Best fractional CTOs for $1M to $5M companies

4 firms offer fractional CTO work and say they serve $1M to $5M companies. Listings that do not state a revenue band are left off, so the role page is longer. First on the list are First AI Movers, Leadership Services and Wavect. 3 publish a monthly fee, from $1,750 to $2,900 a month. The other one quotes.

Updated 21 Oct 2026 Listed 4 Order published rule

The usual buyer is a non-technical founder with a product built by an agency or freelancers, a company preparing for technical due diligence, or a team about to make its first senior engineering hires. Published fractional CTO fees run from about $3,000 a month for on-call advice to $15,000 a month for an embedded role; hourly rates of $100 to $250 are common on marketplaces.

First AI Movers Names $1M to $5M

Firm. CTO, CAIO. $1M to $20M.

Serves EU

$1,750 per month

Leadership Services Names $1M to $5M

Firm, UK. CFO, CMO, COO, CRO, CTO, CHRO, CAIO, CISO. SaaS, ecommerce, professional services and 2 more. $1M to $100M.

70+ peopleServes UK

$2,280 per month, no minimum

Wavect Names $1M to $5M

Firm, Ampass, Austria. CTO. SaaS, manufacturing, fintech and hospitality. Pre-revenue to $5M.

SaaS CTO Manufacturing CTO Fintech CTO VC-backed Family-owned

3 named clients Founded 2018, 15 people

$2,900 per month, no minimum

MetaCTO Names $1M to $5M

Firm, US. CTO. SaaS. Pre-revenue to $5M.

SaaS CTO Bootstrapped VC-backed

4 named clients Serves US

Fee on request monthly retainer, no minimum

How this list is built. Every firm here offers fractional CTO work on its own site and says it serves $1M to $5M companies. Order is editor's pick, then firms that name the revenue band, then a published fee, then name. Nobody pays to appear or to move up. Full methodology.