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FocusCFO Editor's pick
6 named clients 200+ people
Fee on request
The shortlist of fractional CFOs, CMOs, COOs, CROs, CTOs and CAIOs.
150 firms and practitioners and 66 coaching programs, listed by role, industry, revenue band, region and fee. Every fee is the one the listing publishes. Nobody pays to be here.
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Monthly retainers by roleLowest published fee, USD, read Oct 2026
| Role | Listed | Fee from | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fractional CFOFinance, fundraising, exit preparation | 65 | $1,095 | $1.6k to $2.3k |
| Fractional CMOMarketing, go-to-market | 49 | $2,000 | $3k to $5.7k |
| Fractional COOOperations, EOS | 32 | $2,200 | $3.5k to $8k |
| Fractional CROSales, go-to-market, pricing | 21 | $2,280 | $2.3k to $12k |
| Fractional CTOAI automation | 24 | $1,750 | $1.8k to $2.9k |
| Fractional CPO | 8 | On request | None published |
| Fractional CHRO | 19 | $1,600 | $1.6k to $2.3k |
| Fractional CAIOAI automation | 13 | $1,750 | $1.8k to $6.5k |
| Fractional CSO | 1 | On request | None published |
| Fractional CISO | 8 | $2,280 | 1 published |
| Fractional general counsel | 3 | On request | None published |
Best fractional CFOs: firms and solo practitioners
65 firms and practitioners offer fractional CFO work. 16 publish a monthly fee, from $1,095 to $5,000 a month. The other 49 quote.
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NOW CFO Editor's pick
6 named clients 300+ people
Fee on request day or hourly rate, no minimum
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Preferred CFO Editor's pick
6 named clients Founded 2013
Fee on request
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TechCXO Editor's pick
6 named clients Founded 2003, 245+ people
Fee on request
Hire a fractional CFO or get finance coaching?
At $1M to $5M the answer is often both. A retainer buys hours of someone else's judgment. Coaching builds the founder's own.
Hire: fractional CFO
A fractional CFO owns cash, forecasting, reporting, banking and investor relations, and sits between the bookkeeper and the board.
$2,000per month, median published
- Hours4 to 16 hours a week
- Minimum term3 months
- Published fees$1,600 to $5,000
- Month oneAccess to the books, a cleaned-up close, a 13-week cash flow forecast and a first monthly reporting pack the CEO can read in ten minutes
- Firms for $1M to $5M14 firms
- Cost guideWhat a CFO costs
Learn: finance coaching for founders
You keep the work in house and learn to run it yourself, with a coach, a course or a peer group.
$300per hour, from
- FormatLive, self-paced
- Most common1-on-1 coaching, playbooks
- Free to join1 program
- Programs6 finance programs
Coaching programs from fractional executives
Coaching, courses, communities and certifications for founders and for executives going fractional. 34 of 66 publish a price; the rest are marked.
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BUS 290 Designing a Fractional Leadership Career Editor's pick
Live, cohort 2 days
$510 one time
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COO Alliance Editor's pick
Live and self-paced, rolling start Annual membership
$18,000 per year
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Fractional CFO Power Skills Mastermind Editor's pick
Live, cohort 3 weeks, 7 live sessions
$1,995 one time
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How this list is built
Every listing comes from public sources anyone can check: the firm's own site, its pricing page, its named clients and its review profiles. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up the list.
Read the methodology- One published order: editor's pick, then the firms that name the page's facet, then a published fee, then A to Z.
- A page exists only when three or more listings fit it.
- A fee is the published monthly floor, with the date we read it.
- Badges are read off the record on every build and never sold.