Fractional CFO pricing, published.

Most firms make you get on a call to learn the price. Ours is below. Plans are set by complexity, meaning systems connected, entities and revenue, never by the hour. Every plan includes Perch and a senior finance partner in your Slack.

Finance Automation Sprint

Every plan starts here. Two weeks: your systems connected, one honest view of your numbers, and three workflows you keep. It’s your setup for Essentials, and credited on Growth and Scale.

$3,500flat, one time
See the Sprint

Essentials

Get your numbers in order.

$1,500/ month

Month to month, after the Sprint

Talk about Essentials
  • Monthly financial package by working day 5
  • A monthly call with your analyst
  • Cash forecast and runway
  • The Perch, refreshed with each monthly package
  • Ask Perch anything, plus 3 analyst follow-ups a month

Scale

Full financial leadership.

$6,500/ month

12-month agreement, billed monthly

Talk about Scale

Everything in Growth, plus

  • What-if scenarios for every big decision
  • Segment discovery: what your best customers have in common
  • Fundraise and diligence support
  • A CFO in your weekly rhythm
  • One new automation each month

Every plan starts with the Sprint. On Essentials, the Sprint is the setup. Growth and Scale add a one-time setup of $7,500 to $15,000, depending on systems and entities, and the Sprint is credited toward it.

Side by side.

EssentialsGrowthScale
Monthly financial package by day 5
Time with your analystMonthly callMonthly reviewWeekly rhythm
Cash forecast and runway
Ask Perch: answers in minutes, with the sources
Analyst follow-ups3 a monthIn your SlackIn your Slack
Perch live dashboards across finance and customers
Overnight sync and checks across systems
Answers that draw on Slack, email and calls
Board-ready financial model
Quarterly board pack
New automation workflowsOne per quarterOne per month
What-if scenarios
Segment discovery
Fundraise and diligence support
TermMonth to month, after the Sprint12 months, billed monthly12 months, billed monthly
One-time setupThe Sprint, $3,500$7,500 to $15,000, Sprint credited$7,500 to $15,000, Sprint credited

How this compares to the market.

Fractional CFO pricing varies widely and is rarely published. These are the ranges you will see elsewhere.

$3,000 to $12,000 a month

The typical range for fractional CFO retainers in 2026, with $5,000 to $8,000 the most commonly cited average.

$150 to $450 an hour

Hourly rates for fractional CFOs, with SaaS and venture specialists at the top of the range.

$170,000 to $330,000 a year

Base salary for a full-time startup CFO from seed through Series B, before bonus and equity.

Sources: Futureproof, fractional CFO rates (Feb 2026) and Stealth Agents, cost of hiring a CFO (June 2026).

Pricing questions

Straight answers. If yours is not here, ask it on the call.

All questions

Why publish pricing?

Because you should be able to decide whether we are worth a call before you take one.

What does the setup pay for?

On Essentials, the Sprint is the setup: your systems connected and the first look at your numbers. On Growth and Scale, the setup adds connecting the rest of your systems, building your customer crosswalk and written metric definitions, writing the checks that run every night, and setting up Perch. It is one time, and the Sprint fee is credited toward it.

Why a 12-month agreement on Growth and Scale?

Because the setup only pays off over a year of closes. Billing stays monthly, and Essentials stays month to month.

What moves us to a different tier?

Complexity, or how much you lean on your analyst. On Essentials, follow-ups past three in a month roll into your monthly call. If the work runs past a tier’s scope two months in a row, we talk about moving up. We never absorb scope quietly or send surprise hourly bills.

Do you mark up software?

No. Tools that run in your name, like your Claude workspace, are billed to you at cost.

How much does a fractional CFO cost?

Prinsee publishes its pricing. Essentials is $1,500 a month, Growth is $3,500 and Scale is $6,500. Every plan starts with the two-week Finance Automation Sprint, $3,500 flat. On Essentials, the Sprint is the setup. Growth and Scale add a one-time setup of $7,500 to $15,000, depending on how many systems and entities we connect, and the Sprint is credited toward it. See what fractional CFOs charge in 2026.

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