2026.
Rocketech can join your startup as a technical co-founder. We can invest our own money and a team of experts in your product, on terms agreed case by case.
Rocketech has built software since 2015. We are 100+ people, with headquarters in Singapore, an R&D office in Kyiv and offices in London and San Francisco.
For first-time and non-technical founders: test the idea, pick a small first release, then build and launch it.
An MVP at Rocketech costs $5,000-15,000 and takes 2-4 weeks. See what moves the price.
A dedicated team, extra specialists for your team, fixed price, hourly or a co-founder deal: when each one fits.
Middle and senior engineers matched to your stack and backlog, or a takeover from another contractor.
Describe your idea to see a budget and timeline for it. Then decide if you need a CTO, a team or both.